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Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during
thepost-grunge era. Kornbegan their existence as the Bakersfield, California-based metal band LAPD, which included
guitaristsJames "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head"Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria.
After issuingan LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths withJonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting
as the leadvocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band,and upon his arrival the quinte ...read more
Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during
thepost-grunge era. Kornbegan their existence as the Bakersfield, California-based metal band LAPD, which included
guitaristsJames "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head"Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria.
After issuingan LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths withJonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting
as the leadvocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band,and upon his arrival the quintet
rechristened itselfKorn.
After signing to Epic's Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album in late 1994; thanks to a relentless tour schedule
thatincluded stintsopening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but steadily rose
thecharts, eventually going gold. Its 1996follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash, reaching the number
threespot on the pop album charts. The following summer, theyheadlined Lollapalooza, but were forced to drop off the tour
whenShaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. While recording their best-selling1998 LP Follow the Leader, Korn made
nationalheadlines when a student in Zeeland, Michigan was suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazonedwith the group's logo
(theschool's principal later declared their music "indecent, vulgar, and obscene," prompting the band to issue a cease-and.
desistorder). Their annual Family Values tour also started in 1998, featuring a lineup that consisted of Korn collaborators such
asLimp Bizkit andIce Cube and like-minded artists such as Rammstein. The tour was an enormous success, so much so that
itcontinued on with Korn overseeingthe lineup for years after.
Issues followed in 1999, and in typical Korn fashion they debuted their new single in an episode of South Park. The
bandtoured behind the albuminto the next year, but their efforts were cut short by an injury that took out drummer David
Silveria.They hired former Faith No More drummerMike Bordin to help them finish the remaining shows, and took a short rest
beforejoining a summer tour with Metallica, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000,and System of a Down. (Silveria later returned amid
rumors ofleaving the band for a fashion career, but these stemmed from some modeling workhe had done before his injury.) In
themeantime, Fieldy released a gangsta rap album and Davis scored the film Queen of the Damned, but at theend of 2001
theband reunited as a unit and entered the studio. A few shows with Static-X helped iron the wrinkles out of the new
material,andby the next summer they had Untouchables ready for release. Korn did a run of Ozzfest dates in support, and the
albumwas another smash hit.The self-produced Take a Look in the Mirror arrived in 2003. Billed by the band as a
reconsideration oftheir sound, the album was accompanied bya tour of smaller venues called Back to Basics.
In 2005, Welch left the band, evidently due to his newfound Christian faith. But Korn continued on, playing shows thatsummer
as a quartet andsigning an expansive recording and development deal with Virgin. The following December theyreleased See
You on the Other Side, a numberthree hit that featured a batch of songs co-written with hitmaking productionteam the
Matrix. Live & Rare, an aptly titled disc of live recordingsand rarities, was released in May 2006 with the liveacoustic recording
MTV Unplugged following in March 2007. Later that year, after returning tothe studio, this time withoutdrummer David
Silveria, the band resurfaced with an underwhelming album appropriately named Untitled. The bandfound apermanent drummer
by way of Army of Anyone's Ray Luzier. In 2010, it was announced that the band had signed withRoadrunnerRecords, and
later that year they released their ninth studio album, Korn III: Remember Who You Are. Looking toexpand their sound in
newdirections, Korn sought out electronic producers like Skrillex and Noisia, who helped them infusetheir already heavy sound
with pounding dubstepon their electronic-tinged tenth album, The Path of Totality. « hide |
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