Corey Taylor

Corey Todd Taylor, (December 8, 1973) sometimes known by his number #8, is an American musician best known as the vocalist of American Heavy metal band Slipknot and the hard rock band Stone Sour. He was ranked #86 in Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time list. He also co-hosted the 2009 Kerrang! Awards on August 3 alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax. Taylor was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Having no money, he and his sister were raised by th... more

Corey Todd Taylor, (December 8, 1973) sometimes known by his number #8, is an American musician best known as the vocalist of American Heavy metal band Slipknot and the hard rock band Stone Sour. He was ranked #86 in Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time list. He also co-hosted the 2009 Kerrang! Awards on August 3 alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax. Taylor was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Having no money, he and his sister were raised by their mother in poverty. Taylor's father left prior to his birth , at the request of Taylor's mother, remained absent throughout most of his life. Years later, his mother gave birth to his half brother, Samuel I. Davies. Taylor later found out about this at the age of 24. When he was a teenager he was homeless - he lived on the streets and slept under a bridge. In his youth he didn't play in many bands but quoted "I tried to play bass and guitar, not that good, but I'm okay I guess." At age 15, he started drinking alcohol which slowly became... less