ex-KoRn, Brian "Head" Welch
by: Andrea Rodriguez

Imagine sounds that represent anger, rage, and blasphemy. Sounds with the ability to trap souls and amplify hatred. Mosh pits growing in front of the stage while empowering, controlling and spurring unbelievable amounts of negative emotions. This is a description, in a nutshell, of a KoRn concert. Their music mirrors the likes of Disturbed, Slayer, and Marilyn Manson, with lyrics such as: “Weeping rows of Jeremiah, your messiah was never mine.” I guess this makes it easy to understand when some claim that KoRn depicts the height of those that are lost. Their fan base could be referred to as the “outside crowd” of mainstream society, yet to many they are considered the scene kids.

Former band mate Brain “Head” Welch was in the midst of this confusion; overwhelmed by drugs, alcohol, and depression. He was more confused about God than when he first heard of him at the adolescent age of thirteen. Enter the Lord, who put it on Head’s heart that the way he was living and acting before KoRn, and before it exploded onto MTV with a new and edgier appearance of hard metal, was closer to the truth.

KoRn started in Bakersfield, CA in 1993, and until recently Head felt that KoRn was his happiness. In 2005 with the death of his six-year old daughter’s mother from an overdose of narcotics, Head dove head long into a real awakening. After feeling like he was in a “drowning experience of emptiness and sorrow”, Head did what he never thought was possible again, attend church. Incidentally, Head left the band and pursued a career with a heart for ministry.

Head sold his house and most of his belongings. He founded “Head Homes” a ministry that provides orphanages to third world countries. One is already up and running in India, and hopefully three more will be built in Africa and Asia. Add to this his website HeadToChirst.com, which gives readers the opportunity to share their testimonies, and read Head’s live journal of his walk before and after Christ, you wouldn’t hesitate to believe it when he says “I am truly born again.”

He is working on a career in music that honors and glorifies the Lord. Songs entitled “Loyalty” and “Time to See Religion Die” are steps toward being what Head calls the “Christian Emeniem”. He is giving the Christian community a new look at what many believe has been missing in Christian music; music with a euphoric, extremely sharp, and hard metal approach. He knows that this is something different in Christian music and the CCM format, but he approaches it with complete confidence and trust in the Lord.

This writer believes that with Head’s fire from the Lord burning bright, we the Christian music community, will see a lot more of him in years to come. This will help answer the question heard so many times around the CMT halls; “When is Christian radio going to catch up with what young listeners are waiting to hear?”