ENTER THE METAL ZONE
I toured with Korn on a budget and sounded harder than everyone else.
I’ve been a touring musician for 22 years, which is about 20 years too long to do such a thing to yourself. I’m essentially a trucker who performs every night for 45 minutes, then hits the gas station for dinner. It’s not the worst way to live. I’ve learned a lot in my time out there, but no amount of therapy can save me now. Which is why, when I got the call for a tour manager/guitarist position for an artist friend of mine opening for Korn (through various C-market stadiums), I thought, “Yes, this seems like a sensibly psychotic, easy decision.”
During a post-pandemic meltdown earlier in 2022 I had decided I would never tour again, but this lifestyle has its demonic ways of pulling you back in. Obviously I was going on tour with Korn, Evanescence, and P.O.D. to get that nii-metal bag. (Yes, sometimes as a musician you do, in fact, get paid.)
