Corey Taylor's guitar auction raised $150k for coronavirus relief

Last month, Slipknot and Stone Stour legend Corey Taylor hosted an auction, selling a treasure trove of guitars in an attempt to raise funds for coronavirus response efforts.

The heavy metal icon collaborated with eBay in selling thirteen guitars from his personal collection. Among the axes up for bidding were a Gold Top Gibson Classic Les Paul, a black SDGR Bass, a tan Fender Acoustic guitar, gold metallic Gibson Memphis Dave Grohl DG-335 (of which only 400 were made), and a pearl blue Gibson Dave Grohl Signature (of which only 200 were made). Each guitar was signed by Taylor and arrived with a certificate of authenticity and a case.

After a fortnight, and a near 800 bids, Taylor raised $75,000 USD — a sum that was matched by eBay for Charity, which brought the total to $150,000. Money raised from the sale is set to benefit the coronavirus response charity, Direct Relief. The organisation coordinates with public health authorities, nonprofits and businesses to provide personal protective equipment and essential medicare items to health workers on the coronavirus frontline.

April saw Corey Taylor muse on what he believes the future of live music will look like— and he’s cautiously optimistic. The musician revealed that he believes it will probably be a year, or a year and a half until bigger, arena-sized shows make their return.

“If we do it right and we build that enthusiasm, probably within a year, maybe a year and a half, we’ll see the same enthusiasm for live shows that we did before,” Taylor shared. “Because I think once people realize that everything is okay, people are gonna realize that they take for granted the fact that they haven’t been to a live show in a long time, and the live concert experience will be something that people come back to.”

Good news for maggots, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root recently revealed that the band have begun “throwing around” ideas for their next record — despite releasing We Are Not Your Kind only last year.

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