Stone Sour

USA, 1992–now

Iowa band formed in 1992 by Corey Taylor and Jim Root, who later joined Slipknot and revived Stone Sour in 2002 as their melodic outlet. Balancing heavy riffs with big choruses and acoustic ballads, 'Bother' and 'Through Glass' made it a mainstream rock fixture in its own right.

MusicRoots documents 4 artists who influenced Stone Sour and 0 artists Stone Sour influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Stone Sour?

• Alice in Chains — Alice in Chains are the band Stone Sour were built on — the same pairing of downtuned heaviness with dark, harmonised melody runs through Corey Taylor's writing.
• Metallica — Metallica's riff craft was the other half of Stone Sour's founding template through their years on the Iowa bar circuit.
• Soundgarden — Corey Taylor called Chris Cornell a direct inspiration as a singer and songwriter, citing both the weight of 'Jesus Christ Pose' and the acoustic side of 'Seasons' — and Cornell's refusal to let genre limit him.
• Pink Floyd — Pink Floyd's expansive, atmospheric album-craft shaped Stone Sour's later concept records — Taylor described the sound as Pink Floyd meeting Alice in Chains.