Brian Welch

**Brian Philip Welch** (an haife shi a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 1970), wanda kuma aka sani da sunansa na mataki **Head**, mawaƙi ne ɗan Amurka. Shi ɗan guitar ne kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar mawakan Nu metal Korn  da kuma aikinsa na kaɗaici Love and Death, inda yake ba da waƙoƙi. Tare da abokin aikinsa James "Munky" Shaffer, Welch ya taimaka wajen haɓaka sautin Korn na musamman (haɗuwar gitar mai kama da siren wanda ya kwaikwayi tasirin turntablist daban-daban da kuma ruri mai raguwa) wanda ya bayyana kyawun ƙarfe na nu tun daga tsakiyar '90s. 

Bayan ya zama Kirista, Welch ya bar ƙungiyar a shekarar 2005 don mayar da hankali kan rayuwa a matsayin uba da kuma ci gaba da aikinsa na kaɗaici. Ya fitar da kundin waƙoƙinsa na Kirista, *Save Me from Myself*, a shekarar 2008. Ya sake haɗuwa da Korn a kan dandamali a Carolina Rebellion a watan Mayun 2012 a karon farko cikin shekaru bakwai;  Welch ya sanar a hukumance a watan Mayun 2013 cewa zai sake shiga ƙungiyar. Welch da Munky sun kasance a matsayi na 26 a cikin manyan masu guitar na ƙarfe 100 mafi girma a duniya  *Guitar World* . 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Welch a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 1970 a Harbor City, Los Angeles [1] ko Torrance, California, [2] kuma ya girma a Bakersfield . [3] [4] Ya bambanta da yawancin yara, kuma an yi masa cin zarafi a makaranta. Yana son kiɗa, kuma babban mai son Ozzy Osbourne ne. Da farko, Welch ya nuna sha'awar buga ganguna, amma mahaifinsa ya shawo kansa ya buga guitar don kada ya jawo kayan ganga. Ya fara buga guitar yana ɗan shekara 10. Gitarsa ta farko ita ce Peavey Mystic, wanda ya ambata a cikin littafinsa Save Me from Myself a matsayin "watakila ita ce gitar da ta fi kama da ƙarfe da ka taɓa gani."

Da yake bayyana yadda ya sami laƙabinsa "The Head", Welch ya ce,

: "Saurayi sun ce kaina ya yi kama da girman jikina, don haka suka fara kirana 'Kai.' Ina tsammanin ya makale". 

## Korn (1993–2005, 2013–yanzu)

### Tsarin aiki
Korn ya kafa ƙungiyar LAPD bayan rabuwar ƙungiyar saboda shan ƙwayoyi ga mawaƙin Richard Morrill. Mawakan Reginald Arvizu, James Shaffer, da David Silveria sun so su ci gaba, kuma suka ɗauki Welch don ya buga guitar a cikin sabuwar ƙungiyarsu mai suna "Creep". A farkon 1993, ƙungiyar ta lura da mawaƙin Jonathan Davis bayan ya ga ƙungiyarsa ta Sexart kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin ɗaukarsa aiki. Da farko Davis bai so ya shiga ƙungiyar ba, amma bayan ya tuntuɓi wani mai ilimin halin ɗan adam sai ya canza ra'ayinsa ya yi gwaji. Bayan an ɗauki Davis aiki, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar sake suna ga kansu. "Jonathan yana da ra'ayin sabon suna nan take. Ya ba da shawarar mu kira ƙungiyar "Korn," kuma duk mun ji daɗinsa. Ya yi kama da abin tsoro domin ya tunatar da mu wannan fim ɗin ban tsoro *na Children of the Corn* . 

Farawa da kundin wakokin Korn mai taken kansa da kuma kundin wakokin da suka biyo baya *Life Is Peachy*, *Follow The Leader*, *Issues*, *Untouchables*, da *Take A Look in the Mirror*, ƙungiyar ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin nu metal masu sayarwa a hankali, inda ta sami dala miliyan 25 a cikin kuɗin sarauta da kuma sayar da filayen wasa. 

### Juyawa zuwa Kiristanci da kuma ficewa daga Korn
A ranar 22 ga Fabrairu, 2005, shugabannin Korn sun sanar da cewa bayan kusan shekaru 12, Welch ya bar Korn, yana mai ambaton cewa "...ya zaɓi Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi a matsayin mai cetonsa, kuma zai sadaukar da ayyukansa na kiɗa don wannan manufar."     A cikin wata hira ta rediyo a 2009 da The Full Armor of God Broadcast,  Welch ya bayyana: "Wata rana ina tafiya, kawai ina yin abin da nake yi na Rock & Roll ina samun miliyoyin daloli, kun san nasara da komai, na kamu da miyagun ƙwayoyi, sannan washegari na sami Ru'ya ta Almasihu kuma na ce, komai yana canzawa yanzu!" A ranar 10 ga Maris, 2005, an yi wa Welch baftisma a Kogin Jordan tare da ƙungiyar masu bi daga cocinsa da ke Bakersfield, California .   Ya bayyana cewa ya kawar da dukkan miyagun ƙwayoyi a cikin "sake lafiyarsa" tare da Allah, inda ya shiga ɗakin otal ya zauna a kan gadonsa na tsawon sa'o'i.

Welch da Davis sun kai wa juna hari a kafafen yada labarai bayan tafiyar tsohon. Bayan Welch ya ce Davis da sauran Korn suna damuwa ne kawai da kuɗi, Davis ya mayar da martani da kansa, inda ya buɗe musu rashin jituwa wanda tun daga lokacin aka warware shi. A wata hira da aka yi da Welch, an tambayi Welch game da littafinsa da kuma martanin Korn ga littafin da kuma hare-haren da ya kai a kafofin watsa labarai a baya a ƙungiyar mawakan: