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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has hit out at KISS' Gene Simmons for saying that 'rock is dead', urging the long-tongued loud-mouth to 'get out more'.
Speaking to Esquire earlier this year, Simmons said "rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance, somewhere, was going to be expressed and now it won't because it's that much harder to earn a living playing and writing songs. No one will pay you to do it."
Meanwhile, the fact alone that Slipknot are enjoying chart-topping, stadium-filling, festival-headlining success around the world proves that the man is talking nonsense - and Taylor is quick to set him straight.
"I think people put too much [focus] on sales," said Taylor in a fan interview with radio station KLAQ. "'Cause that doesn't relate to how many people have heard it. You know what I'm saying?! And in this day and age, it's more about getting people to hear the music. I mean, we had three million views of the Knotfest live streams. You don't get an award for that. We had so many million views of 'The Negative One' video and 'The Devil In I' video. You don't get awards for that. So, for me, what we did was great."
He continued: "I love the fact that we had the highest sales in a first week for a metal band [with SLIPKNOT's fifth album, '.5: The Gray Chapter'], the whole year, in a long time, to be honest. I'm proud of that. But at the same time, that doesn't relate to how many people have heard it, and how many people have gone out and bought specific songs. Just the fact that we had 65,000, almost 70,000 people, over the weekend of Knotfest, I mean, that proves something, you know?! You don't always need a platinum album to relate that to success. So, with all due respect to Mr. Simmons, he needs to get out more."
Watch Taylor's full interview with KLAQ below
Slipknot's .5 The Gray Chapter is out now. The band will be touring the album in January, Full tour dates are below.
For tickets and more information, visit here.
Wed 14th Jan - DUBLIN - 3Arena
Fri 16th Jan - SHEFFIELD - Motorpoint Arena
Sun 18th Jan - GLASGOW - SSE Hydro
Mon 19th Jan - NEWCASTLE - Metro Radio Arena
Tue 20th Jan - MANCHESTER – Manchester Arena
Thu 22nd Jan - LIVERPOOL - Echo Arena
Fri 23rd Jan - LONDON - Wembley SSE Arena
Sat 24th Jan - CARDIFF - Motorpoint Arena Mon
26th Jan - NOTTINGHAM - Capital FM Arena
Tue 27th Jan - BIRMINGHAM - Barclaycard Arena
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