Editing Jonathan Davis (section)

==Early life==
Jonathan Howsmon Davis was born in [[Bakersfield, California]], on January 18, 1971, the son of Holly Marie Chavez (''[[née]]'' Smith; May 6, 1949 – February 25, 2018) and Ricky Duane "Rick" Davis (born December 14, 1948). His parents married on February 27, 1970. He is of English, German, Scottish, and Welsh descent.<ref>[http://kornrow.com/jonathan-davis-bio/ Jonathan Davis Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914083153/http://kornrow.com/jonathan-davis-bio/ |date=September 14, 2013 }}. KornRow (January 18, 1971). Retrieved on August 25, 2013.</ref>

He has a sister, Alyssa Marie Davis (born February 8, 1974), as well as a half-brother, Mark Chavez<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1443873/adema-hope-to-stick-it-to-haters-on-tour/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215113205/http://www.mtv.com/news/1443873/adema-hope-to-stick-it-to-haters-on-tour/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2017|title=Adema Hope to Stick it to Haters On Tour|website=MTV|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> (lead singer of [[Adema]]; born November 15, 1978), and a half-sister, Amanda Chavez (born July 31, 1981) by his mother.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/MCSJd7Sav-8 KoRn – Jonathan Davis and his sister | Video Youtube – NMETV Latest Music Videos and Clips]. Nme.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2013.</ref> His father was a keyboardist for [[Buck Owens]] and [[Frank Zappa]], while his mother was a professional actress and dancer.<ref name="rev967">{{cite web | url=http://rev967.com/korn-frontman-jonathan-davis-turns-40-today/ | title=Korn Frontman Jonathan Davis Turns 40 Today | date=January 18, 2011 | access-date=January 25, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203200755/http://rev967.com/korn-frontman-jonathan-davis-turns-40-today/ | archive-date=December 3, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> His parents divorced when he was three years old. He lived with his mother at first, but, after experiencing bad situations at that home, he moved in with and was raised by his father and former stepmother in Bakersfield, but was made to feel like he "came in and ruined their perfect little family."<ref name="rev967" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://marksfriggin.com/news02/6-10.htm#wed|title=Stern Show News Archive For The Week Of 6/10/2002 to 6/14/2002|quote="And you had to live with your dad and your stepmom?" "I was with my mom and I moved to my dad's, yeah" "Because it was so bad at your mom's?" "Yeah."}}</ref>{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=32}} Davis suffered severe bouts of [[asthma]] as a child.<ref name="IHEART2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-birthday-boy-jonathan-davis-1.2341871|title=20 Things You Might Not Know|website=iHeartRadio.|date=January 18, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200321203301/https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-birthday-boy-jonathan-davis-1.2341871|archive-date=March 21, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/korn.htm | title=KoЯn's Jonathan Davis alive and well (sort of) | work=concertlivewire.com | publisher=Livewire | access-date=December 28, 2006 | author=Bondowski, Karen | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105115212/http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/korn.htm | archive-date=November 5, 2007 | url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=9}} Asthma forced him to stay in the hospital every month from the ages of 3 to 10,{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=9}} and he survived a "[[Acute severe asthma|critical asthma attack]]" when he was five years old;{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=10}}<ref name="IHEART2017" /> he said, "My heart stopped, and I didn't see no damn light or hear any music".{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=10}}

He attended [[Highland High School (Bakersfield, California)|Highland High School]]; however, he was persistently harassed for wearing eyeliner, baggy clothes, and listening to [[new wave music]].{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=17}}{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=11}} He was constantly called homophobic names,{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=11}} which later inspired the Korn song "[[Faget (song)|Faget]]".{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=57}} Davis's "[[HIV/AIDS|HIV]]" tattoo on his upper left arm was also inspired by his experience of being bullied.{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=85}} At the age of 16, Davis found employment as a [[coroner]]'s assistant;<ref name="SFWLY">{{cite web|url=https://www.sfweekly.com/news/death-of-a-death-school/|title=Death of a Death School|last=Palmquist|first=Matt|website=SFWeekly.|date=April 24, 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200326214152/https://www.sfweekly.com/news/death-of-a-death-school/|archive-date=March 26, 2020|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> after graduating high school, he immediately enrolled in the San Francisco college's one-year coronary program.<ref name="SFWLY" /> He enjoyed his time in San Francisco, where he spent his days poring over embalming textbooks and his nights living and working in funeral homes.<ref name="SFWLY" /> Nevertheless, he dropped out after two semesters to apprentice at a mortuary closer to home, in the [[Kern County, California|Kern County]] Coroner's Department. He was also a professional embalmer for a funeral home.<ref name="SFWLY" />

Davis commented in ''[[Kerrang!]]'':
<blockquote> "I had post-traumatic stress from seeing dead babies, and young kids that had died after finding a parent's stash of drugs – shit that I shouldn't have been seeing at 16 or 17 years old. I had to have a lot of therapy to make the nightmares go away, but I got through it and it made me appreciate life a lot more."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/jonathan-davis-solo-album-and-korn-career/|title=I Thought I Was Going To Fucking Die. I Was Pouring Blood Out Of My Ass…|website=Kerrang!|date=15 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200326215231/https://www.kerrang.com/features/jonathan-davis-solo-album-and-korn-career/|archive-date=March 26, 2020|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

He did not get along with his stepmom and has accused her of harassing him and doing things like giving him tea mixed with Thai hot oil and [[jalapeño]] juice to drink when he was sick.<ref name="IHEART2017"/> He also mentioned that she mixed [[Tabasco sauce|tabasco]] with his tea.{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=11}}{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=20}} At that time, Davis had sexual fantasies about his stepmother, dreaming of "fucking her and killing her".{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=12}} Though she was later divorced by Davis's father, the Korn song "Kill You" was nonetheless written about her.<ref name="IHEART2017"/>{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=32}} In an interview for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Davis said that he left home when he was 18 because he felt like "public enemy number one", since his stepmother—quoted as "twisted and sadistic"—hated him, and his own father was too embarrassed by the situation to do anything.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/21/korn-jonathan-davis-ive-pulled-bodies-out-of-cars-rocks-back-pages|title='I've pulled so many bodies out of cars. It intrigued me'|website=The Guardian.|date=January 21, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160602044539/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/21/korn-jonathan-davis-ive-pulled-bodies-out-of-cars-rocks-back-pages|archive-date=June 2, 2016|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref>