Long before Corey Taylor and Jim Root joined Slipknot they had another band Stone Sour. It was formed in 1992 by Taylor and drummer Joel Ekman. Bassist Shawn Economaki joined soon after. Stone Sour played in local clubs for a few years usually with a different guitarist for each show. Then in 1995 there was a turning point. Guitarist Jim Root joined the band. In '97 the band fell apart as Taylor left the band to join Slipknot. The other members went their seperate ways and Root eventually joined Slipknot too. Then in 2000 old friend/guitarist Josh Rand approached Taylor with some song ...read more
Long before Corey Taylor and Jim Root joined Slipknot they had another band Stone Sour. It was formed in 1992 by Taylor and drummer Joel Ekman. Bassist Shawn Economaki joined soon after. Stone Sour played in local clubs for a few years usually with a different guitarist for each show. Then in 1995 there was a turning point. Guitarist Jim Root joined the band. In '97 the band fell apart as Taylor left the band to join Slipknot. The other members went their seperate ways and Root eventually joined Slipknot too. Then in 2000 old friend/guitarist Josh Rand approached Taylor with some songs he was writing. With the completion of the music the duo noticed it to be so close to the music the original Stone Sour wrote. With that they reunited the band after almost a decade of seperation. In 2002 Stone Sour released their self-titled album and are currently in the studio working on their second planning to be realeased in the late summer of '06, the new album is called Come What(Ever) May, and features the bands first no. 1 hit single "Through Glass" and another single entitled "30-30/150." « hide
