Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor came close to being a member of Anthrax but was stopped from doing so by his record label in 2007. He told Trunk Nation that he, Scott Ian and Frankie Bello kicked the idea around after doing an acoustic gig together in New York, but Slipknot's label, Roadrunner, wouldn't allow it.
Taylor said, “I got a phone call from Roadrunner telling me that they weren’t gonna let me do it. They wanted me to go back and do All Hope Is Gone, because we were still contracted to do another Slipknot album, and they weren’t going to allow me the wiggle room. I don’t even know if those people are still at Roadrunner, to be honest. But I know that they cracked the whip on it and were really hardcore.”
He added, “It was the first time I had ever felt like I was kind of backed into a corner. Not that I didn’t wanna do a Slipknot album, but I was so into the idea of doing an Anthrax album. And I remember having to call and tell the (Anthrax) guys that I wasn’t gonna be able to make it. It broke my heart so hard. But, obviously, things worked out for the better for them.”
Last week, Taylor shared released the video for his solo track “Black Eyes Blue.” His solo album, CMFT, will be released on October 2nd.