To really understand the depth of what went down between Corey Taylor and Jason Christopher we’ve got to understand the depth of their relationship. As Christopher tells the tale in an interview on YouTube, he and Taylor met at the Rainbow Bar and Grill, a legendary rock-themed bar in Los Angeles that Taylor visited years prior on the night he got arrested at the notorious Viper Room down the road.
In the interview, Christopher calls himself a “loud drunk,” and says that both he and Taylor like to be “the center of attention.” They stood side-by-side one fateful night at the Rainbow Bar and Grill being loud in different directions, bumped backs, got into a tussle, and then instantly flipped on a dime and became chums. Not only were Taylor and Christopher chums, but they knew each other’s families. They also jammed together at Christopher’s place, got along musically as well as personally, and then “it was all downhill from there,” Christopher says.
Ironically, Christopher said that as a joke. That interview took place in 2021 before he and Taylor had their falling out. In the interview, Christopher calls Taylor “his brother” and says he’s his best friend and that he loves him. With such a strong relationship between the two men — presuming Taylor felt similarly — Taylor’s decision to fire Christopher from his CMFT project comes across as all the more substantial. This is especially true because of how truly cataclysmic their falling out was.
