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| Baby Announcement [29-Jul-99] Korn drummer David Silveria and his wife, Shannon, are the proud parents of a baby girl. Sophia Aurora was born on July 27, 1999 in Huntington Beach, California, weighing in at 7 lbs., 9 oz. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- More from Jonathan [27-Jul-99] Back from Woodstock, here's Jonathan: Hey! We just got back from Woodstock '99... You suck if you missed it, 'cause I think it was the best Korn show we've ever done! It's the most amazing thing to play for 300,000 people, and I want to thank you for being a part of it if you were there! Today marks the big day! We started moving our shit into the recording studio that will be home for the next couple months. We start recording on Wednesday (28th), and are really excited 'cause the new shit is off the hook!! Keep your eyes open for the launch of the studio cam. We've had some technical difficulties putting it all together, but we're working on it 'cause we want you there with us! Peace! Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- More from Jonathan [07-Jul-99] Jonathan checking in again: Whas up piiiiimppps and piiiiimpppettes! So we're still just working on the songs, and we've realized that they remind us of other bands, so we are naming the songs after old 80's bands. Um, I started on vocals today... just trippin' on some melody ideas. I'm also setting a studio up in my house so I can work when it hits me. Stay tuned, 'cause I'm gonna put a 24-7 live webcam in there, and you never know what I might be up to! Thanks for checkin in again, and woowoowoowooooowoowoowoo! Peace, Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Jonathan Davis from the Studio [16-Jun-99] The first of many updates direct from the studio: Hello! We're back in the studio working on our next album. We are working with Brendan O'Brien as producer this time. He's done Rage, Pearl Jam, STP, and a whole shitload of other phat bands. Things are going well. It's been about two weeks since we started and we've already written eight songs! They are so fuckin' heavy! It reminds me of the first album... more groove oriented. Keep checking this space daily, 'cause we'll be online daily to let you know what's going on, straight outta LA! Peace, Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Back in the studio [03-Jun-99] Korn go back into the studio today in Los Angeles to start preproduction on their fourth album. Watch this space... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Korn featured in new Ice Cube video [17-May-99] Check out Korn in Ice Cube's new video F**k Dyin' on MTV! Call MTV and ask for it on Total Request Live (1-800-DIAL-MTV) or you can request online all the time at MTV's Total Request site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- In their own words... up close with Jonathan [12-Apr-99] In the fifth and final part of a new series of interviews, we present Korn "in their own words". After Fieldy, David, Head and Munky, this week we wrap up with Jonathan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Family Values CD/Video site online [19-Mar-99] There's now an official Family Values site over at Epic Records. The site features video and sound clips from Korn, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, Incubus & Orgy on the upcoming CD and home video. August 16 Jonathan - vocals, bagpipes David - drums, percussion Fieldy - bass Head - guitar Munky - guitar In the early '90s, heavy music looked to be going the way of the dinosaurs: Well-heeled Brit-pop and well-scrubbed pop-punk were thoroughly dominating the guitar-rock landscape, and the few surviving old-school metal acts seemed hopelessly unable to adapt. But somewhere within the vast, murky Southern California wasteland, a dynamic new species was being born, a forward-thinking beast that disregarded the mistakes of heavy bands past while meshing dark, urban rhythms and low-tuned guitar sludge with violent, expressionist blasts of hip-core noise. That and the wildly emotional vocals of JONATHAN, which alternated between a bourbon-smooth croon and a viscerally sharp howl, made for a revolutionary mix that redefined heavy rock better than anyone had in a decade. The result was a monster 1994 self-titled debut album that went solid platinum, and by the time 1996's LIFE IS PEACHY was released, this beast had a fanbase over two million strong--and a legion of musical imitators so large it threatened to saturate the planet. It was time for a change of rules. Hence KORN's latest, greatest slab, aptly titled FOLLOW THE LEADER. From the broadened musical and emotional scope to the much beefier production values to the stunning cover art courtesy of Spawn-creator Todd McFarlane, FOLLOW THE LEADER is indeed an ambitious and deeply satisfying outing for the band. And while there is considerably more hype surrounding this rightly anticipated disc, JONATHAN is quick to put things in perspective. "Our only goal was to take our time on this album," he says. "Because I knew we had it in us to do something great. To full integrate both (previous) albums and put out a record we could be proud of...we wanted to do some phat shit." "I think working with a new producer and going into a new studio helped us grow musically as a band," adds guitarist MUNKY. "All of us really have that fire again about being excited about a record...We all feel like we grew, like when you grow out of some old shoes; your feet are all crammed in forever and you know you need to buy a new pair, but you need to save up the money to do it. We kind of saved up our confidence and made that leap into our new shoes." Fans of old-school KORN needn't despair--the new shoes kick just as much ass as the old pair. "Freak On A Leash" is a molotov cocktail of scathing, psychedelic guitar runs, hypno-groove bass grind, hip-hop jungle drumming, all sliced in two with an ingeniously placed scat line reminiscent of PEACHY opener "Twist." Then there's "Children Of The KORN," title courtesy of legendary gangsta rapper Ice Cube, who contributed an arresting series of verses to the tune, as well as a mallet-blunt mantra that speaks for every fed up kid in America: "Stop fuckin' with me!" Check the epic closing track, "My Gift to You," one of the band's heaviest songs to date, rife with the sort of lyrical honesty that's earned JONATHAN true street cred with the kids--and dismay from the parents. Which is just fine with him--KORN, after all, speaks directly to those disenfranchised with a world of spent opportunity and violence, due in large part to the short-sightedness of generations past. "Yeah," says JONATHAN, "I am pissed off that I inherited it. I wish sometimes that I was born back in the day. But today's society is so fucked up...we gotta thank the parents for doing that to the kids." Yes, they still rock. But FOLLOW THE LEADER also illustrates just how much JONATHAN's vocal and lyrical abilities have broadened from the "straight fuckin' cathartic rage" of KORN and PEACHY to a level that communicates a full range of human emotion, from regret ("It's On!") and empathy ("Justin"), to lighthearted if incredibly vitriolic banter ("All In The Family"). The band's musical growth is also well evident--from drummer DAVID's successful integration of D-Drum sampling to FIELDY's ever-more-percussive bass playing. Meanwhile, twin guitar towers MUNKY and HEAD have made their joint stylistic fusion nearly seamless. "It's like we're one person," adds HEAD. "We're one guitar player thinking. It's weird." The end result is an album that could well be KORN's swan song--and one that's sure to find the band's ever-growing throng of musical imitators scurrying back to the chalkboard. Although FOLLOW THE LEADER will not be officially released until August 18 on Immortal/Epic Records, MUNKY considers it a mission accomplished: "I think we've already achieved success on this record," he says. "We're all 100 % happy with all the songs. That was the personal goal for me." In the making of FOLLOW THE LEADER, KORN's also been busy with their ground-breaking live weekly Internet program, as well as the formation of its own record label, Elementree Records. Its first signing, California "death pop" outfit Orgy, has already drawn critical acclaim for its debut CANDYASS (Alternative Press enthusiastically endorsed the record, saying it displayed enough "smart melodies, head-banging crunch and electro-kicks to impress even the most fickle music fans"). CANDYASS will hit the shops the on the same day as FOLLOW THE LEADER. As for Elementree itself, FIELDY offers up the band's business philosophy accordingly: "I think we'd all like to sign some bands that everybody's scared to sign. And of course to make them as big as KORN, if not bigger. I think where we're at in '98, the whole decade is really hurting for some good music." In addition to the new record and the new label, KORN has also put together its own answer to Lollapalooza: the "Family Values" tour, an eight-week U.S. tour which will feature Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, Rammstein and, of course, KORN, in addition to a throng of breakdancers, fire-eaters and a myriad of other cultural oddities. Why would an already overworked band want to tackle such a monumental task? "There are all these festivals that have weak links in them," says DAVID. "It's not easy to put together a big festival because there are a lot of people involved--but we thought we could give it a shot and do something better." 1998 is proving to be an intensely creative year for the band. An ambitious new record that redefines the school KORN defined in the first place--that's already garnering massive airplay for its first single ("Got The Life"). An ambitious new label that's already undermining the alternative world. And an ambitious new tour showcasing some of the heaviest acts of the day. No surprise. KORN has always been about ambition--and much more often than not it's paid off. "We're not out to change the world, just music." |
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