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  Q&A: Corey Taylor of Slipknot & Stone Sour

  September 8, 2010 – Slipknot frontman Corey "#8" Taylor led the band's angsty horror-metal to the top of the charts while wearing ghoulish masks and leather S&M gear. …
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  Slipknot Bassist Died from Accidental Drug Overdose

  June 21, 2010 – Autopsy results show that Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, whose body was discovered in an Iowa motel room on May 25, died from an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic opiate 100 times more potent that morphine. According to CNN, the Polk County, Iowa, medical examiner also found that the 38-year-old suffered from "significant heart disease" at the time of his death. The medical examiner added that Gray had been dead f …
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  Slipknot Bassist Found Dead in Motel Room

  May 24, 2010 – Paul Gray, bassist for alt-metal vets Slipknot, was discovered dead Monday in an Iowa hotel room. He was 38. Details are scarce, but the Des Moines Register reports that a hotel employee found Gray at the TownePlace Suites hotel in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, the band's hometown. Police do not suspect foul play. The Polk County Medical Examiner's Office plans to conduct an autopsy Tuesday. …
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  Travis Barker Taps Lil Wayne, Slipknot for Solo Album

  February 16, 2010 – Blink-182 drummer/producer Travis Barker has announced that Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor will join him for a metal-infused track on his first upcoming solo album. Hip-hop stars Lil Wayne, RZA, the Game, Rick Ross, and Beanie Segal are also slated to appear on the as-yet-untitled LP. "I just love music, so with my album it's no one genre," Barker told Spinner. …
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  Slipknot, Coheed and Cambria Rock NYC

  February 6, 2009 – It was a scary Thursday night in New York City. Nu-metal legends Slipknot and prog-rock heroes Coheed and Cambria rolled into Manhattan's Madison Square Garden with heavy riffs, some serious head-banging, and, of course, Slipknot's totally creepy masks. The two bands thrashed, they bashed -- and we took pictures!Check them out below: Slipknot / Photo by Helen Pearson Slipknot / Photo by Helen Pearson Coheed and Cambria / Photo  …
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  Weird Music Feud: Slipknot vs. Coldplay

  December 19, 2008 – Although Coldplay and Slipknotshare a love of despairing album titles (Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends and Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone) and a fondness for costumes (see Coldplay's "Violet Hill"), we never expected to write a single story that contained both these bands. But then Slipknot's lead masked man, Corey Taylor, threw down the gauntlet during a U.K. …
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  New Albums From the Verve, Slipknot, Matthew Sweet, and More

  August 25, 2008 – Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. …
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