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Corey Taylor Explains Why Slipknot Started Using Kegs in Their Music

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By Lauryn Schaffner Verified
| WCYY-FM (Portland, ME) Verified
Corey Taylor explained why Slipknot started using kegs in their music during a recent appearance on Mythical Kitchen's Last Meals series. While chowing down on an Iowan-inspired meal of chicken-fried steak, gravy and other breakfast foods, Taylor reflected on the early days of Slipknot and how unglamorous they were.
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Dave Mustaine Names His 5 Favorite Rock + Metal Guitarists (And Why) Original

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By Lauryn Schaffner Verified
| Loudwire Verified
Dave Mustaine Names His 5 Favorite Rock + Metal Guitarists (And Why) Joseph Okpako, WireImage/Getty Images SHARE TWEET Megadeth ringleader Dave Mustaine named his all-time favorite guitarists during a recent interview and explained what made each of them distinct.
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The Best Album by 25 Big Grunge + Post-Grunge Bands

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By Lauryn Schaffner Verified
| WCYY-FM (Portland, ME) Verified
To show how grunge evolved overtime, here are the best albums by 25 big grunge and post-grunge bands. The beginnings of grunge go all the way back to the early 1980s when a group of bands in the Pacific Northwest started blending rock, punk and metal into a whole new sound. One such group, Green River, put out what's considered the very first grunge release, the EP Come on Down, in '85.
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