Corey Taylor Discusses Social Media Addiction: “It’s Just A Constant Cycle…”

In a new interview on the Let There Be Talk podcast, Corey Taylor has revealed he'll be tackling the subject of addiction in his forthcoming fifth book.

As well as discussing drug and alcohol addiction – which the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman has battled with in the past – Corey spoke out about the pull of social media, and how there was a time when his phone habits seriously affected his personal life.

“There’s a flare in addiction right now and it’s one of the things I’m working on in my new book,” Corey says. “There’s a correlation between that and social media – all of the shit that’s been triggered because of social media, the same kind of dopamine trigger. It’s compulsion, gratification, compulsion, gratification. It’s just a constant cycle.

“I had just gotten separated and I kind of went down a crazy wormhole, because I was really depressed, I was really fucking unhappy. I had just been through hell.

“Instagram, Twitter… it took me a while to get out of it. For about three months solid, that’s all I did, ignoring my fucking duties and shit. The only time I would really fucking get away from it was when I was with my kids. Then the compulsion would come right back and I was like, ‘What is going on?’ It took me so long to settle that compulsion down.”

Listen to the podcast below.

Catch Corey live with Slipknot at the following dates this year:

June

7-8 Hyvinkää Rockfest
7-9 Nuremberg Rock Im Park
7-9 Nürburg Rock Am Ring
13-15 Nickelsdorf Novarock
13-16 Interlaken Greenfield
14-16 Derby Download Festival
17 Leipzig Arena
18 Hannover TUI Arena
19-22 Copenhagen CopenHell
21-23 Dessel Graspop
25-26 Krakow Mystic Festival
27 Bologna Sonic Park
28-30 Madrid Download Festival

July 2019

1 Nîmes Amphitheatre
3-6 Lisbon VOA
4-5 Viveiro Resurrection Fest