Save Me from Myself is the Korn guitarist's debut album, Brian "Head" Welch , released on the label Driven Music Group in the US and Canada on September 9, 2008 [1] , in Austria and Germany on November 28, and in other European countries on December 8, 2008 years [2] . After the first week of sales, the album sold 7,800 copies [3] , taking 63rd place on The Billboard 200 chart and 7th place on the Top Independent Albums chart [4] .
Save Me from Myself | |||||||
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Studio album Head | |||||||
Date of issue | September 9, 2008 | ||||||
Recorded by | Late 2005 - 2008, Fortitude Studios, Phoenix , Arizona | ||||||
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Duration | 56:13 | ||||||
A country | USA | ||||||
Labels | Driven Music Group | ||||||
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Content
About the album
In December 2006, Trevor Dunn, the bass player who participated in the recording of the album, described the recording session on his official website:
2006 would not be 2006, without its anomalies. Remember this Korn band? Yeah, I don't remember either. Well, be that as it may, one of the band’s guitarists, Head, as he is most famous, saw the light and was born again. Then he composed and recorded the album, got a studio with Josh Freese, who played drums, and yours truly, playing bass. I spent two days in Phoenix sitting in an armchair, reading charts and playing drum tracks, which to my surprise were made professionally with mechanical precision. I was told that the situation was no worse with my bass tracks. There were about 900 guitar tracks, all duplicated each other, one octave higher, in a different order, and so on. It sounded like a real wall of guitars and I didn’t see the need for a place for bass guitar. However, I was here to do my job, and I did it. During the time that I spent in the studio, I recorded 15 songs. Head and his so-called producer did not turn around and didn’t pay much attention to me at all. By and large, there were only me and three engineers. At one moment, losing patience, I told them to roll the tape, and I recorded the song reading it along the way. Believe me, it was not too difficult. Brian was a pretty good guy. He told me how he stole drum machines and sold weed to afford tickets for Mr. Bungle, and how Korn stole a bunch of ideas from us [5] . |
According to Brian, most of the tracks on the album were written by him, inspired by the Lord. In the lyrics of most of the songs, the message goes on behalf of God, who raises the themes of worshiping wealth and luxury (the song “Money”), the struggle of religions (the song “Die Religion Die”), following faith in the Lord (the song “Washed by Blood”, “Home” ). The track “Home” is a modified version of the sensational song “A Cheap Name”, which was addressed to Brian rapper 50 Cent . The album also contains songs about the repentance of Head in his sins (track “Save me from myself”), about his fight against drug addiction (track “ Flush ”) .
Song List
- "LOVE" - 6:31
- "Flush" - 4:25
- “Loyalty” - 5:06
- “Re-Bel” - 5:40
- “Home” - 6:00
- “Save Me from Myself” - 5:43
- "Die Religion Die" - 5:33
- "Adonai" - 5:19
- Money - 4:42
- “Shake” - 4:47
- "Washed by Blood" - 9:33
Record Members
- Brian "Head" Welch - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Josh Freese - drums
- Trevor Dan - bass guitar
- Randy Amat 's Effects
- Steve Delaportas - producing
Notes
- ↑ Artist Biography - Brian Welch (English) (inaccessible link) . Billboard. Archived October 3, 2008.
- ↑ Brian "Head" Welch's blog entry . Brian "Head" Welch. Archived March 14, 2012.
- ↑ Ex-Korn Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch On Maximum Threshold . Blubbermouth.net. Archived March 14, 2012.
- ↑ Artist Chart History - Brian Welch (English) (inaccessible link) . Billboard. Archived February 6, 2009.
- ↑ Trevor Dunn. News and grinding. (English) (inaccessible link) . TrevorDunn.net. The date of circulation is January 10, 2008. Archived November 25, 2005.