KoRn
Biography
KoRn was formed in 1993 with the combination of two bands: Sex Art and LAPD. Sex Art was the band who Jonathan Davis (lead singer of KoRn) lead during his years as a coroner (he also graduated mortuary school in San Francisco.) LAPD was the band which included James Schaffer (guitar), David (drums), Fieldy (bass) (later) and on tour only (not on the album) Brian (also guitar). LAPD was apparently bigger then Sex art and is not impossible to find (like Sex Art is). Munky states that "Me, Fieldy, and David recorded it when we were about 18 or 19. You might even hear some KoRn parts. That's when I played rippin' Solos." Jonathan was only in Sex Art for about four months and did only one song with the lead singer which is on a Bakersfield compilation.
"We were supposed to be touring (on the Monster Magnet and Grotus tour) with Deftones and Sugar Ray, but it got f**ked up... Sugar Ray is in Europe or some sh*t and Deftones is with Anthrax. Chino (lead singer of Deftones) is God. Marilyn Manson was supposed to be on tour with us with Ozzy but they didn't want to open for a band that opened for them." He then told us he particularly doesn't enjoy touring with Monster Magnet, because their performance is so "old rock". "We're touring with Ozzy, but we don't like playing big places. It's so impersonal. We like to be close to the people. It's a better performance, although I keep getting hit in the head by my mic when people fall on stage." (Jon also said he loves it when people come on stage.) Brian signs his name "Head."
Fieldy: Q: what do you like about touring clubs?
A: the free beer.
Fieldy (Reggie Arvizu) is known for his alcohol related antics. For instance, on a photo shoot, a bucket had to be found in case he threw up. Fieldy is the joker. On the album, you can notice his name is Fieldy Snuts. (feel deez nuts)
David (Silveria): While David was handing out the shoots promo to some people after the show, I asked him who Sean Olson was and he said, "he was a friend of the bands." He is also thanked by the Deftones in their album. (he's currently one of their roadies).
James Shaffer: On the Sony page you read about how Munky started playing the guitar. He cut his finger off and used the instrument to rejuvenate it. Well, he told me how he cut his finger off. When he was younger, he had a three wheeler. One night, when he was sneaking out to go to a party, the chain slipped off. Not thinking (he wanted to quieten it, so he wouldn't get busted), he slapped his hand down on a chain and it got caught between the chain and the sprocket. When he pulled his hand up, he was missing a finger. He is enjoying the Ozzy tour but still likes small clubs better.
Jonathon is into Duran Duran, claiming them to be glam, but they don't sell out, but on the tour bus the band is known to listen to LL Cool J and Black Sheep. In fact, in concert, during a version of Predictable, called 'predick,' they do a part of a Black Sheep song called, "U mean I'm Not." They also do a reversion of Ball Tongue with a rap in it by another rap group.
When asked about the Deftones, KoRn says, "Deftones are like our brother band. When we were in California, they were from North, we from the South, we used to switch up and down the coast and when we play together we usually do a song together."
La Caco is a friend of the band and is heard in the beginning of Helmet in the Bush. His real name is Michael and likes Taco Bell. He's a really nice guy. He's been friends with the band for years.
Ball Tongue: The meaning of balltongue is simple, some thought it had to do with oral sex, but in fact its about a guy they had to work with on a T-shirt. He either had a pierced tongue or a wart or something on his tongue and he pissed them off.
David said that the baby inside the album behind where the CD goes (and on the cover of the Blind promo) is the charmin' baby. They put a wig on it and f*cked with its eye.
The story of the name KoRn is really nasty so I won't explain it. On the cover of their self titled album "KoRN", there is a man in the shadows holding somethin. When they asked Jon what the f**k it was, he replied, "I will leave it up to your imaginations. But I'd like you to think it is a horse shoe.
-NixComix
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