SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR Frontman Corey Taylor to Be Interviewed Tonight on Coast to Coast AM

UPDATE: I've modified the headline and post to correct the fact that Corey Taylor will be interviewed tonight by Dave Schrader (of Darkness Radio) during his guest host spot on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory (not during tonight's broadcast of Darkness Radio).

Corey Taylor, frontman for multi-platinum recording artists Slipknot and Stone Sour, is slated to spend 2 hours live tonight, Friday, December 13 (actually the morning of Saturday, December 14) on Coast to Coast AM by special guest host Dave Schrader of Darkness Radio, a paranormal talk radio broadcast from the Twin Cities, from 12–2 am CST. During Taylor’s first appearance with Schrader on Darkness Radio in July, he talked extensively about his own paranormal experiences.

One likely topic of discussion is the recent announcement of Taylor being cast in the movie Fear Clinic alongside actor Robert Englund. The interview should be especially interesting in light of yesterday’s bombshell news that Slipknot has parted ways with drummer Joey Jordison. Will Darkness Radio and Coast to Coast AM have a scoop and get the first public explanation of this shocking development? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Darkness Radio (formally Darkness on the Edge of Town) is broadcast live five days a week Monday through Friday from 9:00 pm to midnight CST on News-Talk 1130 AM in the Twin Cities metro area. The show is hosted by Dave Schrader, Tim Dennis, and Mallie Fox. You can also listen live through the iheartradio website and app, and it is also available by podcast through iTunes.

Darkness Radio hosts (l-r): Dave Schrader, Tim Dennis, Mallie Fox

More Concert News: FULL BLOWN CHAOS Canceled, TANTRIC, SCOTT WEILAND, DROPKICK MURPHYS Announced

A couple of new concert items are worth mentioning, which I'll get to shortly. First, coming up this week are Lynch Mob and Corey Taylor. Lynch Mob and Life Tragic play tonight, Sunday, November 20 at Neisen's Sports Bar & Grill in Savage. Joining guitar master George Lynch in his band are vocalist Chaz West (Bonham), bassist Robbie Crane (Ratt), and drummer Scot Coogan (Brides Of Destruction, Ace Frehley, others). This is a 21+ show, and it's only $10 at the door. Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor is out promoting his autobiography, Seven Deadly Sins, with a solo spoken word/acoustic/Q&A tour that comes to the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Tuesday, November 22. This is an 18+ show, and tickets are still available for $25.

Hardcore band Full Blown Chaos has canceled their headlining tour with Rose Funeral, Battlecross, and Diamond Plate. Despite Full Blown Chaos pulling the plug, the rest of the bands will continue the tour. Unfortunately, the show scheduled at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 25 has been completely canceled. Cleveland's Ringworm was also on the bill, but I doubt they would have appeared since they also previously announced cancellation of their tour dates.

Rockers Tantric announced their return to town on Sunday, December 4 at Primetime Sports Bar & Grill in Burnsville with Man Made Machine, Underride, and Eve To Adam. Primetime is a great venue to see bands if you've never been there. This is an 18+ show, and tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door.


Also just announced is Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, who will be appearing at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Tuesday, December 6. Weiland recently released a Christmas album, The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, so I would imagine this tour will include his Christmas song renditions. This is an 18+ show, and tickets are $30–50. The only other Scott Weiland tour dates announced are November 30 (New York, NY, Irving Plaza) and December 3 (Huntington, NY, The Paramount), and I suspect more will be announced this week.


Getting back to Diamond Plate, they apparently will be playing with crossover legends D.R.I. on Friday, December 9 at Station 4 in St. Paul. The Diamond Plate Facebook page lists this and a couple other dates with D.R.I. so I've added them to the concert calendar, but there's no mention of this on the venue's or promoter's websites. Another local band, Ripsnorter, has been added to the show so the complete billing appears to be: D.R.I., Diamond Plate, Invasion Earth, This Will Not End Well, Virgin Whores, Deretia, and Ripsnorter.

Looking further ahead, long-running punk stalwarts Dropkick Murphys announced a tour for early next year that brings them and Frank Turner to Minneapolis at First Avenue on Saturday, February 25. This show is all ages, and tickets are $31.50 in advance or at the door.