COREY TAYLOR: Pro-Shot Footage Of West Hollywood Solo Performance
July 20, 2015SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor released his third book, "You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look At The Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left", on July 7 via Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. The book acts as a commentary on society and pop culture and has been described as "Taylor's take on Peter Griffin's 'You Know What Really Grinds My Gears'."
Taylor is promoting the book with a combination of bookstore events and a solo tour which are one-of-a-kind shows featuring readings from the book, acoustic performance, and audience discussion.
Professionally filmed video footage of Taylor's July 19 appearance at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California can be seen below (courtesy ofYahoo! Screen).
The setlist was as follows:
01. Nutshell (ALICE IN CHAINS cover)
02. Bother
03. 30/30-150
04. Through Glass
05. Breathe / Have A Cigar / Time (PINK FLOYD cover)
06. The Travelers, Pt. 1
07. Tired
08. Imperfect
09. Pulling Teeth (GREEN DAY cover)
10. Taciturn
11. Snuff
12. Community Property (STEEL PANTHER cover - one verse)
13. Lightning Crashes (LIVE cover)
14. Chloe Dancer (MOTHER LOVE BONE cover)
15. Little Red Corvette (PRINCE cover)
16. Love Song (THE CURE cover)
17. Wicked Game (CHRIS ISAAK cover)
18. Take It Easy (THE EAGLES cover)
Encore:
19. Free Bird (LYNYRD SKYNYRD cover - one verse)
20. Jamie's Crying (VAN HALEN cover)
21. I Don't Care About You (FEAR cover with Scott Ian from ANTHRAX)
22. Spit It Out
During an appearance on the Nerdist podcast, Taylor stated about "You're Making Me Hate You": "It's fucking brutal. It's just me basically trashing everyone."
Taylor said that his original title — which the publisher refused to allow him to use — was "You're Making Me Hate You (Or How Justin Bieber Sucked A Million Dicks To Make His Money)".
Taylor's last book, "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Heaven", was published in the summer of 2013 and landed at No. 23 on the New York Times "Hardcover Non-Fiction" best sellers list.
His first book, 2011's "Seven Deadly Sins: Settling The Argument Between Born Bad And Damaged Good", also made the list at No. 26.
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