{"id":587689,"date":"2026-05-16T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:16:10","slug":"korns-munky-explains-bassist-fieldys-mysterious-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587689\/","title":{"rendered":"Korn\u2019s Munky explains bassist Fieldy’s mysterious departure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Korn<\/p>\n

Credit: Far Out \/ Sven Mandel<\/p>\n

Korn<\/a>\u2018s co-founder and guitarist Munky has lifted the lid on bassist Fieldy\u2019s 2021 departure from the nu metal group.<\/p>\n

Fieldy, whose real name is Reginald Quincy Arvizu, served his time in Korn from 1993 until 2021. In a podcast appearance in April, the musician revealed that COVID had a huge impact on his personal life; his refusal to get vaccinated<\/a> caused tension in the band and several logistical issues when it came to getting on the road.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with\u00a0Rolling Stone Brasil<\/a>, guitarist James \u2018Munky\u2019 Shaffer opened up about Fieldy\u2019s departure, revealing that, \u201cTrying to get him engaged was a little bit difficult, just to stay in the room while\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cHe would always just kind of leave\u2026 and\u00a0he\u2019d\u00a0be in there for a few minutes and then kind of just not focused, and he just\u00a0kind of lost\u00a0his ambition, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

Munky was quick to offer his former bandmate kind words<\/a>, stressing, \u201cBut\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0okay. It happens. People, everything,\u00a0goes\u00a0in\u00a0cycles. We\u2019re definitely not mad at him or\u00a0anything,\u00a0we want him to be happy. And it\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0really feel like he was happy being a working musician at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded, \u201cSo\u00a0it was kind of like it was a mutual sort of \u2013 I wouldn\u2019t say split \u2013 because I still use the word hiatus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, when recently recalling his departure, Fieldy had plenty of kind words to share: \u201cI look back at my life, and almost 30 years with Korn, that was a blast, man. I can\u2019t explain it. It\u2019s not easy, but it is a blast, and I don\u2019t look back on it going, \u2018That sucked\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new information falls in line with what Fieldy shared in 2021, when the bassist first announced he would be sitting out from Korn\u2019s upcoming tour as he was \u201cdealing with some personal issues that at times have caused me to fall back on some of my bad habits and has caused some tension with the people around me\u201d.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview, the nu metal icon revealed that the band have been hard at work creating their first album since 2022\u2019s Requiem. \u201cWe\u2019ve gone through\u2026 I swear to God, we\u2019ve written probably almost 40 songs, and gone through \u2019em, and rewrote \u2019em, and got rid of \u2019em, and tore \u2019em apart, and rebuilt \u2019em,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

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