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February 3rd, 2004 is certainly a day for Hong Kong to remember, as one of the biggest bands of the decade was here for their debut concert. Even though Korn was on an extremely tight schedule, just arrived by 2am in the morning, while the concert was only 18 hours away, the 5-piece still manage to meet the media early this afternoon.
As what we all expected, Jonathan, Fieldy, Head, David and Munky came into the venue with their usual casual costumes, and of course, their attitude too. We started the interview with their impression of Asia, and as what Fieldy said, when he heard the words ‘Hong Kong’, he soon relates our city to King Kong! Being a collector himself, he was still crazy about that huge creature on the building, and still had the will to find a poster of that in town.
Since 1994, Korn has released 6 albums in total, and achieved a record sales of over 20 million, having such success as no one ever expected when ‘Are You Ready?/Blind’ came out, these fellas certainly proved everyone wrong. “We need more heavy bands.” Fieldy added, admitting that even though critics claimed that Rock ‘n Roll is dying, but there still are some good quality sounds out there. Letting us know this unconfirmed information, Korn may be touring with Linkin Park and Snoop Dogg this year. “I like those guys, Linkin Park is pretty good.” He added.
After working with so many hip-hop greats, and other huge names in rock, David told us that on most of the collaborations, they do write up most of the songs, and search for talents to rap/play on it. “Everyone’s different,” they replied on who worked out the most chemistry with Korn. Examples like Nas, the band finished writing the song, and somehow Nas was available to do something with the band, and so we have ‘Play Me’ on their latest album ‘Take A Look In The Mirror’. Bassist and drummers of Korn definitely appreciated their contribution on the new LP, as they told us that if you wanna hear something as hard as ‘Life Is Peachy’, than this is the one for you. “But you can’t do everything in the same way... there’s always gotta be something different.”
Not just collaborating with music greats, Korn has always been one of the favourites for movie soundtracks. ‘Did My Time’ was one good example, standing out as the theme song for ‘Tomb Raider – The Cradle Of Life’. Speaking of soundtracks, lead vocal singer Jonathan had helped many productions with movie music, such as the late Aaliyah’s ‘Queen OF The Damned’ and more, now other than Jonathan, Fieldy also released his solo project 3 years ago. Currently, Fieldy goes from ‘Fieldy’s Dreams’ to ‘Fieldy’s Nightmare’, and as he said, this one’s even darker, and more suicidal, “But don’t worry, I’m not gonna kill myself!”
Chart-toppers from ‘Freak On A Leash’ to ‘Y’All Want A Single’, they took this particular track as the song that can represent Korn, ‘Here To Stay’, as it reveals different sides of Korn and brings in more elements than ever in just one single song.
With multi-million record sales, massive fanbase, outrageous live performances, and a grammy in hand, there’s actually one thing that Korn would like to take out from their lives, “Europe… you be there for like 5 weeks, you’ll feel like you’re in prison…” Careful guys, you may not like the continent, but you’re going back there later this year… “we’re gonna go back to hell… Europe I mean…” As for fans in Hong Kong, they do recognize our number topic at the moment – Chickens! “Stay away from them, don’t go near them, don’t even go near to the people who get them… coz they’ll f*ck you up!”
Also catch the interview with Jonathan @ HKClubbing.com radio to feel the explosive power of this Metal icon. Coming at the end of February 2004!
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