Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Recalls His Nearly Joining Anthrax: “That Could Interesting”

While he was making his latest interview with Trunk Nation, Corey Taylor, known for his Slipknot career, took fans back to 2007 and mentioned his nearly joining to the thrash metal legends Anthrax.

When he was asked about the issue, Corey remembered the acoustic show he made with Scott Ian and Frankie Bello. He said that they invited him into their band after the show and revealed how he reacted it.

Corey said: “It was something that really we hadn’t talked about too much at length. It was just something that we had talked about doing just ostensibly as a one-off, but we were just gonna kind of see what could happen.

“That actually started as an idea because of an acoustic gig that I did with Scott and Frankie Bello at a place in New York. And I cannot remember what the name of the place was.

“I know it was a club that Scott had maybe an interest in it, so we were helping to promote the club. And it was something really cool that it was just like, ‘Hey, do you wanna come and do this?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, man. Let’s do it.’

“So we went down, we had dinner, we did the acoustic show. And then afterward, we were all kind of just hanging out, and the half-joking line got thrown out, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if you joined Anthrax?’ And we all laughed, and then we all stopped. And we all just went, ‘Hmmm. That could interesting.’”

He continued by remembering his interest in joining the band and said that he was upset when it did not happen. He explained why he did not join the band and added that it felt like backed into a corner.

“It was between Joey and John, so everything was kind of up in the air. It was before – what was his name? – Dan. And we talked about it more and more, and it was something that I was really, really into.

“They sent me a bunch of music, most of which ended up on [2011’s] ‘Worship Music’ – luckily, because the music was so good. Nothing got recorded, because the day I was supposed to fly to Chicago to rehearse and start demoing with Scott and with Charlie.

“I got a phone call from Roadrunner telling me that they weren’t gonna let me do it. They wanted me to go back and do [2008’s] ‘All Hope Is Gone’, because we were still contracted to do another Slipknot album, and they weren’t going to allow me the wiggle room.

“I don’t even know if those people are still at Roadrunner, to be honest. But I know that they cracked the whip on it and were really hardcore.

“It was the first time I had ever felt like I was kind of backed into a corner. Not that I didn’t wanna do a Slipknot album, but I was so into the idea of doing an Anthrax album.

“And I remember having to call and tell the guys that I wasn’t gonna be able to make it. It broke my heart so hard. But, obviously, things worked out for the better for them.”

Corey concluded by thanking them for being his friends and more.

“They’re making music that’s just as good now as the older stuff than it’s ever been. What needed to happen is exactly what happened. I’m just grateful that A) I’m a part of their conversation, and B) That they’re still my friends.”

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