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Brian Philip Welch (born June 19, 1970), also known by his stage name Head, is an American musician. He is a guitarist and founding member of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death, where he also provides vocals. Along with fellow Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, Welch helped develop Korn's distinctive sound (a mix of sirenlike shards of dissonant guitar that mimicked a turntablist's various effects and rumbling down-tuned riffing) that defined the nu metal aesthetic beginning in the mid-'90s. After becoming a Christian, Welch left the band in 2005 to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own solo career. He released his debut Christian album, Save Me from Myself, in 2008. He reunited with Korn on-stage at the Carolina Rebellion in May 2012 for the first time in seven years, and officially announced in May 2013 that he was rejoining the band. Welch and Munky were ranked at No. 26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time. Early life Welch was raised in Bakersfield, California. He was different from most kids, and was bullied in school. He liked music, and was a big Ozzy Osbourne fan. Originally, Welch expressed interest in playing the drums, but his father convinced him to play the guitar so he would not have to haul a drum kit around. He began playing the guitar at the age of 10. His first guitar was a Peavey Mystic, which he referred to in his book Save Me from Myself as "maybe the most metal-looking guitar you have ever seen." Describing how he got his nickname "Head", Welch stated, "Guys said my head looked like it was too big for my body, and so they started calling me 'Head.' I guess it stuck". Korn (1993–2005, 2013–present) Formation Korn formed after the group L.A.P.D. broke up due to singer Richard Morrill's drug addiction. Musicians Reginald Arvizu, James Shaffer, and David Silveria wanted to continue, and they hired Welch to play guitar in their new band named "Creep". In early 1993, the band took notice of vocalist Jonathan Davis after seeing his band Sexart and attempted to recruit him. Davis initially did not want to join the band, but after consulting a psychic he changed his mind and auditioned. After Davis was hired, the group decided to rename themselves. "Jonathan had an immediate idea for a new name. He suggested that we call the band "Korn," and we all liked it. It sounded kinda creepy because it reminded us of that horror movie Children of the Corn". Starting with Korn's self-titled debut album and with subsequent albums Life Is Peachy, Follow The Leader, Issues, Untouchables, and Take A Look in the Mirror, the band gradually became one of the top-selling nu metal groups, earning $25 million in royalty payments and selling out arenas. In January 1995, Welch's wife Rebekah gave birth to a daughter, but they decided to give her up for adoption. When she got pregnant again, they decided to keep the child. On July 6, 1998, Welch's wife gave birth to their second daughter, Jennea Marie Welch. The band was scheduled to be on the UK version of Ozzfest, but dropped out so that Welch could be by his wife's side. He and his wife later divorced and Welch had custody of their daughter. The two reside in Arizona. Despite being divorced, Welch kept in touch with his ex-wife until her death in June 2021. By 2003, Welch had become addicted to drugs. He would prepare for tours by stashing as much methamphetamine as he could in vitamin capsules, deodorant containers, and his clothes. According to Welch, the band members also suffered personal battles with addiction: "We were only sober for just a couple of hours a day in Korn. Every day. And then when you come home and you've got to deal with real life and your wife isn't having that, crap goes down." Despite his dreams coming true, Welch did not enjoy the touring life with Korn. You travel, you get to another town, you play a show and you do it again. You try to just be at peace but even a big, huge band like Korn, playing in front of thousands of people, it can get lonely. You feel like you're a trucker and you're traveling with a bunch of truckers. You can't connect with people except for the ones that you're with because the ones you party with after the show, you don't know them and then you're gone. When everyone's drunk, you're like 'Alright. Later.' Departure from Korn On February 22, 2005, Korn's management announced that after almost 12 years, Welch had left Korn, citing that he had "...chosen the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior, and will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end." In a 2009 radio interview with The Full Armor of God Broadcast, Welch explained: "I was walking one day, just doing my Rock & Roll thing making millions of bucks, you know success and everything, addicted to drugs and then the next day I had Revelation of Christ and I was like, everything changes right now!" On March 10, 2005, Welch was baptized in the Jordan River with a group of believers from his church in Bakersfield, California. He has declared that he has rid himself of all drugs in his "own personal rehab" with God, in which he had checked into a hotel room and sat in his bed for hours. Welch and Davis had attacked each other in the media since the former's departure. After Welch said that Davis and the rest of Korn cared only about money, Davis responded in kind, opening a rift between them that has since been resolved. In an interview in which Welch was asked about his book and Korn's reaction to the book and the attacks in the media he made earlier at the band: They heard that I'd written it, and there was rumors going around in Hollywood that I was totally trashing them and that it was a 'tell all' book about everything they did and I did. And so they actually wrote two songs on their new album bashing me about the book. But once I heard that they were concerned about the book, I sent them a copy and put a note in there and said, 'I love you guys. I didn't trash you like people say. Read it yourselves. It is what it is.' And now they're doing interviews, and I've read that they're totally cool with the book, and it's not what they thought it was going to be. So everyone's happy. But, now they've got two songs hating on me on their record. But it's cool. It's all good. I love them, they love me. I think maybe I deserved those songs because of some of the stuff that I said after I quit the band. So it's all good. In July 2005, Welch appeared on CNN's feature-format program "People in the News", where he admitted to having been addicted to alcohol, methamphetamine, Xanax, and sleeping pills before being introduced to the Christian faith. Following his conversion to Christianity, Welch went to some of the more poverty-stricken areas of India to build orphanages, or "Head Homes". In a podcast with Headbanger's Blog, on May 30, 2008, Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis expressed interest in playing with Welch on the band's upcoming album, but stated t.... Discover the Brian Bakos popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Brian Bakos books.
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A Hurricane in Your Suitcase
Brian BakosBrett's lies are getting him into serious trouble. Can big brother Joe stop admiring himself long enough to help turn things around? The brothers verbally joust with each other as ...
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Captive in Terror Orchard
Brian BakosWhere do kids go when they are driven through the cracks is it to some nightmare land?Throwaway delinquent Billy Conner seems useless to the world, but he’s all that stands betwee...
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Strange Tales for Cozy Nights 1
Brian BakosNine offbeat tales guaranteed to disturb your cozy nights. From strange voyages and baffling powers to dystopian athletic competitions, these stories are for you if you enjoy burni...
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Return of Mr. Badpenny
Brian BakosMiddle school wannabe baseball hero, Tommy Velasco, gets more help than he expects from a mysterious twoheaded coin. He discovers that bad pennies keep coming back, however much yo...
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The Lost Country
Brian BakosCrown Prince Rupert struggles against ignorance and superstition to rally his countrymen against a dire threat coming from the mysterious East Lands. When disaster finally strikes,...
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Expedition Westward
Brian BakosBook 2, Robot Horizon seriesWhat is the cost of true love in a shattered world? Star is willing to pay it, or not survive the outcome. A trek along dangerous roads provides answers...
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Career Moves for Burnt Out Personifications
Brian BakosSanta, the Grim Reaper, and others scramble to find new careers and identities. Outrageous political and social satire. Nothing is taken seriously in this book. “A smorgasbord of p...
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The First Ring Rainbow
Brian Bakos1950’s Cold War tension. Anything can happen during the Atomic Summer. Amanda struggles with the era’s sexist restraints, her fugitive Russian Communist grandparents, and the appea...
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Coup
Brian BakosA militarybacked coup brings substantial benefits to a small nation’s people who experience unprecedented prosperity and freedom from rampant crime. Motivated by his desire for the...
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How Raspberry Jam Got Invented
Brian BakosThe last summer picnic turns into an astonishing disaster! What was supposed to be a fun day at the new state park becomes a life and death struggle with creatures right out of a s...
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The Bulb People
Brian BakosWhy are people vanishing in the little town of Bridgestock? Only nasty types have disappeared so far, but that could change.Ryan, a 13yearold newcomer, must tackle this mystery, al...
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Raptor Aces
Brian BakosThe terrifying “Zone of Destruction” ZOD, the absence of God. It has taken over the Raptor Aces, an elite Youth League air squadron and its commander, Dytran. They must overcome i...
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Battle for Mech City
Brian BakosWinston Horvath regains control of Mech City after returning from his remake on the West Coast. Avoiding the mistakes which undermined his earlier administration, he brings order a...
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The Great Flying Adventure
Brian BakosSequel to "Adventure Bike Club & the Tire Giant"Amanda and Quentin fly to an alien world where Quentin competes in a brutal tournament to save the Earth from invasion, but Aman...
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BriSoc Follies
Brian BakosFollow the personnel of BriSoc Enterprises, Inc. as they navigate life and love in astonishing ways. It all starts when one of them achieves fame. The others try to carve their own...
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Great Republic on Rye
Brian BakosWhen dissolute card sharp and ladies man, Eugene Walton, unexpectedly inherits a plantation, his life assumes new purpose. After freeing the slaves and narrowly escaping a lynch mo...
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Return to Mech City
Brian BakosRobot science fiction as you've never seen it before!Life goes on in postapocalyptic Mech City, but it's no longer us. Winston, humanite model robot, returns to the town of his man...
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Disaster Productions
Brian BakosMatt’s struggle to win media fame by his 14th birthday leads to escalating disasters. Add some romantic complications and things become really disastrous.Young Adult humor.
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Adventure Bike Club and the Tire Giant
Brian BakosThe huge tire on the freeway outside town is not an advertisement, as people think, but a vessel from another universe on a sinister mission. Can Amanda and her friends make it bac...
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4th Musketelle
Brian BakosThose who don't keep the faith eventually get the "point." Trophy wife Laila has long chafed under the domination of husband Frank Armstrong. When she learns that her adult "step c...
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The Daring Rooftop Rescue
Brian Bakos"Coming up in the world" can bring unexpected problems as Johnny Badger learns the hard way. When the cantankerous Mr. Hank suddenly disappears and leaves Johnny his house, all of ...
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Das Road
Brian BakosA road novel with fascinating turns through exotic Asia, workaday America, and Iran caught up in revolution. Readers travel realms where anything is possible, wonderful, or horribl...