Although Corey Taylor’s focus has primarily been on Slipknot and his solo profession over the previous few years, he nonetheless has a complete catalog with Stone Sour to be pleased with. During a brand new interview with Revolver, the rocker named the greatest Stone Sour track to introduce folks to the band.
The observe is one in all Stone Sour’s most well-known at the moment, however in accordance to the singer, it was a little bit of a slow-burner after they first launched it.
“Probably ‘Through Glass,'” Taylor selected as the greatest track for brand spanking new listeners. “Not just because I wrote it, but because it was such a sleeper song. Like, there were only a handful of people who really believed in that song, and then when it came out, it just exploded like nothing I’d ever seen before. So that’s something I’m really proud of.”
Taylor fashioned Stone Sour in Des Moines, Iowa a number of years earlier than he joined Slipknot. He grew to become the latter group’s vocalist in 1997 after which spent the remainder of the ’90s prioritizing his work with them, so Stone Sour did not launch an album till 2002. “Through Glass” was the second single from their 2006 report Come What(ever) May. It finally reached No. 1 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart, and likewise made its method onto the Billboard Hot 100, the place it peaked at No. 39.
Taylor and Slipknot guitarist Jim Root, who additionally joined Stone Sour in 1995, spent practically a decade releasing albums and touring with each bands. Root parted methods with Stone Sour at the finish of 2013, and Christian Martucci was introduced into the band in his place. They put out one final album in 2017, Hydrograd, earlier than Taylor revealed that they had agreed to go on an indefinite hiatus in 2020.
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“I feel like Stone Sour has kinda run its course for now,” the singer admitted throughout an episode of The Green Room with Neil Griffiths. “We all talked as a band and decided to kinda put Stone Sour in indefinite hiatus. That’s the way it is. We’ve put it on the shelf for now. Everyone’s kind of going and doing their own thing.”
For now, Taylor will embark on a solo headlining tour in support of his upcoming second album CMF2. Pre-order the album at this location, and see all of the tour dates here.
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