Biography
Stone Sour - American Music Rock Team, the founders of which were Corey Taylor, Joel Ekman and Roy Majorg. The unusual name group received due to the brand of alcoholic cocktail, which his creators treated, discussing the future project in 1992. The team of the team repeatedly changed later, but the ideological component remained the same. The team adheres to an alternative musical direction, in its songs there are grounding and specific arrangements.The history of creation and composition
The creative biography of the Stone Sour group originates from the sign of measles and Joel, held in 1992 in one of the bars of Iowa. Later, one of the familiar musicians joined the team, the drummer Sean Economics.
In such a composition, the team existed a long time, but the history of the group creation is notable for the constant change of bassists. Rockers did not fail to pick up a colleague and partner with whom they would be on the same wave. Good luck smiled in 1995, when the team replenished James Ruth.
The first time the men worked independently, without concluding contracts with recording studios and not concentrating on the record of studio albums. They gave modest concerts in the bars and nightclubs of the city of De Moines, receiving pleasure from it.
Such work continued for 5 years, while in 1997 measles Taylor did not make a decision on independent implementation. He received an offer to cooperate from the Slipknot team, which at that time quickly gained popularity and rapidly went to success. The musician was invited to become a soloist.
It was obvious that in the absence of a vocalist, other members of the group will not continue joint activities, and the team broke down. The first decision to leave the team accepted James Ruth, then Sean Economics. Joel and decided to suspend creative activity at all, since for him in this period there was a family in priority. He tried power as a concert manager.
After some time, Josh Rand became the initiator of the revival of Stone Sour. He wrote a couple of songs by 2000 and decided to show them the former Corey Colleague. Taylor was impressed with the works of a friend. Among them were "IDle Hands", "Orchids" and "Get Inside".
These like-minded people decided to return to Createness and worked together during the year. They revived their project, and Stone Sour again united. True, at first the musicians thought about changing the name. The list of ideas appeared Closure and Project X, but the native Stone Sour was left on the covers of subsequent albums.
Music
Unlike the first joint experiences, Rockers no longer planned to work without material support. First of all, they started looking for a label that would support their undertakings. A contract with Roadrunner Records was concluded.In 2002, the release of the group of the group of the group of the same name was released, and the team immediately gave a debut concert in support of the disk. Two songs from the album were nominated for the Grammy Prize. The plate was sold out with a circulation of 500 thousand copies and it received the status of gold.
The "Bother" composition, present on the disk, was used as a soundtrack by the creators of the film "Spiderman". The songs of the band became the leaders of musical charts, and the artists removed the clips in their support.
The first success came to Stone Sur. In an interview with the collective soloist, Corey Taylor said that in this team he has more freedom for creativity in comparison with Slipknot, since within the second group there are many differences. Working with Slipknot, Corey Taylor and James Ruta had to expect her time so that both rock bands did not lose.
Therefore, the musicians needed to leave their team to record a new disk and participation in the tour. At the same time, Stone Sour worked on the recording of a new record, which was supposed to replenish the collective discography.
At this point, there were difficult times for Joel Ekman. Son died at the drummer, and he hardly experienced a loss. So the group lost the drummer. His place was taken by Roy Majorgan. The group released the single "Hell & Consequences" and took the clip on it. Gradually, the creative life of the team began to improve. A few months later, the audience was able to hear the compositions "30/30-150" "Reborn", "Through the Glass". They preceded the presentation of the new record.
In 2006, Stone Sour released an album called "Come What (Ever) May" and went to a tour of the tour, covering many countries, including Russia. In 2009, the musicians were again in the recording studio and combined the developments in the Audio Secrecy plate. It was not without loss again. Sean Economics left the team by giving way to Jameson Christophore. The record was released in 2010.
The album had an unexpected sound for the group. Single "Say You'll Haunt ME", at which the clip was immediately removed, turned out to be more like a ballad, and other compositions had romantic motives. So the group surprised fans a tendency to love lyrics. But the album was present and inherent heavy compositions.
The disk ascended Stone Sour to the top of popularity. After 2 years, the light saw the album "House of Gold and Bones Part1", and after a year later, fans enjoyed the sound of songs from the second part of the disk.
In 2014, James Ruth returned to Slipknot to work on a new disk, and Stone Sour was in finding a guitarist who became Christian Martucci. A year later, the team released the MEANWHILE IN BURBANK mini album, consisting of 5 compositions of popular rock teams, and again began to studio work. In 2017, the team returned to their former activity. The plate "HydroGrad", full experiments and new sound. Rock and roll robbed in it.
Among the genres of music to which the Group: Heavy metal, hard rock and an alternative. Some critics include the sound of the team to the nu-metal format, but the musicians themselves do not associate themselves with him.
The special sound of the compositions is achieved through a wide range of measles Taylor voices, a harmonious combination of a guitar with shock and sometimes used by double bass. Easy vocals in combination with heavy rhymes gives the works of Stone Sour a special mood.
In 2013, Corey Taylor was recognized as the best vocalist, according to the experts of the Golden Gods award, and Stone Sour received a reward as the best group. Roy Majorg noted as a better drummer.
Stone Sour now
According to the frontman of Cine Taylor, now the creative life of Stone Sour and SlipkNot is successful individually and does not provoke disagreements because of its participation in both groups. Slipknot has released a new record in August 2019, while Stone Sour works on the collection of material.
In parallel with the studio creativity, the musicians of the team are implemented independently and live in a saturated life. So, the drummer Roy Majorg received an invitation to participate in the concert "Hellyeah" as a guitarist. The event was devoted to the memory of the dead participant of the team. The fees from the speech went to charity.
At the same time, the May Holidays of Corey Taylor pleased fans with new photos in social networks. The musician shared an event from his personal life. Like any rocker, he puts the soul in the speech and therefore does not regret his expression on the stage on the scene.
This was the reason why the vocalist was in the hospital. He conducted an operation on his knees, which the musician immediately informed the public following his profile in "Instagram". In May, as part of Slipknot, Taylor became the guest of the show Jimmy Kimmel.
Stone Sour has an verified account in "Instagram", thanks to which fans can observe the concerts and rock band rehearsals. In the profile they are divided and personal pictures. And fans are waiting, hearing old hits like "Wicked Game" and "Do Me A Favor".
Discography
- 2002 - "Stone Sour"
- 2006 - "Come What (Ever) May"
- 2010 - "Audio Secrecy"
- 2012 - "House of Gold and Bones Part 1"
- 2013 - "House of Gold and Bones Part 2"
- 2017 - "Hydrograd"
Clips
- 2006 - "Through Glass"
- 2006 - "30/30 - 150"
- 2009 - "INHALE"
- 2009 - "GET INSIDE"
- 2010 - "Say You'll Haunt Me"
- 2017 - "FABULESS"
- 2017 - "Absolute Zero"