Heavy metal band Slipknot decked themselves out in matching overalls and masks,
and took metal to new depths of violent, nasty, jaw-dropping lunacy in the 1990s
and 2000s. Front man Corey Taylor - born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 8, 1973
- was raised by a single mother. He was introduced to music through MTV, his
babysitter's punk tapes, and his grandmother's collection of Elvis Presley
records before discovering Black Sabbath, Metallica, and horror movies in his
teens. His troubled upbringing included sexual abuse, drug addiction, and a
suicide attempt, but he found a releas...