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As a child, Jon Davis was sexually abused by his father, he has a deep hatred for what his father did to him that he expresses in the song "Daddy" off of the self titled Korn Album. He was a mortitian at the Kern County Morgue. He was 16 when he landed that job. In school he was teased by other kids, and called a "faggot" and a "queer", because of that, he earned his nickname, "HIV", pronounced "hive".
Munky and Head, the 2 guitarists, were best friends, and have played together over 2/3 of their lives. Munky lost the top part of his left index finger in an accident, and Head taught Munky to play guitar. They were in LAPD together.
David Silveria, the drummer in the group, is the shy member in the band. He had a good childhood and doesn't relate well to most of Korn's lyrics. He has a penis fetish, and
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Since releasing their new cd, Take a Look in the Mirror, they have decided to release 1 more dvd, do one more tour, then go straight to work on their 7th album. so he changed the 'c' to a 'k', hence Korn. when he signs things he usually makes a penis somewhere in it. Do you really think all that money goes to charity?"
They released their 1st album, which was self titled in 1994, just over 1 year after they formed. The conversation was between 2 homosexuals, they were talking about eating eachother's asses, and one had dirahea and shit on the other guys face, and he had eaten popcorn. Jonathan Davis, Korn's front man was in SexArt, Head, Munky, David, and Fieldy were in LAPD. When the guy who had been shit on opened his mouth there was a corn kernal on his tongue, and every time Jon said corn, the rest of the group almost puked. It's more of a symbol on how corrupt religion is. Since then they have released 5 more albums, Life is Peachy, Follow the Leader, Issues, Untouchables, and their newest album, Take A Look in The Mirror. After the 2 bands split, Jon Davis joined LAPD, and they changed their name to Korn. It came from a conversation over heard by Jon Davis while he was in a bar. He's tearing up my skin to reveal christ.
They also do alot of touring, they usually do a tour before releasing a new album, their 2002 tour was POP SUX ! with TRUSTcompany and Disturbed, they did Ozzfest last year, and this year, they are going to be doing another tour.
Fieldy, the bassist, is sort of mysterious, hardly anyone knows his real name, which is Reginald Arvizu, and his past is pretty much unknown as well.
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