INTERVIEW: Corey Taylor on CMF2, friction in Slipknot, suicide, depression, politics and parenting

Recorded July, 2023. Photo by Pamela Littky courtesy of BMG. 00:00 teaser: "No matter what, I couldn't fight it” 00:13 intro theme 00:30 CMF2: "I'll record whatever the fuck I want” 07:41 "I felt like I wasn't getting the credit” 20:34 rage, Slipknot, addiction 25:17 what upsets Corey today 28:17 Iowa, America, politics 31:45 Des Moines 38:37 “We may have Midwestern values, but…” 40:01 political tribalism and perpetual economic growth 48:08 making money 53:00 Slipknot: current status + relationship dynamics 57:42 “Right now, the demons are at bay” 59:03 depression (and sobriety, panic attacks, alcoholism) 1:15:03 parenting, managing what his kids listen to, shock value vs. art 1:23:37 his grandmother 1:26:59 closing thoughts: Raging Bull comparison, goodbyes 1:28:51 outro theme Videos I referenced in this interview: capitalism as neo-feudalism (Prof. Sam Vaknin)    • “The Degeneration of Capitalism into Neo-F...   capitalism vs. monopolism (Prof. Michael Rectenwald)    • The Great Reset and the Grand Refusal | Mi...   A condensed transcript of sections from this interview ran on Paste on 9/15/23 (the day of CMF2’s release): https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/c... support my work: https://ko-fi.com/feedbackdef https://account.venmo.com/u/feedbackdef follow: https://feedbackdef.substack.com   / sabyrk_   Special thanks to Leo Lavoro.