Jonathan Davis
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan Houseman Davis
Born	January 18, 1971 (1971-01-18) (age 37)
Origin	Bakersfield, California
Genre(s)	Nu metal Industrial metal, Alternative Metal Acoustic music (solo)
Occupation(s)	Musician Actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals Drums Glass harmonica Harp Guitar Bass guitar Piano Violin Bagpipes
Years active	1993–present
Label(s)	Immortal/Epic Virgin/EMI
Associated acts	Korn Sexart
Website	www.korn.com

Jonathan Houseman Davis (born January 18, 1971) is the American vocalist for the multiplatinum nu metal^[1] band Korn. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative Industrial metal is a Musical genre that draws from Industrial music and heavy metal. Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, hydrocrystalophone, or simply armonica (derived from "armonia" the Italian The harp is a Stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Immortal Records was an Independent record label out of Los Angeles, California. Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing Sexart was an American Hard rock band that formed c 1989 They are best known for being the band that Jonathan Davis was in before Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing He was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, where he lived with his father and stepmother.

As well as being Korn's lead singer, he has also played drums. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Davis writes songs on guitar and other various instruments.

Davis was the last member to join the band. James 'Munky' Shaffer and Brian 'Head' Welch discovered him in a bar, initially intending to only stay for a few minutes. James Christian 'Munky' Shaffer (born June 6 1970 in Bakersfield California is the guitarist for the Nu metal band Korn. Brian Phillip Welch (born June 19, 1970) better known as Head, is an American Musician best known as the former one of two guitarists Upon seeing Davis performing with his then-band Sexart, however, they were compelled to stay for the whole set, and as soon as the set was over Brian and James approached Davis with an offer to join their then band Creep. Sexart was an American Hard rock band that formed c 1989 They are best known for being the band that Jonathan Davis was in before At first he didn't accept the offer, but upon consulting a psychic, he agreed, and Korn was born. In early years, he was known for wearing a variety of normal and customized Adidas tracksuits onstage, which became a kind of "trademark" for all Korn fans. WikipediaManual of Style (trademarks, which says "Lowercased trademarks with no internal

Korn released their self-titled debut in 1994. "Divine (song" redirects here For the 2005 song by TA It peaked at #72 on the billboard^[2]. To date they have released eight studio albums, achieving Platinum certification for each, with the exception for their newly released Untitled Korn album. The untitled eighth studio album by American rock band Korn was released on July 27, 2007, through Virgin Records. Davis is the older half brother of former Adema and Midnight Panic vocalist, Mark Chavez. This article is for the band For their self-titled album see Adema (album. For their self-titled EP, see Midnight Panic (EP. Midnight Panic was a four-piece rock music group from Bakersfield, Mark "Marky" Anthony Chavez Jr (born November 15 1978) is an American-born Singer of Mexican descent

Davis suffered from asthma as a child, having a near fatal attack at the age of 5 which hospitalized him. Asthma is a chronic Condition involving the Respiratory system in which the airways occasionally constrict become inflamed, and are He noted in a 2004 interview that he was in and out of the hospital frequently as a child. His asthma has improved greatly and he's ". . . pretty much outgrown it. " ^[3]

Davis' earliest musical inspiration as a child was the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Jesus Christ Superstar". Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was also during his childhood that he received his first drum kit and began his interest in music, eventually leading to a life-long passion and a professional career as the lead singer of Korn. His favorite bands as a child were Duran Duran and other New Romantic bands. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two New Romantic was a short- lived Fashion and music movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland during the very early 1980s ^[4]

Jonathan's personal issues are a big influence in Korn lyrics, songs such as "Daddy" from Korn's self-titled album are an example how Davis puts all kinds of feelings like anger and sadness in the creation of songs. " Daddy " is a song written and recorded by American rock band Korn for their self-titled debut album. "Divine (song" redirects here For the 2005 song by TA The song "Daddy" caused many to assume Rick Davis (Jonathan's father) had molested his son. " Daddy " is a song written and recorded by American rock band Korn for their self-titled debut album. It's a source of embarrassment for him, though his son has gone on the record in many interviews saying it was written about a family friend who sexually abused him. When a 12-year-old Jonathan tried to turn to his family, he said, they ignored him. (Neither Jonathan or Rick will say who the person was, though both say it was a woman. )^[5]

Davis has married twice, marrying his high school sweetheart, Renee Perez, in 1998 in a Medieval themed ceremony. Together they had a son, Nathan Houseman Davis, but were divorced in 2001. On October 5, 2004, a decade after the release of Korn's first album he married again in Hawaii, this time to former adult film actress Deven Davis. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the They were featured in the Playboy Cyber Club's "celebrity photographer" section, with Jonathan behind the camera and Deven modeling. The Playboy Cyber Club is the subscription based premium service portion of Playboy Online (Playboy This article lists celebrities who have been invited guest photographer for the Playboy Cyber Club along with the corresponding model for the photoshoot In 2005 his second child, Pirate Houseman Davis, was born. ^[6] Davis's third son, Zeppelin Houseman Davis, was born on April 28, 2007. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title

Davis has been sober from alcohol and other drugs since August 22, 1998. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He has stated that he gave them up. On the band's Deuce DVD, former bandmate Brian Welch says that he is proud of him for becoming sober. " Deuce " is the second DVD by the American Nu metal band Korn. Brian Phillip Welch (born June 19, 1970) better known as Head, is an American Musician best known as the former one of two guitarists

Jonathan has stated that Untouchables is his favorite Korn album and that "Do What They Say" and "Hollow Life" are his favorite Korn songs. Untouchables is the fifth Album by Korn. It was officially released on June 11, 2002 and featured the Grammy-winning single

In late 2006, Davis was recognized and honored at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace, Bakersfield, CA, by Buddy Alan Owens, son of the late Buck Owens. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr, (August 12 1929 – March 25 2006 was an American Singer and Guitarist, with 20 number-one hits on the Both Buck Owens and Davis are considered by many among their hometown fans as heroes to the sound of Bakersfield, each having their own pioneer sound, contributing to mainstream music worldwide over years past.

While Korn performed at the Download Festival in 2006, Davis contracted a rare disease known as Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP is the condition of having a low Platelet count ( Thrombocytopenia) of no known cause ( Idiopathic) This left him bed- ridden for days after his band's performance.

Acting

Davis has had a fairly small acting career. He has a cameo in Queen of the Damned as a ticket scalper. Queen of the Damned is a 2002 film adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice 's The Vampire Chronicles series The Queen Davis plays as Ricky in the film Seeing Other People but his appearance is minor; he plays a crackhead. Seeing Other People is a Comedy film about a couple that decide to see other people two months before their wedding Davis also has a role as a store clerk in the indie film The Still Life. Davis's most known acting role is in the upcoming horror film Sin-Jin Smyth where he will be playing the lead role. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Sin-Jin Smyth is a 2008 Horror film written and directed by Ethan Dettenmaier, based on an old legend inspired by the Kansas Stull There is also a popular rumor that Davis will be in an upcoming horror/slasher film called Job but this has not been confirmed. The slasher film (sometimes referred to as bodycount films and dead teenager movies) is a Sub-genre According to Bloody-Disgusting, Jonathan Davis is currently working on a script with writer/director Clive Barker entitled Oblivion. Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist Davis describes it as a "dark opera about the end of the world" and that it differs greatly from Korn's style of music.

He has also been featured in many other bands' music videos, sometimes with Korn and sometimes solo. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics He has appeared with Korn in Limp Bizkit's "Faith", Deadsy's "Brand New Love", Ice Cube's "Fuck Dying", and Sugar Ray's "Answer the Phone" as a cameo appearance. Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. " Faith " was the second single by the Nu metal / Rapcore band Limp Bizkit. Deadsy is an American rock band from California. They have played many shows in California but have also toured nationally multiple times as O'Shea Jackson (born June 15 1969 better known by his Stage name Ice Cube, is an American Actor, Screenwriter, producer, and Fuck Dying is a single from Ice Cube 's album War & Peace - Volume 1 (The War Disc. This article is about the band Sugar Ray For the boxers see Sugar Ray Leonard or Sugar Ray Robinson. He has also appeared in Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff", Videodrone's "Ty Jonathan Down" (which he sings on), Cold's "Give", Busta Rhymes' "Fire. " Break Stuff " is a song by the Rap rock band Limp Bizkit. Videodrone was a five piece Industrial rock band from California, USA See also Cold (disambiguation The noun cold should not de confused with the noun coldness which is Track listing "Give" – 348 "Blame" – 420 "Makes Her Sick" – 401 "Give (Alternative Mix" – 353 Trevor George Smith Jr, (born May 20 1972 better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American actor and Musician of Jamaican descent "

Davis and the rest of Korn appeared in a 2005 episode of the comedy-drama television series Monk. Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of Television and movies in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance Monk is an American Dramedy series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the title character The episode in which they appeared was the season 3 episode, "Mr. Monk Gets Stuck in Traffic". The following is an episode list for the dramedy television series Monk. As well as appearing in Monk, Korn guest starred on Comedy Central's South Park in an episode entitled "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery". Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central " Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery " is the twelfth episode of the third season of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park Korn also made an appearance on "The Man Show" in which Jimmy Kimmell and Adam Carolla claimed to be two members that were kicked out of the band in the style of a "VH1 Behind The Music" special.

Equipment

Davis is usually seen with a microphone stand that was designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger during Korn's live performances and in their music videos. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Hans Ruedi Giger (ˈɡi ɡɚ (born at Chur, Grisons Canton, February 5, 1940) is an Academy Award -winning Swiss For his solo tour, Davis has not used the Giger stand.

Pop Scars

Davis started designing, but canceled, a fighting game with popular musicians — including members of Limp Bizkit, Staind, Marilyn Manson, and Korn itself — as characters. Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Staind is an American Hard rock group from Springfield, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969) better known by his Stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American Musician and Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing The working title was Pop Scars. Each celebrity's personality was to be replicated in the game, and comic artist Marty Emond (Sunglasses After Dark) was to draw character concept art. Stages were to boast environmental traps that impeded opponents as they fought. However, Pop Scars never made it past the early design stages as Davis cancelled it in late 2004. ^[7]

Solo career

Jon Davis' solo career started during Jon's high school years as he had a solo project known as "Buck Naked". He recorded two songs, both taking influence from the new romantic movement. New Romantic was a short- lived Fashion and music movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland during the very early 1980s In 1993, Jonathan got together with Human Waste Project to record a cover of The Go-Go's song, This Town. Human Waste Project was a band from Huntington Beach California with Aimee Echo on vocals Mike Tempesta on guitar Jeff Schartoff on bass and Scott For the 1960s band see The Go-Go's (1960s. The Go-Go’s are an all-female American Pop band formed in 1978

In 2002, Jonathan began composing the musical score for the movie adaptation of Queen Of The Damned with Richard Gibbs. Queen of the Damned is a 2002 film adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice 's The Vampire Chronicles series The Queen Richard “Ribbs” Gibbs (born in 1955 in Bay Village Ohio) is an American film composer and music producer most notable for his film work in Dr He also performed 6 songs for the movie's soundtrack, although his performances were not allowed on the retail release, due to his contract with Sony. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with He also composed the theme music for the 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone and performed a cover of Neil Diamond's Love On The Rocks for the movie Wonderland. The Twilight Zone is an American Television Anthology series created by Rod Serling. Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor.

Jonathan Davis announced in October 2007 that he would be embarking on an acoustic solo tour called Alone I Play, in November 2007. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means Alone I Play is the Debut Live album by Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis 's solo effort released on November 10, Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[8] He performed songs from the Queen of the Damned soundtrack (which he composed with Richard Gibbs), cover songs, rarely-performed Korn songs, and Korn classics. Queen of the Damned is a 2002 film adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice 's The Vampire Chronicles series The Queen Richard “Ribbs” Gibbs (born in 1955 in Bay Village Ohio) is an American film composer and music producer most notable for his film work in Dr In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The tour was completely produced by Richard Gibbs. Davis has also been confirmed to play a solo set at the 2008 Download Festival at Donington Park

Jonathan Davis and the Simply Fuckin' Amazings is:

• Jonathan Davis - Vocals
• Michael Jochum – drums, percussion
• Shane Gibson – guitar
• Miles Mosely – upright bass
• Zac Baird – keyboards
• Shenkar – violin

A CD/DVD package is slated for a commercial release in 2008. Jonathan Davis and the SFA (short for Jonathan Davis and the Super Fucking All Stars is Jonathan Davis of Korn 's solo band Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Michael Jochum started as a musician in the early 1980s playing alongside Richard Gibbs in the band Zuma II which had an eponymously titled record released by Pasha/ A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Shane Gibson is a guitarist in the backing band for the American metal group Korn, after the departure of Brian "Head" Welch in October 2007 The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Zachary Baird, born February 16, 1971 in Orange County, California is a keyboardist and pianist currently collaborating with the band Korn A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Lakshminarayanan Shankar (born April 26 1950) also known as L The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member ^[9]

Jonathan Davis will be bringing his solo tour to Europe. Once that concludes, he will release a studio album with the exact same band. ^[10] They will be recording new, original songs and cover songs for this upcoming release. It was announced on Kornspace that Davis is referring to his solo band as The Simply Fuckin' Amazings. ^[11]

In April 2008, Jonathan Davis canceled numerous dates on his previously announced "Alone I Play" European tour slated to begin in late May due to "personal reasons". Some of the canceled shows include those in Stockholm (Sweden), Belgium, France, and most of the UK and Ireland leg of the tour. ^[12]

It is expected that Jonathan Davis will schedule another U. S. solo tour for the summer of 2008. On an USA Today feature on 2008 summer concerts and festivals, it included Jonathan Davis (along with other performers) as the list of acts for Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States (and in some years Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and Hard rock According to USA Today, 2008's Ozzfest will only be an one day festival in Frisco, Texas this year. Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the US state of Texas and a wealthy and rapid growing suburb of Dallas. ^[13]

Discography

Main article: Korn discography

Korn

• Korn (1994)
• Life Is Peachy (1996)
• Follow the Leader (1998)
• Issues (1999)
• Untouchables (2002)
• Take a Look in the Mirror (2003)
• See You on the Other Side (2005)
• Untitled album (2007)

Solo

• Alone I Play (live) (2007)
• 1st solo studio album (2008)

Other appearances

• First Demo (Human Waste Project) (1994)
• Deadsy (1996)
• Roots (1996)
• Blood Rooted (1997)
• Coal Chamber (1997)
• Candyass (1998)
• Videodrone (1999)
• Significant Other (1999)
• Amplified (1999)
• Black and White soundtrack (2000)
• Strait Up (2000)
• Rock'n Roll Gangster (2002)
• Commencement (2002)
• Reanimation (2002)
• Gorilla Pimpin' (2003)

Singles

Solo

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart. The comprehensive discography of Korn, a Bakersfield, California -based rock band consists of eight Studio albums two Live "Divine (song" redirects here For the 2005 song by TA Life Is Peachy is Korn 's second album The album was released on October 15, 1996 through Immortal / Epic Records and Follow the Leader is Korn 's third album and a departure from their first two albums in sound and production Issues is the fourth studio Album by the band Korn and has sold over 9000000 copies worldwide Untouchables is the fifth Album by Korn. It was officially released on June 11, 2002 and featured the Grammy-winning single Take a Look in the Mirror is the sixth album by the band Korn. See You on the Other Side is the seventh studio Album by Korn. The untitled eighth studio album by American rock band Korn was released on July 27, 2007, through Virgin Records. Alone I Play is the Debut Live album by Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis 's solo effort released on November 10, Human Waste Project was a band from Huntington Beach California with Aimee Echo on vocals Mike Tempesta on guitar Jeff Schartoff on bass and Scott Deadsy is a self-titled album by Deadsy, their first album on a label Blood-Rooted is an album by Sepultura, released on June 3, 1997. Coal Chamber is the debut Album by the band of the same name. Candyass is the debut Album of the rock band Orgy. It was released on August 18, 1998. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Amplified is the first solo Album by Q-Tip following the disbanding of A Tribe Called Quest. Strait Up is the second studio album by Snot. Released on November 7, 2000, the album features appearances by the lead vocalists of a number After Korn 's album Issues, Bassist Fieldy decided that his contributions to the band did not incorporate his love of Hip-hop enough Commencement released May 14th 2002 from the rock band Deadsy. Reanimation is a Remix album recorded by the American Nu metal band Linkin Park, released after their first studio album Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (originally called Mainstream Rock Tracks) is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on Mainstream rock Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. Hot Rap Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry

As featured performer

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart.

External links

• Official Korn website
• Official Jonathan Davis's Blog
• Jonathan Davis at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Jonathan Davis
• Interview with Jonathan Davis at Inked Magazine

References