Brian Welch

With My Eyes Wide Open Miracles and Mistakes on My Way Back to KoRn by Brian "Head" Welch published by Thomas Nelson was amazing! So as always thank you to Netgalley Brian Welch and Thomas Nelson for my advanced copy in exchanged for an honest review. I am a very picky person when I choose my non fiction and this one was a true pleasure to read.
With My Eyes Wide Open is the biographical account by Brian "Head" Welch, guitarist for the popular metal band, KoRn. Welch describes his conversion to the Christian faith, his departure from KoRn, and the days of bitter pain which followed. I wasn't really a fan of KoRn until I read this. I finished reading this on a Thursday and I am writing my review on a Friday night because I needed a day to digest it. I think this real account of the struggles he has gone through make this book real and raw. There are moments that gave me chills there are moments that made me mad and the end made me sad it was over. I give Brian tons of credit for being so open and honest about the roller coaster that is life and the need for god makes this a must read.… (mais)

Welch shares about life before and after becoming a Christian. He is definitely not a writer by trade, so the writing is nothing special but very straightforward, conversational. There obviously were a lot of awful, sad things going on in his life, but he includes a fair amount of humor in the book, too.

It was encouraging to read about the various things God did to get his attention, and the people whom God used. It's always interesting to me to see how non-Christians and new Christians view God and the Church.

It was disappointing that he saw the need to use profanity, especially because at one point he talks about asking God to help him "cuss less." It would have been easy enough to remove the profanity in editing.

I don't agree with all of his specific beliefs (for example, he believes speaking in tongues is a mumbo-jumbo "spiritual" language), but I appreciate that he wasn't dogmatic about these things and clearly desires unity among God's people.… (mais)

Full disclaimer: I have a bias. I am a metal-head and I have an affinity for Nu Metal music. I am a huge Korn fan and I jell with all the members, Jonathan, James, Reginald, Ray, and Brain "Head" Welch, the author of, SAVE ME FROM MYSELF. His split from Korn was both disappointing and understandable after reading his autobiography. It was written in a early place of his Christian walk, so it is both honest and brutally raw at times. While he has walked back some of the things he's written in the book since re-joining Korn in 2013, I empathize and understand where he was emotionally during the book's release in 2008. Bravo brother.… (mais)

The author was in a serious, same sex relationship, until he found that his partner had been cheating on him (more than once). It hit him like an atomic bomb. Simply getting out of bed, and going to work, required superhuman strength. His co-workers knew that something was very wrong.

How does one even start to recover? With a lot of soul-searching and therapy, the author began to put himself back together. He had a difficult childhood, so he also had to deal with a number of old emotional scars. This is a very honest, and heartfelt, tale of one person's emotional journey from darkness to light. For anyone going through an emotional hard time, consider reading this short book. It is very much worth it.… (mais)