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    With new fans aboard, Korn shows how to metal in middle age

    by August Brown, Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - At the FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine in late August, the SoCal metal band Korn walked offstage from its sold-out co-headline set with Alice in Chains. The five members were sweaty but relaxed, freshly changed from their all-black denim and leather stage outfits into all-black sweatpants and T-shirts.

    In a small trailer where they stashed their Chinese takeout and coconut water, guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, 49, popped in for a beverage. Behind him, a 16-year-old guitarist gingerly followed, introducing herself to say she had been working on her own Korn-inspired chops.

    "I'm here for my lesson, then," Shaffer said, grinning.

    "I got a seven-string guitar so I could play like you,"

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