Stone Sour are a Grammy-nominated American Alternative Metal band based in Hollywood, California, United States. The band was founded by Corey Taylor, famous for being the vocalist for the Nu Metal band Slipknot, and former drummer Joel Ekman.

The band fuses Post-Grunge with influences from Heavy Metal music such as distorted guitars and stronger melodies not heard in standard Post-Grunge and Hard Rock.

Following the announcement of the coming album, "Come What(ever) May", rumours of the track listing included six tracks that eventually weren't released: Suffer, The Frozen, Fruitcake, Day I Let Go, Drama, and Freeze Dry Seal.

Suffer and The Frozen can currently be bought online from iTunes, while Fruitcake was released on 6 November 2006 with the UK "Through Glass" single.

The band permanently relocated from Des Moines, Iowa, United States to Hollywood, California, United States in May 2006.

On September 14, 2006, Stone Sour officially joined the third Music as a Weapon Tour alongside Disturbed, Flyleaf and Nonpoint. They headlined with Evanescence on their Canadian tour of January 2007, which started on January 5, 2007 in Montreal. The band also headlined a UK & European tour, where they were supported by Bullets and Octane.

In Spring 2007, Stone Sour were joined by Lacuna Coil and Shadows Fall for the Jägermeister Music Tour.