![]() ![]() The band released their debut album, Korn, through Epic/Immortal Records in October, 1994. Before long, Davis had re-christened the group Korn, widely reputed to be descriptive of an unintended and unsavoury after affect of combining stomach illness and gay sex, and even developing the logo with the infantile reversed 'R'. Auditions in Huntington Beach secured the band's new frontman. Whilst on the hunt for a singer the quartet spotted Davis performing with Sexart at John Bryan's Bar. Whilst on the lookout for a singer Silveria was headhunted for Mike Muir's Infectious Grooves, but opted to remain with his colleagues. Munky, Head, Fieldy and Silveria had meantime assembled Creep. (Such was the fascination between fans of both bands that during late 1997 the acts convened once more in the recording studio to lay down a further take on the song interbred for use as a Korn single B side). This recording was to be unearthed on a subsequent Korn bootleg. folded, due to time honoured musical differences, Morrill forged Supermodel with erstwhile Sexart personnel.ĭuring 1993 Davis got together with Human Waste Project for their first demo tape dueting with vocalist Aimee Echo on a strictly non saccharine cover version of 'This Town' by The Go-Go's. undertook gigs around Southern California and contracted a label deal with independent label Triple-X Records, resulting in a 12" single and an album entitled 'Who's Laughing Now', both released in 1992. Bizarrely, Arvizu had also temped for a Keith Galloway fronted band named Pretty Boy Floyd, although not the familiar Glam outfit of the same title. 'Head' took his nickname, an unwanted one, not from any sexual connotation, but from the large size of his his head, 'Munky' a reference to primate like feet whilst 'Fieldy' was an abbreviation of 'Garfield', in honour of the bassist's prominent cheeks. During the mid 80s, Fieldy and Head (Brian Welch) were also members of Glam Rock outfit Rag Tyme. It was later changed to stand for Laughing As People Die in order to be taken more seriously as a band. ![]() James Schaffer) and bassist Fieldy (Reginald Arvizu) were involved with Rick Morrill fronted hair band L.A.P.D. Got The Life, Freak On A Leash, Blind, Falling Away From Me, Make Me Bad, Here To Stay, A.D.I.D.A.S., Did My Time, Right Now, Twisted Transistor, Y'All Want A Single and Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd cover) are among their most famous songs.ĭrummer David Silveria, guitarist Munky (a.k.a. Since their 1994 self-titled debut, Korn have sold over 25 million records worldwide (16 million in the U.S.). They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal, and rap metal bands in the mid 1990s and early 2000s, assisting, in particular, Limp Bizkit (who were discovered by Korn themselves), Deftones, Staind and Incubus. Korn is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ![]()
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