Posted on Aug 7th 2012 3:30PM by Jesse Ship

 Hot on the steel-reinforced heels of his dubstep-influenced Path of Totality album,Jonathan Davis of Korn has ditched his black clad hordes for neon-slathered partiers with his current alter-ego, the cartoonish black-lensed, black-toothed, J Devil.
EDM purists might see it as a case of another rock star not wanting to be left in the dust of a current fad, but it actually all makes sense.

“When I was 16, before I started Korn, I used to DJ New York freestyle, Miami bass, old school hip-hop, goth and industrial, along with playing high school dances for a production company,” Davis told Spinner. “A few years ago, my buddy DJ C-Minuscame to me and was like, ‘You used to do DJ shows. You were great in high school!’ So I took out my turntables and started playing again. I did my first gig about three years ago and haven’t stopped since.”

Continue reading J Devil: Jonathan Davis of Korn Tells EDM Audiences to ‘Go F— Themselves,’ Says They Love It


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