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Albums Of The Decade: Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

Metal Hammer - Found Jun. 30, 2009
... and Stone Sour respectively, the future looked bleak for the 18-legged Des Moines noise machine. With Corey Taylor talking about Stone Sour...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 3:29 am

Dope drummer's solo project, Team Cybergeist, prepares for live ...

St. Petersburg Times - Found Jun. 18, 2009
... security.' Through the magic of the Internet, Bartolotta recruited friends from groups like Kittie, Stone Sour, the Genitorturers and Morbid...

Posted on June 18, 2009, 12:54 pm

And the 'secret bands' are...

Kerrang.com - Found Jun. 16, 2009
... was really hoping for Soulfly or[ Disturbed ]or even some Machine Head would have been nice a bit of Stone Sour or Skindred something...

Posted on June 16, 2009, 7:55 am

Food and Dining Briefs for June 18

North County Times - Found Jun. 18, 2009
$30 -- 2:30 and 5 p.m. July 12: Beer & Chocolate Pairing; $30 -- 11 a.m. July 19: Stone Sour Fest; $30 -- 7 p.m. July 21: Beer U: Sours;

Posted on June 18, 2009, 11:33 am

Five Finger Death Punch pull entire European tour

Kerrang.com - Found Jun. 5, 2009
â??Due to [producer/mixer] Randy Staub's (Metallica,Stone Sour) tight schedule, [we] were only able to secure his services at a time that...

Posted on June 5, 2009, 11:39 am

Scott Ian: ?Corey Taylor was in Anthrax!

Metal Hammer - Found Jun. 4, 2009
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian reveals to Metal Hammer that Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor was 100% part of Anthrax!

Posted on June 4, 2009, 4:23 am

Meet the band: Easteighteen

The Des Moines Register - Found May. 21, 2009
... the rock band, which recorded a debut album in 2005 called 'In the Event that You're Right,' working with Stone Sour producer Tom Tatman.

Posted on May 21, 2009, 5:13 am

Rockfest sucess at nation's largest one day music festival.

Examiner.com - Found Jun. 2, 2009
Having grown up in Des Moines, it?s impossible to escape him, as his work with Slipknot and Stone Sour put the Iowa city on the musical map.

Posted on June 2, 2009, 11:48 am

A who's who of metal drummers appears in Vic Firth's magazine ad

CD Insight - Found May. 19, 2009
... of Tool Carmine Appice, currently not affiliated with a band Shawn Drover of Megadeth Roy Mayorga of Stone Sour Vinny Appice of Heaven and...

Posted on May 19, 2009, 5:30 am

Diamonds in the Rough 05.10.09: Lacuna Coil

411mania.com - Found May. 9, 2009
... the band embarked on the Jagiermeister Music Tour with Shadows Fall and Stone Sour. Lacuna Coil toured a lot with Stone Sour that year, come to...

Posted on May 9, 2009, 10:20 am

Stone Sour Biography

Stone Sour
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Stone Sour
from left to right: Corey Taylor, Josh Rand (stood in the back behind the amps), Roy Mayorga, James Root, Shawn Economaki
from left to right: Corey Taylor, Josh Rand (stood in the back behind the amps), Roy Mayorga, James Root, Shawn Economaki
Background information
Origin Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Genre(s) Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) SonyBMG
Roadrunner
Associated acts Slipknot
Soulfly
Black President
Website www.stonesour.com
Members
Corey Taylor
Jim Root
Josh Rand
Shawn Economaki
Roy Mayorga
Former members
Joel Ekman

Stone Sour is an American three time Grammy Award-nominated rock band from Des Moines, Iowa.

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Band history

Early days

Stone Sour was founded by Corey Taylor, vocalist of Slipknot, and former drummer Joel Ekman. Taylor's long time friend, Shawn Economaki, also of Slipknot fame, joined shortly after, and filled in as the bass player. The band had played clubs and bars with different guitarists - often filling the position for just one show. This time, Stone Sour recorded 2 demo tapes, in 1992 and 1994. Shortly after, in 1995, James Root - who is now also part of Slipknot with Taylor - joined the band. The group was complete, and in 1996 recorded another demo tape, and songs from which would later be used in 2002 on their self titled debut album, Stone Sour. The band was named after an alcoholic drink that consists of one part whiskey, one part orange juice, with a splash of sour mix.

In 1997 the band went on hiatus when Taylor and Root spent most of their time with Slipknot, who were another up-and-coming act in Des Moines at the time who were to soon earn a record deal. Root also joined the band a year later, and Economaki went on to become their stage manager. Ekman stayed in Des Moines, and formed a family.

Debut album

After Josh Rand joined the band, the band recorded their debut self-titled album in Cedar Falls, Iowa, which was released on 31 July 2002 in the UK, and on the 1st of August in the US. Aided by the song "Bother" which was featured on the Spider-Man soundtrack (credited only to Taylor), the album went on to become Gold. The band toured for six months with label mates Sinch and Chevelle before going on a temporary hiatus as Taylor and Root went back to join Slipknot for another album and tour.

Come What(ever) May, live album, and another hiatus

The band came back in 2006 to release their second studio album, Come What(ever) May. They parted ways with drummer Joel Ekman who left to take care of his cancer stricken son, and later recruited current drummer, Roy Mayorga of Soulfly. The album was released on August 1, 2006. It was met with great reviews from critics, and sold 80,000 copies in the first week, allowing it to debut at number four on the Billboard 200. The band toured for the next year and a half, releasing the Live in Moscow album exclusively to iTunes on August 14, 2007. Corey Taylor and James Root returned to Slipknot to record their fourth full length studio album, All Hope Is Gone. Mayorga is now performing with the band Black President. While on the road with Slipknot, Taylor and Root are said to be writing for the next Stone Sour album.

On the official Stone Sour website, there is a strange looking counter. It is unclear what it is supposed to signify. It appears to count up to 60, then start back on 0 and count again to 60.

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Discography

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