During a recent appearance on Hot Ones Versus, Corey Taylor kept quiet about metal vocalists who lip sync on stage.
“During an appearance on Steve-O’s Wild Ride, you hinted that certain metal singers lip-sync on stage but didn’t name names. Expose one of your peers for committing the sin of lipsyncing or eat a death wing,” Taylor’s Slipknot bandmate Shawn Crahan told the singer.
“Oh dude, you guys are a**holes,” Corey said. After Crahan told him to do it, the vocalist continued, “Hold on. Let me think about who I can throw in the bus. Now, first of all, you all have to understand I’ve made a change in my life. I’m trying to be a better person. So I don’t want to do that to people. So I may for integrity’s sake, eat a death wing.”
In a 2023 interview with Loudwire, Taylor talked about his views on backing tracks. He said he doesn’t criticize all bands that use them, but he won’t use them for his solo work.
The rocker explained his approach, “I want to set the record straight. Something I’ve been saying onstage at the solo shows is I’ve been trying to make a point about real live as opposed to tracks and computer live.”
He added, “Now, before I say anything, I want to say that I am not saying there is anything wrong with using computers or using tracks. To each his own, it’s fine. If that’s what you want to do, that’s fine. But for me, my proudest moment is that we get up onstage and we do it as a band.”
“If you hear wrong notes, that is live. If you hear wrong chords, that is live. If you hear me mess the words up, that is live. That makes the experience completely individual to the person at the show,” Corey also shared.
In the same episode, Taylor also ranked his rock feuds. He chose Limp Bizkit as his top feud, saying his feelings were influenced by his ego and mostly about Fred Durst. He put Machine Gun Kelly in the middle due to creative disagreements but noted he had respected MGK before. He ranked Nickelback last by calling their music repetitive.
