“I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.”

American musician

Corey Todd Taylor is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of Slipknot, where he is designated #8, and as the singer and guitarist of Stone Sour. He is closely associated with heavy metal through Slipknot and with rock through Stone Sour, serving as the voice of both bands. His work is identified mainly with those roles, and his public profile comes from fronting two major groups in modern rock and metal.