Well.. you missed the funniest part. Their manager at the time Larry Weintraub came to them and said "what are you going to call yourself?" And they said "Korn". Larry says " you can't call yourself korn". And they said "Well it's either Korn or Larry!" Haha
Inside joke you say? If my friends ever start a band, we're calling it "Bread" or "Cheese" Those words are an inside joke to us that only we really get and it's funny for us
I'm pretty sure the toys r s thing is just a coincidence, and the reason he wrote it like that is because a lot of young kids write their Rs like that at first, and it goes with the band's recurring theme of ruined childhood innocence and whatnot (hence a lot of their album covers, which include a kid doing hopscotch, a sack doll, a kid on the swings, and a kid at the carnival).
It stands for Kids of R@p3 and Neglect. The band members childhoods and lyrical content back this up. Make sense now? Surprised I hadn't seen a comment on this.
They were also going to spell it "Corn" before this without the backwards "R" but due to the fact that there was already a group with the same name along with the threat of possible copyright infringement, they ultimately decided to change the C to a K and flip the R backwards.
It was a story they heard from a male gay couple about felching and the part of the story that stayed with Johnathan was a piece of KORN landing on the partners lip.
In the same video you sampled of him writing the backwards R, he explains why they ended up going with that name: to highlight that the music is more important than the name and image of the band. They used the same fu attitude with "Y'all want a single"
If you actually look I think they rip that off The TV show Hee Haw because cornfield county news reporter on his Microphone had the word Korn and that show started in 1969
It's called creative genius. Back in the day in the streets of the South Bronx we used to call people that were cocky with an attitude. Corn cocky meaning that they were corny and trying to be cocky at the same time put two words together corn cocky. Little Street knowledge from in the South Bronx New York come and get some.
I was told back in the 90s that Korn stood for Kitty Porn. Makes since with all the dirty magazines and songs of being molested as a child. Even if it's true I doubt they'd ever admit it today
@@bigbosso5604 I swear I’ve literally spent time trying to find a backwards K I could copy and paste to type out the logo, only to realize it was the R that’s backwards
@@STOPSYPHER ya dude I rember dealing with music files and trying to figure out how they made a backwards K in the file names and pronouncing it Aykorn as a joke cuz its "Kay" backwards
Lmao well if it is true than that’s awesome I too worked for toys r us hell the one I got thrown out of as a teen for playing hide n seek and taking the power wheels for joy rides.
I literally for the longest time thought it was because when you s*** the corn stays unlike the rest of the shit so you could still find them in the sea of all the shitty music 😂
Well.. you missed the funniest part. Their manager at the time Larry Weintraub came to them and said "what are you going to call yourself?" And they said "Korn". Larry says " you can't call yourself korn". And they said "Well it's either Korn or Larry!" Haha
Hahahahahahaa
I would love to say my favorite band was Larry 🤔🤣
yes, true. They wavered between KORN and LARRY.
I'm glad somebody pointed that out
@@joranmoore5663 I would have chosen Larry if I was them. Badass band name if you ask me
Holy shit, when i was in elementary school my friend told me this story of why the band was called Korn and fuckin 30 years later. It's true.
It's widely speculated and I sincerely hope it's true
What's even funnier, is Я is a YA sound in Cyrillic, therefore Koяn and Яammstein are actually Koyan and Yammstein
Rammstein's R is not reversed though ?
@@cliffemall0404 they do in a lot of their band art
I prefer mine with cream cheese as well. Thanks.
@@kurtshirvinski836 that's just not true.
🙋🏼♀️ But…how did YOU type your R backwards in this comment? 🤷♀️
Man, I wish I could go back in time and see Jonathan Davis working at Toys Я Us.
That was not him probably. He work in the morgue.
If bet it was Fieldy... Must be him...
I graduated 🎓 in 2000 and this band was 🔥 my high school years!
I believe that 2 of the band members did work at Toys R Us
We need to see some smoking gun hard evidence on this one.
@@KevinToomey there is a Korn documentary on UA-cam that I believe Monkey and Head talked about this
@@tomking7080 really? It would be awesome if I could find that clip. Thanks!
@@KevinToomey Hold on I’m going to try and find it
@@KevinToomey I think it’s on this one.
ua-cam.com/video/HRVAWtZ0TmA/v-deo.html
Meanwhile Slavs: Koyan?
Trueee as hell, I misread KoRn as KoYan for the first time
And Toys Ya us
I have already told the Korn story to at least 27 people.
Didn't know the "corn" story was true, I first heard this bake in 90's on a VHS called "Korn Unauthorized". I knew about the backwards R though.
That logo was taken from the first drawing Johnathan Davis did the day he joined the band. He drew it with crayons. Been a korn fan for 28 years 🤘🤘
So you're saying the whole Toys R Us thing is just a coincidence?
@@KevinToomey it's not coincidence. There's a Toys R Us in Bakersfield not far from where they live.
I listened to the song daddy ONCE and there's already a bunch of korn videos appearing for me
Let the children of the Korn jokes begin
Nobody:
Korn: "Ya Na Eur Ra Ta Pi Ta In Ta Eur Ratag Naputipu Ratatika Na Err Rah"
Inside joke you say?
If my friends ever start a band, we're calling it "Bread" or "Cheese"
Those words are an inside joke to us that only we really get and it's funny for us
Bread is taken.
Cheese is taken too but they change it to Quezo.. 😁
“Bread AND cheese” works since they both appear to be taken as individual band names! You’re welcome! 😂😜
I'm pretty sure the toys r s thing is just a coincidence, and the reason he wrote it like that is because a lot of young kids write their Rs like that at first, and it goes with the band's recurring theme of ruined childhood innocence and whatnot (hence a lot of their album covers, which include a kid doing hopscotch, a sack doll, a kid on the swings, and a kid at the carnival).
"life can be a maize of intricately weird details"
Severely underrated comment.
Nicely done 🌽
KoЯn just looks better
Man I love Korn R Us
That a lot of pain from their childhood.
I LOVE THIS GUYS AND THEIR MUSIC.! ❤🎸❤️🥁❤️💪👌🏆🔝🎶
When I was a teenager working at a jiffy lube I turned all the R's backwards on our sign out front and the general manager threatened to fire me.
I've always learned it stood for Kids Of Rape& Neglect
That’s amazing
That's what I thought aswell
Apparently this was a widespread myth about the name.
Kind of retarded, no?
Keep on reading nerd.
Killing only releases negativity.
Kindness openness respect & naivete.
Life can be a maize
That’s always been a think of making letters backwards to make it seem child like and it makes sense for them since thats they’re whole thing
Right, but what about Toys R Us?
This band kicks ass
i love this band so much
Being black, I was told when I was young it stood for Keep On Running Nigga. But this was before internet was a thing lol
Hmm maybe that is where Biden got kornpop from
@@kpow2u you maybe on to something
in russia kids writes russian - Я wrong as english - R, sometimes.
kOЯn - KoЯn - koЯn - KOЯN - koЯN ... Pick one.
Steve-O’s wild ride reveals that Jonathan Davis was a morgue before he was a rocker
But I don’t know about the rest
Just for your vid, ,, old guy here,,, three of them actually worked dock at TRUS
Did you get a visual on it first hand? I hope this is true. If we had some photo evidence it might crack the internet wide open.
Now I'ma start saying corn I wasnt ready for that
I totally didn't just realize the r was backwards. I completely and totally new it from the start...
the music videos made it obvious why they’d have the backwards R
Wait I was today years old when I realized the toys r us logo is backwards
One of the band members also said it’s because of The Children of the Corn movie so it make them sound creepy
It’s also one of their songs
It stands for Kids of R@p3 and Neglect. The band members childhoods and lyrical content back this up. Make sense now?
Surprised I hadn't seen a comment on this.
Well it’s it’s corn 🌽🎶
It's KoRn! When I tried it with butter, everything changed!
They were also going to spell it "Corn" before this without the backwards "R" but due to the fact that there was already a group with the same name along with the threat of possible copyright infringement, they ultimately decided to change the C to a K and flip the R backwards.
I know y
Cause dey sick
And i love korn , backward r ,the band.
Hollow life, a good one
One of my favorite bands fuck yeah 🤙
it’s 9:09am, i do not have 2 b reminded of this story @ this time
And remember, Life is Peachy
The backwoods R was also because a member of the band worked at toys r us, correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that’s another reason.
I was fortunate to have VISITED a toys r us when I was 7. Now that they don't exist and seeing this. That's wild man.
I too have spent lots of time browsing the isles of Toys R us. May it live on in KORN
Korn eats corn the long way
Where did the kids write letters backwards thing come from?
apparently he wrote the logo wifh his left hand so it could look like that idk
Nine inch nails logo also had a backwards N before Korn
I speak russian and I always knew it was "Korn", but since the "Я" makes a Ya' sound in russian, in my head I always read it as "koyan"
Same, lol
It was a story they heard from a male gay couple about felching and the part of the story that stayed with Johnathan was a piece of KORN landing on the partners lip.
I heard Korn named the band after kern street in Bakersfield. Look it up. Kern is a popular word in Bakersfield.
I heard one name that was suggested for the band at one point was "Creep". 😄
I was 15 when these guys broke and thought they were great as sliced cheese and I just thought it was f****** cool
Sliced cheese is good
@@KevinToomey
I agree with you but my 11 year old son hates processed cheese.
🤣.
In the same video you sampled of him writing the backwards R, he explains why they ended up going with that name: to highlight that the music is more important than the name and image of the band. They used the same fu attitude with "Y'all want a single"
If you actually look I think they rip that off The TV show Hee Haw because cornfield county news reporter on his Microphone had the word Korn and that show started in 1969
wow - that's a new theory.
Cool I love the band so cool
I love the band Korn ❤
Life can be a.... MAIZE??? :D
I mean they had a scooby doo type thing they did on South Park, it’s KORN (I’m sad I can’t turn the R around)
I'm an old soul. A part of me (without research) wondered if it was KORN radio from HEE HAW was the source of the name.
It's called creative genius. Back in the day in the streets of the South Bronx we used to call people that were cocky with an attitude. Corn cocky meaning that they were corny and trying to be cocky at the same time put two words together corn cocky. Little Street knowledge from in the South Bronx New York come and get some.
That's whats up! The more you know!
Prehype 🥱
Maybe that where Biden gets cornpop from
@@kpow2u Yo Special K that shit was funny on your reply.
I remember in 4th grade I did a project on Korn and I got to tell the gay-poop story
I bet that was a show stopper
I was told back in the 90s that Korn stood for Kitty Porn. Makes since with all the dirty magazines and songs of being molested as a child. Even if it's true I doubt they'd ever admit it today
That's the version I heard as well.
Я - it's a letter in Cyrillic alphabet
Means "I" or "me"
fieldy mentioned many years ago they saw it written like that spelling it w the k and backwards r from winnie the pooh of all places
Ko®N
close
korn and toys R us collab
Look at the microphone on the T.v. show called hee haw that's what it said korn with the R. Backwards.
KoЯn
There we go. Nicely done
Korn is from Kid Porn...
This is really funny 😅
I always thought they were fans of the Blood God from 40k
They address that in a trailer located on their corn farm where they made a crop circle and set up. A performance video was made..
I love hard rocks 🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrroooooohhhh🐺
"It's Korn!
A big lump with knobs
It has the juice (it has the juice)
I can't imagine a more beautiful thing (Woo)"
Woah I could have sworn the K was backwards
I honestly thought so too for a bit. New Mandela effect???
@@STOPSYPHER my exact thoughts 🤣🤣🤣
@@bigbosso5604 I swear I’ve literally spent time trying to find a backwards K I could copy and paste to type out the logo, only to realize it was the R that’s backwards
@@STOPSYPHER ya dude I rember dealing with music files and trying to figure out how they made a backwards K in the file names and pronouncing it Aykorn as a joke cuz its "Kay" backwards
In another universe it's a backwards "K" but in this one, it's the "R" only
ummm...Redrum. The Shining . 1980
KORN
It's Russian "YA" - Я. And Я "YA" means " I "
A big lump with knobs.
I thought it stood for "Kids of rotten neglect"
Korn is texture
The answe... AHHHOUU AHT NAT OOUMM NOT DA NANA NA NA.
Always thought the r was about his past
Lmao well if it is true than that’s awesome I too worked for toys r us hell the one I got thrown out of as a teen for playing hide n seek and taking the power wheels for joy rides.
How nice.
Isn't it a sweet story at the core?
@@KevinToomey it is.
My biggest problem as a Californian?:
The fact that they are from Bakersfield
Never seen a single human make their R backwards
KoЯn!!!!
its in kids cartoon babies always write e and r backwards for some reason even though noone irl does it
I literally for the longest time thought it was because when you s*** the corn stays unlike the rest of the shit so you could still find them in the sea of all the shitty music 😂
Korn named the band after the horror movie...children of the corn!!! Michael...
I thought it was from Children of the Corn movie Which they also made A song with the same title
I thought they were called corn cause they were from kern county/Bakersfield but okay now I know👍
Yup, but that's not as interesting and edgy 🤷
Omg my best friend told me a story like that
How do you make an R backwards!?!!?!?
you have to download a Russian keyboard
If this was in Russian wouldn't it sounds like Koyap?
Deadsy - The Key To Gramercy Park. You won't be disappointed.
“R” u ready??????
Cause it's Korn 🙂
I never even noticed that the R in Toys R Us is backwards wtf
L O L, i never thought that was true!!!! ive been saying it for 20+ yrs tho!!😂