Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor has the “itch” to write next book

Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor has opened up about when he thinks he will work on his next book. 

Taylor’s last book was released in 2017 titled America 51. Much of it was dedicated to his dislike of President Donald Trump.

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Taylor said by the time it was finished, he was mentally exhausted. 

“I kind of took a break from writing books after America 51, just because it took such a toll on me mentally that I really had to step away for a while,” he said during a Facebook Live. “But I’m starting to get that itch again. I’ve got a really great idea for a novel as well as a cool idea for another ‘rant’ book, as I like to call ’em. And probably in the next year or so, I’ll start working on that. But right now, my main focus is Slipknot.”

Taylor also talked about the process of writing the band’s latest album We Are Not Your Kind, which he said was about “letting go of ego and trying to find the best way to open up to new ideas”. 

You can see the full Facebook Live below. 

 

 

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Back in January, Taylor talked about possibly exploring social media addiction in a new book that he was working on. 

“There’s a flare in addiction right now and it’s one of the things I’m working on in my new book. There’s a correlation between that and social media — all of the shit that’s been triggered because of social media, the same kind of dopamine trigger. It’s compulsion, gratification, compulsion, gratification. It’s just a constant cycle,” Taylor said.

He even spoke about how struggles in his personal life made his addiction to social media even worse. He also delved into how he broke his bad phone habits.

“I had just gotten separated and I kind of went down a crazy wormhole, because I was really depressed, I was really fucking unhappy. I had just been through hell,” Taylor said.

“Instagram, Twitter… it took me a while to get out of it. For about three months solid, that’s all I did, ignoring my fucking duties and shit. The only time I would really fucking get away from it was when I was with my kids. Then the compulsion would come right back and I was like, ‘What is going on?’ It took me so long to settle that compulsion down.”

You can read about the full interview here

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Slipknot just released their highly-anticipated new album We Are Not Your Kind. You can stream that below. 

Slipknot are currently on tour with their Knotfest Roadshow. Tickets are on sale now with a full list of tour dates below.

Dates:

08/16 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
08/17 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
08/18 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
08/20 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage

08/21 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
08/23 – Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion
08/24 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
08/25 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater
08/27 – Mansfield, MA @ The Xfinity Center
08/28 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
08/30 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
08/31 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion

09/01 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
09/03 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
09/04 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
09/06 – Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater at Circuit of The Americas
09/07 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
09/08 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman

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