Ex-KORN Drummer DAVID SILVERIA: I Should Have Been Asked To Play On Upcoming Tour

Ex-KORN drummer David Silveria tells Rolling Stone magazine that it is "wrong" for his former bandmates to play the group's self-titled debut album without him on KORN's upcoming tour, explaining that he was "just as much of a creative input as any of [the other] guys while writing and making [the] record."

KORN plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its debut CD by performing the disc from start to finish at selected shows on its upcoming tour itinerary.

Silveria told Rolling Stone: "I feel like it was wrong to go play this record without me, because I was just as much of a creative input as any of these guys while writing and making this record. So I think it was wrong to do it without me, but it's not really weird. They've been playing and touring years without me. I just think they should've asked me to come play the tour.

Silveria was the second member of KORN's original lineup to depart, leaving in late 2006. Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch exited the group in 2005 and continued working as a solo artist until rejoining KORN last year. Silveria retired to Huntington Beach, California and opened a restaurant.

Singer Jonathan Davis told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that he believed Silveria lost his passion for music. "David was there to write beats but he wasn't really there," he said. "He really didn't like playing drums. The first two albums, I think, he really enjoyed playing drums and then after that he just lost his love for playing drums. It happens. Okay, good for him, he wanted to move on and do something else."

The actual 20th anniversary of KORN's first album was October 11.

KORN has just completed a run as special guests of SLIPKNOT on the latter's Prepare For Hell Tour", which kicked off on October 29 in El Paso, Texas and wrapped up on December 7 in Boston.