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Korn guitarist James Shaffer has revealed the band’s temporary drummer quit after making “offensive” demands of the band.

Shaffer says the band had planned to play with Terry Bozzio for at least one album and tour, but the sticksman made his position untenable after getting a little ahead of himself.

He explains, “There were certain demands that he made. We weren't ready to meet those demands. He was a great guy and a phenomenal drummer but the demands that he made were offensive.

“He wanted to be a member of the band, and that included ownership. We were like, 'What, you want to have 25 per cent of everything?' We can't just sign away the right to music on a whim.

"It's like some chick that you hang out with and all of a sudden they want to move in. What do you say to that? 'You were supposed to stay for the weekend, but you moved in.' It was kind of like that.”
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  • God forbid the drummer actually wants to be IN the band and share equally in the profit from his work on the songs, album and tour. Was he trying to get 25 percent of their back catalog or something? This article doesn’t make sense. It’s missing some important elements.

    ~ by DRUMS of WAR 8/6/2007

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  • Why Terry needed to join a sucky band like this is beyond me. He’s way too great of a drummer to be playing their crap...he played with Zappa..

    ~ by RR 8/6/2007

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  • he needs alot of money to put up with their horrible music

    ~ by ez 8/6/2007

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  • Yeah, this is ridiculous. Bozzio’s talents were completely wasted with this trivial embarrassment of a band. Maybe this frees him up to join Limp Bizkit now.

    ~ by OTTO 8/6/2007

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  • You all are foolish. Bozzio is ok, but I’ve seen better. And KoRn is very talented, you all are just to closed minded.

    ~ by Cal 8/6/2007

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    • Who have you seen that’s better than Bozzio? I can think of maybe one drummer outside of jazz circles and that’s Portnoy, who was influenced mainly by Terry Bozzio.

      ~ by Pred 4/3/2008

  • ”Maybe this frees him up to join Limp Bizkit now.” I hope you’re kidding right? Leave one shit band for another?

    ~ by ss 8/6/2007

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    • Korn are talented. Limp Bizkit are not.

      ~ by b-mighty 3/29/2008

  • Close minded?? It seems they can’t get ANYBODY to stay in this useless has-been band.

    ~ by Frank 8/7/2007

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  • Korn...”very talented”....uh No. They are OK. Bozzio in the meantime is one of the greatest Rock drummers of our time. Check out everything he has done. Beyond Zappa...Beyond Missing Persons...and realize he does alot more than just drumming. He was also brought in to write no doubt becuase these”very talented” hacks were proabably burned out...a looooonnnnggg time ago.

    ~ by George 8/7/2007

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  • just be clever and listen to some Bozzio music and you will get the idea why these people are behind him. we are not talkin whether there are better drummers than Bozzio. The reality is Bozzio is too good for Korn.

    ~ by james 8/14/2007

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  • fuck korn - go bozzio!

    ~ by ellisd 8/16/2007

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  • Korn a shit band? Maybe their stuff as of recent hasn’t been very inspired, but have you heard their first album? Or even Issues? There’s some pretty good stuff there.

    ~ by Benzo 9/29/2007

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  • fuck you people who say korn suck 30 million+ albums sold end of.

    ~ by kee 1/21/2008

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    • 30+ million in sales means they were PROMOTED a lot, it doesn’t mean they are good. How many Korn albums did your mommy buy for you?

      ~ by Benbharvey 8/7/2008

  • Yea fuck u guys who says korn sucks They Rock hard and sold alot u guys just dont take the time to realize how great they are

    ~ by Pain 2/18/2008

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  • dude WTF korn is one of the best fucking bands to live you ppl need to go fuck your mothers and die already

    ~ by Kamikaze Kage Fighter 2/18/2008

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  • Yea fuck u guys who say korn sucks! They Rock hard and have sold alot u guys just dont take the time to realize how Great they are!

    ~ by Pain 2/18/2008

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    • your gay

      ~ by yeah im the best 2/18/2008

  • you gotta be kidding. Bozzio is a LEGEND. They should have took him on board. They'd have gotten much more mileage out of their career with him around to provide ideas. He's massively innovative and there's few out there with as much depth of knowledge as him.

    ~ by steve 10/18/2008

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