Save Me from Myself (album)

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Save Me from Myself is the upcoming debut studio album by Brian Welch's solo project, Head. After failing to meet a Christmas 2006 release, and a subsequent July 7, 2007 release, the album is now scheduled to be released on September 9, 2008 by Warner Music Group. Originally, the album was tentatively titled It's Time to See Religion Die, however Welch's official website has confirmed it to now be titled Save Me from Myself, after his autobiography of the same name.

Background information

As early as a week following his departure from nu metal band Korn, Brian Welch had claimed through press that a solo record was close to being completed, although there was no release date given, nor had he yet signed on with a label to distribute the record.

Initially he was tight-lipped about the details, but in an interview with MTV News, Welch was quick to clear a few things up. Primarily, he was concerned that it was reported that his new songs wouldn't be "Christian music."

My music is going to have a Christian, spiritual edge to it, for sure. I didn't mean to be confusing earlier," he said. "I mean, I have a song called 'Kry,' which I feel is like God talking to me. I mean, it's not heavy Christian music. It's just a reflection of how I feel now. It's about life experiences. It's happy, uplifting, fairy tale music.

— Brian Welch, MTV News

Welch has also described the record as what he hopes would be "an extension of the Korn family":

I always loved that Korn's music helped kids let out aggression. But with my new music, I want kids to know that there's more out there, I want to show them there's a light at the end of the pain tunnel. That there's more out there than just aggression. I want to say to them, "Hey kids, come over here. Let's bounce back and forth and have fun."

— Brian Welch, MTV News

During his stay in Israel with members of the Valley Bible Fellowship of Bakersfield, California, Welch continued to write songs for his solo effort, confident that the music would speak for itself. "I want to make music that will help people. I want to use every dime of the money I make off the songs to build skate parks for kids," he said. "My life now is about helping kids." Originally, Welch contacted Fieldy of Korn to produce the album, but Fieldy made no response.

In December 2006, Trevor Dunn, bassist on the album, described the recording sessions on his official website:

2006 was not without its anomalies. Remember that band Korn? yeah, me neither. Well, anyway, apparently one of the guitar players, Head, as he is known, saw the light and became Born Again. He then wrote and recorded an album, got studio wiz Josh Freese to play drums and your's truly to play bass. I spent two days in Phoenix sitting in a chair, reading the charts and playing to the drum tracks which to my surprise had been ProTool-ed into mechanical exactness. I was told the same would be done to my bass tracks. There were about 900 guitar tracks all doubling each other, up the octave, inversions, etc. It sounded like a serious wall of guitars and baritone guitars and personally I saw no need or room for bass. Nevertheless I was there to do a job and I did it. In the time I was there I recorded 15 songs. Head and his so-called producer weren't really around or paying attention much. It was mostly up to me and the three engineers. At one point, losing my patience, I just told them to roll tape and I tracked a song while site-reading it. Believe me, it wasn't that difficult. Brian was a nice enough guy. He told me about how he used to steal drum machines and sell weed in order to afford buying tickets to see Mr Bungle and how Korn stole a lot of ideas from us.

— Trevor Dunn, www.trevordunn.net

During his appearance on HardDrive Radio on June 6, 2007, Welch spoke about his autobiography, and revealed that his solo album is still in the mixing process. He also hinted that the finished album will be heavy like Korn's early material, and went as far as to name three songs intended to appear on the album. He also claimed that the album's title, It's Time to See Religion Die, may be changed upon its release.

The album's original title, It's Time to See Religion Die, and its track listing were officially announced on Blabbermouth.net on June 11, 2007, though both the album title and track listing were reportedly subject to potential change. Indeed the album title was refined, when, on March 15, 2008, it was announced through Welch's MySpace profile to be titled Save Me from Myself.

On June 24, 2008, the final track listing for Save Me from Myself was revealed by IGN. This track listing includes only four songs out of eleven that were previously reported by Blabbermouth and Welch himself. These are "Re-Bel" (originally "Rebel"), "Save Me from Myself", "Die Religion Die" (originally "It's Time to See Religion Die") and "Washed by Blood".

Track listing

1. "L.O.V.E."
2. "Flush" - 4:44
3. "Loyalty"
4. "Re-Bel"
5. "Home"
6. "Save Me from Myself"
7. "Die Religion Die"
8. "Adonai"
9. "Money"
10. "Shake"
11. "Washed by Blood"

Personnel

• Brian Welch – vocals, guitars, programming, producer
• Archie J. Muise, Jr. – rhythm guitar
• Tony Levin – bass
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• John Peña - bass
• Josh Freese – drums
• Steve Delaportas – producer
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing
• Ralph Patlan – mixing
• Carlos Castro – engineering