Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has revealed that he started releasing solo music as he felt he wasn’t getting the credit score he deserved for writing along with his two bands.
Speaking to Paste Magazine to advertise his lately launched sophomore solo album ‘CMF2’, Taylor – who was a member of Stone Sour earlier than Slipknot – spoke of the “false impression round who was writing what for what band”.
“When Stone Sour first began, not solely was I taking part in guitar continually, however I used to be additionally the lead guitarist and most important author. Honestly, one of many the explanation why I used to be very adamant about beginning my solo factor is that there was a bizarre false impression round who was writing what for what band,” Taylor stated.
Taylor stated on the Stone Sour entrance: “Maybe that is the place my ego comes into play, however I felt like I wasn’t getting the credit score for the issues I used to be truly writing. With Stone Sour, it was pretty apparent, however there have been plenty of songs that I wrote that individuals thought [guitarists] Jim [Root] or Josh [Rand] wrote the place that wasn’t the case in any respect.”
Going on to elucidate about comparable experiences inside Slipknot, Taylor stated: “With Slipknot, there was plenty of stuff that both wouldn’t have been written with out me, or that I wrote that different folks gave [themselves] credit score [for]. As somebody who takes nice satisfaction in sitting down and creating one thing from nothing — simply from my creativeness — that caught in my craw.”
Now, along with his solo music, Taylor seems like he’s “setting the report straight and altering the narrative.” As he places it, he’s “exhibiting those who, ‘Oh yeah, he does write heavy shit. And nation shit. And acoustic shit. And piano shit. And rock shit. Hardcore shit’ – the gamut.”
Taylor added: “I’ve by no means shied away from giving credit score to the individuals who deserve it. I’ve by no means taken credit score for something that I didn’t do, and I’ve at all times been the primary to shine the highlight on anyone else. I don’t essentially get that in return.”
Corey Taylor launched his sophomore solo report ‘CMF2’ final week (September 15). The report scored three out of 5 stars from NME‘s Jordan Bassett, who wrote: “There’s sufficient great things on right here to justify the album’s existence. And if nothing else, it’s an interesting perception into the dichotomy that drives one of many best bands of the twenty first century.”
