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Head Leaves Korn - Mutilated - 03-02-2005
Not a KoRn fan but...
Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, a founding member of Korn, has left the band and has rededicated his life to Christianity, according to the group\'s management.
"Korn has parted ways with guitarist Brian \'Head\' Welch, who has chosen Jesus Christ
as his savior, and will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end," a statement from the band reads. "Korn respects Brian\'s wishes, and hopes he finds the happiness he\'s searching for."
The announcement puts to rest weeks of rumors that Welch was unhappy with Korn\'s direction. On February 8, he had apparently written a "letter of resignation" to the band\'s management. In the note, Welch detailed a long list of reasons for leaving the band, including increased moral objections to Korn\'s music and videos. In particular, he was upset by how he was portrayed in the clip for their cover of Cameo\'s "Word Up," off their recently released Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 album. In the video, Welch\'s face was superimposed on a dog patrolling a strip club.
"I can go up there and play those songs and those solos but ... I distanced myself from Korn for probably a year and a half, two years. I just wanted to fade away, it was crazy. I was so gone," Welch told Bakersfield, California, radio station KRAB on Sunday. "But I found my way out and I want to help anyone that wants to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I had to go through the lows to appreciate the highs and it\'s not perfect but it\'s damn near."
Welch plans on further explaining his decision to leave Korn this coming Sunday, when he\'ll address the congregation at the Valley Bible Fellowship in Bakersfield, California. And on February 28 he plans to leave for Israel.
Korn formed in 1992 as the Bakersfield metal act LAPD, which featured Welch and guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, bassist Reggie "Fieldy" Arvizu and drummer David Silveria. In 1993, vocalist Jonathan Davis joined the group, and they rechristened themselves Korn. Their self-titled 1994 debut went double platinum and was hailed as a landmark album in the burgeoning nü-metal scene. The group released six studio albums with Welch, sales of which have topped the 11-million mark in the U.S. alone. Their final album with Welch, Take a Look in the Mirror, was released in 2003.
According to Korn\'s management, the band is currently in the studio working on a new record, which is due in stores in September.
— James Montgomery
Source:
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Head Leaves Korn - WilliamAbuJannah - 03-02-2005
interesting. I love it when these rock stars and musicians \'find\' religion, \'after\' they\'ve made all thier millions. I imagine it\'s pretty easy to hide away and be religious when you don\'t have to worry about going out in the real world and making money to feed your family. I see nothing wrong with religion, guys here that know me know that I happen to have strong religious views myself. But it\'s interesting, how much drinking and debachery did he partake in and witness in the past 12 years to suddenly decide to be a Christian?
Sure wish I were rich and could hide away too.
Head Leaves Korn - RCuomo 2.0 - 03-02-2005
Its one of those things that just happens... Im not religious either... but Ive know some of my buddies who grow up were real bad asses... and then when they hit the bottom of the barrel they turn their sh!t around and are religous now... they 100% clean, dont drink, dont swear... one of my buddies even stopped havin sex with his gf altogether (for 2 years!) until they were married...
So it happens to everyone... not just celebs...
Cheers
Steven
Head Leaves Korn - WilliamAbuJannah - 03-02-2005
Oh yeah, I know, it happened to me to. I guess I just find it more interesting when it\'s celebrities. They always wanna share and tell everyone all about it, like most people don\'t already know.
I mean, he could have just left. Soundgarden decided to call it quits after alot of years and alot of greats CD\'s, but they didn\'t really give it a big explanation at the time, which I thought was pretty cool. When it\'s time to go you go. I just find it hard to believe that KoRn had no creative control over there videos and he was \'shocked\' to see his face super imposed on a dog that\'s cruising a strip joint. Kinda smells fishy.
no, not the strip joint smells like fish, get yer mind out the gutter, lol.
Head Leaves Korn - gmyers - 03-02-2005
Yeah it\'s always pretty weird when rockstars find there religion. I\'m not very religious, but I go to church once in a while. Wasn\'t he talking about leaving for a long time, i remember hearing it on mtv. O well, not that big of korn anyway. Alot of bands are splitting apart now a days.
