Ex-KORN Guitarist's Book Becomes NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller

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),has 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."

Taking the reader backstage with KORN, Welch tells the inside story of his years in one of the world's most popular rock bands and how his rock star lifestyle resulted in an all-consuming addiction to methamphetamines. With a glimpse inside KORN that's never been seen, he speaks openly about the band’s evolution, guiding the reader from their origins as a bunch of friends in Bakersfield, California, through tour bus mayhem of Ozzfest and The Family Values Tour — all while providing a sincere look at how the routine of recording and traveling placed him in a cycle of addiction that he could not break on his own. Despite his numerous attempts to free himself from this addiction, nothing — not even the birth of his daughter — could spur him to kick crystal meth for good. Head addresses how, with the help of God, he emerged from his dangerous lifestyle and found a path that was not only right for his daughter, but was also right for him.

Welch is currently in the middle of a nationwide book tour which will wrap in Los Angeles late next week. A solo album is in the works for 2008.