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Phil Collins is up for a Genesis reunion - but not with Peter Gabriel.
The 64-year-old musician - who played drums and later fronted the rock group when Peter left the prog incarnation of the band - is interested in reforming with his old bandmates, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, but only if he could take on singing duties as he can no longer play the drums due to a long-standing neck injury and a bad back.
That would mean there'd be no place in Genesis for Peter.
Of a possible reunion, he said: "We could probably put to bed the Peter Gabriel Genesis, especially if I can't really play that well. In my eyes that would be my role - I'd go back behind the drums."
And the 'In The Air Tonight' hitmaker still gets on very well with Tony and Mike and hopes they will play together again in the future.
He told the BBC: "The three-piece Genesis, we get on great. Anything is possible and I've learned one should never say never."
Phil announced his return to music after being in semi-retirement for the last 10 years, and has since been busy remastering all eight of his solo albums, which will be re-released by Warner Music Group, and writing new songs
Recalling his back problem, Phi said: "I woke up one morning last October with a devastating pain down my right side. It's for sitting for 60 years playing drums - bits wear out."
Phil Collins wants Genesis reunion – without Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins is up for a Genesis reunion - but not with Peter Gabriel.
The 64-year-old musician - who played drums and later fronted the rock group when Peter left the prog incarnation of the band - is interested in reforming with his old bandmates, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, but only if he could take on singing duties as he can no longer play the drums due to a long-standing neck injury and a bad back.
That would mean there'd be no place in Genesis for Peter.
Of a possible reunion, he said: "We could probably put to bed the Peter Gabriel Genesis, especially if I can't really play that well. In my eyes that would be my role - I'd go back behind the drums."
And the 'In The Air Tonight' hitmaker still gets on very well with Tony and Mike and hopes they will play together again in the future.
He told the BBC: "The three-piece Genesis, we get on great. Anything is possible and I've learned one should never say never."
Phil announced his return to music after being in semi-retirement for the last 10 years, and has since been busy remastering all eight of his solo albums, which will be re-released by Warner Music Group, and writing new songs
Recalling his back problem, Phi said: "I woke up one morning last October with a devastating pain down my right side. It's for sitting for 60 years playing drums - bits wear out."
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The Cure will headline Bestival 2016.
The 'Just Like Heaven' hitmakers will return to the popular UK festival, which is their "favourite to play", on Saturday September 10.
The Cure's Robert Smith - who last played at the festival five years ago - said: "We are very very happy to be back at our favourite festival; we can't wait to play a special set to show the future is what it used to be."
The last time the group - consisting of Robert, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Jason Cooper and Reeves Gabrels - played the festival in 2011, they were almost pulled off stage after playing all their greatest hits for over three hours.
Festival organiser, Rob da Bank said: "So, here we go again, but this time we're going far ... far away... into the future. Prepare yourselves for a Bestival unlike any other with futuristic new stages, and as ever it's a broad church of music from every decade and every genre. Saturday night headliners, and one of my favourite bands ever, The Cure, played Bestival five years ago and almost had to be dragged off stage after a three-hour mammoth greatest hits set. Robert popped down last year and we shook hands on it all happening again ... bring it on!"
Electronic group Major Lazer and Hot Chip are the other headliners confirmed so far, with Sunday's top act yet to be announced.
Animal Collective, Bastille, The Human League, Years & Years, Craig David, Katy B and Wolf Alice are all part of the line-up.
On their headline slot, Major Lazer commented: "We started at Bestival five years ago, and it was one of our favourite shows to date. Feels like home for us ... Rugged and real music fans ... Since then we finally impacted in England, and we can't wait to do our new show and play all the records for the fans at one of the best festivals in the world!"
Bestival takes place on Robin's Hill on the Isle of Wight over the weekend of September 8 to 11. Go to Bestival.net for more information.
The Cure, Major Lazer and Hot Chip to headline Bestival
The Cure will headline Bestival 2016.
The 'Just Like Heaven' hitmakers will return to the popular UK festival, which is their "favourite to play", on Saturday September 10.
The Cure's Robert Smith - who last played at the festival five years ago - said: "We are very very happy to be back at our favourite festival; we can't wait to play a special set to show the future is what it used to be."
The last time the group - consisting of Robert, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Jason Cooper and Reeves Gabrels - played the festival in 2011, they were almost pulled off stage after playing all their greatest hits for over three hours.
Festival organiser, Rob da Bank said: "So, here we go again, but this time we're going far ... far away... into the future. Prepare yourselves for a Bestival unlike any other with futuristic new stages, and as ever it's a broad church of music from every decade and every genre. Saturday night headliners, and one of my favourite bands ever, The Cure, played Bestival five years ago and almost had to be dragged off stage after a three-hour mammoth greatest hits set. Robert popped down last year and we shook hands on it all happening again ... bring it on!"
Electronic group Major Lazer and Hot Chip are the other headliners confirmed so far, with Sunday's top act yet to be announced.
Animal Collective, Bastille, The Human League, Years & Years, Craig David, Katy B and Wolf Alice are all part of the line-up.
On their headline slot, Major Lazer commented: "We started at Bestival five years ago, and it was one of our favourite shows to date. Feels like home for us ... Rugged and real music fans ... Since then we finally impacted in England, and we can't wait to do our new show and play all the records for the fans at one of the best festivals in the world!"
Bestival takes place on Robin's Hill on the Isle of Wight over the weekend of September 8 to 11. Go to Bestival.net for more information.
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Jefferson Airplane founding member Paul Kantner has died at the age of 74.
The late singer-and-guitarist for the American 60s rock group died on Thursday (28.01.16) from multiple organ failure and septic shock, following a heart attack earlier this week.
His passing has been confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper by his long-time publicist and friend Cynthia Bowman.
Jefferson Airplane formed in San Francisco in 1965 and were pioneers of psychedelic rock, developing a sound with heavy reverb and fuzzy guitars.
Within months of getting together the band had several hits including the classic 'Somebody To Love' and 'White Rabbit'.
Their back catalogue consists of seven records including, five gold classified albums such as 1968's 'Crown of Creation' LP.
The band have had several line-up changes over the years with more than 14 different band members.
Jefferson were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and their performance at the ceremony was the first time original members Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden and Kantner had played together since 1970.
The surviving members of The Doors - Robby Krieger and
John Densmore - have been among the first people to pay tribute to Paul and insist "music wouldn't be the same" without his influence on the rock scene.
Taking to their Facebook page, the pair wrote: "Our condolences go out to the friends, family and fans of Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane on the news of his passing. Music would not be the same without the sounds of The Doors and Jefferson Airplane, which both contributed so heavily to the signature sound of the 60s and 70s. They often shared the same bill. Celebrate them with this article of the bands' shows together in England in 1968 (sic)."
David Crosby - of Crosby, Stills & Nash - wrote on Twitter: "Paul Kantner was my friend, roommate, pal..we wrote Wooden Ships together with Stephen I'm going to miss him (sic)"
Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner dies
Jefferson Airplane founding member Paul Kantner has died at the age of 74.
The late singer-and-guitarist for the American 60s rock group died on Thursday (28.01.16) from multiple organ failure and septic shock, following a heart attack earlier this week.
His passing has been confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper by his long-time publicist and friend Cynthia Bowman.
Jefferson Airplane formed in San Francisco in 1965 and were pioneers of psychedelic rock, developing a sound with heavy reverb and fuzzy guitars.
Within months of getting together the band had several hits including the classic 'Somebody To Love' and 'White Rabbit'.
Their back catalogue consists of seven records including, five gold classified albums such as 1968's 'Crown of Creation' LP.
The band have had several line-up changes over the years with more than 14 different band members.
Jefferson were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and their performance at the ceremony was the first time original members Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden and Kantner had played together since 1970.
The surviving members of The Doors - Robby Krieger and
John Densmore - have been among the first people to pay tribute to Paul and insist "music wouldn't be the same" without his influence on the rock scene.
Taking to their Facebook page, the pair wrote: "Our condolences go out to the friends, family and fans of Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane on the news of his passing. Music would not be the same without the sounds of The Doors and Jefferson Airplane, which both contributed so heavily to the signature sound of the 60s and 70s. They often shared the same bill. Celebrate them with this article of the bands' shows together in England in 1968 (sic)."
David Crosby - of Crosby, Stills & Nash - wrote on Twitter: "Paul Kantner was my friend, roommate, pal..we wrote Wooden Ships together with Stephen I'm going to miss him (sic)"
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Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke considered ending the band when they toured their fourth LP 'Four' in 2013.
The 'Flux' quartet got to a stage where relations between them were so strained the frontman felt ready to call time on the indie band he co-founded.
Kele said: "The group wasn't very healthy. That was the only time I felt like I didn't want to do this again."
The group came close to disbanding after drummer Matt Tong quit in the same year but Kele sought solace in a friend who decided to join the new line-up on the road and relations between the bandmates improved.
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, he said: "It was just a bad atmosphere and I wasn't sure I wanted to stay with it. But when we parted ways with our drummer and Sarah, a friend of mine, came on tour with us, it was suddenly a different vibe."
Kele had convinced himself the band had run its course as a creative outlet for him but he began to realise the issues were about the people He added: "It was much more positive and I realised the issues we were having weren't really creative issues, they were more about personnel.
"With that in mind I realised that we had to do something about changing the personnel because it's totally a gift and a blessing to be able to do this and have this kind of lifestyle and be creative. It's not about giving it up, it's about celebrating it."
Bloc Party - now comprised of Kele, Russell Lissack, Justin Harris and
Louise Bartle - released their fifth studio album 'Hymns' on Friday (29.01.16).
Kele Okereke was ready to break-up Bloc Party
Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke considered ending the band when they toured their fourth LP 'Four' in 2013.
The 'Flux' quartet got to a stage where relations between them were so strained the frontman felt ready to call time on the indie band he co-founded.
Kele said: "The group wasn't very healthy. That was the only time I felt like I didn't want to do this again."
The group came close to disbanding after drummer Matt Tong quit in the same year but Kele sought solace in a friend who decided to join the new line-up on the road and relations between the bandmates improved.
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, he said: "It was just a bad atmosphere and I wasn't sure I wanted to stay with it. But when we parted ways with our drummer and Sarah, a friend of mine, came on tour with us, it was suddenly a different vibe."
Kele had convinced himself the band had run its course as a creative outlet for him but he began to realise the issues were about the people He added: "It was much more positive and I realised the issues we were having weren't really creative issues, they were more about personnel.
"With that in mind I realised that we had to do something about changing the personnel because it's totally a gift and a blessing to be able to do this and have this kind of lifestyle and be creative. It's not about giving it up, it's about celebrating it."
Bloc Party - now comprised of Kele, Russell Lissack, Justin Harris and
Louise Bartle - released their fifth studio album 'Hymns' on Friday (29.01.16).
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Robbie Williams wants to reunite with Take That for their 25th anniversary.
The band - which also includes Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange - is reportedly keen to reunite with the group for a number of live shows and a TV documentary to mark the anniversary of the release of their first album 'Take That And Party'.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Gary has always been the planner and his mind is now focused on the 25 project.
"Robbie says he is up for coming back and performing again. He feels that he is at peace with the group and wants to help commemorate their astonishing rise."
Meanwhile, it was previously reported that the 'These Days' hitmakers had secured themselves a "Las Vegas residency".
A source said: "Vegas promoters believe Take That put on such a great spectacle that they can deliver in Vegas.
"Brits are bound to lap up seeing them on foreign soil but there's also hope the band will attract a completely new fanbase from abroad. It's a huge deal as the lads have always dreamed of cracking America."
All of Take That to reunite for 25th anniversary?
Robbie Williams wants to reunite with Take That for their 25th anniversary.
The band - which also includes Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange - is reportedly keen to reunite with the group for a number of live shows and a TV documentary to mark the anniversary of the release of their first album 'Take That And Party'.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Gary has always been the planner and his mind is now focused on the 25 project.
"Robbie says he is up for coming back and performing again. He feels that he is at peace with the group and wants to help commemorate their astonishing rise."
Meanwhile, it was previously reported that the 'These Days' hitmakers had secured themselves a "Las Vegas residency".
A source said: "Vegas promoters believe Take That put on such a great spectacle that they can deliver in Vegas.
"Brits are bound to lap up seeing them on foreign soil but there's also hope the band will attract a completely new fanbase from abroad. It's a huge deal as the lads have always dreamed of cracking America."
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Lawson have unveiled a new single called 'Money' about being "absolutely skint".
The pop rockers - consisting of Andy Brown, Ryan Fletcher, Joel Peat and Adam Pitts - gave fans a taster of what to expect from their forthcoming second album by streaming the track, which they've described as a "big pop anthem".
Talking about what inspired it, lead singer Andy commented: "We first had the idea of Money when we were unsigned and touring around in an old van, absolutely skint. We used to sing 'Where's the money?!' after driving 100's of miles to play to 10 people! After the success of the first album, we developed it further and it just turned into this big, pop anthem."
The hunky singer says the tune will be played live regularly on their tours and has also teased a music video, which will follow shortly after the song is released in March.
He added: "It's going to be a big favourite in the live set - we shot the video last week and invited a bunch of our friends and fans down to be in it and they were all singing along after the first listen."
Following the success of their single 'Roads' last summer, the band have toured relentlessly for the last six months in America and also supported Robbie Williams on his October Australian tour.
On touring with Robbie, Andy previously said: "Growing up he was an inspiration for all four of us, he's a fantastic performer and a great songwriter. The fans here have been fantastic and the support has been overwhelming."
'Money' will be released via Polydor Records on March 18.
Lawson unveil new song about being ‘absolutely skint’
Lawson have unveiled a new single called 'Money' about being "absolutely skint".
The pop rockers - consisting of Andy Brown, Ryan Fletcher, Joel Peat and Adam Pitts - gave fans a taster of what to expect from their forthcoming second album by streaming the track, which they've described as a "big pop anthem".
Talking about what inspired it, lead singer Andy commented: "We first had the idea of Money when we were unsigned and touring around in an old van, absolutely skint. We used to sing 'Where's the money?!' after driving 100's of miles to play to 10 people! After the success of the first album, we developed it further and it just turned into this big, pop anthem."
The hunky singer says the tune will be played live regularly on their tours and has also teased a music video, which will follow shortly after the song is released in March.
He added: "It's going to be a big favourite in the live set - we shot the video last week and invited a bunch of our friends and fans down to be in it and they were all singing along after the first listen."
Following the success of their single 'Roads' last summer, the band have toured relentlessly for the last six months in America and also supported Robbie Williams on his October Australian tour.
On touring with Robbie, Andy previously said: "Growing up he was an inspiration for all four of us, he's a fantastic performer and a great songwriter. The fans here have been fantastic and the support has been overwhelming."
'Money' will be released via Polydor Records on March 18.
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Fleur East has helped launch Amazon Prime Stations.
The 'X Factor' star announced the addition of the new service to the company's Prime Music streaming service, which allows Prime members unlimited access to hundreds of ad-free and personalised internet radio stations at no additional cost to their membership.
Another feature added to Prime Music is X-Ray Lyrics which allows customers to follow song lyrics as they listen.
Prime members can listen to dedicated artist, genre or decade stations including 80s Pop, 90s Indie, All R&B, Selena Gomez, Fleetwood Mac, Ariana Grande or even Fleur's favourite girl group Little Mix.
Steve Bernstein, Director of EU Digital Music at Amazon, said: "With Stations we've introduced another feature for Prime members to discover great music at no additional cost to their membership. Whether customers are on the move, at work or entertaining, there's no shortage of choice with hundreds of Prime Music Stations to choose from. And with the skip, thumbs up and thumbs down functions, customers can take full control of their stations and adapt them to their music tastes."
Prime Stations is available through the Amazon Music App on iOS, Android, Kindle Fire HD/HDX, Mac, PC and the web.
Amazon Prime Stations examples:
80s Pop
90s Indie
All R&B
Ariana Grande
Bastille
Best of Prime Music
Blues Rock
Beyonce
Blur
Bruno Mars
Carrie Underwood
Charli XCX
Classic Indie
Coldplay
Dance Pop
Eagles
Easy Listening
Ella Henderson
Ellie Goulding
Eurythmics
Film Scores
Fleetwood Mac
Florence + The Machine
HAIM
Imagine Dragons
Instrumental Jazz
Iron Maiden
Jason Derulo
Jessie J
John Legend
Joni Mitchell
Kaiser Chiefs
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
Kylie Minogue
Laura Marling
Little Mix
Marvin Gaye
Meghan Trainor
Missy Elliott
Modern Country
My Chemical Romance
Nicki Minaj
New Age
Of Monsters and Men
Olly Murs
One Direction
OneRepublic
Opera Music
Orchestral Classical
Passenger
Pop Classical
Reggae
Rita Ora
Ryan Adams
Selena Gomez
Sia
Simon & Garfunkel
Snow Patrol
The Beatles
The Maccabees
The Rolling Stones
The Vaccines
Top Hard Rock
Train
Usher
Vocal Jazz
Walk the Moon
ZZ Top
Fleur East launches Amazon Prime Stations
Fleur East has helped launch Amazon Prime Stations.
The 'X Factor' star announced the addition of the new service to the company's Prime Music streaming service, which allows Prime members unlimited access to hundreds of ad-free and personalised internet radio stations at no additional cost to their membership.
Another feature added to Prime Music is X-Ray Lyrics which allows customers to follow song lyrics as they listen.
Prime members can listen to dedicated artist, genre or decade stations including 80s Pop, 90s Indie, All R&B, Selena Gomez, Fleetwood Mac, Ariana Grande or even Fleur's favourite girl group Little Mix.
Steve Bernstein, Director of EU Digital Music at Amazon, said: "With Stations we've introduced another feature for Prime members to discover great music at no additional cost to their membership. Whether customers are on the move, at work or entertaining, there's no shortage of choice with hundreds of Prime Music Stations to choose from. And with the skip, thumbs up and thumbs down functions, customers can take full control of their stations and adapt them to their music tastes."
Prime Stations is available through the Amazon Music App on iOS, Android, Kindle Fire HD/HDX, Mac, PC and the web.
Amazon Prime Stations examples:
80s Pop
90s Indie
All R&B
Ariana Grande
Bastille
Best of Prime Music
Blues Rock
Beyonce
Blur
Bruno Mars
Carrie Underwood
Charli XCX
Classic Indie
Coldplay
Dance Pop
Eagles
Easy Listening
Ella Henderson
Ellie Goulding
Eurythmics
Film Scores
Fleetwood Mac
Florence + The Machine
HAIM
Imagine Dragons
Instrumental Jazz
Iron Maiden
Jason Derulo
Jessie J
John Legend
Joni Mitchell
Kaiser Chiefs
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
Kylie Minogue
Laura Marling
Little Mix
Marvin Gaye
Meghan Trainor
Missy Elliott
Modern Country
My Chemical Romance
Nicki Minaj
New Age
Of Monsters and Men
Olly Murs
One Direction
OneRepublic
Opera Music
Orchestral Classical
Passenger
Pop Classical
Reggae
Rita Ora
Ryan Adams
Selena Gomez
Sia
Simon & Garfunkel
Snow Patrol
The Beatles
The Maccabees
The Rolling Stones
The Vaccines
Top Hard Rock
Train
Usher
Vocal Jazz
Walk the Moon
ZZ Top
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Rihanna's new single 'Work' came together at a pool party hosted by Drake in 2015.
The 'Hotline Bling' rapper held a big bash late last summer where the song's producers, Sevn Thomas, Boi-1da, and Allen Ritter, came up with the beat.
And upon hearing it, Drake wrote a verse and then passed it onto RiRi who loved what he had done and recorded it straight away.
Asked how Drake and Rihanna teamed up, Sevn said: "Drake had a pool party up there and told 1da he could hold down the crib for a little bit, and we were just vibing there. We're all family, so everyone treated it like their own home, and we went to work, man.
"He [Drake] heard it and he understood the vibes, and he put a verse down on it. Party, I believe, was staying at Rihanna's house in Malibu at the time, and he played her the song and I guess she fell in love with it and wanted to cut it right away."
Sven - whose credits also include Kanye West's song 'Real Friends' - didn't know how much of a role he'd have in the song until he was told it was going to be the lead single to create "buzz" for Rihanna's new album 'ANTI'.
He told website Complex.com: "When they shot the video for it, I wasn't sure the role I was going to play in the song, and then they said they were looking at it to be a return single to build buzz for her album. It was just really exciting to see. I remember seeing it and hearing all the rumours, and my brother was like, "Bro, this s**t is about to change your life again."
Rihanna's eighth studio 'ANTI' was released for free via TIDAL on Thursday (28.01.16).
Rihanna’s Work began life at Drake’s pool party
Rihanna's new single 'Work' came together at a pool party hosted by Drake in 2015.
The 'Hotline Bling' rapper held a big bash late last summer where the song's producers, Sevn Thomas, Boi-1da, and Allen Ritter, came up with the beat.
And upon hearing it, Drake wrote a verse and then passed it onto RiRi who loved what he had done and recorded it straight away.
Asked how Drake and Rihanna teamed up, Sevn said: "Drake had a pool party up there and told 1da he could hold down the crib for a little bit, and we were just vibing there. We're all family, so everyone treated it like their own home, and we went to work, man.
"He [Drake] heard it and he understood the vibes, and he put a verse down on it. Party, I believe, was staying at Rihanna's house in Malibu at the time, and he played her the song and I guess she fell in love with it and wanted to cut it right away."
Sven - whose credits also include Kanye West's song 'Real Friends' - didn't know how much of a role he'd have in the song until he was told it was going to be the lead single to create "buzz" for Rihanna's new album 'ANTI'.
He told website Complex.com: "When they shot the video for it, I wasn't sure the role I was going to play in the song, and then they said they were looking at it to be a return single to build buzz for her album. It was just really exciting to see. I remember seeing it and hearing all the rumours, and my brother was like, "Bro, this s**t is about to change your life again."
Rihanna's eighth studio 'ANTI' was released for free via TIDAL on Thursday (28.01.16).
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Corey Taylor wants to collaborate with Eminem.
The Slipknot frontman - who also wants to do something with Nine Inch Nails rocker Trent Reznor - would love the chance to get into the studio with the superstar rapper because he idolises his "attitude" and the "emotion" he puts into his lyrics.
Corey said: "I mean, there's a lot of people. Everybody from Trent Reznor - I would love to work with Trent - to, and I was just thinking about this the other day, I would love to do something with Eminem. I would love to trade some stuff back and forth with him, because I love the way he writes and the way he flows and the attitude; you know, the emotion that's in it."
However, the 'Wait and Bleed' hitmaker doesn't think he'll ever get to work with the 'Lose Yourself' star, but it would make his "dream" come true if they ever did record a track together.
Corey, 42, told Swedish website Rocksverige.se: "I would love to do something with Eminem where we kind of go back and forth. Will it ever happen? Probably not. But, you know, it's still a dream."
Corey Taylor says Eminem is his dream collaborator
Corey Taylor wants to collaborate with Eminem.
The Slipknot frontman - who also wants to do something with Nine Inch Nails rocker Trent Reznor - would love the chance to get into the studio with the superstar rapper because he idolises his "attitude" and the "emotion" he puts into his lyrics.
Corey said: "I mean, there's a lot of people. Everybody from Trent Reznor - I would love to work with Trent - to, and I was just thinking about this the other day, I would love to do something with Eminem. I would love to trade some stuff back and forth with him, because I love the way he writes and the way he flows and the attitude; you know, the emotion that's in it."
However, the 'Wait and Bleed' hitmaker doesn't think he'll ever get to work with the 'Lose Yourself' star, but it would make his "dream" come true if they ever did record a track together.
Corey, 42, told Swedish website Rocksverige.se: "I would love to do something with Eminem where we kind of go back and forth. Will it ever happen? Probably not. But, you know, it's still a dream."