The thought of new Slipknot is pretty exciting, and Corey Taylor had a chat to Rick Florino at Artist Direct about that, Black Sabbath’s influence and Bass Player Live!
Q: What was Geezer Butler’s impact on you?
A: I think one of the great things about Geezer Butler was his ear for how music could fit together. Between him andTony Iommi, they wrote the bulk of that music. Unconsciously, growing up as a Sabbath fan, it made me realize that things didn’t just have to follow musically. Things could fit on top of each other that maybe didn’t sound like they could coexist. Then, you put them together, and you’re like, “Oh, wow!” There was such a dynamic virtue to the music. It’s one of those things you almost take for granted. It’s the difference between hearing Sabbath play live and seeing a band try to cover it because they never get it right. There’s such a nuance there that is so different that you really don’t understand it until you see the real thing. The impact for me was really about the complexity of the simplicity and making it feel unlimited with something as simple as the way the bass, the drums, and the guitar fit together, whether the singing was in it or not. I think that was a hell of a lesson for me, because it was the way I approached music as well. To hear another band do it and almost unconsciously give me that lesson, that was the one major thing about Sabbath I truly love and I think most people miss.
What’s next for you?
Honestly, Slipknot is looming on the horizon. That’s what’s next in my mind anyway. I’m writing some demos. Clown is putting some things together. Joey is doing Scar The Martyr, but he’s a fucking machine. He can write at any time. This band is just loaded with writers. We don’t have a definitive start date, which is fine. That’s okay for us now. When we’re ready to make the album, we will. That’s the mindset. Next year we’re going to get together and start putting the pieces together.
What do you think of now, when someone brings upVol. 3: The Subliminal Verses?
That album is a bit of a peek at what I think the next album will be. It’ll be a cross betweenIowaandVol. 3in a lot of ways, while also evolving the way we always have. The stuff I’m writing right now is really dark. The stuff Clown is coming with is fucking beyond. It’s really cool. It’s going to be cool to get the alchemists in the same room and see what happens.
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