Most bands cringe when they look back on their early days, but Korn frontman Jonathan Davis is an exception. He doesn’t regret the band’s time wearing tracksuits from Adidas—which led them to an endorsement deal with Puma—back in their 90’s heyday. He recently told Teamrock.com:
“I loved our tracksuits! I grew up listening to old industrial music and dark gothic music, but at the time I was a big hip hop fan, and I liked it because it was just so off – it was so not what this music is. That’s what I’m all about, like, ‘What the fuck is going on? Why is this guy wearing a tracksuit and coming out playing bagpipes?’”
He also almost considers his prized H.R. Giger designed microphone as a sixth member of the band:
“My Giger microphone stand has become a huge part of our live set. We’ll be backstage and we can hear the cheers go up when the black cloak comes off of it and that just pumps us up even more for the show. You know it’s been over ten years since I’ve had that stand and it’s one of my prize possessions, it’s been through so much of our history that we almost regard it as the sixth member of the band.”
For more from Davis on a variety of topics, including the band’s legacy, excess and more, head to Teamrock.com. The band’s new album, “The Serenity Of Suffering“, is in stores now.
