Regarding Song Writing, Corey Taylor Doesn't Feel Praised At Stone Sour And Slipknot

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JAKARTA - Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor revealed that he started releasing solo music because he didn't feel worthy of praise in both bands.

Speaking to Paste Magazine to promote his second recently released solo album CMF2, Taylor who was a member of Stone Sour before Slipknot talks about misunderstood about who wrote what for the band.

"When Stone Sour first started, I didn't just play guitar constantly, but I was also the lead guitarist and lead author of the song. To be honest, one of the reasons why I insisted so much on starting my solo career was because there was a strange misunderstanding about who wrote for what band," Taylor said.

"Maybe this is where my ego plays a role, but I feel like I don't get credit for the things I actually wrote. With Stone Sour, it's pretty clear, but there's a lot of songs I've written that people think [guitarist] Jim [Root] or Josh [Rand] wrote it when it's actually not like that."

Taylor kemudian menjelaskan tentang pengalaman serupa di Slipknot: Dengan Slipknot, ada banyak hal yang tidak akan bisa ditulis tanpa saya, atau saya menulis bahwa orang lain memberi penghargaan pada diri mereka sendiri. Sebagai seorang yang sangat bangga duduk duduk dan mencipta sesuatu dari kehilakan hanya dari ima saya itu membuat saya kesulitan.

Now, with his solo music, Taylor feels like he's smoothing and changing his narration. As he says, he shows people that, 'Oh yes, he does write a lot of things. And acoustic nonsense. And piano nonsense. And unlucky. I miss it hard the whole thing.

Taylor added: "I've never hesitate to give awards to people who deserve it. I've never taken credit for anything I didn't do, and I've always been the first to highlight other people. I haven't necessarily received a reward."

Corey Taylor released his second solo recording of CMF2 last week (September 15). The album got three of Jordan Bassett's five stars from NME, who wrote: There's quite a lot of good things here to justify the existence of this album. And most importantly, this is an interesting insight into the dichotomy that has prompted one of the greatest bands in the 21st century.