Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor
Taylor performing with Stone Sour in 2018
Born	Corey Todd Taylor[1] (1973-12-08) December 8, 1973 (age 50)[2] Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Other names	#8 Great Big Mouth[3] Todd Tigger[1] The Boogie Knight[1] Neck[1]
Occupations	Singer musician songwriter actor author
Years active	1992–present
Spouses	Scarlett Stone ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2007)​ Stephanie Luby ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2017)​ Alicia Dove ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	3
Musical career
Origin	Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Genres	Nu metal alternative metal groove metal heavy metal hard rock post-grunge
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Labels	Roadrunner BMG
Member of	Slipknot
Formerly of	Roadrunner United Junk Beer Kidnap Band Sound City Players Kings of Chaos Stone Sour
Website	thecoreytaylor.com
Musical artist

Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973)^[2] is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, and sole continuous member of the rock band Stone Sour.^[4]

Taylor co-founded Stone Sour with drummer Joel Ekman in 1992, playing in the Des Moines, Iowa area, and working on a demo. He joined Slipknot in 1997 to replace their original lead singer Anders Colsefni and has subsequently released seven studio albums with them. After the first two Slipknot albums went Platinum, Taylor revived Stone Sour to record an album and tour in 2002. His debut solo studio album, CMFT, was released in 2020. His second solo studio album, CMF2, was released on September 15, 2023.

He has also worked with several other acts, including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Korn, Disturbed, Apocalyptica, Code Orange, Anthrax, Steel Panther, Tonight Alive, Falling in Reverse, Soulfly, Damageplan, Tech N9ne, and the Clay People.