Ex-Korn Guitarist Head Ready To Hit The Road, Exit Festival

Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch is set to kick off his first solo tour this month in support of his album Save Me From Myself. The band features Von Heldt on guitar, Ralph Patlan on guitar, Michael Valentine on bass, Dan Johnson on drums, and Brian Ruedy doing the keyboard and programming honors. Head hasn't been out on the road since he departed Korn nearly four years ago.

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So what's it going to be like to tour with a new record and substance free?

 Head On Playing Shows Again

"Man, I haven't played live in a long time. That's going to be another hurdle to get over, just getting back onstage and singing live for the first time. Being in the front, and not on the side, being able to stop and drink and stuff. It's crazy, but it's going to be fun. It's going to be cool. That's my next hurdle to tackle and jump over."

Dates for the tour start May 14 in Colorado Springs. He not only has small clubs booked, he'll also be part of the Exit concert in Las Vegas. Other artists confirmed for the August 29th festival so far include Blindside, P.O.D., and Flyleaf.

Comments

[DJThor]

No news today?

[loudog93]

DJThor wrote:

No news today?

my thoughts exactly lol

[Giorgi]

llulz, can u give me a song title or osmething? so i can check out

[lefty311]

Exit Festival would be cool to see Blindside. I haven't seen them since 2003.

[ghoztofcasper]

Whatever happened to the "I found God and don't play guitar anymore" Head?

[j-walk]

What does he sound like singing?

[metaltolliver]

he never said that

[TheClincher]

j-walk wrote:

What does he sound like singing?

He like, whisper-sings. It's pretty lame.

[j-walk]

Ha ha, yeah write. Need to ask a dumb question. How do you copy what someone says?

[PAsistem]

it sucks that the members of korn didn't really have time to grow up while in the band. at least silvy just left to get married. Head had to overcompensate x500

[Draconey]

Actually this is rather exciting for me, hopefully he comes up north. His music is pretty awesome, I have been wanting to see it performed live.

[AJWOLFTill]

ghoztofcasper :
Whatever happened to the "I found God and don't play guitar anymore" Head?

Have you actually listened to any of his stuff, its got an incredibly religious message. He said something like he could better serve God by playing his music or something.
And Giorgi the songs 'Flush' 'Money' and 'Save me from myself' are great songs. And what are you taling about the lyrics are great!

[j-walk]

PAsistem wrote:

it sucks that the members of korn didn't really have time to grow up while in the band. at least silvy just left to get married. Head had to overcompensate x500

Nevermind.

[PrincessJoe]

thought it was Jesus who was going to tour. take a look at the picture

[bagpipemetal]

Finally some news that shows P.O.D.s not dead.

On Topic: Brain seems pretty awesome.

[strat0blaster]

Honestly - though I'm not into religion heavy music (which his album is lyrically), as far as the music goes, his album is better than anything Korn has done since Issues.

[lbisthebestband]

AJWOLFTill :
And Giorgi the songs 'Flush' 'Money' and 'Save me from myself' are great songs. And what are you taling about the lyrics are great!


those songs suck, and his lyrics r literally the worst ive ever heard in my life, and ive heard bad songs
i think ur prolly just a religious nut who is trying to convice himself that Head is good as a solo artist so that u can feel good about the fact that he left KoRn in order to devote his life to God
there is no other explination for anyone on the planet to think that the lyrics on this album are "great!"

[bigjohnsta]

I wonder what his music is ganna be about....

Songs about loving Jesus? He should re-name his band to "Faith + 1" rofl

[on3andth3sam3]

i hope it works out for him, he seems happy with his life, i miss the colaboration between head and munky, but i think this lets munky get in touch with fieldy more, creating a better bond with the bass and guitar. hopefully they'll get back together one day, but i hope it's because they miss each other, not to make money.

[GoldChocobo]

Wow a lot of negative comments on here.
Luckily, noone cares about WTF you all think, so heh, relief.
Head's music is just fine - keep in mind that he's the rockstar, and you (the generality of this board) are 17 year olds stuck in your little computer room, commenting away.
Go ahead, flame.

[hansome21]

strat0blaster :
Honestly - though I'm not into religion heavy music (which his album is lyrically), as far as the music goes, his album is better than anything Korn has done since Issues.

Religion heavy music? You know hes against the church again right? Listen to his song Die Religion Die, it talks about how he doesn't like organized religions brainwashing children at such a young age, they can't be turned back like *cough* crazy islamist extremists *cough*

[VanTheKraut]

Dates and locations?

[Slaytan666]

bigjohnsta wrote:

I wonder what his music is ganna be about....

Songs about loving Jesus? He should re-name his band to "Faith + 1" rofl

'I want you inside me, Jesus..' HAhahahahahahahahahHAHAHA

[ghoztofcasper]

AJWOLFTill wrote:

ghoztofcasper :
Whatever happened to the "I found God and don't play guitar anymore" Head?
Have you actually listened to any of his stuff, its got an incredibly religious message. He said something like he could better serve God by playing his music or something.
And Giorgi the songs 'Flush' 'Money' and 'Save me from myself' are great songs. And what are you taling about the lyrics are great!

Ah well that explains it. And no, I have never heard any of his stuff. Never cared to. I just remember him leaving for some reason and I didn't really remember.

[ghoztofcasper]

...didn't really remember *why*

[gilgalad1138]

You can tell school's over.. all the 12 year olds are out. :-/

[jman272]

j-walk wrote:

Ha ha, yeah write. Need to ask a dumb question. How do you copy what someone says?

See how its says "QUOTE" at the bottom of every post

[justinb904]

i've listened to the album and their are a few good songs
if his vocals were stronger and the production was better it could be a good album

hope he sounds better live

[mashizz]

hansome21 :
strat0blaster :
Honestly - though I'm not into religion heavy music (which his album is lyrically), as far as the music goes, his album is better than anything Korn has done since Issues.

Religion heavy music? You know hes against the church again right? Listen to his song Die Religion Die, it talks about how he doesn't like organized religions brainwashing children at such a young age, they can't be turned back like *cough* crazy islamist extremists *cough*

this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

[BLUEkerl]

I think it's cool that heavy metal can be religious and still kick some serious butt.
But thats my opinion

[tomsawyer67]

ghoztofcasper wrote:

Whatever happened to the "I found God and don't play guitar anymore" Head?

what kind of crazy crap is that. he said he wasnt playing with the band anymore, because he found God. Btw a lot of people have been saying religious, God doesnt = religion. Real faith is a relationship. i think its kinda cool that hes doing this, hes a talented guy and hopefully he stays true.

[RUSTDOGG666]

I thought he was going to play guitar too. Looks like he's just doing vocals. oh well his side project sounds better than Korn's songs so yeah I hope he tours where I'm at. I'd go see him. Don't know if I'd see Korn next time they tour but I'd see Brian his music is cool.

[MasterExploder0]

Not only does he love Jesus, he looks like him!

[visiofx]

i wanna be his groupie!!! please Head!..make me your groupie!!

[beelaal85]

Exit Festival! Enter Album!... He's off to his flop solo solo career...

[led,rainsong]

they didn't say anything about him being at the cornerstone concert festival
im gonna be there for 4 days
it's mostly christian and it's organized by Jesus People USA so you see why but there are some independent bands playing and im excited for underoath who are gonna close it off on saturday night july 4

SWEET!!

Checked

[tbag2325]

IF he has groupies they should be called "Mary Magdalene's." And most of you morons need to stay in school and learn how to spell.

[strat0blaster]

hansome21 wrote:

strat0blaster :
Honestly - though I'm not into religion heavy music (which his album is lyrically), as far as the music goes, his album is better than anything Korn has done since Issues.

Religion heavy music? You know hes against the church again right? Listen to his song Die Religion Die, it talks about how he doesn't like organized religions brainwashing children at such a young age, they can't be turned back like *cough* crazy islamist extremists *cough*

Yeah, I'm aware of the fact that he's against church and organized religion, but organized religion isn't ALL religion. You can be religious without attending services.

[hansome21]

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

[mashizz]

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

i'm not going to give you the stupid peaceful religion crap, but the way you're talking about islam is implying that all muslims are suicide bombers. and what you just said is even more ignorant than before. islam doesn't preach violence retard, terrorists twisted the words in order to justify what they did.

and again, don't single out a whole faction for something a bunch of idiots did

[Tordyboi]

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

Hey! Stop listening to what the ****ing news tells you about muslims! Just because you got a few psychos that bombs in the name of their religion doesnt mean that all the muslims on this planet is a terrorist! If I would go by your JUDGE EVERYBODY after their religion rule, I would judge christians as the most violent type ever.

Do you know how many people has been killed in the name of JESUS???? example: I see a psycho christian on the news. He/She kills schoolgirls in the name of the "LORD". So then should I judge every ****ing christian as a killer? Ever heard of the crusades?

Also, dont judge Islam as a violent, hatefull religion because the buddhists are more peaceful than them. BTW: There is reason for all that hate against the western world. The ****ing economy. Do you know how much money is in Iraq? do you know how much money the goverment makes on drugs? Do you know how much shit the western world has brought Underdevelopet countries? Dont judge the people, Judge the leaders.

[mashizz]

Tordyboi wrote:

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

Hey! Stop listening to what the ****ing news tells you about muslims! Just because you got a few psychos that bombs in the name of their religion doesnt mean that all the muslims on this planet is a terrorist! If I would go by your JUDGE EVERYBODY after their religion rule, I would judge christians as the most violent type ever.

Do you know how many people has been killed in the name of JESUS???? example: I see a psycho christian on the news. He/She kills schoolgirls in the name of the "LORD". So then should I judge every ****ing christian as a killer? Ever heard of the crusades?

Also, dont judge Islam as a violent, hatefull religion because the buddhists are more peaceful than them. BTW: There is reason for all that hate against the western world. The ****ing economy. Do you know how much money is in Iraq? do you know how much money the goverment makes on drugs? Do you know how much shit the western world has brought Underdevelopet countries? Dont judge the people, Judge the leaders.

thank you

[strat0blaster]

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

Oh my gods -

Did I really just read that? This may be the only time I'll ever ask a mod to intervene - it may well save this poor guy's life...

[Nathan_393]

mashizz wrote:

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

i'm not going to give you the stupid peaceful religion crap, but the way you're talking about islam is implying that all muslims are suicide bombers. and what you just said is even more ignorant than before. islam doesn't preach violence retard, terrorists twisted the words in order to justify what they did.

and again, don't single out a whole faction for something a bunch of idiots did

it's the same with Christianity.
I am a Christian and I admit some people take it WAY too far.
but you guys are sort of messing up what Head is trying to say - he's against people taking it too far. He's not lashing out against Muslims.

[Nathan_393]

mashizz wrote:

Tordyboi wrote:

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

Hey! Stop listening to what the ****ing news tells you about muslims! Just because you got a few psychos that bombs in the name of their religion doesnt mean that all the muslims on this planet is a terrorist! If I would go by your JUDGE EVERYBODY after their religion rule, I would judge christians as the most violent type ever.

Do you know how many people has been killed in the name of JESUS???? example: I see a psycho christian on the news. He/She kills schoolgirls in the name of the "LORD". So then should I judge every ****ing christian as a killer? Ever heard of the crusades?

Also, dont judge Islam as a violent, hatefull religion because the buddhists are more peaceful than them. BTW: There is reason for all that hate against the western world. The ****ing economy. Do you know how much money is in Iraq? do you know how much money the goverment makes on drugs? Do you know how much shit the western world has brought Underdevelopet countries? Dont judge the people, Judge the leaders.

thank you

I second the thank you; this summed it up.

[beelaal85]

Tordyboi wrote:

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

Hey! Stop listening to what the ****ing news tells you about muslims! Just because you got a few psychos that bombs in the name of their religion doesnt mean that all the muslims on this planet is a terrorist! If I would go by your JUDGE EVERYBODY after their religion rule, I would judge christians as the most violent type ever.

Do you know how many people has been killed in the name of JESUS???? example: I see a psycho christian on the news. He/She kills schoolgirls in the name of the "LORD". So then should I judge every ****ing christian as a killer? Ever heard of the crusades?

Also, dont judge Islam as a violent, hatefull religion because the buddhists are more peaceful than them. BTW: There is reason for all that hate against the western world. The ****ing economy. Do you know how much money is in Iraq? do you know how much money the goverment makes on drugs? Do you know how much shit the western world has brought Underdevelopet countries? Dont judge the people, Judge the leaders.

Agreed. The leaders are the main f****rs and they should go for what's right for the people. Music is cool, it's for life. I'm a Sunni Muslim & I love everything that's related to the West. Their Music, Lifestyle, etc... I enjoy Thrash, Crossover Thrash, Metalcore, Extreme Power Metal, etc... Just can't live without this kind of music!

[hansome21]

The problem is Muslims are cowards, they only attack women and children.

At least christians make attempts not to kill civilians anymore... get with the times, you can't raze everything to the ground anymore and go all genocide... but muslims still want to

and dont act like its a minority, i can name muslims in at least half a dozen countries who would kill me cause im an american and not think twice.

Checked.

Keep debates civil kid-o's

[nickrawkz1]

So happy he's a Christian now. Can't wait to hear what he's got!

[Rhttro4]

So I was gonna comment on Brian and his music/tour but it looks like this isn't the right place. This seems to be more about a couple people crying about religion and politics. No matter what your religious beliefs are, there will be people who disagree with it. "Defend" it somewhere else.

[masteryan]

Shitty cd. Shitty vocalist. It is tiring and repetitive. guitar is nothing fancy. Lyrics are are not too deep and imaginative - just sings about his struggles. Over all, bad cd.

[visiofx]

Checked.

[Cobain_Is_King]

Take it he got bored of God then?

[Tordyboi]

hansome21 wrote:

The problem is Muslims are cowards, they only attack women and children.

At least christians make attempts not to kill civilians anymore... get with the times, you can't raze everything to the ground anymore and go all genocide... but muslims still want to

and dont act like its a minority, i can name muslims in at least half a dozen countries who would kill me cause im an american and not think twice.

Seriously? whats up with your veiw on the world? yes you have terrorist that kill. But If you wanna compare so much, how many innocent muslims have your military killed? i thought you guys had the most sofisticated weapons in the world... but you bomb hospitals, civilian houses, resturants, tv stations, pharmacys ETC. How many houndreds of thousand muslims lives must pay for the hateful shit that happened in 01. seriosly, my family is mainly muslim. All of them are lawyers, doctors, engineers, scientists. So please dont judge a whole race by their religion. You know thats the same thing as racism. Be open minded. Go out and explore the world and experience the life outside US. If you do it may change your view to something more positive and factual. I wanna know where you got your facts from. Cause everything you said made me think of the american military. If you cant have it, just kill them. Yeah got idea. Cheers

[MATTTHEMOP]

MasterExploder0 wrote:

Not only does he love Jesus, he looks like him!

MasterExploder0 wrote:

Not only does he love Jesus, he looks like him!

Hilarious...

No-one knows what Jesus looked like.

[RGshred88]

hansome21 wrote:

The problem is Muslims are cowards, they only attack women and children.

At least christians make attempts not to kill civilians anymore... get with the times, you can't raze everything to the ground anymore and go all genocide... but muslims still want to

and dont act like its a minority, i can name muslims in at least half a dozen countries who would kill me cause im an american and not think twice.

You're the reason the world hates us to begin with. So why don't americans get off their high horse and help the world huh?

Anyway i couldn't care less about this guy... i just miss old school Korn.

[RGshred88]

hansome21 wrote:

mashizz :
this right here is ignorant. if you're going to single out an entire religion for something a bunch of idiots did, at least spell it right. it's ISLAMIC, not ISLAMIST

So because i spelt something wrong it makes my statement invalid? Who cares how its spelt its a violent hateful religion and its what heads speaking out against. And don't give me that "its a peaceful religion" lie, something like buddhism is peaceful... tell me of the last buddist suicide bomber you heard of.

And by the way your statement is invalid because you're too caught up in the "freedom" and "liberty" speeches by numb-nuts Bush. You fail to see that america is just as bad. We take everyones resources, we owe so many countries billions of dollars, we destroy the earth more than anyone, and i recall that we killed hundreds of thousands of INNOCENT civilians upon dropping the nuclear bombs in Japan, after they made a strategic wartime move against SOLDIERS and VESSELS. So as far as im concerned, our country is right up there with the worst.

-sry if this offends anyone...im just sick of bad politics

[jshwak]

Summary of this Board :
welch is cool:
Welch sucks:
he's bored with god:
no he's not:
well he hates organized religion:
no he doesn't.. just muslims.. (he he)
muslims are evil:
no their not:
are too:
are not:
are too:
are not:
your stupid:
I hate minorities:
I hate you:
welch is cool:
crappy album:
I like head.. (and brian welch) B

[j-walk]

Dont forget me askin a dumb question, haha.

[Lohnanmilitia]

The album is pretty sweet. Hope the tour comes to Chicago. Pretty powerful album, I mean hell, it is his life on record.

[HxCida]

jshwak wrote:

Summary of this Board :
welch is cool:
Welch sucks:
he's bored with god:
no he's not:
well he hates organized religion:
no he doesn't.. just muslims.. (he he)
muslims are evil:
no their not:
are too:
are not:
are too:
are not:
your stupid:
I hate minorities:
I hate you:
welch is cool:
crappy album:
I like head.. (and brian welch) B

Nice lol, i dont know about him but i like korn.

[sayhi666sal]

so yeah nothing to report but people's comments i see

[Izzy_Bryce]

lbisthebestband wrote:

AJWOLFTill :
And Giorgi the songs 'Flush' 'Money' and 'Save me from myself' are great songs. And what are you taling about the lyrics are great!

those songs suck, and his lyrics r literally the worst ive ever heard in my life, and ive heard bad songs
i think ur prolly just a religious nut who is trying to convice himself that Head is good as a solo artist so that u can feel good about the fact that he left KoRn in order to devote his life to God
there is no other explination for anyone on the planet to think that the lyrics on this album are "great!"

a religious nut? no, a religious nut would bomb himself thinking hes gonna get 7 virgins from God. its called Christianity. not a religion. u wanna argue about it? look it up. its called the tower of bable. it is wat started split religions, because in the beginning it started with God. Dont nail a Christian to the wall just cuz ur "neutral" and u think as long as ur out of "religion" that u can call us Christians religious "nuts".

[Izzy_Bryce]

RGshred88 wrote:

hansome21 wrote:

The problem is Muslims are cowards, they only attack women and children.

At least christians make attempts not to kill civilians anymore... get with the times, you can't raze everything to the ground anymore and go all genocide... but muslims still want to

and dont act like its a minority, i can name muslims in at least half a dozen countries who would kill me cause im an american and not think twice.

You're the reason the world hates us to begin with. So why don't americans get off their high horse and help the world huh?

Anyway i couldn't care less about this guy... i just miss old school Korn.

look, im American and stuff but i need to just state that we suck pretty badly. id feel safer in Canada or somethin. i mean, our level of obesity is higher than the level of vampirism in countries like Finland. thats pretty bad. we arent great. and btw, there is less than 2 percent of muslims who actually believe in killing others. if u dont believe me, ask the muslims who r joined in jeruselum with christians and jews. dude, ur stupid.

[teo_huat]

Tordyboi wrote:

hansome21 wrote:

The problem is Muslims are cowards, they only attack women and children.

At least christians make attempts not to kill civilians anymore... get with the times, you can't raze everything to the ground anymore and go all genocide... but muslims still want to

and dont act like its a minority, i can name muslims in at least half a dozen countries who would kill me cause im an american and not think twice.

Seriously? whats up with your veiw on the world? yes you have terrorist that kill. But If you wanna compare so much, how many innocent muslims have your military killed? i thought you guys had the most sofisticated weapons in the world... but you bomb hospitals, civilian houses, resturants, tv stations, pharmacys ETC. How many houndreds of thousand muslims lives must pay for the hateful shit that happened in 01. seriosly, my family is mainly muslim. All of them are lawyers, doctors, engineers, scientists. So please dont judge a whole race by their religion. You know thats the same thing as racism. Be open minded. Go out and explore the world and experience the life outside US. If you do it may change your view to something more positive and factual. I wanna know where you got your facts from. Cause everything you said made me think of the american military. If you cant have it, just kill them. Yeah got idea. Cheers

Muslim does not kill people, terrorist does.. Religion doesnt teach people to kill.. I'm a christian myself. In my country, muslim, buddhist, christian, taoist we all live in harmony.. Those islam extremist doesnt represent Islam at all. I know Bush doesnt represent or show the rest of the Americans too

[z4twenny]

and btw, there is less than 2 percent of muslims who actually believe in killing others

1 percent of over 10 million is too damn many. nuke'em all.

[RGshred88]

z4twenny wrote:

and btw, there is less than 2 percent of muslims who actually believe in killing others
1 percent of over 10 million is too damn many. nuke'em all.

wow we got another winner