Corey Taylor is clearly a fan of body ink, with countless tattoos all over his body, but he draws the line at face tattoos. In a video interview with GQ, Taylor said he would “never” get one. He added, “I get it, you know. A face tattoo is no different than a nipple piercing from 20 years ago — 30 years ago, anyway. You end up looking like a shitty notebook from high school.”
Taylor gave GQ the tattoo tour, so to speak, explaining that he gave himself his first his very first one himself in his grandmother's basement with “needle and Indian ink.” He first professional tattoo was done when he was 19 years old.
His most painful tattoo is the sun and moon design on his chest. And a little trivia — Taylor's pretty sure he's the only member of the “original band” to not have the full Slipknot logo tattoo, although he does have the band's tribal “S” logo.
Taylor released his first solo album, CMFT, earlier this month.