- Born
- Birth nameJonathan Howsmon Davis
- Nickname
- JD
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Jonathan Howsmon Davis was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. He recorded demos in his father's studio during his teenage years. Then he later joined a band called Sex Art, which also included Ryan Shuck (now he is the guitarist for Orgy). Sex Art only ever released one song, entitled "Inside". One night, when Sex Art was playing in a club, James 'Munky' Shaffer & Brian 'Head' Welch, then of "L.A.P.D.", saw him singing, and asked him to join their band "Creep". After Jon auditioned, he immediately got the job and they became Korn. KoRn have gone on to release twelve studio albums:
Korn (1994) Life Is Peachy (1996) Follow the Leader (1998) Issues (1999) Untouchables (2002) Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) See You on the Other Side (2005) Untitled album (2007) Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2010) The Path of Totality (2011) The Paradigm Shift (2013) Serenity of Suffering (2016)
In 2012, Jonathan Davis released two EDM/Dubstep albums under the monikers, JDevil and Killbot: Sound Surgery.
In 2012, Davis became an advocate for the Wounded Warriors program, which aids and spreads awareness to the wounded veterans of war, and also starred in the Wounded Warriors documentary (2013).- IMDb mini biography by: Alex Brunelle <neidermeyer_minding@kornkids.com>
- SpousesDeven Davis(October 5, 2004 - August 17, 2018) (her death, 2 children)Renee Perez(November 28, 1998 - 2000) (divorced, 1 child)
- Davis' bio-mechanical microphone stand was custom-designed for him by artist H.R. Giger. Only 5 exist in the world, two are in Davis' possession and the other three are kept in the Giger Museum in Switzerland and are used in gallery exhibitions.
- Is classically trained.
- Half-brother is Mark Chavez, lead singer of rock band Adema.
- Plays the bagpipes.
- Son, Nathan Houseman Davis, born October 18, 1995, with Renee Perez. Jonathan and his son were both born on the 18th of a month (January and October) on a Wednesday at the same hour.
- I have been on the road for so long that it has become my second home
- MTV, a day in the life of KoRn
- We've never been a political band. But if I can't say the F-word in the United States of America, I'm going to say something about it. If it gets to the point, where you can't cuss on TV, I'm moving to a different country.
- [About working as a coroner's assistant in his youth] "Mainly I discovered that I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of dying too young. I want my son to bury me, and I want to be mummified and have my body put in the wall. I just don't want to rot. I want to be preserved in a mausoleum behind glass with both my middle fingers up with a disco ball above my head. I wouldn't charge people admission. That would be my last gift to the world."
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