Where is korn today

Have Korn given any indication that they plan to retire soon? Not by a long shot. Yet, Welch couldn't help but ponder the possibility in an interview with Metal Hammer on Friday April 23 ahead of the Jonathan Davis -led groups' livestream concert event, Monumental. Asked what Korn's future holds beyond the virtual event, Welch offered a clearheaded assessment of the road that lies ahead. Are we gonna be Rolling Stones wannabes, or do we wanna retire at some point and do something else?

It fucked me up really bad, but I refuse to fucking let that shit get in the way of fucking entertaining my people," the frontman said prior to playing "Falling Away From Me" last night. So right now we got J. Lauryn Schaffner Published: September 10, I don't have great memories of that. I blocked most of it out. But in the music, I let whatever came out of me come out.

I think a lot of people that happens to, they're embarrassed about it and don't know what to do. Honestly, some people totally erase it from their minds. I can't tell you exactly in detail what happened. I know it happened, but I don't want to face it. It's hard for me. It came out one day when I was writing lyrics. I was just like, Damn, this is so good. I can't wait to go out tour. I know people are going to freak out because this is some new-type shit that I don't think anyone is going to understand.

At that time, we were just emulating our influences, Sepultura meets Cypress Hill. We were confident about our band and our sound, but we didn't know what was going to happen. From the first tour — with House of Pain and Biohazard — to getting a gold record presented to us by Ozzy and Sharon [Osbourne] within less than a year, what a crazy ride.

Just excess, bro. I won't ever speak about it to this day, but I got to see some real rock-star shit on that tour. It was pretty intense. Some people misunderstood me as that being anti-gay, and that was far from the case 'cause I'll hang out with mostly gay people because they got it.

They were different. I was different. When that came out and people just started telling me stories — "I got bullied. I was called a faggot" — I just started to feel really overwhelmed.

We were working on the song and I remember David [Silveria, Korn's original drummer] said, "Hey, what are those? I went to this school here called Highland High, and they had a pipe band. I got to learn how to play bagpipes. My grandma got me my first set.

My great-grandmother was from Scotland. I remember being little and hearing her play pipe records. It was innocence with evil lurking behind it, and we really captured it. The genius of that cover was from Munky, who came up with that idea: "You see a shadow, you don't know what it is. That freaked some people out. It was just the beginning. It was a very dark-ass record. And when we did the 20th anniversary tour, I remember coming off stage depressed, reliving all that shit.

Once I got sober, playing it in its entirety was like, "Damn. I was in a very dark place. I learned the secret of being happier and getting out of your depression — you've got to deal with the things above you. It's like pulling a Band-Aid off and it's going to sting like a motherfucker. Once that sting's gone, you'll heal. I wish I would have done that. I wish I could have saved myself all of that heartache just by learning to deal with and talk about things.

I've been through a lot of tragedy. The cards I've been dealt are pretty fucking intense. I've just got to be honest and deal with them and I'll get through it. My sons are No. I love them more than anything in the world. Having that gift has kept me alive and having a reason to have my shit together and be a role model to my kids.

But everybody's got to go through their own trials and tribulations. If I could ever go back in time and tell that year-old me to just deal with what you're going through — just deal with it — it would've saved me a lot of grief.

Problems don't ever stop. It's just how we deal with them as adults. I'm always going to have bad things happen to me. I have a lot of good shit happen to me. Some people go to a shrink, some people go work out, some people go to church. I come here [to the studio] and this is my therapy. This is my outlet now. Other times it was run to a bottle or do a line. Korn tour dates Korn is currently touring across 18 countries and has 23 upcoming concerts. See all your opportunities to see them live below!

Upcoming concerts 23 See nearest concert Feb 4 Feb 5 Apr 9 Chiba, Japan Knotfest Japan. May 25 May 27 Prague, Czech Republic Tipsport Arena. May 28 May 31 Warsaw, Poland Torwar. Jun 1 Berlin, Germany Verti Music Hall. Jun 3 Nuremberg, Germany Rock im Park. Jun 7 Jun 9