Taylor has also dissed the likes of Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst & nu-metal pioneers Korn. In an interview, Taylor said, “Chad Kroeger is to rock what KFC is to chicken.” While Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger tried to diss Taylor’s music, Taylor called Kroeger ugly. In an interview, Taylor revealed that he thought the label’s public relations team supported Nickelback more than his bands. In 2002, Slipknot & Taylor’s other band Stone Sour were signed to the same record label as Nickelback. Taylor is known for speaking his mind, even when he doesn’t have anything nice to say. Kelly responded to Taylor’s tweet by saying his verse was really bad. He even compliments Kelly & wishes them luck on the project. Taylor responds by respectfully saying he might not be the right person for the song. Email correspondence between Taylor & Kelly collaborator Travis Barker revealed that Kelly claimed to love Taylor’s verse but gave him a grocery list of notes. On Twitter, Taylor refuted Kelly’s story, even going as far as posting receipts. Machine Gun Kelly claims the beef started when Corey Taylor did a “terrible” verse for a song on his album Tickets to my Downfall. SHRED DJENT REDEMPTION September 20, 2021 So this is all I’ll say: I didn’t do the track because I don’t like when people try to ‘write’ for me. I don’t like people airing private shit like a child.
I artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock – and I think he knows who he is.” It is safe to assume that the “he” that Taylor was talking about was in fact MGK. “I hate everything,” the Slipknot member said on the podcast. Back in February, Slipknot member Corey Taylor mourned the state of rock music on Cutter’s Rockcast. Machine Gun Kelly’s shots were not the first fired in what might be the strangest celebrity beef of 2021. The band also paid homage to former member Joey Jordison, who passed away earlier this year.
Founding Slipknot member Corey Taylor used the performance to reminisce about signing the band’s first record contract in Chicago in 1998. Slipknot meanwhile took a very different tact on stage. Let me see who chose to be here instead of with all the old weird dudes in masks.” Later in his performance, which occurred at the same time as Slipknot’s, he demanded, “turn the lights up. Kelly, a man who wears shiny clothes on just about every red carpet & once dyed his tongue black, seems to take umbrage with Slipknot’s attention-grabbing trademark masks. While introducing a song from his album Tickets to my Downfall, MGK told the audience, “Hey you wanna know what I am really happy that I am not doing? Being 50 years old wearing a fucking weird mask on a fucking stage.” On Sunday 19, at Chicago’s RiotFest, Machine Gun Kelly took a swing at the band Slipknot, a band with which he shared top billing on the festival’s last day. Rapper-turned-pop rocker Machine Gun Kelly took aim at the legendary heavy metal band Slipknot on the last day of Chicago’s RiotFest. The latest celebrity feud is proof that 2021 is as confoundingly bizarre as 2020. For those unfamiliar, Kavinsky's real name is Vincent Belorgey and this cover of "Psychosocial" is done specifically in the style of his song "Nightcall" from the 2011 Drive soundtrack.By: Jackson Wingate What’s the beef between Machine Gun Kelly and the members of Slipknot?