COREY TAYLOR: 'There's A Lot Of Negativity Surrounding SLIPKNOT'

December 15, 2002

SLIPKNOT might have reached a collective agreement to regroup in January to begin work on the follow-up to 2001's "Iowa", but if it had been solely up to frontman Corey Taylor, the band's hiatus would be even longer.

"I'll be honest," Taylor told Cleveland Scene in an article published on Dec. 11. "There's a lot of negativity surrounding SLIPKNOT. And a lot of it, we did to ourselves. We really kind of kicked our own asses, in a way. I am totally ready to go and do another SLIPKNOT album, but I'm not going to do it until [the STONE SOUR] album plays itself out. If you're out there selling 50,000 albums a week, and you have the opportunity to do a huge fuckin' tour with a couple of bands that kick ass, then why wouldn't you? The kids are gonna be there, and they're gonna want the album no matter what. So why not take the time and set up something else, and do both? There really hasn't been any negativity towards [STONE SOUR] from [the rest of SLIPKNOT]. Paul's really into it, Chris is really into it, and those guys have come to the shows and hung out and shit, but it's one of those things where we'll see what happens."

In the same interview, Taylor also once again repeated his belief that SLIPKNOT's days are numbered while STONE SOUR is likely to continue to prosper.

"STONE SOUR's got a little more longevity than SLIPKNOT does, just because it's more than the music with SLIPKNOT," Taylor said. "There's a whole different mentality there. And if you overstay your welcome, it's gonna turn on itself."

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).