The Junk Beer Kidnap Band is an American

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band from

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, formed in 2009. They are a side project of

Corey Taylor Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the rock band Stone ...

, frontman of Slipknot and

Stone Sour Stone Sour is an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Ra ...

. Since their formation, JBKB have currently solely been a touring band for lead singer and guitarist Taylor's solo work. No official studio album has been announced.

History

Originally conceptualized as "the first

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disco funk band" by vocalist and guitarist

, JBKB were formed in 2008. To begin with they wrote nine nsongs together, however it was when the band were jamming Taylor's solo material that he asked them to "back him up" on his shows he was planning. Taylor describes it as "pure Midwest rock" with "big

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, huge choruses and a lot of melody". To date, the band has played some original songs as well as covers of songs from

and others. The JBKB original song "Imperfect" was slowed down and put in

's 2010 release ''

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''. The original version also had drums and an alternate ending, both of which were taken out of the Stone Sour version.

Band members

– vocals, guitar * Nik Sorak – guitar *

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– bass * Tyson Leslie – keyboard * Thomas Doggett – saxophone * Ryan Berrier – drums

References

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