Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and author, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the American heavy metal band Slipknot and the American alternative metal band Stone Sour.
Big Red Letter Day is a 1993 album by Buffalo Tom.
 The leadoff track, "Sodajerk," was featured on the soundtrack for the short-lived television series "My So-Called Life" and in commercials for Nike and Pontiac.
 "Late at Night" was also used in an episode of "My So-Called Life".
Buffalo Tom is the debut album by Buffalo Tom, released in 1988 and featuring production from J Mascis.
Sleepy Eyed is a 1995 album by Buffalo Tom.
 The band was looking to move away from the polished sound of their previous album in favor of a more stripped-down, live-sounding approach.
Stone Sour is an American alternative metal band from Des Moines, Iowa.
 Originally formed in 1992 by vocalist Corey Taylor, guitarist Josh Rand, bassist Shawn Economaki and drummer Joel Ekman, the band was active until 1997, when Taylor left to join Slipknot.
 Guitarist Jim Root, who had joined the band later, also joined Slipknot in 1999.
 Stone Sour reunited several years later, releasing its full-length debut album "Stone Sour" in 2002 which featured songs from early demos. Ekman was replaced by Roy Mayorga in 2006, who performed on the band's second album "Come What(ever) May".
 The songs on the album were written by Taylor, Root, Rand and Economaki.
The CD version includes a cover of The Psychedelic Furs' "Heaven" as well as a live acoustic version of "Reason Why", a song from Buffalo Tom's self-titled debut album.
"Bother" is the second single from the heavy metal band Stone Sour's self-titled debut album.
 It was originally released as a solo song by frontman Corey Taylor, but the billing was later changed to Stone Sour.
 The song was one of Stone Sour's first songs to put them into the mainstream.
 The cover features Taylor's hands and rings, one of them being a Spider-Man ring which is a reference to the song being featured on the soundtrack to the film "Spider-Man" (although the track is credited to Taylor as the performer not Stone Sour) and to Taylor being a fan of Spider-Man.
 The other has the number 8 on it, representing Taylor's number in Slipknot.
 Taylor has stated that the song is about when he moved back to Des Moines from Denver, where he hoped to try to move forward with his music.
Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986.
 Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis.
 The band's name is derived from the band Buffalo Springfield and the first name of the drummer.
Smitten is a 1998 album by Buffalo Tom.
 It was their only album for Polydor Records.
Beachbuggy were a rock group formed in early 1992 in Doncaster by Jack Straker (guitar/vocals), Jim VeVee (drums) and A.D (bass).
 The band's name reflected singer and main songwriter Jack's obsession with classic cars, drag racing and Americana.
 Musically, their earliest influences were UK indie bands such as The Fall, The Wedding Present and Cud and American rock groups such as Buffalo Tom and Sonic Youth.

Question: Are Corey Taylor and Buffalo Tom both American-based musicians?
Answer: yes