KoRn, the pioneers of nu-metal in the early 90s and certified show stealers ever since, began their career as the Bakersfield, CA-based metal band LAPD, which included guitarists James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch, bassist Reginald “Fieldy Snuts” Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria. After issuing an LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths with Jonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting as the lead vocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band, and upon his arrival the quintet rechristened itself Korn. Korn’s cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era. They championed the musical stance of the nu-metal genre before it even existed.
