When the groom is known for wearing freakish lunatic melting-face-type masks and the bride works with Nu-Metal/Thrash Metal/Metal Metal bands all the time, you hardly expect white doves and Pachelbel’s Canon in D. When Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and girlfriend Stephanie Luby slipped wedding rings onto each other’s fingers, it was, possibly, the only semi-traditional moment in a ceremony that was a little odd from the get-go.
"I'd Like to Marry Your Daughter, Mrs. Luby. If You Don't Mind..."
With the event taking place in front of about 350 guests in the Pearl Concert Theater and Las Vegas’ Palms Hotel, it was clear that there would be musical entertainment afterwards, and it was unlikely to be a DJ playing “Another One Bites the Dust” or “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”. Billy Morrison of Camp Freddy acted as Minister. Dave Navarro and Mark McGrath were among the celebrities in attendance who would later jump onstage.
The wedding party marched down the aisle to the tender musical stylings of Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. Everyone knows that a direct—yet poetic—reference to death is always a good way to start off a life together, and Corey and Stephanie wanted to get it right.
Taylor was married once before, but noted that, “After I got sober, I realized that my relationship wasn’t right for me”. He split with ex-wife Scarlett in 2007 after 3 years of marriage. Since his first wedding took place in a beautiful botanical garden with only close friends and family, it only made sense to do the opposite the second time around. Vegas. Metallica. Friday the 13th. There’s a recipe for a wedding to remember.
Leave The Masks at Home, Corey.
Taylor, despite his “Loveline” appearance in which he slammed Lindsay Lohan and talked about tea-bagging (note: he’s not political), has a highly-developed sensitive side. Dude LOVES Susan Boyle. The “Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up has a big fan in the Nu-Metal god. He was heard to say about the tender British songstress, “When Susan leans into it, she’s great…Anyone who’s worth their salt is a little bit bent out of shape”. He is as forgiving of Boyle’s meltdown and stint in rehab as he hopes everyone will be of his own.
He chose not to have her sing “I Dreamed a Dream” at his recent wedding, however. Or perhaps she wasn’t available.
Either way, mazal tov to the happy couple on their Friday the 13th unusual nuptials. May this be last time the bell tolls for thee.