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  New Korn CD Loaded With Extras 


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We got the following press release from Epic and thought we would pass it along to you.. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2002

KORN CONNECTS WITH FANS!
New UNTOUCHABLES CD Key to Unlocking Exclusive Content;
Band Offers Fans Large Portions of
KORN Audio, Video and Giveaways
via Their Forthcoming UNTOUCHABLES CD and The Web

LOS ANGELES, CA�KORN�s new album may be entitled UNTOUCHABLES, but the band and the music have been anything but. KORN have been and will be connecting with their fans by offering music premieres, exclusive audio and video content and special offers via their official website, KORN.com and their Epic label site, KORNTV.com.  Fans who purchase the UNTOUCHABLES CD on June 11 will also be treated to CD Extra bonus material embedded in the disc, which will also hold the key to exclusive live video footage and offers accessed via ConnecteD technology unlocked by the CD.

On June 10, the day before the release of their much-anticipated fifth CD, KORN premiered UNTOUCHABLES in a special live performance from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.  Fans worldwide were able to view the entire event online at MTV.com where it was webcast in its entirety.  The event was also digitally-simulcast in movie houses in over 40 major cities throughout the US and Canada, and featured a �making of UNTOUCHABLES� short film followed by an hour-long (real time) performance from KORN.

Fans who purchase the UNTOUCHABLES CD on June 11 will be able to access seven tracks from the June 10 concert by utilizing ConnecteD technology and the disc.  They need only to place the CD in their CD-ROM drive and go to KORN.com or KORNTV.com to unlock an exclusive section of the sites to gain access to the content which will only be available through June 27.  In addition, fans can gain free membership to KORN Kamp�KORN.com�s new subscription site�through September 15, or extended KORN Kamp membership for fans who have already joined.  The KORN Kamp at KORN.com offers fans exclusive behind-the-scenes access to member-only video clips, road reports, email updates, and contests, as well as exclusive ticket presales for KORN tours.

�KORN have always found a revolutionary way to expose themselves and their music to their fans,� said Scott Greer, VP Worldwide Marketing, Epic Records.  �In today�s climate, those fans are demanding more, and it�s up to us to give it to them.  By using Sony�s proprietary ConnecteD technology, the UNTOUCHABLES CD let�s them behind the velvet rope to hang with the band, and for a fan there�s nothing better than getting that kind of access.�

The UNTOUCHABLES CD also contains exclusive CD extra bonus material featuring an exclusive director�s cut of the �Here To Stay� video, and a bonus remix of the track by T Ray.

KORN�in partnership with online partners AOL, MSN, MTV.com, Rolling Stone.com and Get Music.com�have been offering fans a five-week �Kountdown� to the release of UNTOUCHABLES at KORNTV.com/Kountdown.  Fans are offered music premieres, exclusive video footage of the band, and weekly opportunities to win signed KORN gear and a trip to see the band live.  KORNTV.com has also been featuring KORN Katalog Kontests.

With UNTOUCHABLES , KORN have created an album that is unfathomably heavy, uncompromisingly introspective, and startlingly unique, catapulting them to yet another level.  UNTOUCHABLES has been kick-started with the �Here To Stay� single�already Top Ten on the rock and alternative charts�and thought-provoking video directed by acclaimed filmmakers the Hughes Brothers (�From Hell,� �Dead Presidents,� �Menace II Society�).

KORN�s last two albums--1999�s quadruple-platinum ISSUES and 1998�s triple-platinum FOLLOW THE LEADER�both entered the charts at #1.  The group�JONATHAN, MUNKY, HEAD, FIELDY and DAVID�have sold over 11 million albums in the US. since their 1994 debut album.

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