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Watch Corey Taylor Cover Motörhead's Ace Of Spades
Corey Taylor and his solo band have covered Motörhead's classic Ace Of Spades.
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As if having a new solo album and epic global livestream happening today (October 2) wasn't enough, Corey Taylor is keeping the content coming with a thrilling cover of Motörhead's Ace Of Spades.
The Slipknot frontman and his solo band – Zach Throne (guitar), Jason Christopher (bass), Christian Martucci (guitar) and Dustin Robert (drums) – took on the track for WWE, having also lent recent CMFT single Culture Head as the NXT LOUD theme for NXT Takeover.
"Can’t thank Corey Taylor enough for lending his new track Culture Head off his new album CMFT as the #NXTLOUD theme for #NXTTakeOver: 31," said the mighty Triple H, posting a video of the Ace Of Spades cover. "But this one is for Lem…"
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Mourning the loss of Lemmy in a beautiful tribute for The Guardian in 2015, Corey told his favourite story of the late Motörhead frontman, which happened at the Gibson Guitars Germany offices: "We were both Gibson artists, and were there to check out some new gear, do some press, sign some shit," he said. "We saw each other, gave each other a quick hug/shoulder slap, and immediately went looking for a place where we could smoke. We found ourselves standing in a 'kitchen' with all the windows open, chain smoking, bullshitting and laughing like crazy. I felt like we were cutting class and hanging out somewhere in the high school."
Corey continued: "It was then that Lemmy proceeded to tell me the most hardcore joke I’d ever heard. I can’t tell it here because it’d never get published, but it involved a grandmother and an elbow. I laughed so damn hard I thought my pancreas was going to rupture. Once I caught my breath, I had a sense of where I was: hiding in a tiny room, smoking cigarettes, telling dirty jokes and hanging out with my friend, who just happened to be a man I’d been listening to most of my life. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a little fanboy moment."
Watch Corey and the gang cover Ace Of Spades below:
CMFT is out now via Roadrunner Records – get your copy here.
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