Korn’s Jonathan Davis hopes Fieldy will get his life back on track and return to the band soon

Longtime bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu of nu metal giants Korn announced in June his intention to take a break from the band to focus on fixing the “bad habits” of his life. Fieldy’s replacement was Ra Diaz of Suicidal Tendencies.

In a recent interview with Kerrang! magazine, the band’s guitarist Brian “Head” Welch commented on Fieldy’s absence as follows:

“The best thing to do is stay at home, be with your family, and start processing. He’s got to find that healing. I still struggle with it. I had a few slip-ups with my ‘bad habits’ three-to-four years ago, so I understand it, but I dealt with it by hitting it head-on and stopping it from becoming a problem. I’m not concerned because I know he’s going to be okay.”

Jonathan Davis had this to add:

“I love him; he’s my brother. But I watched somebody I care about die and I’m not going to fucking do that again. I refuse to. I will feel guilt for the rest of my fucking life because of that. I tried my hardest but perhaps if I’d been a little bit tougher there’d have been a different outcome. I pray that he can figure it out and get better and come back and be a huge part of this band again.”

Korn will release their new album “Requiem” in 4th of February.

You can listen to the band’s new track “Start The Healing” here.