Editing Corey Taylor (section)

==Early life==
Corey Todd Taylor was born on December 8, 1973, in [[Des Moines, Iowa]].<ref>[http://www.movietome.com/people/221141/corey-taylor/index.html Corey Taylor Information, Photos, and Trivia at MovieTome] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207043301/http://www.movietome.com/people/221141/corey-taylor/index.html |date=December 7, 2008 }} Movietome.com. Retrieved April 1, 2010.</ref><ref name="Arnopp26">{{Harvnb|Arnopp|2001|p=26}}</ref> He was mostly raised by his single mother in [[Waterloo, Iowa]], and described it as a "hole in the ground with buildings around it".<ref name="Arnopp26" /> He is of German, Irish and Native American descent on his father's side, and Dutch and Irish on his mother's side.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/slipknot-s-corey-taylor-on-paul-gray-the-new-tour-and-staying-in-for-the-long-haul-1.2060297|title=Slipknot's Corey Taylor on Paul Gray, the new tour, and staying in for the long haul|date=January 9, 2015|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> Taylor, along with his mother and younger half-sister, would often move around the country in search for job prospects. By the time he was 15, he had "already lived in 25 states".<ref name="revolvermag" >{{cite web | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/corey-taylor-face | title=Corey Taylor: Slipknot and Stone Sour Frontman Goes Deep on His Dark Past | date=June 2007 }}</ref> Around 1979, Taylor and his mother saw the [[sci-fi]] series ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''. Before the series, there was a trailer for the 1978 horror film ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''. Taylor said this "developed some sense of Slipknot in [himself]".<ref name="Arnopp26"/> While ''Halloween'' introduced Taylor to masks and horror themes, Taylor's grandmother introduced him to [[rock music]], showing him a collection of [[Elvis Presley]] records from the 1950s to 1970s. He especially found songs like "[[(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear|Teddy Bear]]", "[[In the Ghetto]]", and "[[Suspicious Minds]]" to appeal to his interests the most, describing them as "good times".<ref name="Arnopp26"/> Taylor also began listening to [[Black Sabbath]] at a young age, beginning with their early work.<ref name="Arnopp26"/> He decided he wanted to become a singer when he and his cousin were singing along to [[Journey (band)|Journey]]'s "[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)|Separate Ways]]".<ref name="auto">{{cite news | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/corey-taylor-face | title=Corey Taylor: Slipknot and Stone Sour Frontman Goes Deep on His Dark Past | newspaper=Revolver | date=June 2007 }}</ref>

In 1983, when he was nine years old, his mother and her boyfriend moved to [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], to become security guards for [[Burt Reynolds]]' ranch. However, as they were driving there, they got stranded in [[Georgia (U.S state)|Georgia]] and he lost some of his possessions.<ref name="revolvermag" /> By age 15, he had developed a drug addiction and had overdosed on [[cocaine]] twice.<ref name="Arnopp27">{{Harvnb|Arnopp|2001|p=27}}</ref><ref name="Arnopp25">{{Harvnb|Arnopp|2001|p=25}}</ref> By this time, he was living in [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]], but some time after this overdose, he returned to visit his grandmother in Des Moines, and according to Taylor, "stayed and never went back [to his mother's house]." She took legal custody of him so that he could continue going to school, and she helped him buy musical equipment. He would later describe his grandmother as his "strongest influence" as well as his "rock, foundation and stability."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/corey-taylor-mourns-loss-of-grandmother-who-raised-him | title=COREY TAYLOR Mourns Loss of Grandmother Who Raised Him | date=September 11, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="ForF" /><ref name="Arnopp28">{{Harvnb|Arnopp|2001|p=28}}</ref> When Taylor was 18, he left his grandmother's house and went to various places in Iowa, Des Moines being a place to which he frequently returned.<ref>{{Harvnb|Arnopp|2001|p=29}}</ref> Taylor attended [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Des Moines, Iowa)|Lincoln High School]] in Des Moines but did not graduate. He later earned his [[GED]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/after-years-of-wondering-and-growing-corey-taylor-took-his-shot-at-a-solo-record/ | title=After Years of Wondering and Growing, Corey Taylor Took His Shot at a Solo Record | date=September 21, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

In 2017, on an episode of [[Viceland]]'s ''The Therapist'', Taylor revealed that he was [[Child sexual abuse|sexually abused]] at the age of 10 by a 16-year-old friend. Taylor stated that he never told anyone about the incident until he was "probably 18" because his abuser had "...threatened to hurt me and threatened to hurt my mom".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-sexually-assaulted-age-10/ |title=Corey Taylor Opens Up About Being Sexually Assaulted at Age 10 |website=Loudwire |date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> At age 17, when Taylor was living with his grandmother, he attempted suicide by way of overdose. His ex-girlfriend's mother drove him to the hospital in Des Moines and doctors were able to resuscitate him.<ref name="ForF" /> He describes this as the lowest point in his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-opens-up-depression-attempted-suicide/|title=Corey Taylor Opens Up About Depression + Attempted Suicide|work=Loudwire|date=October 23, 2014 }}</ref>