Korn drummer Ray Luzier has opened up in a new interview with about how he has been coping with the global coronavirus pandemic in an interview with Eric Black Was Here’s Rockcast.
When asked how he’d been dealing with the deadly virus outbreak that has seen many artists forced to postpone tours, Luzier said: “It is what it is, man. What can we do? It’s a worldwide pandemic. It’s crazy, it’s nuts. No one predicted this — well, some people did, but that’s a whole other topic.”
He continued, “It’s funny, ’cause me and my wife always talk about it: ‘Hey, if Korn breaks up tomorrow, do we have enough dough to make it another year or two before you find another gig?’ ‘Cause I’ve lived my whole entire life as a musician, and that’s a giant roller coaster, as most people know. You don’t just hit the jackpot and get this gig and you’re set for life. That’s the smallest minuscule of musicians on this planet. Most people are working at a coffee shop or they’re bussing tables, trying to get that one gig that gets ’em…”
“I was fortunate enough… I played with David Lee Roth, I played with Jake E. Lee and the DeLeo brothers in Army of Anyone — I’ve had some really good gigs through the years, done a ton of sessions,” Luzier added.
“I landed the Korn gig in ’07. This is my 13th year with them, and it’s been amazing — it’s unbelievable. But if you had told me 13 years ago I’d be in Korn for 13 years, I would have laughed in your face. So you just don’t know. There’s no crystal ball,” he mused.
“For something like this, a virus to come out, and then to stop all sporting events and all entertainment… And let’s face it: music is a giant release for people. They wanna go to see shows. People come up to us after a Korn show, or they go up to Jonathan [Davis, vocals], and say, ‘Man, if it wasn’t for your music, I would have committed suicide.’ ‘You got me through a divorce.’ ‘You got me through a death.’ It’s ginormous.”
He concluded, “So this is very weird and unethical, but we’re making the best of it. We all have home studios. We’re writing and recording. We’re trying to make the best of it.”
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Lucky for fans, Korn most recently dropped their latest album The Nothing in September 2019, with the record debuting at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart with 33,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week of release.
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