「ポールならバンドを続けたがっているはず」とコリィ・テイラーがスリップノット活動再開の誓いを語る
PAUL GRAY 'Would Want Us To Keep Going'
スリップノットのコリィ・テイラーは今年5月24日に急死したベースのポール・グレイ亡きあとのバンド活動について、ポールだったらバンドを続けてほしいと思っているはずだと語った。また、バンドも来年の夏にヨーロッパのツアーを敢行することを発表している。
今回、ポールの死を前向きに受け止めていくようになったきっかけとしてコリィは元パンテラのドラマー、ヴィニー・ポールからの助言があったことをNMEとの動画インタビューで語っている。
パンテラの解散後、ヴィニーは弟のダイムバッグ・ダレルと新ユニット、ダメージプランを03年に結成したが04年にオハイオ州コロンバスでのライブ中に暴漢と化した客が銃を乱射し、ダイムバッグほか3人が絶命するという悲劇に巻き込まれた。そんなヴィニーからコリィは「これからは2人分の人生を背負ってることを忘れるな」と言われたのだという。
この言葉をきっかけにコリィはポールを称えるためにも活動を続ける決意を固くし、また、09年に薬物の過剰摂取で他界したアヴェンジド・セヴンフォールドのドラマー、ザ・レヴにも同じような敬意を払っていくことを決心したとか。
「やっぱり生きることを謳歌して、死に引きずられないことが大切なんだと思うよ」とコリィは説明する。「ザ・レヴもポールも俺たちが死に捕らわれるようなことは嫌だと思うはずだよ。ふたりともバンドをやるのが大好きだったから、俺たちにもやり続けて欲しがっているはずなんだ。ふたりの意思を継いで俺たちもやっていくべきなんだ。それでなくてもポールほどライブが大好きで、しかも、全精力を注いだやつなんかほかにはいないからね」。
今回、ポールの死を前向きに受け止めていくようになったきっかけとしてコリィは元パンテラのドラマー、ヴィニー・ポールからの助言があったことをNMEとの動画インタビューで語っている。
パンテラの解散後、ヴィニーは弟のダイムバッグ・ダレルと新ユニット、ダメージプランを03年に結成したが04年にオハイオ州コロンバスでのライブ中に暴漢と化した客が銃を乱射し、ダイムバッグほか3人が絶命するという悲劇に巻き込まれた。そんなヴィニーからコリィは「これからは2人分の人生を背負ってることを忘れるな」と言われたのだという。
この言葉をきっかけにコリィはポールを称えるためにも活動を続ける決意を固くし、また、09年に薬物の過剰摂取で他界したアヴェンジド・セヴンフォールドのドラマー、ザ・レヴにも同じような敬意を払っていくことを決心したとか。
「やっぱり生きることを謳歌して、死に引きずられないことが大切なんだと思うよ」とコリィは説明する。「ザ・レヴもポールも俺たちが死に捕らわれるようなことは嫌だと思うはずだよ。ふたりともバンドをやるのが大好きだったから、俺たちにもやり続けて欲しがっているはずなんだ。ふたりの意思を継いで俺たちもやっていくべきなんだ。それでなくてもポールほどライブが大好きで、しかも、全精力を注いだやつなんかほかにはいないからね」。
SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor spoke to NME.com about how he has dealt with the death of SLIPKNOT bandmate Paul Gray — saying he thinks the bassist "would want us to keep going." During the chat, which you can see at this location, Taylor revealed that he took inspiration from HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott when dealing with Gray's death.
"It seems like everybody's doing great," Taylor can be heard saying in the clip which was shot during STONE SOUR's recent tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and HELLYEAH. "There are some moments that are more somber than others. But when you are here to entertain, you don't wanna spend too much time in melancholy. There is time to reflect, there is time to celebrate, and for me, dealing with loss, it's important to celebrate life and not revel in death, to be honest. I mean, Jimmy ['The Rev' Sullivan, AVENGED SEVENFOLD (A7X) drummer who passed away last December] and Paul wouldn't want anyone to do that, they would want us to keep going, because they loved doing this — they absolutely loved doing this. And in their spirit we should continue doing that."
He continued, "I've never seen a guy more into playing live than Paulie and just watching his reaction when the crowd goes off. And even though I'm doing STONE SOUR right now, he was such a huge supporter of STONE SOUR that if I didn't give it every little bit of gusto I had, he would be super-disappointed.
"Honestly, even with Vinnie... I've taken a lot of cues from Vinnie after what happened with him. [Vinnie's brother, PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist 'Dimebag', Darrell Abbott, was murdered onstage in Columbus, Ohio in 2004. — Ed.] He looked me right in the eyes and said, 'Man, you just gotta remember you're living for two now, you're living for two people, 'cause that spirit's always with you.' And something about that really sticks with me and it helps me remember to embrace life, to celebrate life. Don't spend too much time on the darkness and the depression — you have to live every single minute with every little bit of spirit you have. So that keeps me going."
"It seems like everybody's doing great," Taylor can be heard saying in the clip which was shot during STONE SOUR's recent tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and HELLYEAH. "There are some moments that are more somber than others. But when you are here to entertain, you don't wanna spend too much time in melancholy. There is time to reflect, there is time to celebrate, and for me, dealing with loss, it's important to celebrate life and not revel in death, to be honest. I mean, Jimmy ['The Rev' Sullivan, AVENGED SEVENFOLD (A7X) drummer who passed away last December] and Paul wouldn't want anyone to do that, they would want us to keep going, because they loved doing this — they absolutely loved doing this. And in their spirit we should continue doing that."
He continued, "I've never seen a guy more into playing live than Paulie and just watching his reaction when the crowd goes off. And even though I'm doing STONE SOUR right now, he was such a huge supporter of STONE SOUR that if I didn't give it every little bit of gusto I had, he would be super-disappointed.
"Honestly, even with Vinnie... I've taken a lot of cues from Vinnie after what happened with him. [Vinnie's brother, PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist 'Dimebag', Darrell Abbott, was murdered onstage in Columbus, Ohio in 2004. — Ed.] He looked me right in the eyes and said, 'Man, you just gotta remember you're living for two now, you're living for two people, 'cause that spirit's always with you.' And something about that really sticks with me and it helps me remember to embrace life, to celebrate life. Don't spend too much time on the darkness and the depression — you have to live every single minute with every little bit of spirit you have. So that keeps me going."
