Jack Antonio recently conducted an interview with KORN bassist and STILLWELL guitarist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu for the "Do You Know Jack?" radio show (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Speaking about KORN's upcoming follow-up to 2013's "The Paradigm Shift" album, Fieldy said: "It's definitely bringing ...
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The first KORN album was released on October 11, 1994. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum hard rock innovators announced today they will release a limited edition 300-page hard cover photo book, "Korn: Est. 1994", on Tuesday, October 27, that includes images from two decades of archives paired with brand new notes, ...
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KORN launched a North American tour earlier in the month on which the band is performing its self-titled 1994 debut album in its entirety at every stop to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its release. The trek kicked off on October 1 in Chicago, winding down a month later on October 30 in Oakland. KORN ...
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Original KORN drummer David Silveria says that the band's current lineup "just [doesn't] have it in them to [write] songs that can stand up" to the group's first three records and has predicted that KORN's next album "will be the same crap they have been putting out for years." Silveria, who left KORN in late ...
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KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has confirmed to Billboard.com that the band has commenced writing material for the follow-up to 2013's "The Paradigm Shift" album. "We're working on new music," he said. "I'd say we're about a third of the way done. We wrote about 20 songs and about 10 of those we've ...
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The first KORN album was released on October 11, 1994. To celebrate the CD's 20th anniversary, the band is releasing a limited-edition 300-page hardcover book including photos from the archives paired with brand new notes and commentary from the members. From the stage to the dressing room to the recording studio, you'll have unlimited access ...
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Louder Noise recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2013's "The Paradigm Shift": "We have a lot of demos done right now on the new stuff ...
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In the three-minute video below, the members of KORN recall writing the song "Faget", from their self-titled debut album, at a house on Orange Street in Huntington Beach, California. The band's lead singer, Jonathan Davis, had just joined the group after quitting his previous job as a professional embalmer at a funeral home. KORN guitarist ...
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Jason Rockman, SLAVES ON DOPE singer and on-air announcer on the Montreal, Quebec, Canada radio station CHOM 97 7, conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer at this past weekend's Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about KORN's influence on the heavy music scene ...
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A three-minute video clip of the members of KORN performing and talking about their song "Daddy" from their self-titled debut album can be seen below. KORN performed its self-titled debut album from front to back for the first time in the U.S. on March 14 at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas. The performance commemorated ...
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U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine recently met up with KORN's James "Munky" Shaffer to talk about his history with Ibanez and two signature models, the APEX200 and APEX20. Check out the clip below. Shaffer last year spoke to Pop-Break.com about how reconnecting with guitarist Brian "Head" Welch for "The Paradigm Shift" album after an eight-year break ...
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KORN drummer Ray Luzier's drum tech, Abel Vallejo, filled in for Ray during the band's March 17 performance at the Pot Of Gold music festival in Tempe, Arizona so that Ray could be at his wife's side when she gave birth to their second child. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. ...
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To celebrate national Music In Our Schools Month, Little Kids Rock — a national nonprofit dedicated to expanding music education in disadvantaged public schools nationwide — teamed up with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and the Hot Topic Foundation to deliver 20 new musical instruments to McKinley School in Pasadena, California on Wednesday, March 25. ...
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KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch wants the band's next effort to be "heavier" and "more uptempo" than 2013's "The Paradigm Shift", but is unsure that he will "get [his] wish." Speaking to PureGrainAudio.com about KORN's plans for the next CD, Welch said: "We're talking at the moment about taking a couple of months ...
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In a brand new interview with The Mancunion, KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer spoke about the inspiration for the band's latest album, "The Paradigm Shift", which has been described by some as "a mixture of old and new KORN." "I came up with the title, and it felt like with Head [guitarist Brian ...
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In a brand new interview with Rock Sins, KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer was asked how the band has managed to evolve musically over the years while staying true to the KORN sound. "It's something we've wanted to do from the very beginning," he explained. "I think that our first two albums were ...
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During a July 2014 interview with Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks!, KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and drummer Ray Luzier were asked for their opinion on the possibility of a hypothetical PANTERA reunion featuring Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) filling in for the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on guitar. "I would love ...
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After months of R&D and serious road testing by the man himself, Jake E. Lee (current RED DRAGON CARTEL and former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist), Majik Box is proud to begin shipping the new Body Blow Jake E. Lee Mod overdrive. Never truly happy with any overdrive pedal in his arsenal, Jake and his ...
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In a brand new interview with Anthony Toto of Pop-Break.com, KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer spoke about how reconnecting with the band's original guitarist Brian "Head" Welch for 2013's "The Paradigm Shift" album after an eight-year break might influence KORN's approach on the next CD. He said: "Head and I were talking [earlier ...
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KORN has premiered the fan-assisted official video for "Hater" — the lead single off the band's world tour edition deluxe reissue album, "The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition" (released July 22 on Prospect Park). Directed by Yarvo Productions, the video features fan-submitted video clips where they share personal experiences of being a victim of bullying, ...
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KORN has issued a live video for the song "Hater", the first clip from the "The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition". "Hater" is the lead bonus cut from the the special edition, which adds three studio tracks and six live cuts to last year's No. 8-debuting LP. Singer Jonathan Davis told The Pulse Of Radio ...
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Sofakingnews took part in a roundtable interview with KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and drummer Ray Luzier at a recent stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Speaking about KORN's plans for the band's next album, guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer told Horns Up Rocks! in a ...
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Mike Bax of Lithium Magazine took part in a roundtable interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and drummer Ray Luzier at the July 25 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Speaking about KORN's plans for the band's next album, Munky ...
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Clo Raborn of the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. You can now watch the chat below. The deluxe reissue of KORN's 2013 album, "The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition" (Prospect Park) was made available at Best Buy stores in North America ...
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Ryan Hoffman of the Boise State University Pulse student radio station conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and drummer Ray Luzier at the July 9 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Boise, Idaho. You can now watch the chat below. The deluxe reissue of KORN's 2013 album, "The Paradigm ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! took part in a roundtable interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and drummer Ray Luzier at the July 27 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Hartford, Connecticut. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Speaking about KORN's plans for the band's next album, Munky ...
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The Front Row Report took part in a roundtable interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and drummer Ray Luzier at the July 19 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Noblesville, Indiana. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Speaking about KORN's musical evolution over the years, Luzier said: "I always ...
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The Michigan Times journalist Alex Hinson took part in a roundtable interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer at the July 17 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhen Festival at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Asked what its like having guitarist Brian "Head" Welch ...
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Heating up summer to a boiling point, Grammy Award-winning hard rock luminaries KORN have revealed the official details for their latest release, a deluxe reissue of their 2013 album, "The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition" (Prospect Park). The collection will be exclusively available at Best Buy stores in North America starting July 15 and available ...
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Jason Nivens of the 98.9 The Rock radio station conducted an interview with KORN members Ray Luzier (drums) and James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar) yesterday (Saturday, May 31) at Rockfest at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. You can now watch the chat below. KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch underwent kidney stone surgery last week while on ...
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