  corey taylor (born december 8, 1973) is an american musician, author and actor best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of slipknot and stone sour.[ allmusic ((( corey taylor > overview )))] allmusic. retrieved 2010-05-10. taylor is a founding member of stone sour, and has released five studio albums with that band. taylor joined slipknot in 1997 to replace their original vocalist, anders colsefni. he has released five studio albums with them. he has worked with several bands, including junk beer kidnap band, apocalyptica, anthrax, aaron lewis of staind, and soulfly. taylor was ranked number 86 in hit parader's top 100 metal vocalists of all time."hit paraderâs top 100 heavy metal vocalists of all time". hit parader. retrieved 2010-07-16. taylor was also found, by vvn music, to possess the second-highest vocal range of any known singer in popular music with a range of 5 and a half octaves. he was beaten only by mike patton (6 octaves) http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2014/05/digging-deeper-axl-rose-is-not-singer.html ==personal life== corey taylor was born in des moines, iowa on december 8, 1973.artist: corey taylor musicbrainz. retrieved 2010-04-18.astrology: corey taylor (slipknot), born 1973/12/08 astrotheme.com. retrieved 2010-04-01.corey taylor information, photos, and trivia at movietome movietome.com. retrieved 2010-04-01. he lived in orlando briefly with his uncle, george robson, though taylor was mostly raised by his mother in waterloo, iowa, a place descri
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