Corey Adam is an American

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...

from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has released three comedy albums on

Stand Up! Records Stand Up! Records is an American independent comedy record label founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Grammy-winning producer Dan Schlissel. It has been called "the country's most respected indie comedy label." Stand Up! has released more than ...

, including 2018's ''Jokes''.

Personal life

Adam was born Corey Adam Allegrezza in

Hibbing, Minnesota Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At t ...

. Adam began using his first and middle names as a stage name in 2008 because of his frustration with frequent mispronunciations of "Allegrezza."

Career

Stand-up comedy

Adam's comedy has been described as "self-deprecating and sarcastic." Adam's early comedy was influenced by

Sam Kinison Samuel Burl Kinison ( ; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinc ...

; he studied group improv comedy at venues such as Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, but eventually decided solo stand-up was more suited to his style. He moved briefly to

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...

at age 22 to further his stand-up career, but has been based in the Twin Cities until 2021, when he moved to

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

. Adam has toured internationally, performing to audiences in Ireland and at the Akumal Comedy Festival in Mexico, and has been a frequent tour opener for Nick Swardson. He has been a regular host of comedy nights at several clubs in Minneapolis. Adam has released three albums of his stand-up comedy. Two of these, ''No Joke'' and ''No Joke 2'', are nontraditional sets capturing not his actual stage performance but his interactions with audiences and hecklers. Originally self-funded through crowdsourcing, ''No Joke'' was later picked up by Grammy-winning producer Dan Schlissel of

, who produced his subsequent works. Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site praised 2018's ''Jokes'' for its "adult sense of humor and a taste for the absurd."

Radio and podcasts

He is a regular co-host on the Steel Toe Morning Show on Twitch.com out of

St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stea ...

, and has been a frequent guest on the sports talk show ''SKOR North Live'' on

KSTP-AM KSTP (1500 AM; ''SKOR North'') is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the flagship AM radio station of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other television and radio stations across the United St ...

, '' Laughing Matters with Robert Baril'' on KTNF-AM, and the WFTC-TV pop-culture show ''On the Fly with Tony Fly''. In 2019–20, he co-hosted the podcast ''Unregulated Radio''. In 2012–2013, Adam co-hosted ''Dirty Bomb Shop'', a podcast about the craft of stand-up comedy. He also has his own show on Twitch.com called CoreyAdamComedy that runs after the Steel Toe Morning Show. As well as has been recently streaming on DLive under the same name.

Discography

*''No Joke'' (

, 2015) *''Jokes'' (

, 2018) *''No Joke 2'' (

, 2019)

References

External links

Official Corey Adam websiteCorey Adam at Stand Up! Records website
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