Impoliteness Strategies in Musical Concert Used by Slipknot’s Corey Taylor

Abstract

Many musicians around the world commonly use impoliteness strategies within their speeches on-stage performances. This study aims to analyze and describe the impoliteness strategies used in the context of entertainment. Corey Taylor, the vocalist of the American nu-metal band Slipknot, proves that, in the given context, the impoliteness strategies in music concerts can be the vehicle in interacting effectively with the audience. Using the qualitative descriptive method, this study aims to describe the types of impoliteness strategies, along with the realizations, in the utterances of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor at the band’s concert. This study found three types of impoliteness strategies in the utterances of Corey Taylor at Download Festival 2009 in the United Kingdom: bald on-record impoliteness, which is realized in the form of using direct, clear, and unambiguous statements, positive impoliteness which realized through calling the other names, utilizing taboo words, and using inappropriate identity markers, and negative impoliteness which realizations are in the form of condescending, scorning or ridiculing.