Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer has opened up on the band's bassist and original member Fieldy taking an extended hiatus from the nu metal godfathers in 2021. According to Munky, Fieldy - real name Reggie Arvizu - just didn't have the energy levels and enthusiasm needed to continue writing and touring with a world famous metal band, and it was clear to his bandmates that the bassist just wasn't in a great place.
"We work our asses off," he tells Rolling Stone Brasil (transcribed by Blabbermouth). "Even when we're not touring, we're writing music or we're working on things. And when we go home, we take a couple of weeks off from tour, and then we're back at it. And I think that sort of schedule just became too daunting for him, after 30 years, to continue. It takes a lot of stamina. I just don't feel like he had it at the time, or just had a lot of other personal stuff happening too.
