Editing Jonathan Davis (section)

===Early career===
Davis formed his first group with other members in a mysterious formation called Buck Naked,{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=22}} of which only two songs were recorded on demo tapes and distributed to his friends in High School;{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=22}} including New Wave-oriented song "What I Have Done", and a love song "Come With Me".{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=22}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kornmemorabilia.ua-cam.com/|title=High School demo|website=UA-cam.|date=January 10, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200331132258/https://kornmemorabilia.ua-cam.com/|archive-date=March 31, 2020|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> Davis, who worked by day in a mortuary,{{sfn|Buckley|Ellingham|2003|p=565}} got free haircuts at a college where guitarist [[Ryan Shuck]] was a student.{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=36}} Davis agreed to join Shuck's group called Sexart, which was formed in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Cultivation-92/release/3037043|title=Performer Sex Art Is, Vocals – Jonathan Davis, Ty Elam|website=Discogs.|date=July 7, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707210747/http://www.discogs.com/Various-Cultivation-92/release/3037043|archive-date=July 7, 2014|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> Davis described the experience, "I had no clue what I was doing, I didn't know what the hell to do with my voice".{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=36}}

Early in 1993, ex-band members of [[L.A.P.D. (band)|L.A.P.D.]] who had started a new group named Creep,{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=45}} noticed Davis at The John Bryant club in [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]],{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=49}} and were overwhelmed by his performance with [[Sexart]].{{Sfn|Furman|2000|p=37}} Davis, who was already a friend of [[Reginald Arvizu]]'s, was reluctant to join Creep, although he was flattered by the obstinacy of the musicians to integrate him into the group.{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=50}} Nevertheless, he only made the decision to audition with Creep after meeting the psychic who told him that it would be beneficial for him to leave Bakersfield, move to Los Angeles and join them.{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=50}}<ref name="IHEART2017"/> Davis left Sexart in his early 20s after a convincing rehearsal with the four Creep members; he commented: "I was a little torn, because I was doing Sexart at the time, and that was my band. But I wanted to go and see what it was all about, and from the first note I was hooked. It just all clicked."{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=51}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/serenity-and-suffering-confronting-korns-dark-past|title=Korn's dark past|author=MÖRAT|website=Metal Hammer.|date=December 11, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200326181439/https://www.loudersound.com/features/serenity-and-suffering-confronting-korns-dark-past|archive-date=March 26, 2020|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> Enticed by the prospect of a musical career, Davis resigned from his employment at Bakersfield judicial police, and moved to L.A. with his girlfriend to live with [[David Silveria]] and [[Brian Welch]] in the same house in [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]].{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=51}} Davis proposed the idea of naming the band as 'Corn'—the spelling would be renamed right after as 'KoЯn'—in reference to the horror film ''[[Children of the Corn (1984 film)|Children of the Corn]]'' and a sexually explicit story from his gay friend.{{sfn|Furman|2000|p=43}}{{sfn|Paquet|2002|p=55}}{{sfn|Welch|2007|p=52}}