COREY TAYLOR Announces 'CMFB…Sides' Collection Of Covers And Acoustic Recordings; 'On The Dark Side' Lyric Video Available
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SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor will release a solo album of covers and acoustic recordings, titled "CMFB…Sides", on February 25 via Roadrunner Records.
"CMFB…Sides" comprises nine unreleased B-sides, covers of tunes that inspired Taylor, acoustic renditions, and live versions. Corey preserves the windows-down and arena-ready spirit of "On The Dark Side" made famous by JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND in the 1983 film "Eddie And The Cruisers", and strips the 1981 classic "Lunatic Fringe" by RED RIDER down to a striking acoustic number. Furthermore, he and his cohorts hypercharge "Got To Choose" by KISS and lock into a punchy punk gallop during "All This And More" from DEAD BOYS. The EP also features Taylor's snarling cover of "Holier Than Thou" from METALLICA, a song he initially recorded for "The Metallica Blacklist". Perhaps most surprisingly, Corey and his bandmates transform Eddie Money's "Shakin'" into a roaring banger with all of the original's swagger intact. Plus, the EP boasts acoustic takes on "Kansas" and "Halfway Down" from Taylor's 2020 full-length debut, "CMFT", and a powerhouse live medley of "Home" and STONE SOUR's famous "Come What(ever) May" finale "Zzyxz Rd".
The official lyric video for the LP's first single, Corey's rendition of "On The Dark Side", can be seen here.
"CMFB…Sides" track listing:
01. Holier Than Thou (METALLICA cover)
02. All This And More (DEAD BOYS cover)
03. Kansas (acoustic)
04. Shakin' (Eddie Money cover)
05. Home/Zzyzx (STONE SOUR medley) (live)
06. Lunatic Fringe (RED RIDER cover)
07. Got To Choose (KISS cover)
08. Halfway Down (acoustic)
09. On The Dark Side (JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND cover)
This coming Monday, February 14, Taylor will release a performance video of the live "Home" / "Zzyxz Rd" medley which was originally filmed during his epic "Forum Or Against 'Em" livestream from the iconic Los Angeles venue The Forum.
Corey broke the news of the "CMFB…Sides" release in an interview with SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" earlier in the month. At the time, he said: "CMFT is putting out a B-sides album which has all the covers that we've done and some acoustic versions of some of the songs that are on 'CMFT'," he said, referencing an acronym for "Corey Mother Fucking Taylor". "The first single will actually be February 11th, and people will be able to download that. It's our cover of 'On The Dark Side' by JOHN CAFFERY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND, which is one of the best rock tunes ever. It's one of our favorites to play live… The 'CMFT' B-sides will come out February 25th. It'll be available everywhere. We're really stoked on that too."
Asked if there are plans for him to do more solo shows in the coming months, Corey said: "We're doing little stuff here and there. We just did ShipRocked, which was a lot of fun… It's looking like we're gonna do a handful of shows in the U.K. in October, kind of threaded around the SLIPKNOT schedule. So we're just gonna do it here and there while we kind of gear up [for the next album].
"'CMFT 2' is written, it's demoed, it's ready to go," he added. "Plus we're constantly writing new stuff. So we're gonna be in a great position, next year probably, to go in and record 'CMFT 2' and just be ready to kind of do that. But that's obviously after SLIPKNOT has kind of done its thing."
"CMFT" made impressive debuts on charts around the world, entering at No. 1 on Billboard's Current Hard Rock Albums chart, while claiming No. 2 on Current Rock Albums, No. 6 on Vinyl Albums, and No. 9 on the Top Albums charts. Furthermore, "CMFT" landed Top 10 on the official album charts in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, with Top 20 debuts in the United Kingdom, Finland and Japan (international chart).
"CMFT" was recorded at The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas with producer Jay Ruston and Christian Martucci (guitar), Zach Throne (guitar), Jason Christopher (bass), and Dustin Schoenhofer (drums).
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
