Save Me from Myself (album)

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Album
Save Me from Myself
Save Me from Myself cover
Studio album by Head
Released September 9, 2008
Recorded Late 2005–2007 at Fortitude Studios, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre Christian industrial, christian rock, electro-industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock
Label Warner Music Group, H2C Music
Head chronology

Save Me from Myself
(2008)
Singles from Save Me from Myself
  1. "Flush"
    Released: July 8, 2008

Save Me from Myself is the debut studio album by Brian Welch's solo project, Head. The album has not yet been released, and after failing to meet a Christmas 2006 release, and a subsequent July 7, 2007 release, the album is now scheduled to be released on September 9, 2008 by Warner Music Group. Originally, the album was titled It's Time to See Religion Die, however a recent update of Welch's MySpace profile has confirmed it to now be titled after his autobiography of the same name. It has been hinted on Welch's official website that production on Save Me from Myself is complete and the album will be released after his tour, supporting his autobiography.

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[edit] Background information

As early as a week following his departure from nu metal band Korn,[1] Brian Welch had claimed through press that a solo record was close to being completed, although there was no release date given, nor had he yet signed on with a label to distribute the record.[2]

Initially he was tight-lipped about the details, but in an interview with MTV News, Welch was quick to clear a few things up. Primarily, he was concerned that it was reported that his new songs wouldn't be "Christian music."

“ My music is going to have a Christian, spiritual edge to it, for sure. I didn't mean to be confusing earlier," he said. "I mean, I have a song called 'Kry,' which I feel is like God talking to me. I mean, it's not heavy Christian music. It's just a reflection of how I feel now. It's about life experiences. It's happy, uplifting, fairy tale music. „

—Brian Welch, MTV News[3]

Welch has also described the record as what he hopes would be "an extension of the Korn family":

“ I always loved that Korn's music helped kids let out aggression. But with my new music, I want kids to know that there's more out there, I want to show them there's a light at the end of the pain tunnel. That there's more out there than just aggression. I want to say to them, "Hey kids, come over here. Let's bounce back and forth and have fun." „

—Brian Welch, MTV News[3]

During his stay in Israel with members of the Valley Bible Fellowship of Bakersfield, California, Welch continued to write songs for his solo effort, confident that the music would speak for itself. "I want to make music that will help people. I want to use every dime of the money I make off the songs to build skate parks for kids," he said. "My life now is about helping kids."[3] Originally Welch contacted Fieldy of Korn to produce the album, but Fieldy made no response.[4]

In December 2006, Trevor Dunn, bassist on the album, described the recording sessions on his official website:

“ 2006 was not without its anomalies. Remember that band Korn? yeah, me neither. Well, anyway, apparently one of the guitar players, Head, as he is known, saw the light and became Born Again. He then wrote and recorded an album, got studio wiz Josh Freese to play drums and your's truly to play bass. I spent two days in Phoenix sitting in a chair, reading the charts and playing to the drum tracks which to my surprise had been ProTool-ed into mechanical exactness. I was told the same would be done to my bass tracks. There were about 900 guitar tracks all doubling each other, up the octave, inversions, etc. It sounded like a serious wall of guitars and baritone guitars and personally I saw no need or room for bass. Nevertheless I was there to do a job and I did it. In the time I was there I recorded 15 songs. Head and his so-called producer weren't really around or paying attention much. It was mostly up to me and the three engineers. At one point, losing my patience, I just told them to roll tape and I tracked a song while site-reading it. Believe me, it wasn't that difficult. Brian was a nice enough guy. He told me about how he used to steal drum machines and sell weed in order to afford buying tickets to see Mr Bungle and how Korn stole a lot of ideas from us. „

—Trevor Dunn, www.trevordunn.net[5]

During his appearance on HardDrive Radio on June 6, 2007, Welch spoke about his autobiography Save Me From Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, and Lived to Tell My Story, and revealed that his solo album is still in the mixing process. He also hinted that the finished album will be heavy like Korn's early material, and went as far as to name three songs intended to appear on the album that weren't present in the track listing reported by Blabbermouth.net in April. He also claimed that the album's title, It's Time to See Religion Die, may be changed upon its release.[6]

The album's original title, It's Time to See Religion Die, and its track listing were officially announced on Blabbermouth.net on June 11, 2007, though both the album title and track listing were reportedly subject to potential change. Indeed the album title was refined, when in March 2008 it was announced through Welch's MySpace profile to be titled Save Me from Myself. Two songs recently confirmed by Welch, entitled "Flush" and "Loyalty", were also absent from Blabbermouth's track listing.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Confirmed working titles

[edit] Possible inclusions

  • "A Cheap Name"[2]
  • "A Letter to Dimebag"[2]
  • "Bleeder"[3]
  • "Confused"
  • "Dream"
  • "It's Time to See Religion Die"
  • "Kry"[3]
  • "New Orleans"
  • "Please Forgive Me"
  • "Rebel"[6]
  • "Save Me From Myself"[6]
  • "Washed by Blood"[6]
  • "Where Is God?"
  • "With or Without You"[3]

[edit] Blabbermouth track listing

The following track listing was confirmed by Blabbermouth.net in April 2007, though it does not include either of the two songs recently confirmed by Brian Welch.[7]

  1. "Enter"
  2. "Letter"
  3. "Illusions of Happiness"
  4. "Skin"
  5. "Tomorrow's Children"
  6. "Into the Light"
  7. "Tears"
  8. "Coward"
  9. "Jennea"
  10. "Let it Go"
  11. "My Enemy"
  12. "Closing the Door"

[edit] Leaks

Early into the album's conception, several songs were leaked onto peer-to-peer networks. On February 28, 2005, demos of "Kry" and "Dream" were leaked. On June 6, 2005, demos of "A Cheap Name", "A Letter to Dimebag", "Confused", and "Illusions of Happiness" were leaked. Over a year later, on October 23, 2006, two untitled demos also leaked. The majority of these leaks cut off during playback before properly concluding, and with most leaks appearing by June 2005, it is only fair to assume that the finished versions of the yet-unreleased album will differ in some way from the circulating leaks.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Corey Moss. Brian 'Head' Welch Talks God To 10,000 In California Church, reported by MTV News February 2005. Last accessed July 9, 2007
  2. ^ a b c James Montgomery. Brian 'Head' Welch Aims To Save 50 Cent, reported by MTV News March 2005. Last accessed July 9, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f James Montgomery. Brian 'Head' Welch Hopes Solo Music Will Fund Skate Parks, reported by MTV News March 2005. Last accessed July 9, 2007.
  4. ^ James Montgomery. Brian 'Head' Welch Explains Why He Left Korn, reported by MTV News February 2005. Last accessed July 9, 2007.
  5. ^ Trevor Dunn. News & Gnashing, reported by www.trevordunn.net December 2006. Last accessed July 9, 2007.
  6. ^ a b c d Ynamoratashiro. Welch in "Mixing Stage" For Solo Album, reported by Korn-Locker July 2007. Last accessed July 9, 2007.
  7. ^ Bill. Former KORN Guitarist BRIAN' HEAD' WELCH: Solo Album Details Revealed, reported by Blabbermouth.net April 2007. Last accessed July 9, 2007.
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