Slipknot Considered Breaking Up Says Corey Taylor

(Metal Hammer) Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has recalled how the band almost split after their first album as a "f*** you" to the music industry. Their self-titled debut was released in 1999 and the backlash that surrounded it nearly led the band to call it quits before they eventually made 2001's follow-up Iowa.

Taylor tells Alternative Press: "That was one of those ideas that I was so in love with because it was such a 'f*** you' to the industry. Just to pull a total Sex Pistols and make one monstrously f***ing destructive album then just be like, 'No, that's all you f***ing get, f*** you.'

"I just remember the excitement on all of our faces and in all of our hearts. I even told some friends 'Yeah dude, we're gonna break up,' and they were like 'What the hell are you talking about?' They just thought we were f***ing crazy." Read more here.

Slipknot Music, DVDs, Books and more Slipknot T-shirts and Posters More Slipknot News Share this article Related Stories Slipknot To Play Rare Intimate Venue Show This Week Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed and Slipknot Lead Rocklahoma Lineup Slipknot's Debut Revisited By Original Singer Anders Colsefni Ex-Slipknot Drummer Jay Weinberg Joins Iconic Band Slayer, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Pantera and Slipknot Lead Aftershock Lineup