  david randall silveria (born september 21, 1972 in san leandro, california) is a drummer, best known as the drummer for the band korn from 1993 until leaving the band in 2006. in january 2012, silveria announced that he is the drummer of infinika, ending his 6 year hiatus from the music industry. ==biography== ===1993 to 2006: korn=== silveria was one of the original five members of the nu metal band korn. bandmates brian welch, james shaffer and reginald arvizu took up pseudonyms, while silveria and singer jonathan davis remained using their real names. korn proceeded to popularize the alternative metal sub-genre in the music industry, selling over 40 million albums worldwide. silveria sat out a part of the "sick and twisted 2000" and "summer sanitarium" tours due to injury, with mike bordin from faith no more filling in on drums. silveria then returned for the album recording of untouchables, silveria's own explanation for the issue was that he "hits too fucking hard". on december 13, 2006, after the tour in support of see you on the other side, it was announced that silveria would be going on hiatus, and jonathan davis later said silveria would "probably not" appear on their next album. silveria has since started running his restaurants. in 2009, after working with several different temporary drummers, ray luzier was announced as the official replacement. ===2006 to 2012: leaving korn and hiatus===  in june 2008, rumors began to surface that silveria had joined a newly formed band called satellite syndrome, but it was eventually confirmed that the rumors were false and silveria was not involved with the band. silveria did not give any interviews during his hiatus. he dedicated his time and efforts to his children and running his steak house and sushi restaurant. in december 2009, david changed his steak 
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