Brian "Head" Welch

Brian "Head" Welch

Brian Phillip Welch (born June 19, 1970), better known as "Head", is an American musician best known as one of two guitarists and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death. Along with fellow Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, Welch helped patent Korn's distinctive sound, a mix of siren-like shards of dissonant guitar that mimicked a turntablist's various effects and rumbling down-tuned riffing that defined the nu metal aesthetic beginning in the mid-'90s." After becoming a Christian, Welch left the band in 2005 to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own solo career. He released his debut solo album, Save Me from Myself, in 2008.