Fieldy's Dreams has released one album titled Rock'n Roll Gangster.įieldy married his girlfriend Dena Beber on (the closest Saturday to his father's birthday). In addition to Korn, he has a rap side project called Fieldy's Dreams. Korn began touring through Eastern Europe, Russia and India throughout August and September 2012 with fill in Bassist Ryan Martinie from Mudvayne. In August 2012 it was reported that Fieldy would be taking a brief break from Korn as his wife Dena was expecting a child. He will come up with a number of designs, shows them to the band and they either approve or disapprove. On the business side of Korn, Fieldy is responsible for all Korn merchandise, its buying and selling. He says he gets inspiration from anything hip-hop. The majority of his bass riffs are hip-hop inspired. He has also stated to have been influenced by Billy Gould from Faith No More, Cliff Burton from Metallica and Les Claypool of Primus.įieldy is also one of the main songwriters in Korn. He states Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers as being one of the main influences towards his playing style. His playing style consists of bass slapping, standard finger-style plucking, and left-hand muting his standard tuning is: A, D, G, C, F. He plays a five-string Ibanez model SDGR SR1305, named the K-5, which is his signature bass. Gopher quickly became "Gar", Gar became "Garfield" (based on the comic strip character of the same name), and eventually "Gar" was dropped and a "y" was added to "Field", which became Fieldy. Originally, his band mates called him "Gopher", due to his large cheeks.
The name "Fieldy" is said to have come about as an inside joke.
did succeed in signing a record deal, their success was limited until the band hired singer Jonathan Davis and changed their name to Korn. Upon their graduation from high school, Arvizu, Welch, Shaffer, and drummer David Silveria relocated from Bakersfield to Los Angeles and Arvizu, Shaffer, and Silveria formed L.A.P.D.(the name first stood for "Love and Peace, Dude", but this abbreviation was later changed to "Laughing As People Die"). The industrial-flecked hip-hop hit “Got the Life” and electro-goth mood pieces “Make Me Bad” and “Freak on a Leash” presaged a snappy 2004 cover of Cameo’s ’80s funk hit “Word Up!” and 2010s collaborations with Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and EDM stars Skrillex and Kill the Noise.Prior to Arvizu's time in Korn, he and Brian Welch, who would later become one of Korn's two guitarists (alongside James Shaffer), had played together in a number of bands, having become friends while still at school. By the end of the ’90s, Korn were at the forefront of the burgeoning nu-metal movement, although they were already making moves to ensure career longevity. Early songs such as “A.D.I.D.A.S.” embodied the band’s unique approach: confessional and often dark lyrics paired with shuddering bass, abrasive guitars and Davis’ half-rapped, half-sung vocals. After that group split, the pair linked up with guitarist Brian “Head” Welch and vocalist Jonathan Davis to form Korn in 1993. that featured guitarist Munky and bassist Fieldy. Korn’s roots were in a late-’80s/early-’90s metal band called L.A.P.D. The nursery-rhyme-quoting 1995 single “Shoots and Ladders” starts with ominous bagpipes, and their 1998 breakthrough album, Follow the Leader, led to stardom on MTV’s pop-leaning TRL as well as a slot on the Family Values Tour with Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube. Although Korn are rightfully considered nu-metal godfathers, the Californian band have always resisted genre pigeonholing.