DAVID SILVERIA

'David Randall "Wally Balljacker" Silveria' (born September 21, 1972 in San Leandro, California) is the drummer for the nu-metal band Korn from 1993-2007, but then Silveria announced he would be taking a break from the band due to an old wrist injury. David is said to come back from his break in October 2007.
He wasn't on their MTV Unplugged album or Untitled. For the MTV Unplugged performance, the drummer was Michael Jochum, who was a former member of Korn's back-up band. For Untitled, Terry Bozzio was brought in, but only played on 6 tracks. Brooks Wackerman was brought in next and recorded about 4, but he had to leave too, leaving Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis to record the rest.

Contents

Biography

David's Equipment

David's Current ''Korn'' Tour Kit

Hardware

Trivia

References

Biography

Growing up in the Bakersfield area, David Silveria started playing drums when he was nine. At the age of 13, he found out that local band L.A.P.D. (which consisted of Brian Welch, James Shaffer and Reginald Arvizu) was searching for a drummer. He auditioned and was chosen, but needed permission from his mother to go with the band. In fact, she would often drop him off and pick him up from practices. When Jonathan Davis joined the band, they changed the name to KoЯn and Welch, Shaffer and Arvizu took up pseudonyms, while Silveria and Davis remained using their given names.
Silveria divorced his wife Shannon in 2002, going so far as covering up a tattoo of her name with a huge tribal tattoo, which is reported to look like a vagina. He has two children, David Jr. and Sofie Aurora.
Silveria had to undergo surgery to remove an extra rib which was causing nerve problems in his left arm. His wrist gave out in Fargo, ND during the song "It's Gonna Go Away". He sat out the rest of the "Sick and Twisted 2000" and "Summer Sanitarium Tours". Mike Bordin filled in for him. Silveria then returned for the album recording or ''Untouchables'' and some performances since (Silveria's own explanation for the issue is that "I hit too fucking hard").
Considered the "heartthrob" of Korn, Silvera has had a few modeling stints,also the most memorable one being for Calvin Klein jeans, which apparently caused him to strike a nerve with the band Slipknot in 2000. Slipknot protested by burning copies of the ad onstage at several of their subsequent shows (Jay Gordon of Orgy also being one of the models). It is understood that Korn and Slipknot have since reconciled, as they toured together in 2004 at a UK Festival, and members of Slipknot are reported to have said they appreciate what Korn has done for their genre of music and themselves as a band.
Later, Korn themselves parodied the Calvin Klein situation in the "Twisted Transistor" music video. David and the band later revived the Family Values Tour in the summer of 2006 with Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor and his formerly disbanded post-grunge band Stone Sour.
Later in the fall and winter of 2006, the band began experimenting with acoustic performances and this is when David took a leave of absence from Korn to take a well deserved rest and to focus on his steak house restaurants.^[1] Brooks Wackerman and Terry Bozzio took over drumming duties for Korn's 8th (untitled) studio album and Joey Jordison took over touring duties for Korn during their Spring European tour and their summer Family Values Tour in 2007.^[2]

David's Equipment

The following is a listing of the drums and equipment used by David Silveria during his musical career with Korn:

David's Current ''Korn'' Tour Kit

★ Tama Starclassic Maple Custom Drums & Paiste Signature Cymbals (1999-Present):
Tama Drums - Black

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★ 20x18" Bass Drum

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★ 14x6.5" Signature Snare Drum

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★ 10x5.5" Rack Tom

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★ 12x6.5" Rack Tom

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★ 15x15" Floor Tom

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★ 16x16" Floor Tom

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★ 20x16" Gong Bass Drum

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★ 8" Signature Splash

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★ 10" Signature Splash

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★ 10" Signature Splash

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★ 15" Signature Heavy Hi-Hat (custom)

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★ 15" Signature Heavy Hi-Hat (custom)

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★ 18" Signature Power Crash

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★ 18" Signature Power Crash

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★ 20" Signature Power Crash

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★ 20" Signature Power Ride

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★ 18" Signature Heavy China

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★ 18" Signature Heavy China

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★ 13" Signature Exotic/Percussion Mega Cup Chime

Hardware

★ Iron Cobra Flexi Glide Twin Pedal

★ Iron Cobra Lever Glide Hi-Hat Stand

★ Custom chrome Tama rack including the footboards, clamps, memory locks, and star-cast mounting system

★ Remo Drum Heads

★ Pete Englehart Ribbon Crasher Percussion

★ D Drum Triggers and Roland Pads

★ Vater ''David Silveria's Korn DSK Tour'' sticks

★ Custom TAMA ROC 'N Throne

Trivia

''Most of these facts can be found on the fansite "Korn Is Peachy"'' [1]

★ Silveria played alongside Infectious Grooves, and Suicidal Tendencies as side-projects.

★ Silveria took a job at Pizza Hut after the demise of L.A.P.D.

★ Silveria didn't start taking his instrument seriously until Korn was formed.

★ Silveria has said his favourite KoRn songs are Beg For Me & B.B.K. but his favourite is Blind.

★ Silveria is responsible for signing Orgy to Korn's own record label Elementree Records. Orgy had been longtime friends with Korn.

★ Silveria has modeled for clothing lines like 26 Red, Grind, and Calvin Klein.

★ Silveria appeared in his first acting debut on the television show Martial Law.

★ Silveria has three more tattoos: the Cheshire cat, Korn logo and a man sticking his tongue out with a drumstick through it.

★ Silveria is considered the "timid member" of Korn.

References

1.
'KORN Drummer DAVID SILVERIA 'Taking A Break''
2. Joey Jordison Joins Korn