Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Howsmon Davis, also known as JD and JDevil, is an American musician best known as the leading vocalist and frontman of the nu metal band Korn. Hit Parader ranked Davis at number 16 on a list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" in 2006...
elements exciting knew top typical
It's exciting with the new elements there. We knew we wanted to do something different and over the top and not a typical Korn show, so we're doing new things.
family feeling felt fresh full fun great music offer recreate values
When Family Values first started it felt like music was fresh and exciting. We want to recreate that same feeling for our fans, and offer them a full day of fun and some great music.
chapter felt forward looking record true
I always felt like I was working for a record company. Now I feel like we have a true partner. I'm looking forward to this new chapter in our career.
character guy liked original radio record stuck versions
He was a guy who really liked Sinatra, stuck at this alternative-rock radio station, ... So we had the character record his own versions of these (alternative) songs. That was the original inspiration for Cheese.
album create drama head label opportunity took tragic turned year
We went through a lot of drama this year with Head leaving, and getting off our label and making the album by ourselves. We funded the whole album and didn't know what we were going to do with it. By him leaving, we took tragic and turned it into an opportunity for us to create and be inspired.
chance deal face gives kids prices shut ticket
Let's face it, ticket prices suck. Kids shouldn't be shut out of concerts. We wanted to see if we could do something about it, and our new deal gives us the chance to give something back.
surreal
so it's a really surreal kind of mind-twisting video.
business name problems
Problems with my girl. Problems with my family. Business relationships. Friends. You name it.
bring gonna hours might played songs
We're gonna bring in different songs and play for two hours. That's our new thing. We never played for two hours in our whole career. We thought we would die, but now when I get onstage, I want to do more. So it might be more, you never know.
conducive ideas
He's very conducive to getting ideas out there,
brought call sounds
It was more atmospheric, a lot of just different sounds and everything going on that they brought into the picture. It's still a Korn sound but it's different. It's a new Korn ? heaviness I call it. It's very different from what we'd done before.
determination forward project strong
The determination was made by us and Prudential that this project was strong enough that we could go forward on a speculative basis,
cutting work-out people
At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died.
kids two different
I used to have 30 different species of tarantulas, as well as two Australian scorpions that are considered the deadliest in the world. If stung by one, a person would die in 30 minutes. But when I had kids I had to get rid of them, of course. Those were intense!