“People can talk about punk all they want, but after new wave put that down, metal is the voice of the disenfranchised and that need to become unhinged. That's why it appeals to so many people when they are younger and carries over when those people, at 40, don't want to grow up.”

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.