Waxing lyrical: Corey Taylor, Slipknot/Stone Sour

Slipknot's Corey Taylor might be expert in the art of noise, but he's also sensitive soul with a penchant for melancholy lyrics (even if they were written in a porn shop)The first lyric that made an impression on me: "One line that comes to me right out the gate is Jim Morrison on the Doors' Five to One. That song was so dark for its time: 'No one here gets out alive.' For a kid growing up with no money, no friends, to hear something like that you're like, 'Oh, dude, I know exactly how that feel...

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