10. Recording One Of The Most Troubling Songs Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeCMg0cMUIo Korns self-titled debut album, released in October 1994, was one long primal scream of emotion, aimed at a whole range of targets. But nothing on it comes close to its dark and uncomfortable final track, Daddy. As it unfolds, singer Jonathan Davis becomes more and more hysterical, culminating in him on the floor of vocal booth, uncontrollably weeping for almost four minutes, while the rest of band, unsure how to react, play on in the background. That day something snapped and you can just witness about 23 years of pain coming out in five minutes, he later admitted. Meanwhile, guitarist Brian Head Welch called it the most intense recording experience in my life. Despite the tracks name, it is not about the singers father. Davis has said numerous times it is instead about his abuse at the hands of his baby sitter and the subsequent dismissal of his allegations when put to his parents. That pain and anger all came out in a California recording studio in the summer of 1994, but Davis told Rolling Stone he was unaware his breakdown had been captured. It was just a special moment that I did not know was being recorded, he said, because Ross is a prick and kept the fuckin' tape running.