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Kerrang! - Corey Taylor's Solo Album
In the latest issue of Kerrang!, Corey talks about his plans for his own solo album.
Below is an excerpt from this article:

"This is something I want to do purely for myself," says Corey, who is currently on tour with Slipknot in support of their latest album, All Hope Is Gone. "This is something I need to release before moving on to something else."

Taylor currently has about 40-50 songs that he has been working on, and he is now considering which of them will be included in the album.

"Some of them were written in the past, but I didn't finish them. In addition, there are many songs that I wrote over the past year," he explained.

"I don't give a damn what people think about it."

Given Slipknot's tour schedule until March 2009 and the decision to record a solo album, Kerrang! asked Corey what this means for his other band, Stone Sour. "You never know what's in store," he replied thoughtfully. "The guys in Stone Sour really want to record another album and get back on stage. This time they have a lot of material, and they are fully ready for anything, but we need to wait and see what happens in the near future, maybe even longer."

When asked why he feels he needs to release a solo album, he gave two reasons. Reason number one: "...over the past year and a half, my life has been filled with many ups and downs. There have been some really big changes, and I've accepted and come to terms with some of them quite easily." Reason number two: "Both in Slipknot and in Stone Sour, I am limited in how I can write and what I can write about. The beauty of creating a solo album is that I can write any song I want."

When asked what listeners can expect from the album, Corey replied: "some songs will be acoustic, others will be powerful rock songs, and there should also be something that I don't even know about yet. But I'm sure this is an album that has been inside me and I need to make it."

Corey says that after the album is released, he plans to support it on tour.