Corey Taylor Has Releases Acoustic Version Of ‘Black Eye Blue’

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Slipknots frontman Corey Taylor has released an acoustic version of ‘Black Eye Blue’.

The original track was from the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman’s debut solo album ‘CMFT’, released on October 2nd via Roadrunner Records.

Talking to Kerrang about his solo album, Corey said “I love what I’ve done in the past, I love the projects that I’ve been attached to, but this, honestly, was probably the most enjoyable album that I’ve done since the first SLIPKNOT album, There was such a sense of, ‘We’re doing it together.’ I hadn’t felt anything like that for a really long time, man. People grow apart, relationships become fractious… people stop liking each other sometimes, in certain bands, you know? But with this, it was totally different, because we were all friends before that. We just happened to all play together, and then we formed a band around that friendship, and it all really galvanized it.”

Talking how the new album touches on various lifelong influences the Taylor said “I was talking to my wife about this the other day — I was, like, ‘Fuck! There’s nobody for me to hide behind!'” Adding “It’s easy to take risks when you have the benefit of a well-established name — and by that, I mean the bands that I’ve been in for 20 years. But I also feel like I’ve earned the right to put something out there and throw people for a loop — not only with the things that I’ve done with both bands, but the guest spots that I’ve done with several bands: everybody from TONIGHT ALIVE to Zakk Wylde to Tech N9ne. I mean, I’ve really spread out, in a cool way. I’ve never sequestered myself to one corner of the genre; I’ve never allowed myself to be painted into a corner. And I think because of that, people’s minds are a lot more open when they hear that I’m putting something out. They’re gonna come into it with this mindset of, ‘Okay, I don’t know what the fuck I’m about to hear. This should be interesting. I think by doing that, that really sets the tone for your career.”