Corey Taylor recalls the moment he knew he wanted to join Slipknot

nme.com:

Corey Taylor has recalled the moment when he knew he wanted to join Slipknot.In a new interview with Jackass’ Steve-O on his Wild Ride podcast, Taylor recalled the time he first saw the band perform live, saying that he knew he wanted to join them if he could.

At the time, Taylor was fronting Stone Sour.“When I watched that first show, I was right in front, they came through the audience, scared the hell out of it, everybody,” Taylor recalled.“Because they’re in full masks, they weren’t wearing the coveralls yet, but they were just in these crazy outfits.

And they opened with – I want to say it was like three minutes of just noise and blast beats. It was like being in a fucking Melvins concert!