Slipknot’s Corey Taylor didn’t realize he broke his neck

June 5, 2016

Earlier this week, Slipknot announced that they would be postponing their upcoming tour with Marilyn Manson and Of Mice & Men because frontman Corey Taylor experienced unplanned spinal surgery. Now, Taylor has clarified why the surgery was unplanned: he broke his back a while back and didn't realize it. Check out the tweets below.

Basically broke my neck a while back & didn't realize it. Had 2 have disc replaced & work on vertebrae. Those 1st shows rescheduled for Aug.

— Jalapeno Throat, LLC (@CoreyTaylorRock) June 3, 2016

Enough w/ the conspiracy theories. I quit smoking b/c I wanted to. I had emergency surgery b/c shit came up during my physical.
Calm.
Down.

— Jalapeno Throat, LLC (@CoreyTaylorRock) June 5, 2016

1M+6: pic.twitter.com/JvZFKPBQbp

— Jalapeno Throat, LLC (@CoreyTaylorRock) June 3, 2016

Taylor has also clarified that all the shows have been rescheduled, and Marilyn Manson will still be there.

Show is NOT canceled. Just postponed. And Marilyn will be with us when we come back. We've been able to resched ALL. https://t.co/fUsjA6vceF

— Jalapeno Throat, LLC (@CoreyTaylorRock) June 3, 2016

Well wishes!

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