Korn frontman Jonathan Davis didn’t mince words in regards to returning guitarist Brian “Head” Welch‘s intense Christian beliefs following his original exit from the band. Speaking with Metal Hammer, Davis stated:
“He was just cuckoo with religious stuff. I’ve seen people go through it, and he was kicking speed so obviously he’s not gonna be right in the head for a while. Him getting all crazy Christian and stuff, what it really did was save his life, so I don’t give a fuck. I’ve had too many people around me die from drugs and I wouldn’t want that to happen. Him and [Fieldy] are born-again Christians, that’s fine. I don’t choose sides, I’ve got Christian friends and Satanist friends.”
In regards to how they reunited, he offered:
“Head played in my town, Bakersfield, and my wife dragged my ass down there. We hung out all night and we was back to normal, he wasn’t into that crazy Christian shit no more. Then he came to Carolina Rebellion and it was the first time he saw Munky, and that really hit Munky hard because that was his other half, musically.”
Welch himself chimed in on the matter:
“The press twisted a lot of that stuff too, but I was calling it on myself. I remember I took my braids out and I had this curly hair, then I grew a beard and looked like Jesus! I was going to be baptised and they gave me this white robe. It was like, ‘This is gonna be awesome, I’m gonna look like Jesus and everyone’s gonna make fun of me.’ I didn’t even care anymore.”
Korn‘s new album “The Paradigm Shift” lands in stores on October 08th.
