First, there's this which is simply hilarious:

Korn Guitarist Finds God, Leaves Band



By Jonathan Cohen



NEW YORK (Billboard) - Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has parted ways with the hard rock act, citing a recent religious awakening.



Welch broke the news Sunday on Bakersfield, Calif., station KRAB-FM.



"I had it in my heart to come here and explain to you," Welch said. "I'm good friends with Korn. I love those guys, and they love me, and they're very happy for me."



Addressing the aggressive tone of the music he made with Korn, Welch said, "Anger is a good thing, and if kids want to listen to Korn, good, but there's happiness after the anger. I'm going to show it through my actions how much I love my fans."



Welch added that he would be appearing at a local church on Feb. 27, during which time he would "speak (about) how I got to this place in my life, and I'll answer all your questions."



On its official Web site (http://www.korn.com), Korn's remaining members said they respect Welch's wishes and hope "he finds the happiness he is searching for." The group is in the studio working on a new album, due in September, which will be its first since fulfilling its contract with Epic last year.



For now, no replacement for Welch has been named, nor has a new label home for the band.





"Jesus is my Homeboy"

and as if that's not cool enough, I see this one!

Blink-182 Goes on 'Indefinite Hiatus'



NEW YORK - Blink-182 is taking a break — and it could be a long one. The San Diego-based trio is on "indefinite hiatus" and "there is no set plan for the band to begin working together again," Geffen, their record company, said in a statement Tuesday





Blink-182 has released seven albums of new-school punk over the last decade, including a greatest hits disc. Geffen cited the band members' families as the reason for the break.





"For over a decade, Blink-182 has toured and done nonstop promotion all while trying to balance relationships with family and friends," the statement said.





All three band members, Travis Barker, Thomas DeLonge and Mark Hoppus, are married and have one child each.





The door was left slightly ajar for a reunion, though, as the statement concluded, "no one knows what tomorrow may bring."

I mean, could it get any better?!?!? Seriously, with this much good news, I'm expecting to hear that 'Coldplay' was struck by lightening, that Lil' John has overdosed and Dave Matthews Band has fallen into a volcano!

hmm, why didn't my picture of him show up?

X-D ...yes good news, i hope all the shit go away.

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I've always considered Korn poor imitators of NIN/Ministry/Nitzer Ebb... maybe if I had never heard those three bands, then I heard Korn, I may have liked them, but probably not, just for their name. I mean, 'Korn'? Korn is what I find in my shit.

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eh... shows what I know, don't it? If you played me a Korn song, a Tool song and a Limp Bizkit song, I wouldn't be able to tell you which was which, since I don't listen to any of them. I guess I'm just too much of a music snob, I remain willfully ignorant about styles and bands that don't fall into my specific areas of knowledge and taste.



I also blame Korn for being involved with the second worst episode of South Park of all time.

i don't care about korn so much but hell yeah dude no more blink 18funkin2. The worst punk/rock band ever. I do like the drummer though. he got mad skillz. He is in a band called boxcar racer which is much better than blink 234.

anType Escribi�:

Korn are just mainstream alternative rock and .. nu metal (?). They're more similar to Staind, Puddle Of Mudd, etc

No way, they're not in that category or simular to those bands. I was listening to Korn today infact, they have some great tracks:

-> Here to Stay

-> Blind

-> Did My Time

-> Freak on a leash



the first rock single I bought was Korn: Good god. Didn't realise the chorus contained a lot of swearing though :? Get the fuck out of my face now!

Well, if IP says they're cool, maybe I'll re-evaluate my opinion of them... nah, not much point now that their guitarist has left to be a bible thumper.

I used to be obsessed with KoRn and it brings a big blue tear to my eye to hear that Head's leaving...

You know, it says he had a 'religous awakening' and that he'd be speaking at a 'church', but it doesn't say which one... it would be rad if he became a Moony or a mormon or somesuch.

[QUOTE=Mr. Blue]I used to dig their early stuff like Self-Titled Debut or Life is Peachy. After that Follow the Leaderphase, I tuned out.[/QUOTE]

The only Korn I like is the CD Issues, cause it deals with child abuse, which should be adressed.



Everything else angers me }:-@

If I remember right Al Jourgensen from Ministry was actually invited to some Korn shows. He was definitely an inspiration for Korn.

Fieldy from KoRn shops in my store sometimes.



The last time I saw him at my work, I didn't even know it was him. I'm not a very good star spotter I guess. Anyway I was trying to price a bunch of stuff and he was browsing around where I needed to be. Like I always do, I sort of stand to the side and let the customer finish browsing - and usually they see me with a price gun in my hand and move. So Fieldy says, "Oh I'm sorry, I'll get out of your way" and I tell him, "hey it's no problem, sorry to kick you out here. I'll be done in a second." He grabs a cd, says "thanks, sorry again" I smile and he wanders off.



At which point a gaggle of girls come up shrieking, "oh my gawd, like, oh my gawd, what did he say to you???? Oh my god, you just talked to FIELDY!!!!"



The girls fluttered off and followed the poor guy all over the store, giggling in tow. I kind of felt sorry for him. All he wanted to do was shop and he was being followed around by these fuckwits.



Pretty California girl type fuckwits. But giggling starstruck fuckwits nontheless.

Damn him! What i'd give for giggling girls to follow me around :D

iguanapunk Escribi�:

Damn him! What i'd give for giggling girls to follow me around :D

iggy, seriously. With your looks, humor and that charming British accent, you'd have girls giggling and following you around like you were some sort of legend - if you were to ever come to the States.



No joke, the hype and rumors are true and the movie Love, Actually really does hit on a point. American girls dig British men.

That's a shame, cos i'm never going to America if I can help it.

it's not worth it, just for the poontang.