Slipknot star Corey Taylor appears to have emerged as a new favourite to land the vacant role of Velvet Revolver frontman after winning high praise from the band's bassist Duff McKagan.
The supergroup, founded by McKagan and his former Guns N' Roses bandmate Slash, has been without a singer for over a year after sacking Scott Weiland in April 2008.
A number of top rockers have been linked to the job, but McKagan has admitted in recent weeks that the band is still struggling to find the right guy. Now it appears the bass player may have found someone just right for the gig - the Slipknot and StoneSour singer, who recently joined McKagan's side project Loaded on tour in America.
In a SeattleWeekly column he writes for fans, "You may know Corey as the lead singer from Slipknot and StoneSour, but I know him as a guy who just likes to rock and have fun doing it. His band out-Loaded Loaded as they came on stage to the 'Magnum P.I.' theme song doing a choreographed dance, and then proceeded to play Let's Go Crazy by Prince.
"They CRUSHED it! The heavy-metal crowd was further bewildered when they saw their Slipknot hero go from the theme song from Cheers into Pig by NINE INCH NAILS. It was absolutely superb. To me, when you can flat-out rock and also take the p**s out of yourself... then you are doing something right."
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