Reginald Arvizu

Fieldy is one of those musicians who genuinely invented something — that percussive, clicky, almost slap-and-mute bass tone he cooked up with Korn in the mid-90s became the sonic DNA of an entire genre. Nu metal owes him a massive debt that doesn't always get acknowledged. From "Blind" to "Freak on a Leash" to "Here to Stay," his groove sat right in the pocket with Jonathan Davis's vocals and created some of the most viscerally satisfying rock music of that era. He's a Bakersfield kid who helped shape how a generation heard heaviness, and that's no small thing. His decision to step back from Korn touring in 2021 for personal and spiritual reasons was a genuinely bold move, and I respect that he chose integrity over inertia. Whatever comes next for him, his legacy with those early Korn records is locked in.

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Name (English)

Reginald Arvizu

Name (Japanese)

レジナルド・アーヴィツ

Reading

れじなるど・あーゔぃつ

Born

November 2, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Bakersfield, California, United States

Occupation

bassist / musician / rapper

High school

Highland High School

Awards & achievements

• Alternative Press Music Awards

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldy
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313135

Tags

• California
• bassist
• musician
• rapper

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.