First up, after talking about how close he feels to the members of Stone Sour, and how he will never quit that band, he speaks of his disassosiation from Slipknot:
"With Slipknot — I mean, I'm very proud of what I did with Slipknot, and obviously, I'm close with those guys, but it's completely different [than Stone Sour]. It was a band that joined later and I, honestly, in a lot of ways, never really felt connected to it — for whatever reason; it might have been me, it might have been them. I cast no aspersions on anyone. But that's just the dynamic. Stone Sour's always had a really special spot in my heart, because it's the first real band that I started, and I put so much work into it, and I'm still with these guys that I've known 20 years. I mean, it's always gonna be right there."
Afterwards, the interviewer asks if the passing of Paul Gray will have any affect of future output from both Slipknot and Stone Sour, to which Corey responds:
"If it happens, if it happens… There'll definitely be new Stone Sour music, but with Slipknot, there's such a huge piece missing now — a piece that the fans can't even understand. And, honestly, it drives me nuts trying to explain it to them. I mean, Paul always was that unconscious, almost lynchpin that held everything together. And he had such a great mind for the music that we created that without him, I don't see it happening very soon, let's put it that way. If we do, it's gonna be way down the line, and it's gonna be when everyone's ready. Because there are other things in the band that are affecting things right now." After the interviewer points out that "Everyone must still be tender" following Paul's death, Corey goes on to say, "It's not even about that. It's individual issues, let's put it that way, and that's all I'll say about it. Obviously, we're doing these shows in the summer at Sonisphere and that's pretty much gonna be us dipping a toe in the water to see what happens. To me, it's baby steps. I think everybody's racing ahead without realizing that we kind of have to pick ourselves up first. Everyone needs to be realistic about it and it seems like I'm the only one who's being realistic. And it's a heavy responsibility to be the guy who is kind of coming off as the doomsayer, but at the end of the day, that's respect. I'm not just racing right ahead and going, 'Oh, yeah, we're gonna go…' I lost my brother last year, and people need to understand that and respect it before I start getting all 'hip, hip hooray' about everything."
if they want to make a shit ton of money they will disband, wait like 4 years and do a MASSIVE like 40ish date reunion tour saying that it will be the last one ever. tix will sell for over a 100 for pit and they will make serious bank.
It wouldn't surprise me if Corey doesn't want to do Slipknot anymore after the shows...I don't really care what slipknot does anymore...I seen em enough and am fine with them quitting
Corey has Stone Sour commitments, so of course he's going to beat around the bush with the Slipknot questions. I'm sure he's not thought much about it.
It wouldn't surprise me if Corey doesn't want to do Slipknot anymore after the shows...I don't really care what slipknot does anymore...I seen em enough and am fine with them quitting
Couldn't have said it better.
Death is not the worst of evils.
You can't be down, when you're always high.
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"With Slipknot — I mean, I'm very proud of what I did with Slipknot, and obviously, I'm close with those guys, but it's completely different [than Stone Sour]. It was a band that joined later and I, honestly, in a lot of ways, never really felt connected to it — for whatever reason; it might have been me, it might have been them. I cast no aspersions on anyone. But that's just the dynamic. Stone Sour's always had a really special spot in my heart, because it's the first real band that I started, and I put so much work into it, and I'm still with these guys that I've known 20 years. I mean, it's always gonna be right there."
Afterwards, the interviewer asks if the passing of Paul Gray will have any affect of future output from both Slipknot and Stone Sour, to which Corey responds:
"If it happens, if it happens… There'll definitely be new Stone Sour music, but with Slipknot, there's such a huge piece missing now — a piece that the fans can't even understand. And, honestly, it drives me nuts trying to explain it to them. I mean, Paul always was that unconscious, almost lynchpin that held everything together. And he had such a great mind for the music that we created that without him, I don't see it happening very soon, let's put it that way. If we do, it's gonna be way down the line, and it's gonna be when everyone's ready. Because there are other things in the band that are affecting things right now." After the interviewer points out that "Everyone must still be tender" following Paul's death, Corey goes on to say, "It's not even about that. It's individual issues, let's put it that way, and that's all I'll say about it. Obviously, we're doing these shows in the summer at Sonisphere and that's pretty much gonna be us dipping a toe in the water to see what happens. To me, it's baby steps. I think everybody's racing ahead without realizing that we kind of have to pick ourselves up first. Everyone needs to be realistic about it and it seems like I'm the only one who's being realistic. And it's a heavy responsibility to be the guy who is kind of coming off as the doomsayer, but at the end of the day, that's respect. I'm not just racing right ahead and going, 'Oh, yeah, we're gonna go…' I lost my brother last year, and people need to understand that and respect it before I start getting all 'hip, hip hooray' about everything."
From Metal Injection
Note - I really don't give a fuck about Paul Gray, I just really hate slipknot.