# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-welch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:53:31.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-welch"
name: "Brian Welch"
slug: "brian-welch"
description: "Brian Philip Welch, also known by his stage name Head, is an American musician. He is a guitarist and founding member of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death, where he also provides vocals. Along with fellow Korn guitarist James \"Munky\" Shaffer, Welch helped develop Korn's distinctive sound that defined the nu metal aesthetic beginning in the mid-'90s."
tagline: "American guitarist (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2014228185345_2014-08-16_Rock'n'Heim_-_Sven_-_1D_X_-_475_-_DV3P9336_mod_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump