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KORN Frontman To Release Solo DVD

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis will release a solo DVD in the fall featuring footage from his June 16, 2008 concert at the Union Chapel, Islington in London, England. The set will be available as a "high-quality package" featuring a DVD, a CD plus as-yet-undisclosed bonus material, as well as a DVD only. It will be released in Germany through the ZYX label Goldencore Records.

HardDrive Radio reported last month that Jonathan Davis is working on his first solo album. The project is proceeding at a relaxed pace and is just in its early stages, with no release date or title available. It is also not known yet who will produce it or who Davis will ask to play on the record. The singer embarked on a successful solo tour, his first, in late 2007, after KORN finished its own roadwork in support of that year's untitled eighth album.

KORN itself is expected to reconvene later this year to begin work on its next studio effort.

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Brian "Head" Welch Issues Update On New Solo Album

posted Aug 6, 2008 at 9:17 AM by deathbringer.

Ex-Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has issued an update on his new album, upcoming music samples, video plans and more. Here's the message straight from his MySpace blog:

"I know its been a while since I posted my last blog to you all....but I have been soooo busy with a bunch of GREAT STUFF, and wanted to post a short blog before the weekend. (There will be more blogs and video blogs to come soon). So, here is the scoop for now:

"1. DEBUT ALBUM: The Album is completely done and mastered!!!! It is in duplication right now. Only 39 more days til the Album Drops. I cannot wait for you guys to hear the full album. Just so you know, the Album will be available at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Borders, Barnes and Nobles, I Tunes, and other digital delivery sites on the 9th of September.

"2. POSTING NEW MUSIC SAMPLES: Within the next 7 to 10 days, I will be posting further samples of some of the other songs on the Album. The idea is to upload a different Sample song evey week over the next 4 weeks til the Album drops. Stay tuned to myspace page, as well as my website www.brianheadwelch.net and www.drivenmusicgroup.net for these new songs every week!!!!

"3. MUSIC VIDEO SHOOTING THIS WEEKEND IN LOS ANGELES: I will be in Los Angeles this weekend shooting the music video for "Flush." We have a crazy idea for a treatment that we have worked really hard on. I can't tell you much about it yet, but I can say that it probably isn't what most people are expecting from me. Stay tuned to myspace and my websites for the video. It should be hitting right around the time of the album drop. MTV2 Headbanger's Ball programming should have further updates for you guys on the Album and the Music Video starting the weekend of August 16th, and every weekend after that up to the September 9th street date.

"4. MYSPACE/KORNSPACE: I received 100's of questions from the Krazy Kornspace Krew. I will be uploading several video blogs over the next several weeks on my Myspace page and/or my website(s) answering as many questions as possible. Thanks for being patient. I wanted to do this sooner, but have been swamped.

"5. http://WWW.BRIANHEADWELCH.NET: We will be updating my website over the next 10 days with new content. Also, the Fan Forum page (headspace) is targeted to go live very soon too, hopefully within the next 10 days. It will be a cool place to hang out with your friends, send instant message chats, get updates on "Everything Head," or just chill and look at the new content.

"Well, that's it for now. Talk to you soon. Gotta go pack for LA!!!"

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KORN Frontman DAVIS: 'I Feel Like I'm Waving The Flag For Musicianship'

Jonathan Davis recently spoke to Chris Steffen of RollingStone.com about the KORN singer's forthcoming solo record, which Davis says won't just be KORN-style ragers with a different staff. "I always compare it to when Steve Perry went and did 'Oh Sherrie', which is a fucking JOURNEY song," he said. "It sounded exactly like JOURNEY, and that's fucked up. I don't want to do that."

"I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play," Davis told RollingStone.com after his main stage set at this weekend's Ozzfest. "It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple. I like playing these festivals, because it's one thing all day, and then here I come on, and everyone's like, 'Whoa,' then back to the grind."

Read more from RollingStone.com.

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KORN is "Taking A Break"...

The Pulse of Radio reports: KORN is currently taking an extended break, with the band not likely to begin work on its ninth studio album until sometime next year. Frontman Jonathan Davis, who's putting together his debut solo album, told The Pulse of Radio at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards that fans shouldn't worry about KORN being away for longer than usual. "We've been going 15 years, and we need to just chill out for a while," he said. "And you know me, I got to keep playing, I got to write music so I don't go crazy, so I decided it would be a perfect time to do this. It's not like a hiatus or anything, we're still all good, it's just when everybody's ready, we'll go back together and go do it. We just need to recharge our batteries and get hungry again."

Davis hopes to issue his solo album before the end of the year, with a tour to follow.

The singer did his first solo tour last November and December, and also appeared by himself at Ozzfest last month.

Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch released his first solo effort, "Save Me From Myself", on Tuesday (September 9).

KORN's last album, which was untitled, came out in the summer of 2007.

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS 'Really Excited' About First Solo Album

The Pulse of Radio reports that KORN singer Jonathan Davis is working on his first-ever solo album while the band takes an extended break. Davis has been writing material on his own for several years, and told The Pulse of Radio that fans should expect something different from what he does with KORN. "It's coming out really cool," he said. "It's a really dark, heavy Peter Gabriel vibe going on with it. Like, KORN's more intense and pumping in your face, this is more dark and, I don't know how to explain that vibe, like, I'd say like Peter Gabriel's vibe. It's just that big, open, world music style vibe, different instruments you and I really haven't heard, and there's electronic stuff going on...I'm really excited about it."

Davis says he's planning to write more songs for the album before he begins recording later this fall. He hopes to have the disc out by the end of 2008.

The singer says he's using the same band for the CD that he took on the road with him on his first solo tour last winter.

Davis plans to tour behind his own record for "six months to a year" before reconvening with KORN sometime in 2009.

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BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH's Defends 'Controversial' Video

Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has issued the following statement:

"I have received a handful of messages from some conservative people complaining about the sex and drug references in my new music video for 'Flush'; and, I have recently learned that some select retailers are pulling my CD from their shelves because of my music video's content. So, I wanted to give an explanation of what the video means to me; and to address those select retailers that are pulling the CD from their shelves.

"The video for 'Flush' is about crystal meth addiction and the crazy things anyone addicted to meth will do while they're high or to get their fix. Everything the models were doing in the video is what I was wrapped up in while I was addicted to meth. The video is a very realistic look at the addiction and where it will lead you if you get hooked. I understand the images of the models may be too much for some people, but honestly, I was just trying to be real with what happened in my life and show where I was, as well as where I am at now.

"I was totally imprisoned by meth (straight jacket). I would do anything to get my meth (models being obsessed with pink substance). I was totally kinky and freaky while I was on meth (models touching each other and licking pink substance off of each other). I got emotionally, spiritually and physically sick while I was on meth (models puking up black tar all over their faces and everywhere else).

"I believe I would be dead right now if I continued using meth, but instead, I chose to surrender my life to Christ and die to myself so He could share His resurrection with me (models lying down lifeless, getting zipped up in body bags, coming back to life and ripping through the body bags to catch their new breath of life). Significantly, the images also go along with what the kids (not actors) at the beginning of the video were honestly saying about their addictions.

"To be clear, I'm not going to apologize for my video! But I did want to clear up any confusion about what the video actually meant and hopefully put some minds at ease.

"I have also been informed that my CD is being pulled from a handful of retailers' shelves because of my music video's content. I totally understand that the video may be a bit too much for some conservative people and I respect everyone's choice. But to me, taking my CDs off the shelves because of a music video (that isn't being sold with the CD) is a bit too extreme! There is a huge message of hope on my CD and I believe those retailers that are pulling the CD from their shelves are robbing someone spiritually by taking it off of the shelves. But thank GOD for iTunes!

"I'm not called to be a Sunday schoolteacher obviously....I mean, just look at me.... (smile)... I'm called to speak to people that understand my language and I'm gonna be as REAL as possible. The CHEESE has to disappear from the Christian media. I challenge the conservative Christians to start thinking 'outside the box,' and get real with how they try and connect with the masses!!

"As for me — I'm going to do everything I can do to KILL RELIGIOUS MINDSETS THAT CONTINUE TO BE PIGEON-HOLED IN THEIR THINKING!! DIE!!! RELIGION!!! DIE!!!!!

"Oh, yeah....one more very important thing....I love you all....Even you conservative nitpickers!!!"

Brian "Head" Welch's debut solo album, "Save Me From Myself", sold 7,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 63 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"Save Me From Myself" was released on September 9 through Driven Music Group (distribution by Ryko/Warner Music Group), the label he co-founded with music execs Greg Shanaberger and Mark Nawara. The CD was produced by Head, who recorded the music off and on for the past two years in Phoenix, Arizona. It features renowned musicians Tony Levin (PETER GABRIEL, DAVID BOWIE) and Josh Freese (A PERFECT CIRCLE, NINE INCH NAILS), and was mixed by Ralph Patlan and Bob Clearmountain. It's a testimony of Head's life as he battled with drug addiction and leaving KORN, and finding spirituality.

"Save Me From Myself" track listing:

01. L.O.V.E. (6:31)
02. Flush (4:26)
03. Loyalty (5:07)
04. Re-Bel (5:40)
05. Home (6:52)
06. Save Me From Myself (5:44)
07. Die Religion Die (5:34)
08. Adonai (5:19)
09. Money (4:43)
10. Shake (4:48)
11. Washed By Blood (9:34)

"Flush", the new video from Brian "Head" Welch, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Frankie Nasso of Nova Entertainment (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS, WALLS OF JERICHO). According to a press release, "the storyline takes a surprising turn away from what the conservative press would expect from Head and his spiritual awakening and takes an in-your-face, gritty, but very honest look at the depths to which individuals will go to satisfy their drug/alcohol addictions or other vices. Wrapped with footage of real-life stories, and overlayed with other innuendo, Head's performance steals the picture and will answer anyone's questions as to whether he can still rock as hard or harder than his earlier days in KORN."