VENDED frontman Griffin Taylor addressed whether he and Simon Crahan get any guidance from their fathers in SLIPKNOT.
During an interview with Blabbermouth, Griffin was asked if he and his bandmate, drummer Simon Crahan, receive advice from their dads—SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan.
“Kind of. Our dads didn’t really teach us or mentor us over all of this stuff. They pretty much gave us the tools in order to do something, but they left us to do it for ourselves,” Griffin said. “They weren’t going to do it for us. They were going to give us the proper tools in order to do something, but it was up to us to take action. Overall, wanting to be independent was our idea. It was something we’ve always been talking about and always been in our heads: ‘We don’t want to be owned by somebody. We don’t want to be somebody else’s circus.’ We want to be our own circus with partnerships.”
When asked if they still turn to their dads for advice, he responded: “Not really. Simon and I do talk to our dads. We fill them in on what’s happening. There’s no string-pulling here. There’s no, ‘Oh. Let me do something.’ It’s our job to take matters into our own hands. They don’t really do something for us other than give advice when we ask for it. It’s not like they’re throwing advice at us every other f**king day of the week. It’s overall conversation and just being a father, in general. Letting your kid figure it out for themselves, but also being, ‘Here’s what I think about this.'”
Asked about the effort they’re planning to invest in their new record, Taylor said: “It will be back to our regularly scheduled program of world domination. We’re getting back on the f**king grind. Getting our s**t together and going out and taking over, as per usual.”
After interviewer noted that he mentioned “world domination” in other interviews and asked if that’s the core theme in VENDED, Griffin chimed in: “It’s sort of the first phase, yeah. It goes back to change: Things will be different, but right now, because we’re still new and because we’re wading through the water, world domination isn’t going to leave our brains until we’re 30.
“We’re still out here trying to save as many lives as possible and build our army to the point where we’ll always have people on our side. Hopefully, we’ll inspire others not to let others or family bloodline hold you back from doing something that you know you love.”
VENDED set to release their self-titled debut album on September 20.
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