Inside the mind of Corey Taylor: 7 things he's excited about right now

Corey Taylor caught up with our very own Loz Guest to discuss pretty much everything from what Slipknot's 2021 tour plans are, to his love for WWE, right through to his horror film, Zombie Vs. Ninja.

The self-confessed loquacious rocker talked at length with Loz about everything that's going on, so we've broken it down into seven main listening points - and you can watch the full interview below.

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1) There's something HUGE in the pipeline for Slipknot

Corey could barely tell us anything about secretive upcoming Slipknot plans, coyly saying, "That world is looming. In a big way. I won't say how, but that monster is starting to feel the itch. So, there are things and that's all I'm gonna say. I'm not going to give too much away, but that'll be enough to drive people crazy."

But added that it won't be too long before we find out, "There's some stuff brewing that I can't talk about, but it's massive. It's... I can't, you know, I mean, I can't say that. I can say this - you will hear about it, probably in the next month or so. Just put it that way."

2) Corey's horror film script is in the works

It's no secret that Corey is a huge horror film buff, having been involved in two documentaries about the genre (In Search of Darkness I & II), but what's lesser known is that he's actually working on his own horror film - and it's starting to take shape...

Watch the trailer for Corey's second horror documentary

"I'm actually really gaining traction with my horror movie that I wrote, Zombie Vs. Ninja," he confirmed. "I started work on it a couple of years ago, and I've been writing scripts constantly, like I've written about five or six - actually, it's six completed, one of which was this one.

"It's exactly as described; it's zombies versus ninjas and it's absolute mayhem. I have Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead) and his team connected to to do all the effects, and I've been shopping it for a while and I hooked up with Greg Grunberg (Heroes, Star Wars, Star Trek) who has a production company, and we're working together to put this together."

3) He has a favourite out of Jason Voorhees vs. Michael Myers

Of course, no horror film buff can truly call themselves that without having an opinion on which villain is superior, "See now this is this is tough. To me, the obvious choice is Michael, because he's not as supernatural - or at least he didn't used to be.

"There was a darker mystique to Michael because you didn't understand him and where he was coming from, at least from the original movie, which is scarier in a lot of ways. I don't get it with Jason, there was almost like this killing zombie thing, he's very much a zombie. I would say, Michael is a more compelling character, Jason has better movies."

4) He's tentatively planning a 'Taylor family tour'

Corey and his wife, Cherry Bombs founder Alicia Dove, are planning a mini tour of the US this summer, combining Alicia's cabaret show with his solo band, "With the vaccine in play, that got us thinking, me and Alicia, we're starting to tentatively plot a quick mini tour, May / June here in the States. Basically a Taylor Family tour.

"Her Cherry Bombs would open and then I would close the night with my solo band, we play like two hours; but it's all pods, groups of six, 25% capacity in the venue so that with social distance you have 10 checks at the door. You don't get in without a negative COVID test, within 48 hours, and if you don't have it, you don't get in, period.

"So we're looking at trying to find ways to get this machine going again, and at least see if it can work, especially with the fact that there's so many venues in this country. Besides me just wanting to get out on the road, it's me just wanting to do something to get this industry going again because it's too stagnant, people are tired of watching concerts and forests."

5) Corey's a huge fan of WWE's Undertaker

With Corey sat in a WWE chair, conversation soon turned to the Undertaker's retirement, "When you talk about your favourite wrestler, his name doesn't come up immediately, but then he gets mentioned and everyone stops. He can work with anyone.

"That was what was rad, he could work with small dudes like Mysterio, he could work with crazy dudes like Billy, he could work with Michaels, like those those back to back WrestleMania matches that he had with Shawn Michaels were insane. You're talking about dudes who have wrestled each other before, so there's no reason they could have just hit all the corners and been done with it, but they wanted to bring the house down.

"That's the sign of an amazing performer. They wouldn't be the dudes that people talk about. They don't care about anything else other than ripping the place down, and those are the ones who ended up being the biggest in the business.

"It's just like the music business, if you don't go out on that stage sure that people walk away going, 'That was the best set of the day', then you're not doing your job. If you're going out there to just go, 'Look at me', then nobody cares - it's not about that. It's about making sure people get their absolute money's worth. It takes a lot to be a good showman, and a good performer, and he could do it all."

6) Slipknot's September 2021 US tour is still going ahead... for now

In this current climate the idea of live music may seem very far off, but Corey explains they're monitoring the situation very closely: "Slipknot is booked to tour America, end of September. We are booked to go out and we haven't heard anything yet that it's different. We talk to Live Nation every week, we keep up to date on all of the different restrictions. Like, not only in the States but federally so we're obviously trying, just kind of staying up to date on everything and going from there."

7) Corey has started working on his fifth book

Having penned four already, from 'Seven Deadly Sins' to his most recent 'America 51', which was released in 2017, Corey says he's cautiously begun writing his fifth book - but he's not in any rush to complete it yet, "I'm working on a handful of things, nothing crazy, I started typing - I've started messing around with book number five. But that's way down the line, the last one was so taxing, that I just don't... I'm in no hurry, let's put it that way."

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