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Name: Brian Phillip Welch
Instrument: Guitar
Nickname: Head
Born: June 19, 1970
Marital Status: Married
Brian Phillip Welch was born
in Torrance, California on June 19th back in 1970. For those of
you not good at math that makes him 29...almost 30. Before there
was even a thought of KoRn in Brian's mind he was jamming with his
future guitar counterpart. Throughout high school Brian and James
"Munky" Shaffer would practice together, teaching each
other guitar parts. The guys have been playing together for a good
portion of their lives. This could be part of why they are the ones
with that 2 guitar harmony down, they've been doing it for years!
As fate would have it Munky
joined LAPD (a pre-KoRn band) and Brian hung out with them and drank
their beer. They needed a touring guitarist, so they asked their
dear Brian to help them out. Being the beer-loving Head we all know
and love, he didn't turn down the gig.
Alcohol has been a theme in
the career of Brian. Whenever you hear the story of how Limp Bizkit
got their start you might hear of that "a member of KoRn"
got tattooed with the word "Horn" by a drunken Fred Durst.
Well, that was Head. Also, Head doesn't exactly remember the filming
of the video for "Got The Life." Apparently prior to the
shooting there was a little partying, and well, Head was drunk.
He claims that he knows that he was there, because he's seen the
video. However, he doesn't remember being there.
With a name like "Head"
you must assume that there is some sort of interesting story. This
isn't really the case though. According to the man himself, "...because
I got a big head...go get me any hat, it won't fit! Except this
one, because it's stretchy." Head is the member of KoRn
who does backing vocals on various tracks. There is one song, in
particular, that Head sings all of. He's the one who gets his "Tone-Loc
on" for the cover of War's "Lowrider."
Head is married to Rebekkah.
They have a little girl, Jennea Marie, who was born on July 6, 1998.
You can site little unborn Jennea as the reasoning for KoRn pulling
out of the European Ozzfest '98. Head refused to travel overseas
while his wife was pregnant, considering it was such a crutial time.
The band refused to play without Brian, thus they just pulled out.
Head's Tatoos:

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