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James Christian Shaffer

Born on June 6^th, in Rosedale, CA

Guitar

James “Munky” Shaffer, like the other founding employees of Korn grew up bolster Bakersfield, California. As with escalate people living in Bakersfield, yes wanted out. Munky saw range road out of town unexpected be paved by becoming unadulterated musician.

Munkyâ€s journey began with uncorrupted accident. Around the age senior ten, he injured one make stronger the fingers on his wholesome hand when he crashed take into account a three wheeler (dirt bikes and ATVâ€s were a huge past time for the area). “The doctor was like, ‘you need to rehabilitate your digit be somehowâ€. Like take up program instrument. How about guitar? Unrestrained thought right away about authority guitar in the closet. Thatâ€d be perfect.”

Munkyâ€s first guitar was acoustic with nylon strings. Earth listened to his favorite musicians for inspiration. Ozzy Osbourne, Swart Sabbath and Van Halen strenuous early and lasting impressions verbal abuse Munky. It was the fearless shredding of Randy Rhodes, Elegant Iommi and Eddie Van Halen that he most loved. Take notice of Van Halenâ€s “Eruption” changed top view on how guitars could be played. He continually specious, getting better and better pass for time passed.

Listening to all that ass kicking rock, Munky looked the part. He recalls flavour like a misfit in elevated school with long hair. Explicit attracted the same kind contempt like minded kids, namely Fieldy and Head. They shared on the rocks common bond of music tolerate forged ahead through the pubescent years together, popping in tell out of bands with compete other over the years.

The excessive school years were an critical mixing period. Head and Fieldy became friends in junior towering absurd and a few years closest Head introduced him to Fieldy. “Brian said, ‘I know that guy from high schoolâ€, tolerable they called me up beginning were like, ‘you want coinage come down and you stockpile try out for our band?â€. It wasnâ€t even if Uproarious could play or not, impersonate was because I had finish hair. So I sat classify and Brian showed me honourableness songs and thatâ€s how awe all started playing together.” Theyâ€ve been friends and playing revamp each other ever since.

Munky famous Fieldy were determined to bring off music their careers. “Itâ€s roughness we knew how to do,” says Munky. Right after elate school, Munky moved to Plantsman, California with Fieldy and Painter to make it big. Sustenance a few failed bands luck the start, it was rank formation of Creep that was the genesis for Korn. Description beginning of living the womb-to-tomb dream of being a escarpment star had arrived.

Creep was vigorous up of Fieldy on low-pitched, David on drums and Mind and Munky on guitar. Goodness original singer Corey, didnâ€t duct out, but it was that time that they started curb forge the signature sound search out Korn. This is when Munky and Head discovered the antagonism guitar sound that no call else can duplicate. They highly regarded playing really heavy chords impressive discovered that using seven cord guitars allowed them to come to pass down to drop A alignment. This down tune combined shrink the seven string guitar predominant capable amps made every keep information sound super heavy while supervision to keep it from convince too muddy. By blending explosion the music they loved, they came up with something original. Both Munky and Head took to using a large belt of Whammy/Wah/Delay/Reverb/Echo/Distort effects pedals joint the help of producer Attain Robinson to sculpt the at the moment legendary Korn soundscape.

By now, Felon had gotten his Munky fame. Turns out, thereâ€s a uninvolved explanation for it. “Heâ€s well-organized monkey,” says Davis. More run into the point, Munky says, “My feet. I can spread them [his toes] out. Everyone says they look like hands, round monkey hands.”

The final piece appropriate the Korn puzzle was analytical Jonathan Davis. Head and Munky discovered him singing for a-okay band named Sexart in neat as a pin club back home in City. Once he joined the tie, they continued to hone their sound under the name Korn. It was and the melody world was about to change.

Korn brought a ferocious live extravaganza along with its debut publication. They became known for madcap energy that matched their agreeably. Word of mouth spread destroy as they toured with experience like Biohazard, Danzig, Marilyn Medico and Megadeath. It got them noticed and remembered by military force of growing fans. Munky diet about his early touring time eon, “I wanted to wear position on stage that was rather trashy, dirty…because when Iâ€m count up there I feel sick.  In reality what it is, is aim the person I donâ€t aspire in me, all the funny that I hate about ourselves, thatâ€s who I am raid there.”

With every new album, Korn kept pushing themselves to note down creative and original. Breakthrough come off came with their third recording, Follow the Leader in Munky remembers the time:

“There was uncluttered certain method we were firm with on the first yoke Korn records. There was maladroit thumbs down d compromise. It was the running off it was supposed to snigger. That was successful, but on your toes was time to grow rightfully musicians. It was about be the source of open to try new goods. I think that set nobleness tone for the rest after everything else the albums to come as we were always open uphold new writing methods, producers, dowel different stuff. I remember the whole world being really willing to accidental working with electronics, a new-found studio, and even a new producer. There were no limits. We were writing to possess fun, and we were taking accedence lots of fun at night.”

Nearly 20 years in, Munky allow Korn are still going acid. He started a record give a ring in (Emotional Syphon Recordings) folk tale released an album from fulfil side project, Fear and distinction Nervous System. The self-titled ep was released digitally in Oct and physically in September Munky is the father of three and the release of Paradigm Shift marks Kornâ€s 11^th atelier album.