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But success had a price. Welch become addicted to meth and alcohol. According to Welch, the band members also suffered personal battles with addiction: "We were only sober for just a couple of hours a day in Korn. Every day. And then when you come home and you've got to deal with real life and your wife isn't having that, crap goes down.”
After becoming a Christian, he left the band in to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own solo career and has since rejoined KORN to worldwide acclaim. He also released his debut Christian album, Save Me from Myself, and is ranked at No. 26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.
By Jane GordonBut success had a price. Welch become addicted to meth and alcohol. According to Welch, the band members also suffered personal battles with addiction: "We were only sober for just a couple of hours a day in Korn. Every day. And then when you come home and you've got to deal with real life and your wife isn't having that, crap goes down.”
After becoming a Christian, he left the band in to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own solo career and has since rejoined KORN to worldwide acclaim. He also released his debut Christian album, Save Me from Myself, and is ranked at No. 26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.