Update – August 23rd 01:00pm:
Taylor has since added of the matter via his Twitter:
DEAR MEDIA FUCKING OUTLETS: PLEASE STOP FUCKING ASKING ME ABOUT CELLPHONES AT GIGS. THIS IS NOT NEWS. TRY FUCKING HARDER. ASSHATS.
-MGMT— Dick Move, Banner… (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 23, 2016
Original Story:
Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor recently sparked an internet firestorm when he slapped the phone out of a texting fans hands at a Slipknot show last month. Asked recently about the incident and how he feels about smart phone over indulgence in general by the Las Vegas-Review Journal, he stated:
“You watch people walk down the street, and they can’t get their beaks out of their stupid phones to cross the street. I love watching people get buried in their tiny little technological worlds, and then reality comes and smacks them in the face.
I don’t mind people who take pictures. I don’t even mind people who shoot video. I love that because you’re still engaged in the show. A lot of people get the wrong idea, they think that if I just see someone on their phone, I’m trying to rage quit their fun. I’m not trying to do that at all.
But if I see someone, and it’s so obvious they’re not even there, you’ve got to poke them with a stick to get their attention sometimes. Sometimes that means smacking the phone out of their hands. You can hate me all you want. It’s not going to stop me from smacking those things out of people’s hands.”
