Faget (song) explained

Faget
Artist:Korn
Album:Korn
Released:October 11, 1994 (Korn album release)[1]
Recorded:1994, Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California, U.S.[2]
Genre:Nu metal
Length:5:49
Label:Immortal, Epic
Producer:Ross Robinson

"Faget" is a song by the American nu metal band Korn. It is the sixth track from the band's self-titled debut studio album. The song is about how Korn's lead vocalist, Jonathan Davis, was bullied in high school for being into arts, wearing eyeliner, being into new wave music, and wearing frilly shirts. According to Jonathan Davis, he was constantly called names such as "faggot".

Background, music and writing

"Faget" is about Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis' time in high school where he was relentlessly teased and harassed by jocks for being into arts, wearing frilly shirts, being into new wave music (for example, Duran Duran) and wearing eyeliner. Many people assumed that Davis was gay and would call him names such as "faggot".[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Davis said:

"Faget" features an example of Korn's guitarists (James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch) utilizing what they have dubbed the "Mr. Bungle chord".[8] When speaking about the recording of "Faget", Welch said: "[Jonathan] moved in with us, with his girlfriend, and I remember sitting in the room he rented. I had my guitar in there and I wrote the riff. We just came up with the song "Faget" right then and there. It was the very beginning".[9] Songfacts described "Faget" as "a very emotional and genuine song where Davis lashes out at his tormentors".[10]

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Korn - Korn : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . . 2013-02-18.
  2. Web site: Indigo Ranch Studios - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2013-02-18.
  3. News: Korn Members Look Back On Writing 'Faget' (Video) . . August 19, 2015 . October 24, 2015.
  4. News: Part 9: 1998: You're either with Korn and Limp Bizkit, or you're against them . . February 8, 2011.
  5. Web site: Korn . Rock on the Net . 2013-02-18.
  6. Web site: GEAR . Kornseed.cro.net . 2013-02-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000936/http://kornseed.cro.net/music/mean/korn.htm . 2016-03-04 .
  7. Web site: Korn, Ice Cube Blur Line Between Rap And Rock. On second stop of 'Family Values' tour, they join Rammstein and others in mixing genres. . https://archive.today/20130411101753/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/502143/korn-cube-redefine-family-values.jhtml . dead . April 11, 2013 . MTV . September 29, 1998.
  8. Web site: Brian "Head" Welch of Korn, Love and Death . Songfacts . June 14, 2013.
  9. News: Korn Members Look Back On Writing 'Faget' (Video) . . August 19, 2015.
  10. Web site: Faget by Korn . Songfacts.