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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Denies 'The Negative One' Was Written About JOEY JORDISON

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor has denied that the band's new track "The Negative One" was written about the group's former drummer Joey Jordison, claiming that the song's lyrics deal with "the ugliness that we all have in us." The first new tune released by SLIPKNOT in six years, "The Negative One" i...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Compares 'Gray Chapter' Album To QUENTIN TARANTINO Movie

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that the group's fifth studio album and first since 2008's "All Hope Is Gone" will show the emotions that he and his bandmates went through in the four years since he passing of SLIPKNOT's bassist, Paul Gray. The disc, titled ".5: The Gray Chapter", is also the band...

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THE PRETTY RECKLESS Acoustic Album In The Works

THE PRETTY RECKLESS singer Taylor Momsen has confirmed that the band is working on an acoustic album, to be released in the coming months. "We just recorded an acoustic version of a medley," Momsen told LA Rock of the Jacksonville, North Carolina radio station Rock 105.5 on September 17 (see video b...

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FREDDIE MERCURY's Duet With MICHAEL JACKSON Featured On 'Queen Forever' Album

Three previously unreleased QUEEN songs featuring late singer Freddie Mercury spearhead an exciting new QUEEN album, "Queen Forever", due November 10 on the Virgin Records label. The tracks include a long-anticipated track from QUEEN and Michael Jackson, "There Must Be More to Life Than This", a pre...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR On 'Gray Chapter' Artwork: 'The Minute I Saw That Image, I Knew That It Was The Cover'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that when he first saw the image that became the cover artwork for the band's long-awaited fifth album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", he was "so blown away" that he immediately knew SLIPKNOT had found what it was looking for. The ".5: The Gray Chapter" was designed by M...

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Is SLIPKNOT's New Drummer A 'S**tbag'?

Laura Jane Grace, the lead vocalist for the punk-rock band AGAINST ME!, appears to have slammed the group's former drummer, Jay Weinberg (pictured),as a "shitbag" after it was revealed that Weinberg has joined SLIPKNOT as the replacement for Joey Jordison. Weinberg — the 24-year-old son of Max Wein...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Cancer Fund Presents $100,000 To Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the late heavy metal singer, last week presented a check for $100,000 to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. This donation is the second installment in a commitment to fund gastroesophageal cancer research spearheaded...

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SLIPKNOT: Closer Look At New Masks

As with every album cycle, the members of SLIPKNOT have unveiled brand-new masks to coincide with the release of their fifth studio CD, ".5: The Gray Chapter", which will arrive on October 21 via Roadrunner. Buzzfeed has premiered a two-minute "closer look" at the new SLIPKNOT "identities." Check it...

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SLIPKNOT Struggled To Find 'Exact Wording' For New Album Dedication To Late Bassist

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that the band wanted to pay tribute to its late bassist Paul Gray with the group's fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", but struggled to get the right wording for the CD title. "We had a handful of [ideas] that we were kind of bandying about," Taylor told Mis...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: Firing JOEY JORDISON 'Was One Of The Hardest Decisions We Ever Made'

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that firing Joey Jordison, the band's drummer of 18 years, was "one of the hardest decisions" the group ever made, but insists that he and his bandmates are "happy" to have moved on. SLIPKNOT announced its split with Jordison in December 2013 but did not disclose th...

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'Fear Clinic' Film Featuring SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR Frontman COREY TAYLOR: World Premiere Announced

"Fear Clinic", the new horror flick which marks SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor's first featured role in a film, will receive its world premiere on October 22 at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Hollywood, California. Taylor, along with the movie's director, Robert Hall, will be...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Says He Is 'Probably The Most Famous Person That No One's Ever Heard Of'

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor says that the fact that he is not a household name has helped him avoid all the "crappy side effects" of being the frontman of not only one but two world-renowned metal bands. Asked how he unplugs from his many different projects, which have included solo...

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COREY TAYLOR: SLIPKNOT 'Couldn't Find A Direction' Following PAUL GRAY's Death

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that the band had a hard time finding a "direction" in the four years since the passing of the group's bassist Paul Gray and credits the SLIPKNOT fans for helping the band get through the pain of losing one of its key members. "There were a handful of moments wher...

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QUEEN: 'Killer Queen' Performance Clip From 'Live At The Rainbow '74'

Sunday March 31, 1974 is a landmark date in the history of rock music. It is now celebrated in the multi-format release of a rare recording made at legendary London venue The Rainbow, of a concert by a then-up-and-coming band called QUEEN. Few who turned up for that iconic performance could have pre...

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COREY TAYLOR: SLIPKNOT Is Using Internet As Tool To Build Excitement For New Album

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor believes that the band has been able to successfully use the Internet to build anticipation for its long-awaited fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", calling the process "a lost art" which not enough other artists are taking advantage of. Asked in a recent inter...