Corey Taylor says touring with Slipknot is “hard fucking work”

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Corey Taylor has once again opened up about the physical demands of touring with Slipknot, saying that it is “hard fucking work”.The frontman, who will turn 50 in December, said over the summer that he thinks he has “maybe five years left” of touring to this level with the masked band.Taylor explained that he would continue to perform live “as long as [he] can physically do it”, but said he’d “help [Slipknot] find somebody” to take over should he decide to retire from the road.Now, in a new interview with Rock Feed, the vocalist has spoken further on how long he thinks Slipknot can go on, and how his various physical ailments can impact his job in a live setting.“I’ve already said that physically I maybe have five years left, but at the same time, I go out of my way to really try to take care of myself,” he told the outlet (via Blabbermouth).“Now I have a lot of fucking miles on me.

It’s hard for me. People don’t realise this, but when I walk, I’m almost in constant pain. It’s the knees, it’s my feet. I have a broken toe on this foot.

I have gout across my feet. It gets up into my joints and shit. Yeah, it’s tough. I’m not as nimble as I used to be. I’m not 35 anymore.

It’s hard, but there are ways to do shows that don’t require being that crazy now.”Taylor went on to explain how “travel doesn’t lend itself to being healthy”, adding that it causes you to “eat like shit” and “sleep like shit” on a regular basis. “And nine times out of 10, you’re gonna play like shit,” he said. “We don’t want that.