In a press conference held in New York’s Times Square, the three leaders of Korn — frontman Jonathan Davis, bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu and guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer — announced their efforts to help clean up the environment. Their greatest strides, for now, are being made by traveling on the Family Values tour in vehicles that operate on domestically produced biodiesel fuels, reported Chris Harris of MTVnews.com.
The conversion of the group’s eight buses and eight cargo trucks will help reduce by almost 50 tons the amount of CO2 emissions the tour produces, Davis said. He added that Korn will encourage the rest of the bands on the festival’s bill — including Evanescence, Atreyu, Hellyeah and Trivium — to follow suit.
“We all have children, and I just worry about my kid’s kids,” said Davis, the proud owner of a Toyota Prius. “[I worry about whether] they will have a place to live [and I hope] that they won’t have to live underground. I think it’s time we really did start trying to do something about getting rid of oil in general. We have the means to fuel cars in different ways. We have the technology to do it. We’re doing our part to set the wheels in motion.”
In addition, Korn — whose untitled eighth studio album lands in stores today — discussed the launch of Korntastic, the band’s own brand of biofuel, which they’re cultivating, in conjunction with Music Matters’ SMART (Sustainable Minded Artists Recording and Touring) program. The formula, according to the band’s publicist, is still in development and will be revealed soon via the band’s new Web site, korntastic.com. At some point, Davis said the band would like to release the fuel for commercial consumption.
“We want to do something for our environment,” Davis said. “I know it won’t happen overnight, but little things like this, everyone being conscious about it … we can’t change the world, but we can all make a difference.”
On a less environmental, but equally magnanimous note, Korn said they’ll also be giving away free Family Values tickets to all U.S. soldiers on leave who want to check out the concert when the ‘fest rolls through their towns.
“We got together with the U.S.O. and we’re offering, in any city we’re stopping in, free tickets to the show [to members of the armed forces on leave], so that they can have a good time,” Davis explained. “We’ve always looked out for those guys who’re going over to Iraq, risking their lives for us. It’s the least we could do — offer them some entertainment and have them forget about what’s going on over there for a little bit.”
Back in November of 2005, the band gave a special live performance on a transatlantic flight to London before an audience of contest winners and eight U.S. soldiers who had served in either Afghanistan or Iraq.
Tonight, Korn will celebrate the release of their self-titled eighth album with a free concert at South Street Seaport.
Complete coverage of the Korn press conference can be found at MTVnews.com.
And now, Korn’s environmental friendly video for “Evolution”:
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