Brian "Head" Welch
Brian "Head" Welch is from
Bakersfield, California. At the tender age of 11, Head picked up a guitar and
found his original calling. Barely out of high school, he helped found the
controversial rock band Korn. The band became a grammy award winning,
multi-platinum selling band, and quickly soared to the top of the music world
while selling some 30 Million records internationally. The band was credited
with being the major influence in the rise of the Nu Metal Movement. While with
Korn, Head won two grammy awards and several MTV music video awards.
In February 2005, Head shocked the music world when he resigned from Korn to
re-dedicate his life to Christ and focus on raising his daughter, Jennea, as a
single father. The event set off a media frenzy as observers around the world
sought out to understand what led this rock star out of the darkness and into
the light.
Significantly, and perhaps most importantly, upon his resignation from Korn,
Head made clear to the music world that he had not retired from the music and
entertainment industry. With his newfound calling, Head is committed to changing
the youth of this nation through his music and other entertainment ventures. In
this regard, Head penned an autobiography of his life, picked up and released by
Harper Collins Publishers in July 2007, entitled, "Save Me From
Myself." Head gained further acclaim as a successful author, when the book
quickly hit the New York Times Best Seller List (non-fiction). In his memoir,
Head talks for the first time about his shocking embrace of God, and the
tumultuous decade of drug and alcohol addiction that led him to his faith, where
he was completely and instantly healed of his addictions.
Heads debut album also entitled, "Save Me From Myself," is a testimony
of his life as he battled with drug and alcohol addiction, leaving KoRn, and
finding spirituality. His debut album is a heavy metal epic, with a positive
message. It will leave no doubt in everyone's mind that Head, as a founding
member of KoRn, has not lost his passion for the metal sound that originally
helped make his former band famous. The Debut Album is set for release September
09, and features renown musicians such as Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, Alice
Cooper, David Bowie), Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Evanescence, Nine Inch
Nails). The first single, Flush, will be available exclusively on I-Tunes on
July 8th. The album was mixed by Bob Clearmountain, Ralph Patlan, and Head
himself.
He is the author of SAVE
ME FROM MYSELF (Harper, 2008) and STRONGER
(Harper, 2010).
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