The conception of Korn began in
the early 90s in Southern California - a
combination of 2 bands: Sexart and LAPD. Korn
consists of Jonathan Davis on vocals, Brian
"Head" Welch on guitar, James
"Munky" Shaffer on guitar, Reginald
"Fieldy" Arvizu on bass, and David
Silveria on drums.
Korn released their debut, Korn. The LP got off to a
slow start, but relentless touring with the
likes of Megadeth, Marilyn
Manson, and 311,
gradually expanded the band's fan base.
Korn became the first music
artist to appear live on the internet to
promote their new LP.
Korn released Life
Is Peachy in October with the
track "A.D.I.D.A.S."
Korn was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("Shoots And
Ladders").
Korn performed during the summer
as part of the Lollapalooza package tour (but
only was able to tour a part of the summer
due to viral meningitis affecting Shaffer).
Korn was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("No Place To
Hide").
Korn toured as part of the first
Family Values tour in the summer.
Korn released Follow
The Leader with the hit "Freak On A
Leash."
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Follow
The Leader debuted at #1 on the Billboard
200 Albums chart.
A question was raised: Is the
band homophobic or the reflection of a
sexually confused lead singer? Spin
magazine reported that lead singer, Jonathan
Davis, use to wear makeup and go to gay bars
(as detailed in their song,
"Faget"): "Everyone thought I
was gay my whole life... so I have to joke
about it just to del with it."
Rolling Stone named
Korn the Best Hard-Rock/Metal Band of the
Year.
# 175
Singles Artist of the Year
Korn could be heard on the
benefit LP No
Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar
Refugees with the 'Freakin' B
Mix' of "Freak On A Leash."
Korn performed at Woodstock '99
in Rome, New York.
Korn won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rock Video and Best Editing (Haines Hall &
Michael Sachs) ("Freak On A Leash")
and was nominated for Video of the Year, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Viewer's Choice.
During the late summer and fall,
Korn toured with the Family Values Tour
package.
A remix of "Freak On A
Leash" could be found on the compilation
LP, No Boundaries and on the
soundtrack for End
Of Days with the "The Camel
Song."
Korn released Issues. Davis (at a press
conference) described Issues as their
"darkest, most emotional" music.
Issues debuted at #1
on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Freak On A Leash" at # 30.
Korn won a Grammy Award for Best Music Viceo,
Short Form ("Freak On A Leash") and
was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Freak On A
Leash").
Korn had to postpone a few
concert dates after Silveria injured his
wrist at a show in North Dakota.
The video "Falling
Away From Me" was nominated for a MTV
Video Music Award for Best Rock Video.
Follow
The Leader was certified 4x platinum.
VH1: 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock includes
Korn at # 53.
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes
"Freak On A Leash" at # 22.
Follow
The Leader was certified 5x
platinum.
Korn released a new LP - Untouchables.
Untouchables was certified
platinum. Korn won a MuchMusic Video Award
for Best International Video (Group)
("Here To Stay").
Korn's video for "Here To
Stay" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video.
Korn cancelled 5 remaining
concert dates of the 'Pop Sux!' tour due to
Davis' strained vocal cords.
Korn won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("Here To
Stay").
Korn began
taking part in 'Ozzfest 2003.'
Korn hit the
radio airwaves with "Did My Time."
Korn released their next LP Take
A Look In The Mirror. Davis said of the LP
to Rolling Stone: "This is a
really aggressive record. More edgy. The last
record we were experimenting. This album is
back down to the basics and heavy grooves and
getting people pumped. You'll have a lot of
screaming on this one."
Take
A Look In The Mirror was certified
platinum.
Korn was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("Did My
Time").
Korn released Greatest
Hits Vol. 1.
Guitarist Welch
left the band.
Korn performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Greatest
Hits Vol. 1 was certified platinum.
Korn appeared on the Billboard
Hot Dance Club Play chart with the remixes of
"Twisted Transistor."
Korn released their next LP See
You On The Other Side.
Korn could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
See
You On The Other Side was certified gold.
See
You On The Other Side was certified
platinum.
Korn released Live
& Rare. The set includes 10 live
tracks from performances at CBGB and
Woodstock '99, and 3 unreleased tracks.
Korn had to
cancel the rest of their European tour after
Davis developed a near-fatal blood infection.
Korn released MTV
Unplugged.
Korn released Untitled.
Korn topped the Billboard Top
Rock Albums chart with Untitled.
Untitled was certified gold.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Freak
On A Leash" at # 69.
Korn released Korn
III - Remember Who You Are.
Korn topped the Billboard Rock
Albums chart, Hard Rock Albums chart, and
Alternative Albums chart with Korn
III - Remember Who You Are.
Korn were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("Let The Guilt
Go").
Korn released The
Path Of Totality.
Korn topped the Billboard
Dance/Electronic Albums chart with The
Path Of Totality.
Korn released The
Paradigm Shift.
Korn topped the Billboard Hard
Rock Albums chart with The
Paradigm Shift.
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Korn
Released: October, 1994
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 72
Tracks: "Blind"
- "Ball Tongue" - "Need
To" - "Clown" -
"Divine" - "Faget" -
"Shoots And Ladders" -
"Predictable" -
"Fake" - "Lies" -
"Helmet In The Bush" -
"Daddy" |
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Life Is Peachy
Released: October, 1996
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Tracks: "Twist"
- "Chi" - "Lost" -
"Swallow" - "Porno
Creep" - "Good Good" -
"Mr. Rogers" -
"K@#%!" - "No Place To
Hide" - "Wicked" -
"A.D.I.D.A.S." - "Low
Rider" - "Ass Itch" -
"Kill You" |
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Follow The
Leader
Released: August, 1998
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "It's
On" - "Freak On A Leash" -
"Got The Life" - "Dead
Bodies Everywhere" - "Children
Of The Korn" (with Ice Cube) -
"B.B.K." - "Pretty" -
"All In The Family" (with Fred
Durst) - "Reclaim My Place" -
"Justin" - "Seed" -
"Cameltosis" (with Tre Hardson)
- "My Gift To You" |
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Issues
Released: November, 1999
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Dead"
- "Falling Away From Me" -
"Trash" - "4U" -
"Beg For Me" - "Make Me
Bad" - "It's Gonna Go
Away" - "Am I Going Crazy"
- "Hey Daddy" - "Somebody
Someone" - "No Way" -
"Let's Get This Party Started"
- "I Wish You Could Be Me" -
"Counting" - "Dirty" |
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Untouchables
Released: June, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Here To
Stay" - "Make Believe" -
"Blame" - "Hollow
Life" - "Bottled Up
Inside" - "Thoughtless" -
"Hating" - "One More
Time" - "Alone I Break" -
"Embrace" - "Beat It
Upright" - "Wake Up Hate"
- "I'm Hiding" - "No One's
There" |
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Take A Look In
The Mirror
Released: November, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Tracks: "Right
Now" - "Break Some Off" -
"Counting On Me" - "Here
It Comes Again" - "Deep
Inside" - "Did My Time" -
"Everything I've Known" -
"Play Me" (with Nas) -
"Alive" - "Let's Do This
Now" - "I'm Done" -
"Ya'll Want A Single" -
"When Will This End" -
"One" |
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Greatest Hits 1
Released: October, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks: "Word
Up!" - "Another Brick In The
Wall" - "Y'All Want A
Single" - "Right Now" -
"Did My Time" - "Alone I
Break" - "Here To Stay" -
"Trash" - "Somebody
Someone" - "Make Me Bad" -
"Falling Away From Me" -
"Got The Life" - "Freak On
A Leash" - "Twist" -
"A.D.I.D.A.S." -
"Clown" - "Shoots And
Ladder" - "Blind" -
"Freak On A Leash" (Dante Ross
Mix) |
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See You On The
Other Side
Released: December, 2005
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Twisted
Transistor" - "Politix" -
"Hypocrites" - "Souvenier
Of Sadness" - "2-Way" -
"Throw Me Away" - "Love
Song" - "Open Up" -
"Interlude #2" - "Coming
Undone" - "Getting Off" -
"Liar" - "For No One"
- "Interlude #3/I've Seen It
All" - "Tearjerker" |
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Live & Rare
Released: May, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 51
Tracks: "Did My
Time" (live) - "Blind"
(live) - "Falling Away From Me"
(live) - "Right Now" (live) -
"Got The Life" (live) -
"Here To Stay" (live) -
"Freak On A Leash" (live) -
"Another Brick In The Wall"
(live) - "One" - "My Gift
To You" (live) -
"A.D.I.D.A.S." (live) -
"Earache In My Eye" -
"Proud" |
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MTV Unplugged
Released: March, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Blind"
- "Hollow Life" - "Freak
On A Leash" (with Amy Lee) -
"Falling Away From Me" -
"Creep" - "Love Song"
- "Got The Life" -
"Twisted Transistor" -
"Coming Undone" - "Make Me
Bad / In Between Days" (with The
Cure) - "Throw Me Away" |
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Untitled
Released: July, 2007
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Starting Over" - "Bitch
We Got A Problem" -
"Evolution" - "Hold
On" - "Kiss" - "Do
What They Say" - "Ever Be"
- "Love And Luxury" -
"Innocent Bystander" -
"Killing" -
"Hushabye" - "I Will
Protect You" - "Sing
Sorrow" |
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Korn III -
Remember Who You Are
Released: July, 2010
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks:
"Uber-Time" - "Oidale
(Leave Me Alone)" - "Pop A
Pill" - "Fear Is A Place To
Live" - "Move On" -
"Lead The Parade" - "The
Past" - "Never Around" -
"Are You Ready To Live?" -
"Holding All These Lies" |
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The Path Of
Totality
Released: December, 2011
Tracks: "Chaos Lives
In Everything" (featuring Skrillex)
- "Kill Mercy Within"
(featuring Noisia) - "My Wall"
(featuring Excision) - "Narcissistic
Cannibal" (featuring Skrillex &
Kill The Noise) - "Illuminati"
(featuring Excision & Downlink) -
"Burn The Obedient" (featuring
Nosia) - "Sanctuary" (featuring
Downlink) - "Let's Go"
(featuring Noisia) - "Get Up!"
(featuring Skrillex) - "Way Too
Far" (featuring 12th Planet) -
"Bleeding Out" (featuring Feed
Me) |
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The Paradigm
Shift
Released: October 8, 2013
Tracks: "Prey For
Me" - "Love & Meth" -
"What We Do" - "Spike In
My Veins" - "Mass
Hysteria" - "Paranoid And
Aroused" - "Never Never" -
"Punishment Time" -
"Lullaby For A Sadist" -
"Victimized" - "It's All
Wrong" |
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The Serenity Of
Suffering
Released: October 21, 2016
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks:
"Insane" - "Rotting In
Vain" - "Black Is The
Soul" - "The Hating" -
"A Different World" -
"Take Me" - "Everything
Falls Apart" - "Die Yet Another
Night" - "When You're Not
There" - "Next In Line" -
"Please Come For Me" |
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The Nothing
Released: September 13,
2019
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Tracks: "The End
Begins" - "Cold" -
"You'll Never Find Me" -
"The Darkness Is Revealing" -
"Idiosyncrasy" - "The
Seduction Of Indulgence" -
"Finally Free" - "Can You
Hear Me" - "The
Ringmaster" - "Gravity Of
Discomfort" - "H@rd3r" -
"This Loss" - "Surrender
To Failure" |
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Requiem
Released: February 4, 2022
Tracks:
"Forgotten" - "Let The
Dark Do The Rest" - "Start The
Healing" - "Lost In The
Grandeur" - "Disconnect" -
"Homeless And Beaten" -
"Penance To Sorrow" - "My
Confession" - "Worst Is On Its
Way" |
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