Corey Taylor: Adele is 'huge talent' in poor music industry

Corey Taylor thinks Adele is a ''huge f***ing talent'' in a music industry resembling a ''sea of s**t''.

The Slipknot frontman has slammed the number of acts who rely on technology when creating songs and believes the 'Someone Like You' hitmaker - who won six Grammy awards in February - was one of the only people who deserved to win any accolades at the ceremony because she has real talent.

When asked if he felt like he should be ''in mourning'' because Adele was ''basically the only choice'' to win awards at the event, he replied: ''I was really happy when they honoured her, because she deserves it. I mean, she's such a huge f***ing talent. I don't care who you are, when she sings it's just gets all into you. But I completely agree!

''It's like you're hoisting them up because it's like, in a sea of s**t, you look for the one person who's got a life preserver, you know?''

Corey hit out at the ''very commercialised'' music industry nowadays and insists there are too many performers around whose lack of talent is being hidden by technology.

He added to Bloody-Disgusting: ''It's kind of depressing, man. It really is. There's so much that's just glossed over these days. It's almost like this weird cross between the 60s and the 80s. It's like singles were very big in the 60s. And then all the really weird, crappy, forced upon pop music of the 80s.

''So now you've got people who don't really have the skills, because technology hides it, going out and putting these crappy singles out, and because that's all there really is, people basically eat it like hamburgers.

''It's become very, very commercialised. Which wouldn't bother me as much if people actually had talent. When I listen to something and the first thing I notice is that it's been turned into crap, I shut it off and throw it out the window of my car. Like it's the most offensive thing to me.''

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Typical rocker snobbery.

The shade on them others

Adele is talented, but she's getting overrated

So snobby for no reason Especially considering most of the terrible music he's talking about is better than Slipknot's.

Either way I do agree Adele is talented, but people need to start realizing Pop music was always about marketability and not about talent.

There is also a beautiful picture behind the stage, where Adele has a cigarette in her hand and has a discussion with Slash.

Of all bands its Slipknot. Funny how this works, because in the rock community, they aren't seen as a great band, but a bunch of overly commercialized posers.

How ironic, its like the kettle calling the pot black.

I agree with him.

I thought Corey Taylor was the dude from Glee but his name is Cory Monteith.

He's saying what has been already been said over and over again. I don't find what he says snobby at all

The rock community I could presumably find such comments in the so called rock community about Metallica, AC/DC etc.

You get my point. You can, but its of a greater extent with them. Who get's more hate Skilpknot or AC/DC in general? There goes your answer.

This

MTE, but well

Surely AC/DC because they are way more successful and with that singer.

And don't get me started what the rock community has to say about a singer who blown off his face with a shotgun, because he had stomachic issues

He just dissed all our faves.

The nerve.

I expected something different when coming into this thread. Agree, that Adele is great, but there are a lot of other great artists also. She is starting to get a bit overrated as well. She can sing very well though.

It's ignorant to say she is better then everybody else...

,Her vocal's are not ground breaking, she is only getting shine because everyone feels sorry for her fat ass.

We all have different taste in music, I think her music is boring and would rather listen to Born This Way then 21. So they can keep their stale tea...

that was funny but you know you gettin a wp