That Time SLIPKNOT’s CLOWN Grossed Out DIMEBAG DARRELL, According To COREY TAYLOR

In a current interview with Classic Rock, Corey Taylor, the Slipknot and Stone Sour singer, expounded on a few of his encounters with numerous celebrities throughout the years. This included working with the likes of Dave Grohl, Velvet Revolver, and Anthrax, and hanging out with the QI Elves. It additionally encompassed extra adventurous accounts, equivalent to hanging with Metallica and imbibing of their backstage stash till it ran dry. Nevertheless, out of the numerous tales Taylor needed to inform, none may prime his retelling of the primary time he met the late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell.

Corey takes us again to 1999, and the chaos that adopted when he first met Dimebag. They linked in Dallas, when Slipknot performed in assist of Coal Chamber. The retelling is as colourful and vibrant because the timeless characters inside it. “The primary time we performed Dallas, Dime and Vinnie [Paul, ex-Pantera drummer and Dimebag’s brother] came visiting. We ended up at a Clubhouse, they usually proceeded to get us so shitfaced it wasn’t even humorous,” Corey recalled. “Their complete factor was all about doing pranks on individuals. Clown [Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan] stated, “No matter you consider attempting, I’m not going to balk.” One of many cooks hollowed out a tomato and stuffed it with extremely scorching crimson chili peppers, and Dime requested, “How a lot is it gonna value to so that you can get all this down?” And Clown replied, “I don’t want your cash”, and proceeded to seize it, and ate it like if it was an apple.

“However It received even worse. We headed to the boys’s restrooms, and whereas we had been pissing Dime noticed a bit of gum on one of many muffins within the urinal, circled and stated, ‘Alright, Clown, how a lot wouldn’t it take…’ Earlier than he may even full the sentence, Clown reached down, grabbed the gum and chewed it. It was so extremely repugnant!”

“Dime simply gave up. He would bear in mind in regards to the incident very incessantly: “Clown was the one motherfucker I couldn’t get to budge, he actually fucked me up!”

Taylor lately launched a heavy new solo single “Publish Traumatic Blues” from his forthcoming solo studio album, CMF2, which can be out on September fifteenth. Pre-orders can be found here. You can even catch Taylor on tour at one of many dates beneath, and get your tickets here.

w/ Wargasm & Oxymorrons

8/25 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
8/27 – Kansas Metropolis, MO – Uptown Theater
8/28 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
8/30 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Membership – Eagles Ballroom
8/31 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
9/2 – Chesterfield, MO – The Manufacturing facility
9/3 – Pryor, OK – Pryor Creek Music Competition Grounds (Rocklahoma)
9/5 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
9/7 – Cleveland, OH – Home of Blues
9/9 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Middle
9/10 – Alton, VA – Virginia Worldwide Raceway (Blue Ridge Rock Competition)
9/12 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
9/13 – Boston, MA – Home of Blues

w/ Wargasm & Luna Aura

9/15 – Wallingford, CT – The Dome at Oakdale
9/16 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
9/18 – North Myrtle Seaside, SC – Home of Blues
9/19 – Orlando, FL – Home of Blues
9/21 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Corridor
9/22 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky Exposition Middle (Louder Than Life)
9/24 – Houston, TX – Home of Blues
9/25 – Dallas, TX – Home of Blues
9/27 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel
9/28 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
9/29 – Henderson, NV – The Greenback Mortgage Middle
10/1 – San Diego, CA – Home of Blues
10/3 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
10/5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
10/7 – Sacramento, CA – Discovery Park (Aftershock Competition)