6. Losing A Band Member To God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q-k-uN73Gk Band members leave their groups all the time. Sometimes its amicable, sometimes its nasty, but its fact of life in the music industry. Few departures though have been as noteworthy as Brian Head Welchs decision to quit Korn in 2005. Welch cited moral objections to Korns music and videos in his resignation letter to the band, and the statement announcing his departure said he had decided to rededicate his life to Christianity. The guitarist was particularly upset by his portrayal in the video for their cover of Cameos Word Up! In it, Welchs head was superimposed onto a dog, which walked around a strip club. Another of Welchs reasons for leaving was his then-six-year-old daughter, who would come on tour with the band. She would be sitting backstage sometimes, just counting dollars, he told MTV, because Fieldy would tell her, Every time you hear a curse word, youll get a dollar. It will help us stop cursing. And at the end of the day, shed turn to me and be like, Look at all my money, Daddy! Shortly after leaving, Welch was baptised in the Jordan River in 2005, and went on to release a series of religiously-influenced albums, both under his own and name and as Love And Death.