A short video clip of SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor playing with Mercy Reign, the daughter of an Australian SLIPKNOT fan, on February 23 at the Soundwave Festival in Brisbane, Australia can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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Russ Rosenfeld, a longtime representative for Hoshino, the Japanese trading company that owns the Ibanez brand name, appears to have confirmed rumors that SLIPKNOT will headline this year’s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Rosenfeld‘s slip of the tongue was captured in the short video clip below while he was introducing the new line of Mick Thomson (SLIPKNOT) Ibanez signature guitars at this past weekend’s NAMM show in Anaheim, California.
The official Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival lineup is expected to be announced on Wednesday, January 25.
Last July, SLIPKNOT completed a three-week European tour that was the band’s first run of dates since the death of bassist Paul Gray a year earlier. A one-off appearance at the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil followed in September.
SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor and percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan confirmed that the band will tour the U.S. this summer.
Taylor has repeatedly stated in interviews that it’s “still too soon” for the band to be thinking about recording a new studio album following Gray‘s death.
The singer has been touring with his other band STONE SOUR and has indicated that he would like to return to the studio with that group next.
SLIPKNOT‘s last record, “All Hope Is Gone”, was released in 2008.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Guitar World held the magazine’s first-ever Rock & Roll Roast with inaugural honoree Zakk Wylde. Presented by Epiphone guitars and sponsored by Monster Energy Drink, EMG pickups, Revolver magazine, Marshall amplification, Dunlop, Eagle Rock and Samson, the exclusive event took place last night (Thursday, January 19) at The Grove in Anaheim, California; a portion of all proceeds will go to the MusiCares charity. Zakk Wylde was recently named one of the 100 greatest living rock stars by Revolver magazine.
Roastmaster Sharon Osbourne and other metal-loving luminaries such as Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Jericho, ANTHRAX‘s Scott Ian, SLIPKNOT‘s Corey Taylor, as well as comedy and roast veterans Jim Norton, Brian Posehn, Jim Florentine and more will all took aim at the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman and guitar icon, best known for his incredible axe chops, his golden locks and his signature Bullseye guitar line.
Recaps of the first-ever Rock & Roll Roast can be found by following these links:
* Rolling Stone
* Guitar World
* The Orange County Register
* ARTISTdirect
Sample stingers from last night’s event follow below.
Comedian Brian Posehn to Chris Jericho: “Comedy is hard, isn’t it? Stick to sucking at everything else.”
Comedian Jim Norton to Scott Ian: “You look like Ben Kingsley eating a raccoon.” [referencing the ANTHRAX guitarist’s trademark beard.]
Current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. to Zakk Wylde (via video): “Zakk, I grew up learning all of your riffs and solos. Then I learned how to play real music.”
Scott Ian on Zakk Wylde: “Zakk‘s guitar playing is way less diatonic and way more gin and tonic.”
Zakk Wylde on Sharon Osbourne: “There’s a lot of faces up here, and Sharon‘s is probably the newest. I’m kidding, Mom. You don’t look a day over artificial.”
Zakk Wylde on Scott Ian: “Scott‘s been playing lots of poker lately, and like ANTHRAX, they can both barely pull a full house.”
Zakk Wylde on Corey Taylor: “Corey Taylor was in a TENACIOUS D cover band called PUGNACIOUS P. Now he’s in a NICKELBACK cover band called STONE SOUR.”
Brian Posehn to Scott Ian: “So you’re responsible for LINKIN PARK and LIMP BIZKIT [thanks to ANTHRAX‘s early collaboration with PUBLIC ENEMY on a remake of ‘Bring The Noise’]. On behalf of everybody, (screw) you.”
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Source: Blabbermouth
Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan has thanked the band’s fans for their support in the months following the passing of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray.
Recently Crahan told Metal Hammer magazine, “I haven’t publicly spoken about Paul, except for the conference meeting, but I wanted to let you all know that I want to personally thank everyone who stood up for us and helped us. I want to personally thank each and every person out there who said beautiful things about Paul.
“We really have a fanbase and a culture and it’s real important to us, so thank you… We’re in a mourning period right now, dude. We’re in a place that we never thought we’d be in so it’s a little hard to explain, but we have a brotherhood that will never be replaced so there’s no worries there.”
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