Corey Taylor Reacts to Huge Compliment From Duff McKagan

For those who’re contemplating seeing one in every of Corey Taylor’s solo live shows, Duff McKagan would suggest doing so, as he in contrast the rocker to Bruce Springsteen. Taylor, in return, shared his response to the praise by the Weapons N’ Roses bassist in an interview on The Rockman Energy Hour.

In accordance with the interview, McKagan wrote about seeing one in every of Taylor’s solo performances in a letter that is included with the rocker’s upcoming album CMF2. The notice reads, “I noticed Corey command an viewers like a younger Bruce Springsteen, acoustic guitar round his neck and truth-telling by way of songs as his technique of communication. It was really inspiring.”

“There’s not lots of people on this enterprise that I’ve extra respect for than Duff McKagan,” Taylor responded. “Not solely is he one in every of my good associates, however he is… when it comes to individuals who’ve not solely simply seen all of it, however they have been by way of hell and are available again to dwell to inform about it. Whenever you develop up watching anyone going, ‘Fuck, he is one of many coolest dudes on the planet,’ after which unexpectedly, his quantity’s in your cellphone, it does issues to your mind.”

The Slipknot frontman admitted that he would not suppose he is all the time been essentially the most likable particular person, so the reward from McKagan meant a fantastic deal to him. He additional added that the comparability to Springsteen is “type of” in keeping with the place he desires his solo profession to go sooner or later.

“Hints of Springsteen, hints of Ozzy [Osbourne], a number of fucking Alice in Chains and vibes like that,” he elaborated. “I am principally simply attempting to place my spin on the whole lot that I’ve ever beloved, and doing it for an viewers. So it is rad to not solely really feel the appreciation, however to really feel it from anyone like [McKagan]… He is in one of many greatest bands of all time, and he is simply probably the greatest within the enterprise. So yeah, it is a mindfuck.”

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Try the total interview under.

Taylor’s solo tour kicks off Aug. 25 in Denver, Colorado. Try the total itinerary right here. CMF2 shall be out Sept. 15 and may be pre-ordered by way of this hyperlink.