BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH: Why I Walked Away From KORN
- July 30, 2007
Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch recently spoke to "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network "about the amazing turn his life took when he accepted God for who He is." Watch the 10-minute report below.
For more than a decade, Brian "Head" Welch was lead guitarist for the controversial rock band KORN, but in early 2005 he shocked the international music community when he abruptly quit the band and announced that he had been saved by Jesus Christ. His announcement in front of 10,000 people in Bakersfield, California set off a media frenzy, as people from around the world sought to understand what led this rock star into the light.
Now, his story the revealing and courageous memoir, "Save Me From Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story" (Harper One Books), rocketed into the New York Times bestsellers list after its first week of publication, debuting at #20 on the "Non-Fiction" list.
In the book, Welch talks for the first time about how his tumultuous life with the band led to his surprising decision to quit KORN.
"The enthusiasm from KORN's early days was gone. I just sat there in so much dark depression . . . . How did I get here? . . . Why is my life such a nightmare? . . . It felt like I was under a curse, honestly. I was stuck. And it didn't look like I was ever going to get out."
Welch has just completed a nationwide book tour. A solo album is in the works for 2008.
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COMMENT | ......... posted by : rufus_creampie 7/30/2007 10:34:47 AM
As I've said before, I'll be forced to listen to this album because fuckin' Trevor Dunn is on bass!
COMMENT | BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH: Why I Walked Away From KORN posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666 7/30/2007 10:40:07 AM
Because I realized that I needed to go find or form a real metal band not a fake poser metal band with only one good song.
COMMENT | HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHA posted by : rufus_creampie 7/30/2007 10:40:27 AM
Fast forward about half-way through! Tweakin' out, readin' the Bible...
COMMENT | And Josh posted by : JayinDallas 7/30/2007 10:40:43 AM
Josh Freese is also playing drums on his album. But then again what album doesn't Josh Freese play on, at least one track, that guy is on everything.
COMMENT | posted by : rob1980 7/30/2007 10:45:54 AM
Praise be to jeebus
COMMENT | ................. posted by : Demon Azreal 7/30/2007 10:52:57 AM
I hope this album will rock and goes straight to tha top of the billboards. Everything will be better then the new and last Korn albums....
Music is music
COMMENT | I posted by : metaljoint 7/30/2007 10:53:22 AM
Am realy sick of this blabbermouth doesn't need to tell us every time head re-tells the same sad story.
COMMENT | What???? posted by : monkeeass500 7/30/2007 11:02:03 AM
I didn't know Head left Korn. Do you know what this means? The new Down is less than 2 months away!!!!! Down III will own bitches!!!!!!
as much as i hate christianity, it works for some people. if "god" helps him beat his addictions then good for him and fuck everyone who has shit to say against him. and shit hes trying to be a good father too.
COMMENT | wow posted by : takeover 7/30/2007 11:17:39 AM
This guy's so fucking spoiled. "I'm super fucking rich and i've got millions of dollars but i can't quit drugs" go to rehab jackass.
That he's brain damaged to the likes of which even god hasn't seen...
COMMENT | posted by : metalhenkie 7/30/2007 12:55:58 PM
very nice he has found new hope and life in religion and that kind of things... but man, i think he still feels like shit. 'cause he looks like f*cking shit! mr. Welch, remove that beard and put some decent clothes on yourself while you're being interviewed!!! and take some sleep at night and don't do drugs! even men of God should care about how they look...
COMMENT | totally. posted by : JayinDallas 7/30/2007 1:09:27 PM
I totally agree, this guy is nuts, I've read his book and honestly if you want to read some funny shit this is it. He honestly thinks that GOD talks to him, like not in the he showed me a sign kinda thing but directly talks to him, tells him what to do and this guy doesn't have alot of money anymore, in the book he talks about how he gave most of it away to different "churchs" and people who wanted him to be around. I mean also, it's not like he's on mainstream tv preaching, he's on the 700 club, that's what those people do, is take money and tell you how things will be better if you give them money, so i mean yeah the guy has lost it all, but you can't take him as the poster child for a religion, cus last time i check, Jesus on a cross was the poster child for that cause.
COMMENT | posted by : Jailbait 7/30/2007 1:40:22 PM
The new Korn album is actually pretty solid for that type of music.
COMMENT | posted by : metaldigger 7/30/2007 1:51:53 PM
Aren't there so many Real Metal bands and its members who are doing well in Life,Having a family and still kicking ass !!! I dont think you need god or who so ever to save you from shit you get into.Where the fuck was your brains,Jackass???And why does it always happen to most Poser/Celebrity/Wannabe People??? Use your mind,You fuckin Morons !!!
COMMENT | posted by : Dee67 7/30/2007 2:14:29 PM
The 700 club is creepier than anything Korn could do.
GO SEE THE SIMPSONS MOVIE! :)
COMMENT | MARLEYBO posted by : Persecutorxx 7/30/2007 2:14:31 PM
I agree with you 100%, I also was raised catholic and think its great when people believe in a higher being. But talking and having conversation with the big man kinda freaks me out as well.
COMMENT | -- posted by : t33kuis 7/30/2007 4:42:57 PM
What a fucking loser! Church is just going to suck him dry from his money lol. He saw god on speed... BIG deal?? did he never thought that maybe drugs made him hear things. I bet my ass on that he will soon O.D himself
Welch, I'm fucking sick of you, and so is everyone else.
Why you "walked away" from Korn (as opposed to just saying "I left" since it's so much more fucking dramatic the first 500 times) is that you did more drugs than anyone else, and then blamed everyone else for dragging YOU down. Fuck off and die.
COMMENT | So what posted by : Brutal Judgement 7/30/2007 4:59:33 PM
Spoiled rich bastard.
People from EVERY walk of life have drug problems. Its not the band,its him. But doing the "god" thing,he doesnt have to face himself,just cry out a bunch of god this god that. But hey,trade one addiction for another,healthy move.
The only good reason to leave Korn is because,well,its Korn,and they pretty much suck as bad as a band can now.
COMMENT | What this dude did took BIG FUCKIN' BALLS posted by : monty 7/30/2007 5:16:49 PM
You may not like his new-found religion, but most musicians would have just kept on doing meth and playing Korn shows regardless of what happened to their kid. You may hate where he is now, but leaving a very successful band and quitting a drug like meth in order to raise his kid in a healthy environment takes balls and isn't easy no matter who you are or how much money you have.
COMMENT | posted by : ORIGSKETCH 7/30/2007 5:51:32 PM
My view is that religion was a good IDEA that was executed very poorly. I personally do not put my faith in a STORY that was written a few thousand years ago by a group of men that weren't even there but I do believe in "To each his own". So if the guy wants to take speed (do you believe he quit that easily?) & talk to god then so be it. But we all know that he's not getting that rock star money by the truckloads anymore so it's gotta run out sometime & he sure as hell won't come back, because that would make him a hypocrite (more so than he is now)
COMMENT | posted by : dirtydean12 7/30/2007 6:27:36 PM
FOR FUCK SAKE EAT SOMETHING YOU ANOREXIC TWEAKER!!
COMMENT | posted by : dirtydean12 7/30/2007 6:29:45 PM
BTW YOU LOOKED HEALTHIER ON DRUGS
COMMENT | posted by : dirtydean12 7/30/2007 6:30:19 PM
AND SHAVE THAT RETARDED ASS BEARD
COMMENT | "Why I walked away from Korn.. posted by : By_demons_be_driven 7/30/2007 6:48:18 PM
because I realized that, as a guitarist, I blow more balls than a tennis machine."
anything that PHIL THE jerK is in I WONT SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!RIP DIMEBAG!!!!
COMMENT | posted by : NugMidsShwag 7/30/2007 7:05:58 PM
Guys don't smoke meth or else you will end up a schizo like this guy.
COMMENT | that dude at the end posted by : DamoESP 7/30/2007 8:27:21 PM
is just fucken creepy lol
COMMENT | posted by : BALSAC 7/30/2007 11:24:24 PM
"Save Me From Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, cried, hugged my mom, walked along the beach, watched the sunset, got a Jesus tattoo, pet my dog, cancelled cable, and Lived to Tell My Story"
COMMENT | cheese posted by : mike57 7/31/2007 4:44:42 AM
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