{"id":412083,"date":"2026-04-22T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412083\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:21:09","slug":"fieldy-opens-up-on-why-he-stepped-away-from-korn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412083\/","title":{"rendered":"Fieldy Opens Up on Why He Stepped Away from Korn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founding Korn<\/a> bassist Fieldy<\/a> has opened up on why he stepped away from the pioneering nu-metal band five years ago, this time offering the COVID pandemic as the main reason for his departure, adding that he didn\u2019t get vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Upon initially announcing his hiatus from the band<\/a> in June 2021, Fieldy had stated that he had fallen back on \u201cbad habits\u201d after dealing with personal issues, suggesting some sort of relapse into substance abuse.<\/p>\n

More than a year later, he clarified,<\/a> \u201cWhen I made the statement about my \u2018bad habits,\u2019 they weren\u2019t drugs. It\u2019s just, at the end of the day \u2014 I don\u2019t condone this \u2014 but when I\u2019m done with all my responsibilities, I have a Bud Light, or as many as I want, to tell you the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now, in a new interview with the YouTube channel Thatch Creative (as transcribed by ThePRP<\/a>), Fieldy pointed to the COVID pandemic as the real reason he walked away from Korn.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID happened. That\u2019s it,\u201d said Fieldy of his hiatus from the band, \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m not going out there.\u2019 That\u2019s what happened, \u2019cause it was new. Now. I\u2019m like\u2026 The whole time \u2014 I mean, I didn\u2019t get vaccinated or anything \u2014 but when you reflect on it, that\u2019s what happened. They\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re going to Florida and all this.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m not going to get vaccinated.\u2019 I\u2019m not going. I go, \u2018People, this is weird right now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI mean that\u2019s kind of what happened. But it gave me time to sit, and once you sit, you can reflect and you\u2019re like, you\u2019re kind of just waiting you know to what\u2019s next, \u2019cause I don\u2019t know what the rest of this day is going to bring. I\u2019m just on fire for whatever, whatever is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he\u2019s retired from Korn, the bassist left it open to a potential return, saying, \u201cI\u2019m retired from Korn today, but we\u2019ll see what the day brings tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fieldy also shared some details about a new project with Sepultura drummer Greyson Nekrutman and Cypress Hill bassist Christian Olde Wolbers, saying they\u2019ve got two rough songs done.<\/p>\n

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