Stone Sour

Stone Sour is, in my opinion, the best Iowa has to offer, even better than Iowa sweet corn. As a fellow Iowan, it was my duty to attend a live Stone Sour show, and I got the chance to do that when they played the House of Marquee Theatre in February, 2014.

Stone Sour began playing to the sold out crowd with “The House Of Gold & Bones” and the audience exploded. They moved from one song to the next, playing “RU486,” "Say You’ll Haunt Me,” and “Mission Statement”, along with “30/30-150” and one of my favorites, “Through Glass.” They finished their set with the classics “Inhale,” and “Bother”.

Corey Taylor (of Slipknot) is the band's front man and vocalist. Occasionally, Taylor let the crowd sing the vocals, and they never missed a word. Taylor even performed a solo and the band did a splendid cover of Alice In Chains’ “Nutshell." The audience's request for a head banging encore as met with “Gone Sovereign” and “Absolute Zero.”

Stone Sour has been nominated for several Grammy awards for the Best Metal Performance and this live show was clear evidence of why it was nominated. A non-stop, back-to-back series of endless hits delivers a show that any metal fan would appreciate.

If you have a chance to see a Stone Sour show live, treat yourself because it will be epic.

Although Corey Taylor lost himself slightly to Slipknot, he more than made up for it with his leading performance as foreman of Stone Sour. The alternative rock and metal band are one of the best, and one of the only, musical talents to emerge from Iowa, a county not so much famous for its stars as it is for its sweetcorn. Interestingly, the band are squeezed between Labyrinth and Daughter on the site’s popularity rankings, an unusual sandwich indeed, considering the differing genres. Nonetheless, it is a testament to how popular the band remains to be, and their hard core fans tuned up in full force and with high spirits to watch the rock/ metal band perform live. Indeed, the show was, impressively, completely sold out. The arena was packed and moshpits had soon formed as the band struck up the chords for various fan favourites, from early hit ‘Inhale’ to ‘RU486’ and classic hit ‘Bother’. The crowd sung along to the big tunes and Taylor treated us all with a solo performance, which was one of the clear highlights of the night.

AMAZING show core was spot on as usual it's almost not even fair to say but every Time I see him with slioknot or stone sour he is spot on such a talented guy and so energetic so much fun the band was also spot on sounding amazing we had the upgraded meet and greet and met the band before the show as expected we were rushed through so u don't really get to talk to the guys but Cory introduce's u to all of them they shake your hand say hi and you take a photo with them but I gotta say totally worth it if u have the extra cash and at only 130 each includiNH a ticket to the show its Def worth it the show was 50 by itself so the extra cash and benefits that came with were totally worth it a autographed set list,autographed picture the guys sign rt there as u meet them Josh rand gives u a pick rt at the beginning and a custom folder to hold it in plus the VIP laminate and early entry to the venue yeah totally worth it and super cool guys as well also steel panther were awesome live so funny and entertaining

Albeit for a brief hiatus in the late 90s, American hard rock outfit Stone Sour have been playing the live circuit since 1992 and this wealth of experience translates into one hell of a live show. The group has always been a commercial hit on both sides of the Atlantic so the touring schedule is gruelling as they endeavour to reach the whole fanbase.

There is no sign of the travel waring on the ageing musicians tonight as they come out onto stage and tackle and grapple with their discography. The huge riffs and massive percussion keeps the whole room buzzing with a rock static as the fans raise their arms and form the rock symbol with their hands. Lead vocalist Corey Taylor simply sneers in a quiet impressed way before launching into singles including 'Bother' and 'Through Glass'. It is clear that all these years later the fans sitll absolutely love these rock anthems and throw themselves into it whilst the quintet perform with expert proficiency up onstage.

The show was awesome, started of with an explosion of pyrotechnics and the band rocking Corey Taylor front stage head banging with the crowd. The band were on top form performing the staple Hydrograd heavyweights along with classics from the first album like Get Inside, Cold Reader and Bother.
The crowd’s appreciation was well received and much appreciated by Corey and team Sour. With a fairly safe but mental mosh pit everyone had a crowd surfingly amazing time.
There was even a guest appearance with young Griffin given the crowd a warm middle finger salute.
Great sound, stompingly loud quality tunes from a band who will have the live if the fans. #MadeOfScars

I was super excited to see Stone Sour, as I had never seen them live. I think Corey Taylor has an awesome voice and he seems like he would have a good stage presence. I may have expected too much, because though they were alright, that was it. Just average. Corey did try, he had a lot of energy, but his vocals were drowned out by the guitars. The sound was poor, and so it was difficult to hear him sing. He came out later to perform a song with Korn, and sounded awesome. So, I would say that they were fine, just not great. I would go see them again in the future and hope for a better show.

Having waited for a couple of years to see Stonesour this was something I had been looking forward to for a long while. Bought the tickets ages ago but it was such a disappointment.
Not the band and show which was great but the sound was dreadful. Music was not clear and Corey's voice could hardly be heard. Not sure if this was due to the mic or the fact the sound was only aimed straight ahead of the stage and not for those at the sides.
Slipknot last year were brilliant and had hoped this would be the same but unfortunately it wasn't. Maybe next time....

Great set and Corey was really on form. Festival Hall in Melbourne is awesome on the floor but this time we were in the seats and Jesus, they squeeze you in. It was do uncomfortable...I'll be back on the floor next time.
Anyway, the gig itself was a pretty cool mix of old and new...loud and softer. The crowd were really involved as always at stone sour gigs in Aussie. Overall a fantastic night and highly recommended to anyone with an ounce of rock in their bones.

This was a great concert!! Love Stone Sour— this was my first time seeing them and they sounded awesome live. I expected a longer set from seeing their other set lists from previous nights, but for whatever reason they cut our night short. I was happy they played a lot of my favorites though! Actually the entire concert ended a half hour earlier than normal which is unusual— and upsetting also. But it was s great show! Looking forward to next time!!!!

Stone Sour delivered another great performance last night. Full of energy as they always. However, the sound control wasn't very good. It was really tough hear Corey's voice. Basically the drum sound was dominating the whole scene.
Shame. Hopefully next time there will be a better chance to enjoy them! Keep rockin guys!