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worried about whether or not to audition. He went to a physic and she told him
he would be stupid not to try out, so he did. Before Jon finished his first song
with the group, all of the band members say that they knew they were fated to
The mixture of sounds was set to change music. The name "Korn" was
just an idea thrown out by Jon. The group decided on the stupid name because
"Korn is a stupid name, but the music is what makes it cool." David says. Korn
went on playing local gigs until they were spotted by Epic/immortal records.
After that, the group received many signing offers, but they decided to go with
Immortal because they did not want to sign away their freedom with a record
company. Korn's first release, self-titled, was released on October 4, 1994. The
CD did well after the release of the first single, Blind. The video got very little
coverage by MTV, but the album hung on the charts for years. Korn picked a
good time to put out their first album, which was only a few months after the
death of Kurt Cobain, and the whole "grunge" rock. People were angry with
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