Korn (Band)

The Five Best Beavis and Butthead Music Video Riffings of All Time

Last weekend marked twenty wonderful years since MTV aired the first episode of "Beavis and Butthead." While the duo changed the way the world viewed Generation X, as well as ushered in one of the sharpest satires of the 90s, it also popularized the idea of video "riffing" to a brand new audience. N ... More >>

Margaret Cho Gives Us the Top Five Macho Bands That Lesbians Are Secretly Into.

Comedian Margaret Cho would like you to know something about the musical taste of the average lesbian. It's not just k.d. lang and Tori Amos shuffling around in their iPods. Their musical tastes can vary as much as anyone's. And sometimes they're looking for tunes with some serious balls. As a celeb ... More >>

The People at NAMM Are Weirder Than Most of the Instruments

Prior to parking my car on Day 2 of the NAMM convention (which incidentally was my first time ever), I'd already pumped myself up for a day full of musical exploration in this temporary gearhead paradise. But after scanning the parking lot on a rainy afternoon on my way into the Anaheim Convention ... More >>

Top Five Classic "South Park" Musical Guests

For 16 seasons now, "South Park" has been delighting viewers with its signature brand of absurdity, skewing any and everything in pop culture along the way. There's been quite a few music superstars immortalized on "South Park," some whose appearances were made without them even being consulted. Wit ... More >>

Former Korn Drummer To Plead Not Guilty In DUI Case

See Also: *How Alabama Shakes Turned a Shitty Career Break Into a Major Score* Of Monsters and Men - The Observatory - 8/8/12 *Jesca Hoop On Her New Album And Returning To Southern California We all know it's not safe to drive under the influence. Whether that means getting behind the whee ... More >>

Fake Figures

Glass House

I Love This City Festival - Cricket Wireless Amphitheater - 5/27/2012

I Love This City Festival Cricket Wireless Amphitheater 5/27/2012 This Memorial Day Weekend, the new electronic music festival produced by Live Nation Entertainment and LED Presents made its debut. The San Diego edition of I Love This City drew a sea of EDM fans at the Cricket Wireless Amphith ... More >>

Repeater (Mostly) Reunite to Work on New Material

[Checking In On . . .] Rob Wallace and Steve Krolikowski aim to take their sound in yet another new direction

James' Tim Booth On Why Coachella Kicks (The Old) Lollapalooza's Ass

See also: *Our complete Coachella coverage*Coachella: Let's Talk About Weed*Coachella: The Best of Friday, April 20, 2012Over the past 30 years, alternative Britpop rockers James have been one of the most underrated bands to come from Manchester. Having toured across the globe and played some of th ... More >>

Jonathan Davis on Barack Obama as Satan and Korn's Dubstep Crossover: "We had to keep the integrity of EDM music and of what Korn is"

For over 20 years Korn has been at the forefront of Nu Metal. Winner of many awards for their distinct aggressive sound and innovative music videos (including two Grammys for "Freak on a Leash" and "Here to Stay"), the LA-based metal monsters are proving to the world that they are not done yet. Las ... More >>

Munky Talks Smokeout Festival, Plus Five Songs Describing Korn's Career

​The Grammy-winning Nu Metal legends, Korn co-headlined with Sublime with Rome for this past weekend's Smokeout Festival at the NOS Events Center. We caught up with Korn's guitarist, James "Munky" Shaffer, about the Smokeout Festival and the future of the band.

Smokeout 2012 at NOS Events Center, March 3, 2012

​Smokeout 2012 NOS Events CenterMarch 3, 2012Guerilla Union threw another successful festival in Cypress Hill's Smokeout 2012. The all day mind opening experience showcased a unique lineup with a wide variety of talented artists including hip-hop, heavy metal, dubstep, experimental, reggae and ele ... More >>

Five Reasons Skrillex Should Have Won Best New Artist at the Grammys

On Sunday, Skrillex won three Grammys: Best Dance Recording, Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. So why didn't he win the Grammy for Best New Artist?

The Best Musician Signings And Events At NAMM

​With today being the official kickoff of the NAMM convention, expect Anaheim to be flooded with musicians instead of the usual Disneyland crowd. That being said, below are some of the best signings and events of the next few days, beginning this afternoon).

Justin Bieber and Five Other Musicians with Jesus Tattoos

​So Justin Bieber gets a Jesus tattoo and the whole world goes crazy, citing its provenance (a Rubens painting of Jesus called Ecce Homo, which dates back to 1610) and importance (the Beebs has always invoked his Christian faith). But Jesus statues are nothing new for pop stars--check out our list ... More >>

Lords of Ruin's Lauren Boquette on Opening for Korn, Writing a Book and Google-Driven Name Changes

​Full disclosure: I've known Lauren Boquette of Lords of Ruin for approximately seven years and I consider him a friend. But the first time we met, I wasn't so sure we'd have much in common. Allow me to explain.Without ever meeting him, I hopped in a van with Boquette, my friend Gabe, someone who ... More >>

Korn's Jonathan Davis Says Obama Is an "Illuminati Puppet"

Getty image​Jonathan Davis, lead singer of Korn, says he feels Barack Obama has "basically dragged this country down into the worst it's ever been," and calls the president an "Illuminati puppet." The nu-metal band, who played Los Angeles last night, released their latest, a "dubstep" album, ... More >>

Five Haunting Rap Songs for Halloween

Sal Rojas/Psycho RealmPsycho Realm -- ooh, scary!​Halloween has arrived, and its time to break out the spooky sounds once more. Fake spider webs, fog machines, and the right props can make a trick-or-treater think twice before mustering up the courage to come to your door. Or, if you're one of tho ... More >>

311, the De Facto Jam Band

The Omaha outfit stay the course and deliver good-time music

Five Things You Didn't Know About Lil Jon

​Take some "shots, shots, shots, shots" and get crunk with Lil Jon this Sunday at Sutra, when the DJ representing Atlanta makes an appearance. Lil Jon paved his way to fame with hip-hop group, The Eastside Boyz and the song "Get Low" (which became so popular even Sandra Bullock paid a tribute to t ... More >>

Big 4: Let There Be Metal

Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeath and Slayer on one bill Really.

Whitesnake Has New Keyboardist From Orange County

whitesnake.com​Apparently, Whitesnake is still around, and making new music! In fact, they just announced a new keyboardist for their upcoming tour to support their new album Forevermore. His name is Brian Ruedy, and was born July 24, 1961 in Orange County. (No, seriously, this is what the announc ... More >>

Avenged Sevenfold and A Perfect Circle Headlining Rock on the Range

Avenged Sevenfold​OC-based Avenged Sevenfold and drummer Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle will be headlining the hard-rock music fest Rock on the Range. The 5th annual celebration will be held on May 21 and May 22 at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Ohio. It will commence early Friday evening with ... More >>

Jim Morrison, Sinead O' Connor, Sting, More to Appear on New Charity Album

​Charity records often bring together oddball combinations of musicians (or semi-musicians; see Aykroyd, Dan and "We Are the World"). According to Rolling Stone, a brand-new anti-nuclear-weapons benefit album titled Prayer Cycles 2: Path to Zero will do just that. Artists ranging from Sting to Sin ... More >>

WTF of the Week: Kid Rock

​WTF?Here's a twist on an OC Weekly blog from a few weeks ago. You may remember that last month's Hotlist in Rolling Stone deemed the muse du jour of rappers across the nation to be fictional anchorman Ron Burgundy. This month's RS reported on an unlikely rapper du jour for off-kilter hip-hop ... More >>

Peace Corp are Back--and George Fryer is Still Angry

Peace Corp back in the day​George Fryer is still pissed. Maybe you've seen the former Peace Corp frontman in his more recent, unperturbed project, the George Fryer Combo. He spends Sundays nursing others' hangovers at King Neptune's, or Saturday nights singing sweet love to trophy wives at places ... More >>

What You Missed: Haute Dog Howl'oween, Senior Surf Comp, Halos 'n Horns, Rob Zombie, Tiger Army

Keith MayRuh roh.​And just like that, the greatest holiday of the year is alllll over. So what'd you do? We had another action-packed weekend, of course, with our first stop at Long Beach's adorable annual tradition, the Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade and Pet Adoption Fair. Dogs? Way cuter than babie ... More >>

Have One Helluva Happy Halloween

​ Find yourself all trick-or-treated out? Too tired to bedazzle your buttocks and head out to the mayhem in West Hollywood? Well, get a load of this list of the Halloween hi jinx taking place right here in Orange County before you decide to retire your cleverly constructed Ben Bernanke costume to ... More >>

Video: Repeater In Pre-Production with Ross Robinson

​Way back in May, we told you about how Long Beach band Repeater were hand-picked by big-time producer Ross Robinson (the Cure, Korn, At the Drive-In, buckets of other various stuffs) to serve as his next project. We met with them at Robinson's home studio in Venice Beach--where the band lived for ... More >>

Triple Threat in Newport Tomorrow: Terminator, McG and Dan Aykroyd

Whoa, it's like the Newport Beach Film Festival is all "I'll be bawck" and stuff. Huh? What we're trying to say is, the recently concluded NBFF will be presenting a special preview screening of the upcoming Terminator: Salvation -- tomorrow night!Tickets are $20, and proceeds go to the film festival ... More >>

[Sound Guy] The Long Beach Loop's Demise, Repeater Producer Ross Robinson

Surf Wax America

Surf City Nights

Zack Is Back

And he's playing Mexican music?!

Henry Nicholas, Superhero

He made billions with Broadcom and then quit at 44. Now Nicks life gets really exciting

Its Phallic-tastic!

Handicapping the Weenie Fester, Roast

In Search of... Skatejam2000

A Selected OC Rock History Time Line