Reginald Arvizu
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| Born | November 2, 1969 Bakersfield, California |
| Alias(es) | Fieldy |
| Genre(s) | Nu Metal, Alternative Metal and Rap |
| Affiliation(s) | KoЯn |
| Years active | 12 |
| Official site | www.korn.com |
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Bakersfield, California) is the bass player for the band KoЯn.
Prior to this, he also started the band L.A.P.D. with Munky and David Silveria, who are also founding members of KoЯn, and Richard Morrel (another Bakersfield native unrelated to Korn). L.A.P.D stood for "Love and Peace, Dude".
The name "Fieldy" is said to have come about as an abbreviation for "Garfield", based on the comic strip character of the same name. Originally, his band mates called him "Gopher", due to his large cheeks. Gopher became "Garf", Garf became Garfield, which became Fieldy. His full moniker is "Fieldy Snuts", which when spoken aloud sounds like "Feel these nuts", or "Fieldy's nuts". This is also the name of his record label.
He plays a 5-string Ibanez model SDGR SR5005, named the K-5, which is his signature bass.
His playing style consists of slapping, double slapping, double-popping, standard finger-style plucking, and palm muting; his standard tuning is: A, D, G, C, F.
Fieldy is the only left handed member of KoЯn, yet he plays the bass right handed. The majority of Fieldy's bass riffs are hip-hop inspired. He says he gets inspiration from anything hip-hop. On the business side of KoЯn, Fieldy does all the T-shirt designs, hats, stickers, patches, everything. He will come up with a number of designs, shows them to the band and they either approve or disapprove. It is said he titled every KoЯn album. Fieldy's first job was selling plants door to door, and after that he cleaned carpets.[citation needed]
When KoЯn was playing a show in Jacksonsville, William Frederick "Fred" Durst, who happened to be a tattoo artist at the time, made friends with Fieldy and guitarist Head while fixing them up. The new friends promised to hang out again the next time KoЯn passed through town. By the next time the KoЯn Krew came to Jacksonville, Durst had a Limp Bizkit demo to play for them. The suitably impressed Fieldy and Head passed the tape on to their producer at that time, Ross Robinson, who in turn was impressed by the band's sound and produced Limp Bizkit's first album, Three Dollar Bill, Yall$.
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[edit] Life outside KoЯn
In addition to KoЯn, he has a rap side-project called Fieldy's Dreams. He has released one album, Rock'n Roll Gangster. He currently has a second album in the works.
Fieldy married his girlfriend Deena Beber on Tuesday, 16th of May 2006. KoRn's guitarist, Munky played nylon guitar at the wedding. It is her first marriage and his second. Fieldy has two daughters, Serena and Olivia Arvizu, from his first marriage from Sheela Arvizu.
In interview with 99.3 The Fox radio, Munky said:
"I'm actually gonna play Spanish guitar," Shaffer says. "He asked me to play, so I'm gonna play nylon string Spanish guitar for him, and do the wedding dum-dum-de-dum, and then after that I'll get drunk (laughs)."
Fieldy has stated this on his second album still in the works: "I'm working on another solo record," says Fieldy. "It's heavy, man. It's gonna be totally the flipside of Fieldy's Dreams." Fieldy will be working alongside producer Polarbear on his new solo project, whom also contributed to "Rock N Roll Gangster." "I've got about eight songs, instrumentals with hooks in them," Fieldy said. "I'm singing and it's just more heavier hardcore, not really like the goofy, funny rap thing." There is no current release date for the CD, as Fieldy is fully focused on KoЯn right now. KoЯn's current single and video is "Coming Undone" which entered Top 10 on Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Recently, he was chosen bassist of the year 2005 in UK's Metal Hammer Reader's Poll. Last year he stated he has given up smoking pot and drinking.
[edit] Fieldy's Equipment
[edit] Basses
Ibanez Soundgear SR1305 5-string (Natural finish, Lollapalooza '97 bass)
Ibanez Soundgear SR1305 5-string (Maroon, w/ sand paper scratches on it)
Ibanez Soundgear 505's (Black w/ face scratched out & Natural)
Ibanez ATK305 (Amber/ash body)
Ibanez K5TKF 5-String (Fieldy Signature/black & red)
[edit] Amps
Hughes & Kettner BC 410's
2 Mesa/Boogie M-2000 heads (no mids, and a heavily tweaked 18-band EQ)
Hughes and Kettner 2x15 cabinet (on tour)
Mesa/Boogie 4x10 cabinet
Recently he is using Ampeg PR410HLF cabinets.
[edit] Effects
Sans Amp Pedal EQ Boost Pedals
[edit] Guest appearances (videos)
- Limp Bizkit - Faith (1998)
- Ice Cube - Fuck Dying (1999)
- E-40 - Automatic (2002)
- Bubba Sparxx - Back In The Mud (2003)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo albums
Rock'n Roll Gangster (22nd January, 2002)
[edit] Producer
Videodrone - Videodrone (February 23, 1999)
