By Fieldy
What have you ever bought should you obtained the existence? From Korn's mythical bassist comes a no-holds-barred examine the extraordinary highs and drug-and-booze-fueled lows of the most important heavy steel band of our period track was once in his bones. From the time he used to be an child, Fieldy watched his dad's band practice, and shortly sufficient he came upon his personal calling: the bass. After highschool, with a guitar and little else, he left his small California city for the tune scene in L.A. ahead of lengthy, Fieldy, Brian "Head" Welch, James "Munky" Shaffer, drummer David Silveria, and Jonathan Davis could gel jointly and shape a band with a very new sound—Korn. What occurred subsequent used to be whatever Fieldy had consistently dreamed of yet was once absolutely unprepared for: Korn exploded, skyrocketing to the head of the charts and fronting the nu steel phenomenon. Fieldy was once thrust into the fast moving, hard-rocking highlight. Korn started to travel continuously, developing extreme concert events fueled by way of wild offstage antics. Fieldy turned a rock celebrity, and he acted like one, infamous not just for his exclusive bass strains, but additionally for his hard-partying, womanizing, bad-boy methods. The extra medications he took, the extra booze he drank, the more serious he turned: He used to be untrue, abusive, suggest, and infrequently violent. through all appearances, Fieldy had the lifestyles. yet he was once at the darkish direction of extra, alienating acquaintances, households, and household, approximately destroying himself and the band. It took an unforeseen tragedy to straighten him out: the loss of life of his father, a born-again Christian, to a mysterious ailment. Following his father's demise want, Fieldy came across God. jam-packed with the spirit of his new religion, Fieldy give up medicinal drugs and ingesting chilly turkey, and located the easiest a part of himself. With never-before-seen images, and never-before-heard tales, acquired the lifestyles is uncooked, candid, and inspiring—the final tale of rock and redemption.
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Whenever I’d come over, he made it a point to quietly slip out for a few hours so Mom and I could just hang out while she made a home-cooked meal for me—something I loved but rarely got at Dad’s. Munky, Head, and some of my other friends loved Mom’s cooking, so we’d inevitably end up at her house on weekends. We’d all come rolling in around five or six in the morning after a long night of partying to find her in the kitchen cooking breakfast before we went to bed. Munky lived in Rosedale, about twenty minutes west of my house in Bakersfield.
You guys have really been a big influence on us. ” I was really hoping he wouldn’t turn me down. Somehow, I was able to convince him to come to the studio later that night. We played so hard, jumping up and down, trying to give a great performance. Our singer went nuts, pulling his PA speakers off the wall and smashing them to the ground. Stuff went flying everywhere. Anthony and Chad were standing there sort of dumbfounded—and not in a good way. We must have been so sloppy because we were obviously drunk and out of control.
Age six. All in the Family 15 lutely no fear. My old bike wasn’t fast enough anymore, so I finally got the bike of my dreams . . a brand-new Kawasaki KX80. It was dark green and faster than any other bike on the course. Nobody else had one so I thought I was the coolest kid out there. I could take it on the straightaway and beat everyone. I wanted to turn pro and this bike was my ticket. Then, two of my friends, Geno and Troy, ended up getting the same bike I had. I thought it was cool we all had the same machine until I realized they were better racers than me.