KORN Frontman: 'We Are Not Breaking Up'

December 18, 2006

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis has shot down rumors that the group is on the verge of splitting up following the recent announcement that drummer David Silveria was "taking a break" from the band.

Davis, bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer will continue to write and record the band's eighth studio album, although it has not been revealed who will play drums during the current recording sessions.

"He really needed to take a break, he was very burnt out," Davis said in a posting on his blog ButtSexCrips regarding David. "He will not be on this record or tour but will be back for the next one, if ready. Until then we will have a fill-in drummer.

"We are NOT breaking up, this is not the last album. Everything is fine, this is only temporary."

Silveria's hiatus comes 22 months after the band parted ways with guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, marking the first personnel change in KORN's history. Welch left the group in February of 2005 to devote his life to Christianity.

KORN performed an acoustic set on December 9 at the MTV studios in New York City for an episode of "MTV Unplugged". The show is expected to air sometime in February, with a CD release planned for that month as well. EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee and members of THE CURE made guest appearances at the taping, which Silveria did not attend.

Commented Davis: "The 'Unplugged' was insane. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would share the stage with THE CURE. You all should have seen the audience's faces when they walked on stage; everyone had their mouths open. Funny shit."

On the subject of the upcoming CD, Davis said, "[The] album is going good, [we] have about eight slammin' songs done. We start writing again after the New Year. Very excited. We are going to experiment with writing some long seven- or eight-minute jams. [We'll] see what happens."

The new KORN album is tentatively slated to arrive in June of 2007 and will follow up last December's "See You On The Other Side".

A CD and DVD of the 2006 Family Values Tour, which featured KORN, DEFTONES, STONE SOUR and others, will arrive in stores on December 26.

(Thanks: KoRn.Simpol.Net)

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