Korn Frontman Reflects On Painful Beginning

12/12/2014
. (TeamRock Radio) Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has recalled the trials he endured while working on the band's debut album with producer Ross Robinson. And while he agrees that the deskman brought out the best in his performance, he still can't forget the turmoil that surrounded the sessions.

The 1994 title was recorded with a budget of just $14,000 - but it propelled the band to the big-time and remains an influential work 20 years later. Davis tells Rolling Stone: "I never felt like I was a metal dude to begin with. My favourite band was Duran Duran - I was a child of the 80s and I loved more of the gothic and romantic sh*t.

"I had to quit my job where I was making real money as a mortician, and had my own house, to having nothing - working at a pizza place and living under some stairs."

He remembers spending much of the time drunk and on meth, adding: "I was 23, I think. That's when you're Superman, when that sh*t doesn't affect you. I got sober when I was 28, around when I started getting the bad hangovers and could do that sh*t any more or I was going to die." Read more here.

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