Jonathan Howsmon Davis born January 18, , also known as JD , [ 1 ] is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of nu metal band Korn , which is considered a pioneering act of the nu metal genre.
Davis co-founded Korn in Bakersfield in with the dissolution of two bands, Sexart and L. He had led Sexart during his years as an assistant coroner. Davis rapidly gained notoriety for his intense and powerful live performances with Korn. Anchored by his personal, passionate lyrics and unusual tenor vocals, Davis has launched a successful career which has spanned almost three decades. From to , Davis and Richard Gibbs wrote and produced the score and soundtrack album of Queen of the Damned , his first work outside the band.
He began his side project called Jonathan Davis and the SFA in and continued to experiment with musical styles. He released his first solo album in He has collaborated with various artists over the course of his career, ranging from metal to alternative rock, rap, world music , and electronic music.
Davis is a multi-instrumentalist musician who plays guitar , drums , bagpipes , [ 8 ] piano , upright bass , violin , and the clarinet. For decades, Davis has been passionate about visual arts , horror films, comics and video games. He won two Grammy Awards out of eight nominations throughout his career. His parents married on February 27, He is of English, German, Scottish, and Welsh descent.
He has a sister, Alyssa Marie Davis born February 8, , as well as a half-brother, Mark Chavez [ 17 ] lead singer of Adema ; born November 15, , and a half-sister, Amanda Chavez born July 31, by his mother. He lived with his mother at first, but, after experiencing bad situations at that home, he moved in with and was raised by his father and former stepmother in Bakersfield, but was made to feel like he "came in and ruined their perfect little family. He attended Highland High School ; however, he was persistently harassed for wearing eyeliner, baggy clothes, and listening to new wave music.
