Corey Taylor Net Worth

What Is Corey Taylor's Net Worth?

Corey Taylor is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has a net worth of $2.5 million. Corey Taylor is best known for leading two of the most influential rock bands of the last three decades: Slipknot and Stone Sour. His unmistakable voice, emotional range, and brutally honest lyrics helped define the aggressive and cathartic style of modern metal. With multiple chart-topping albums, a solo career, bestselling books, and collaborations with a wide array of artists, Taylor has become one of rock music's most recognizable and outspoken figures. Despite fronting a globally successful band, Taylor has been candid about the economic realities of life as a touring musician, often describing his lifestyle as "upper middle class" rather than extravagant.

Slipknot Earnings

In October 2023, Corey appeared on a podcast called "FeedbackDef," on which he revealed a bit of SlipKnot's financial details:

"Honestly, in a weird way, we don't make a lot of money. I mean, we make enough to live, obviously, and we can live comfortably, but we've never been offered massive deals. There's a lot of us in the band, and there's a whole crew that we have to pay. There's the production that we have to pay for. There's all of this shit that we need to pay for. So at the end of the day, we are paid pretty much commensurate with what we are worth. We've never been even close to the big paydays that sports people get, actors — all of that shit. So in a weird way, we're kind of — if you adjust for inflation, we're upper middle class, basically. We're not extravagant. We're not rich by any stretch of the means, but we do okay. I can take care of my family. Their educations are good to go. I have insurance for all of my kids. And really, that's it… There's a reason why we have to tour as much as we do, because that's the only way we can actually pay our fucking bills."

In a 2019 interview with "Vulture," Corey revealed that the band splits all revenue equally. He was primarily referring to touring and revenue merchandise.

Early Life and Substance Abuse Struggles

Corey Taylor was born on December 8, 1973, in Des Moines, Iowa. He was mostly brought up by his single mother in Waterloo. Corey is of Irish and Dutch ancestry on his mother's side and of Irish, German, and Native American descent on his father's side. Early on, after seeing the trailer for the 1978 horror film "Halloween," Taylor developed a nascent interest in masks and horror themes. Meanwhile, he was introduced to rock music by his grandmother, who showed him a collection of Elvis Presley records.

By the age of 15, Corey had become addicted to controlled substances and twice overdosed on cocaine. He was taken into legal custody by his grandmother, who bought him musical equipment. Taylor continued to struggle with substance abuse and his mental health, attempting suicide when he was 18.

Stone Sour

In 1992, Taylor co-founded Stone Sour with drummer Joel Ekman. The band would undergo lineup changes but eventually included guitarist Josh Rand and bassist Shawn Economaki. They released a pair of demos in the early '90s before Taylor left temporarily to join Slipknot in 1997.

He returned in the early 2000s, and Stone Sour released its self-titled debut album in 2002. The record charted at #46 on the Billboard 200 and laid the groundwork for greater success. Their 2006 follow-up, "Come What(ever) May," debuted at #4, and 2010's "Audio Secrecy" reached #6. The band's ambitious double concept album, "House of Gold & Bones," was released in two parts in 2012 and 2013 and was accompanied by a four-part comic series written by Taylor and published by Dark Horse Comics.

Slipknot

In 1997, Taylor was recruited by Slipknot's founding members—percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison, and bassist Paul Gray—to replace original vocalist Anders Colsefni. At the time, Slipknot already featured an unconventional lineup with multiple percussionists, a turntablist (Sid Wilson), and a dark, horror-themed aesthetic built around anonymity and performance masks.

Taylor joined shortly before the band signed with Roadrunner Records and recorded their breakthrough 1999 self-titled debut. His combination of guttural screams and melodic vocals gave Slipknot a distinctive sound that helped them cut through the crowded nu-metal scene.

The band's core lineup during their rise included Crahan (#6), Jordison (#1), Gray (#2), Taylor (#8), Mick Thomson (#7), Jim Root (#4), Sid Wilson (#0), Craig Jones (#5), and Chris Fehn (#3).

With Taylor as frontman, Slipknot achieved global acclaim. The debut album went double Platinum in the U.S., and the follow-up, "Iowa" (2001), reached #1 in the UK and #3 in the U.S., pushing the band into international stardom. In 2004, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" introduced more melodic elements, including acoustic guitars and clean vocals. It featured the Grammy-winning single "Before I Forget."

2008's "All Hope Is Gone" became their first U.S. #1 album, but it would also be the last to feature the original full lineup. Paul Gray's death in 2010 and Joey Jordison's departure in 2013 marked a turning point. Taylor and Crahan kept the band together, bringing in new members Alessandro Venturella and Jay Weinberg. Later albums ".5: The Gray Chapter" (2014), "We Are Not Your Kind" (2019), and "The End, So Far" (2022) all debuted at #1 or #2 on charts around the world.

Taylor's lyrics have remained the emotional core of the band, touching on trauma, grief, rage, and mental health—a reflection of both his personal history and the band's collective pain.

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Other Music Projects

Beyond Stone Sour and Slipknot, Taylor has collaborated with numerous other musical artists throughout his career. He has made guest appearances on albums by such bands as Steel Panther, Apocalyptica, Damageplan, and Soulfly, and he contributed to the "Roadrunner United" all-star album. In 2009, Corey performed with the Junk Beer Kidnap Band at Rockfest in Des Moines. He has also performed with the bands Dum Fux and Audacious P. In 2019, he worked with the band Falling in Reverse on the track "Drugs" and was also featured on Nostalgia Critic's parody album of Pink Floyd's "The Wall."

As a producer, Taylor founded the record company Great Big Mouth Records in 2006. He has produced two albums: "Redemption" by Walls of Jericho and "Facecage" by the eponymous band. Corey also has a solo career, having released his debut solo album, "CMFT," in 2020.

Books and Movies

Taylor has had a successful writing career in addition to his music. From 2001 to 2016, he penned a monthly column for the British publication "Rock Sound." In 2011, he released his first book, "Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good." This was followed by 2013's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven (Or How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots & Cynics in the Process)."

On the big screen, Corey has appeared in many films as himself, including the 2002 remake of "Rollerball" and the documentary "Get Thrashed." He had a rare fictional role in the 2014 horror film "Fear Clinic," playing the character of Bauer.

Personal Life

In 2002, Taylor had a son named Griffin with his then-fiancée, Scarlett. The couple married in 2004 and divorced in 2007. A few years later, Corey wed Stephanie Luby in Las Vegas; they separated in 2017. In 2019, Taylor married Alicia Dove. From an earlier relationship, he has a daughter named Angeline.

Real Estate

In March 2002, Corey, who was 28 at the time, paid $384,000 for a home in one of Des Moines' most expensive neighborhoods.

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