The dangerous information is that there is most likely no Stone Sour reunion in sight. The excellent news is that Stone Sour‘s music continues to be on the Web and you’ll nonetheless take heed to ’em. And in case you’re unfamiliar with the group, then why not take vocalist Corey Taylor‘s suggestion on the place to begin?
“In all probability ‘By way of Glass’ — not simply because I wrote it, however as a result of it was such a sleeper track,” mentioned Taylor in an interview with Revolver. “Like, there have been solely a handful of people that actually believed in that track, after which when it got here out, it simply exploded like nothing I might ever seen earlier than. In order that’s one thing I am actually happy with.”
As for the long run, Taylor mentioned in a latest that he is completely content material along with his new solo band and has no actual curiosity in going again to Stone Sour. So y’know, do not maintain your breath.
“In sure methods. I imply, it definitely is with [my solo] band. My solo band is made up of simply such clutch dudes. Clearly, I’ve acquired [guitarist Christian Martucci]. Zach Throne is unimaginable. Dustin, our drummer, is superb. And now having Eliot, the brand new bass participant, who can play something you throw at him, man — I imply, it is ridiculous… it is legal how good he’s. When you may have a fantastic downside like that… That makes the recording stuff straightforward, as a result of then, whenever you hit them with the demos, which largely are simply me taking part in the track and going, ‘Okay, I am listening to stuff right here.’
“I give them carte blanche to sort of do what they need, however on the similar time I’ve a transparent imaginative and prescient. And that is the place the exhausting work is available in. Out of the blue you do not have a band you could simply sort of mix in with or delegate or dictate to. It is all you — it is all on you. The paintings’s on you. The manufacturing’s on you. The songwriting’s on you. The work’s on you. The press is on you. Every little thing is on you. And I used to be sort of like that to start with. So I used to be, like, ‘Properly, why do not I do that and be actually pleased with all the pieces?'”
“It is not that I do not miss a few of the guys in Stone Sour; I nonetheless discuss to them. However at this stage, I refuse to compromise my imaginative and prescient and my artwork due to sure individuals’s hindrances. And that is all I will say.”
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