Corey Taylor

Vocals

While Corey Taylor was working in Des Moines, Iowa, Joey Jordison, Shawn Crahan, and Mick Thomson approached him asking him to join.He agreeably went to one of their practices, and ended up singing in front of them. They asked him to join the band because of his "Melodic" vocals. While Taylor was positioned as lead vocalist for the band, their previous vocalist, Anders Colsefini, was moved to backing vocals and Percussion.Unhappy with the position, Colsefini later left the band.

Feeling he could expand more in Slipknot than in Stone Sour, Taylor temporarily quit Stone Sour, even though they were recording an album with Sean McMahon.Taylor's first gig with Slipknot was on August 22, 1997, which according to band members did not go well. During his first gig, Taylor did not perform wearing a mask; however, for his second show nearly a month later, Corey wore a mask that resembles his debut album mask.Taylor's current mask was described by MTV's Chris Harris as looking "as though it were made of dried, human flesh — like Leatherface, if only he used moisturizer."

Taylor has recorded with Slipknot since the release of their second demo album, a self titled demo used to promote the band to prospective labels and producers.As permanent vocalist, he recorded with Slipknot at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, California and released Slipknot, the band's debut album that peaked number one on the Top Heatseekers chart,received a 2× Platinum in the United States,and was included in the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.Taylor was accused of copyright infringement, regarding the lyrics of the song "Purity." Taylor began recording for their second studio album, Iowa, in 2001 at Sound City and Sound Image in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. It was released August 28, 2001 and peaked number one on the UK Albums Chart,as well as number three on the Billboard 200.While writing Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), Taylor decided not to write explicit lyrics.It peaked number two on the Billboard 200.All Hope Is Gone was the first Slipknot album to peak number one on the Billboard 200.