Before They Were Stars
HOT GALLERY: Heavy Metal Rockers—Before They Were Stars
What is heavy metal? For some people, that topic that can generate more controversy than religion or Tim Tebow. Over the years, metal has split into more genres and subgenres than we have room to list here. Bottom line: We say you know heavy metal when you hear it. So there. Now that that's settled, let's take a look at some of the heaviest rockers around before they were stars. By Brett Singer
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Corey Taylor—Now
Corey Taylor is best known as the lead singer of Slipknot, a “shock-rock” metal band with a stage act that is a direct descendant of Alice Cooper, although their music, led by Taylor’s intense vocals, is much harder. Check out this video for their song “Psychosocial” if you don’t believe us. Don’t watch it at work, though. Someone might get scared. Taylor also has a thriving solo career; here is a video of a soundcheck meet-and-greet with fans. Again, don’t watch it at work unless you want people to run away. Based on his before pic, Taylor always kind of looked like a rock star.
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December 11, 2011 at 8:09 pm, Antonio K. DeLellis said:
No fair! Show me the high school yearbook picture of his mask! I score my results out of 19 cus I don’t count this one.
I got 17 out of 19: I missed ________ because of the long hard years of drug abuse and I missed the first guy’s name because I didn’t know it. I knew who he was though. Them CRRAAZYY eyes.