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1993: Korn's inception
Korn began imprison 1993 when vocalist Jonathan Davis, player James 'Munky' Shaffer, bassist Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu, musician Brian 'Head' Welch standing drummer Painter Silveria united forces. Abaft playin
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In the mid-1990s, a new sound issued forth from Bakersfield, a farm town in central California. A group of four young men had collaborated to form the band LAPD. The lineup consisted of Brian "Head" Welch and James "Munky" Shaffer, both guitarists, David Silveria, a drummer, and Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu on the bass guitar. One record was released while the band was known as LAPD in 1993. Soon the foursome met up with Jonathan Davis, a mortuary science student and bagpipe player who was playing with a band called Sexart at the time, and they recruited him to form Korn.
By the end of 1994, Korn had released its first self-titled album under a record contract with Epic. Though it got off to a slow start, the album eventually went gold and climbed up the charts. Korn's rather leisurely climb to stardom is certainly not due to a lack of talent or effort. Unlike most bands, Korn did not rely on airplay time with MTV to promote their image and music.
Instead, they chose the route of extensive touring that included opening for concerts of musicians, like of Ozzy Osboune, Marilyn Manson, Megadeth and 311. By doing this, Korn was able to win fans by exposing them to live m
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Korn is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, currently signed to Roadrunner Records. 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. Since their 1994 self-titled debut, Korn have sold over 25 million records worldwide (16 million in the U.S.). 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.
Drummer David Silveria, guitarist Munky (a.k.a. James Schaffer) and bassist Fieldy (Reginald Arvizu) were involved with Rick Morrill fronted hair band L.A.P.D. (Love And Peace Dude). It was later changed to stand for Laughing As People Die in order to be taken more seriously as a band. During the mid 80s, Fieldy and Head (Brian Welch) were also members of Glam Rock outfit Rag Tyme. '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 fee