Editing James Shaffer (section)

==Career==
===Early musical career===
Shaffer, along with fellow future Korn members, [[David Silveria]] and [[Reginald Arvizu]] formed a band called [[L.A.P.D. (band)|L.A.P. D]]. with singer Richard Morill. When the band moved from Bakersfield, California<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jack | last=Flemming | date=2021-05-14 |title=Korn's James Shaffer tries to record a Beverly Hills home sale |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-05-14/korn-james-shaffer-selling-beverly-hills-home |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamoff |first=Lisa |title=Munky Business: Korn's James Shaffer Lists Beverly Hills Home For Sale |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-global-properties/2021/05/19/munky-business-korns-james-shaffer-lists-beverly-hills-home-for-sale/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> to Los Angeles, Silveria dropped out of high school and Shaffer stayed in Bakersfield. When Shaffer reunited with the band, they found a manager and released an EP entitled Love and Peace Dude in 1989 through [[Triple X Records]]. L.A.P.D. released their first full-length studio album on May 3, 1991, which consisted of eleven tracks. The album was entitled Who's Laughing Now. After releasing two albums, L.A.P.D. broke up. They were also briefly known as Creep, recording a demo with a singer named Corey until Shaffer, Arvizu, and Silveria enlisted [[Brian Welch]] and [[Jonathan Davis]] to form the band that went on to become Korn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004092/Korn.html|title = Korn Biography}}</ref>

===Korn (1993–present)===
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When thinking of a band name, someone suggested "corn", but the band rejected that name, so Shaffer had the idea to spell the name with both a "K" instead of a "C", and a backwards "R", so the band's name would appear as "KoЯn". The idea of using a backwards "R" came from the logo of toy retailer Toys R Us, for which many of the band members had previously worked.

On February 22, 2005, [[Brian Welch|Brian "Head" Welch]] left the band. Shaffer accepted his friend's choice and the two remained on good terms. When drummer [[David Silveria]] left the band, Shaffer said in an interview that he had a strong friendship with him and was very sad to hear that he had to leave.

On an interview about Welch's departure, Shaffer said he felt pressure because they were always working together, writing songs, and creating albums. But when Welch left, he had to write all the guitar parts into one part, so Korn could play live, and he continued to play like that until Korn got a backing guitarist. Welch officially returned to the band on May 2, 2013, to work on the album ''The Paradigm Shift'' that was released in October 2013.

===Fear and the Nervous System (2008–present)===
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[[File:James Munky Shaffer of Korn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Shaffer on stage in São Paulo, Brazil in April 2010]]
On March 4, 2008, it was announced that Shaffer would be releasing a solo record on August 8, 2008, with his solo band Fear and The Nervous System which would feature Shaffer doing vocals and guitars, [[Brooks Wackerman]] of [[Bad Religion]] (who also performed on Korn's eighth album) on drums, [[Leopold Ross]] on guitars and programming, [[Bill Gould]] of [[Faith No More]] fame, and Zac Baird (Korn's keyboardist) on keyboards and programming. The record would be produced by Shaffer and [[Ross Robinson]]. Guitarist and friend [[Wes Borland]] originally recorded guitars for two songs on the album but they would not make the final cut. Borland also created cover art that would still be used on the album. The band's debut album was originally due out August 8, 2008, but was pushed back multiple times until its release in 2011.

On Modlife in October 2009 (Korn.com), Shaffer explained that he would not be doing vocals on the Fear and the Nervous System album because he is not "very good at singing." It was later announced that Steve Krolikowski of [[Repeater (band)|Repeater]] would be handling vocal duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://korncentral.com/news.php?default.571.689 |title=News |publisher=KoRn Central |access-date=December 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315065012/http://korncentral.com/news.php?default.571.689 |archive-date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref>

===Emotional Syphon Recordings (2006–present)===
In 2006, Shaffer founded Emotional Syphon Records to give daring and diverse bands a chance to be heard. The first bands to be signed were [[Droid (band)|Droid]] and [[Monster In The Machine|Monster in the Machine]], however Shaffer says he does not want to limit himself to only releasing metal acts but to create a multi-genre label.

===Venera (2023–present)===
In 2023, Shaffer announced the formation of Venera, an [[glitch (music)|glitch]] music project with Chris Hunt; the self-titled debut album came out on [[Ipecac Recordings]] on October 13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/08/16/dark-electronic-band-venera-is-a-collab-between-korns-munky-and-composer-chris-hunt-new-single-hologram-out-now/|title=Dark Electronic Band Venera is a Collab Between Korn's Munky and Composer Chris Hunt, New Single "Hologram" Out Now|first=Hesher|last=Keenan|date=August 16, 2023|website=MetalSucks}}</ref>