Dead Bodies Everywhere

Korn lead singer Jonathan Davis saw more dead people than that kid in The Sixth Sense. He started working as a coroner's assistant when he was 16, and studied mortuary science before forming Korn. As you can imagine, all these corpses left an impression. In "Dead Bodies Everywhere," he explains how his dad, Rick Davis, wanted him to stay out of the music industry, since he experienced it himself - Rick was a professional keyboard player. He wanted Jon to "become something I can never ever be," as depicted in the lyrics. Jon Davis told Artist Direct: "It's about me working in the mortuary at the coroner's office [Laughs]. It's also about my parents not wanting me to be a musician."

Korn are about sound more than anything else, and Brian "Head" Welch's high chime-y melody plus James "Munky" Shaffer's Peter Frampton-esque guitar talkbox was a memorable combination. Welch recalled to Artist Direct: "I was going for a toy box sound. You open up a jewelry box or one of those little kid things and it does that sound. It's all pretty. Then, the dark thing Munky did with the effect is chilling. That eerie, evil sound with that toy box thing was one-of-a-kind. I love that."

"Dead Bodies Everywhere" is part of Korn's third album, Follow The Leader, a big leap forward for the band. They release their self-titled debut in 1994 and built a small following by the time they put out their second album, Life Is Peachy, in 1996. With a fresh metal sound and deeply disturbing lyrics, they got the attention of many young people who made a deep connection to their music. By the time Follow The Leader was released in 1998, many of these fans had connected on the internet and made sure to buy the album right away, sending it to #1. Their next album, Issues, was also a chart-topper.