Contactmusic: Slipknot singer Corey Taylor has blamed the band's onstage fireworks for his health scare in Texas last month (Jul12) after passing out during a concert finale. The rocker gave fans a scare when he collapsed at the end of the group's Dallas gig, part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour.
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I give Corey Taylor credit for what he does, touring as musician or rocker rather is not easy. Especially when you get on a stage night after night to play packed venues. Having said that, I find it hard to believe that the pyro itself is to blame for his accident.
I can only imagine how many fixtures are in the lighting rig, and I'd also be willing to bet that they use hazers and/or foggers, in addition to the pyro. All of these things, mixed with a 4 or 6 month bus and truck tour, with the addition of probable dehydration sounds like a case of heat exhaustion or heat stroke to me. And even if it wasn't, I wouldn't jump to blaming the just pyro crew and effects. There's a lot of other things going on there, especially when you think about the 200 people jumping up and down in mosh pits 20 feet from the stage.
Um, I could be the jump suite and FULL FACIAL MASK. Could be. . . Perhaps this is explains Angus Young’s or Kid Rock’s costumes. (I should not take this so light) Corey will turn 39 in December and he might not be able to do all the things that he used to could. I know this is true for me. Blaming just the pyro for his effects I think is a little excessive unless they just added pyro to the show on this leg of the tour. Corey could also begin using an oxygen supplement like other aging rockers.
I agree with Dale: blaming the cause of the situation on solely the pyros was excessive. As stated by the other commentors, there were a lot of things going on between the pyro and the costume and the haze and touring. The thing about this article is that I have say if this happened once before, why wasn't something done about this the first time? One would think that if a member of a band has some serious medical issues caused by the effects going on onstage, management would have done something by this point to correct any possible hazards. While often times the performer does not interact with the effects of a performance until tech, it is extremely importnt that if they have ANY concerns that they be brought up to the management right away. While any single one of the effects listed in the article and common theatrical practices would be fine alone, once you combine the sheer number of them together along with touring, its a unsafe recipie for disaster.
Something about this is really weird, and it's not just the fact that he blamed the entire incident on the pyrotechnics team. OK, he blacked out for two whole songs?! But played them anyway?! I mean, sure, people black out and continue to walk and talk and make questionable decisions, but that's usually due to intoxication. Being injured and blacking out is an entirely different animal. I find it hard to believe that he is telling the whole truth there. Which takes away his credibility for me. IF I don't believe him there, then I don't believe him when he places blame on certain technicians for the incident. How could he even know that? I doubt he watches the presets for the performance every night. It probably was some stagehands fault more than it was other stagehands, but it isn't really Corey's place to say who's who in this situation.
"It's not the age, it's the mileage." - Indiana Jones
You can BLAME the pyro on eating up all the air [which, unless you're in space, I don't think really happens] but that hardly explains why Corey Taylor's bandmates didn't black out.
Corey Taylor was addicted to cocaine for close to seven years and I can't believe that doesn't stick with you, even if you went clean years ago [thank you, google]. Whilst I will whole-heartedly agree that performing [especially with stage effects] can be hazardous [just ask James Hetfield], if "all the pyro" really did "suck out all the air" I think you'd hear about more people passing out or the practice would alter to make it safe. Dude, getting older can be scary. It's OKAY not to know why you passed out or to be faced with the prospect of not being able to finish long shows because you're not 22 anymore; but leave the science to scientists and stop making excuses.
I bought the first Slipknot album and then bought the European release when I was in studying abroad in the UK to get the extra bonus tracks.
I sold both of them at a garage sale before moving to Pittsburgh.
I have to agree with dale, no one seems to bother bringing up the fact what he is wearing around all pyrotechnics. I am curious as to why they make no mention of whether he was on anything.
Taylor des have a point though, about the pyrotechnics in a venue not suited for such effects. What kind of inspection has to happen for a venue to be able to use pyrotechnics and ensure that the fumes and product if the pyrotechnics doesn't become a hazard
To place all the blame on the pyrotechnics team is a bit much. I agree with Dale; his concert attire doesn't exactly help the situation either. I'm sure there's codes and rules to follow regarding how much fire and propane is safe to use for a show like this. Either party could be at fault, and I'm sure Corey can't do all the things he used to when the band had just started touring. But no matter how old you are, still being able to finish a concert while you're blacked out is pretty impressive.
It's hot on stage, you wear seventy pounds of head gear and you head bang furiously for two hours...hmmm. I am sure that they have played smaller spaces with the same amount of stage space--how is the oxygen level? Maybe Corey should have a roady check the oxygen level periodically.
I would however like to see the facts on the affects on a person over a lifetime of performing with Pyrotechnics. Those would be interesting statistics.
I defiantly believe that it was hot onstage, I dont know if I have ever been to a concert where the people on stage were not sweating their butts off. With the probably incredibly lighting heavy rigg, hazers, pyro, and the whole nine yards i would understand if that would cause some issues. But the full outfit and mask probably had a lot to do with him passing out. If everyone onstage was sick in some way or just passing out, then Taylor may have a point, but honesty it is so easy to blame something that you dont understand. I doubt that this guy has extensive knowledge on the building ventilation or the pyro in his show.
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