Fear and the Nervous System

Infobox musical artist
Name = Fear and the Nervous System


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Origin = New York City, New York, USA
Genre = Industrial rock
Experimental rock
Years_active = 2008–present
Associated_acts = Korn Faith No More
Error Bad Religion Tenacious D Billy Goat Jonathan Davis and the SFA
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/fearandthenervoussystem Fear and the Nervous System]
Current_members = James "Munky" Shaffer

Fear and the Nervous System is an experimental/industrial rock band formed by Korn guitarist James Shaffer. [Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=92171|title=KORN Guitarist Launches FEAR AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Project|accessdate=2008-03-05] [ [http://www.fearandthenervoussystem.com FEAR AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM official site on Emotional Syphon Recordings WEBSITE LAUCHING SOON ] ]

History

Upcoming debut album

In early 2008, Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer announced plans to release a new project entitled Fear and the Nervous System. The record is said to be released in late 2008, through his own label, Emotional Syphon Recordings. The songs are being recorded at Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, CA. The album's title and track list have yet to be announced.

In July 2008, Wes Borland described the recording sessions:cquotetxt|It sort of, that's still up in the air as far as what's going to happen with that. Munky from Korn put that project together and the way it went down is he invited a bunch of musicians to the Korn studios and had sort of just a jam going for like a week to where every day different combinations of people would come in and play. Sometimes he would play and sometimes he wouldn't and then he and an engineer pieced together songs from all of these jams."

"He had us come back in and I ended up having two things on the album that I played on. I came in and listened to what they put together and then out of the pieces that I had been involved with writing, sort of, because it was improvisation, then I wrote parts back on top of the improvisations. So it's sort of a weird concept as far as... It's definitely a strange way to make an album, but so I'm involved to that extent just by being on two songs and I did the artwork for the album. |Wes Borland, Artisan News Service [Cite web|url=http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templates/?a=5066&z=98|title=EX-LIMP BIZKIT BORLAND HELPS OUT MUNKY FROM KORN|accessdate=2008-07-07] |http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templates/?a=5066&z=98|color=silver|size=360%

On July 15, Munky announced on the project's MySpace profile that the album will not be ready for the previously mentioned August 8, 2008 release because he did not want to rush production. He also stated that Wes Borland's appearance on the record did not make the final cut, however the cover art designed by Wes will still be used.

On August 21, Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis mentioned on his live stream that he has heard one song from Munky's solo project, and that all Munky has to do is the vocals, which Jonathan was personally excited about.

Band members

*James Christian Shaffer – guitars, vocals, production

Other contributors

*Zac Baird – keyboards, programming
*Wes Borland – artwork [Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=93106|title=BLACK LIGHT BURNS: 'Cover Your Heart' CD+DVD Details Revealed|accessdate=2008-03-17]
*Billy Gould – bass
*Tim Harkins – production
*Danny Lohner – production
*Jim Monti – mixing
*Leopold Ross – programming, guitars, production
*Brooks Wackerman – drums, percussion

External links

* [http://www.fearandthenervoussystem.com Fear and the Nervous System] – official site
* [http://www.myspace.com/fearandthenervoussystem Fear and the Nervous System] at MySpace

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