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Taylor will join Lewis for his annual It Takes A Community benefit show, now in its second year. After his daughter's elementary school closed because of budget cuts, Lewis started the foundation in order to keep the school open through donations. This year the 2-day show hits The Pines Theater at Look Park in Northampton, MA on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 at The Pines Theater at Look Park in Northampton, MA. Friday, the bill features Rhett Akins, Frank Hannon of Tesla, and Alexa Carter. Meanwhile, Saturday's lineup is rounded out by Taylor, Tesla, Lo-Pro, and Otan Vargas. [Get tickets here!]
In order to discuss the benefit show, Aaron Lewis and Corey Taylor got together for a very special exclusive interview with ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino. They talk about the importance of giving back, the artists that really affected them, songwriting, playing bowling alleys and nursing homes, and so much more…
You've both been extremely influential and inspirational to millions of fans. Which artists affected or inspired you the most as kids?
Aaron Lewis: Corey mentioned one earlier that was huge for me—Alice in Chains. Layne Staley's lyrics were massive. However, music that hit me hard like that and helped didn't really come around until Korn. The first Korn record flattened me.
Corey Taylor: Yeah!
Aaron Lewis: I cried like a little bitch the first time I heard "Daddy". That record really touched me in a way that no record ever had to be quite honest with you.
Corey Taylor: That was a huge album. People don't realize how impactful that album was for a lot of fans.
Aaron Lewis: Holy shit, yeah!
Corey Taylor: People forget how big that album was when it first hit and how much it changed.
Aaron Lewis: It totally changed the game. It changed what was acceptable as lyrical content. It changed how deep and dark you could go with your lyrics at full-on face value without even trying to use any sort of imagery or metaphorical writing. It was raw, brutal, honest, in-your-face, and no-holds-barred, like nothing before it. It paved the way for people like me and Corey to say what we say. It really kicked the doors wide open for us. Before that, it was The Cure. However, the music didn't do it for me the way the lyrics did. Some of Robert Smith's lyrics are unbelievable on a level of how I write or Corey writes. We're very personal, exposing, and brutally introspective. Surprisingly, Robert Smith was very much that way.
Corey Taylor: He didn't try to paint a pretty picture.
Aaron Lewis: Not at all!
Corey Taylor: The music almost removed how dark the lyrics were. I think that was one of the beautiful things about The Cure. They were deceptively dark. Unless you were a true fan, you didn't really get to the bottom of what he was trying to say. Growing up, I was obviously into thrash and hardcore punk. It wasn't until I started writing songs that I began tapping into different influences. Obviously, there's stuff like Johnny Cash, which I listened to with my mom or my grandmother. That was something that moved me. There was the music I liked, and then there was the music that inspired me. Alice In Chains was definitely one of those bands. It was a matter of trying to find my own voice and figure everything out.
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Source: http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/a-conversation-between-aaron-lewis-of-staind-and-corey-taylor-of-stone-sour-and-slipknot-about-it-takes-a-community/9042024
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