Always opinionative Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has revealed that he has grown "fucking tired" of playing the band's hit single Wait and Bleed.
Taylor made the comments, which are sure to divide the band's legion of maggots, during an appearance on the All Things Music podcast. Concerning the iconic song from their legendary self-titled album Taylor states "I'm not the one who vetoes these things. I vetoed one song for a half a tour – you're gonna laugh – Wait And Bleed - because I was fucking tired of playing it. I was like, 'can we do one run where we don't play it?' Listen to this shit. We got a 4K review from headlining Download specifically because we didn't play 'Wait And Bleed'. I was like, 'are you fucking kidding me?' I was so mad. I purposefully was like 'I don't fucking wanna play this song ever again.' Well guess what? I'm the asshole we did it."
Despite being completely unenthused with playing the song, Slipknot continues to do so as a matter of fan service, with Taylor even revealing he now includes the track in his solo sets because it is what the fans want. The song was performed at all three recent Knotfest Australia events.
"It's in my fucking solo set now. So there you go. I can't escape it. People love that song. It's not a bad song. It's just old, man. And I, like everybody else who makes music, I love the fact that we have legacy stuff. But man, I fucking played that [forever]."
In the same discussion, Taylor indicates there is one Slipknot song he is dying to play live, and that song is Gematria (The Killing Name), but he doesn't believe it'll ever happen.
"There are certain odiums around the way that song was created and recorded, which is why some of the guys in the band are like 'fuck that, we'll never play it, the reason isn't even sentimental. It's resentment. But for me man, it's such a fucking burner that I just love that song. But it'll never happen."
Listen to the full podcast appearance in which he is joined by his wife Alicia Taylor below.
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