Korn frontman Jonathan Davis is a married man. Davis wed Brittany Parisi on July 3 at the Neighborhood Church of Palos Verdes in Palos Verdes Estates, California, in front of 80 guests — and according to People, who broke the story, every current member of Korn was in the room. The ceremony was built around Sandro Botticelli’s Renaissance masterpiece The Birth Of Venus, the same painting Davis stood in front of when he proposed while on tour last year. And in a detail that belongs to no other frontman in music, a bagpiper with 50 years behind the instrument played him in.
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The Ceremony
The wedding took place on July 3 at the Neighborhood Church of Palos Verdes, perched on the Southern California coastline. Eighty guests attended, described by People as a mix of the couple’s band family and blood family — and notably, all four current members of Korn were there.
That’s a small detail with a lot of weight behind it. Korn have been a functioning unit since 1993, and they’ve been through more than most bands survive: lineup departures and returns, addiction and recovery, the loss of longtime bassist Fieldy from the fold. Thirty-plus years in, everyone still shows up. That’s not nothing.
A five-course dinner was prepared by chef Celestino Drago, with cocktail hour running alongside it. Dessert, by all accounts, was not a modest affair.
The Proposal That Became The Theme
The Renaissance concept wasn’t a styling choice pulled from a mood board. It came directly from how Davis proposed.
While on tour last year, Davis surprised Parisi with a trip to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy — and asked her to marry him standing in front of Botticelli’s The Birth Of Venus. Parisi told People she has long been fascinated by her Italian ancestry and has a particular interest in the Medici family, who commissioned the painting in the first place.
So the wedding took that moment and built outward from it, aiming to conjure Florence on the California coast. It’s a genuinely thoughtful bit of storytelling, and it says something about a guy whose day job involves screaming into a microphone about his darkest years.
The Bagpipes Were The Best Part
Here’s the detail that made every Korn fan smile.
Aaron Shaw, a bagpiper with 50 years of experience, performed as Davis arrived, then piped guests from the ceremony to cocktail hour, and again from cocktail hour through to the reception, where a jazz ensemble took over.
For the uninitiated: Jonathan Davis plays the bagpipes. He famously opens Korn’s 1994 track “Shoots And Ladders” with them, and it’s been one of the strangest and most enduring signatures in heavy music for over three decades — a nu-metal band from Bakersfield opening a song with Highland pipes and nursery rhymes. Bringing a piper to his own wedding, and letting somebody else handle the honors for once, is about as fitting as it gets.
The couple’s first dance was to Lana Del Rey’s “Young And Beautiful,” the 2013 track written for The Great Gatsby soundtrack.
Meanwhile, Korn Are Deep Into A New Album
Davis heads back into a busy stretch. Korn are currently in the middle of the most deliberate recording process of their career, with guitarist Munky revealing earlier this year that the band has written close to 40 songs and torn most of them apart repeatedly to avoid putting out anything mediocre. It will be the first Korn album in the band’s history without founding bassist Fieldy.
Davis has stayed busy outside the band too, including teaming up with his son Nathan on the track “Dark Fantasy” — and he’s never been shy about assessing his own catalogue, once flatly declaring one Korn song the worst thing the band ever recorded.
Congratulations to the couple.
TL;DR
- Korn frontman Jonathan Davis married Brittany Parisi on July 3, 2026
- The ceremony was held at the Neighborhood Church of Palos Verdes in Palos Verdes Estates, California, with 80 guests
- Every current member of Korn attended
- The wedding was themed around Botticelli’s The Birth Of Venus, the painting Davis stood in front of when he proposed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence
- Bagpiper Aaron Shaw, a 50-year veteran, played as Davis arrived and led guests between the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception
- The couple’s first dance was to Lana Del Rey’s “Young And Beautiful”
FAQ
Who did Jonathan Davis marry?
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis married Brittany Parisi on July 3, 2026. The couple became engaged in 2025 while Davis was on tour.
Where did Jonathan Davis get married?
The ceremony took place at the Neighborhood Church of Palos Verdes in Palos Verdes Estates, California, in front of 80 guests.
Did the members of Korn attend Jonathan Davis’ wedding?
Yes. According to People, every current member of Korn was among the 80 guests, described as a mix of the couple’s band family and blood family.
How did Jonathan Davis propose to Brittany Parisi?
Davis surprised Parisi with a trip to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy while on tour last year and proposed in front of Sandro Botticelli’s painting The Birth Of Venus, which went on to become the theme of their wedding.
Were there bagpipes at Jonathan Davis’ wedding?
Yes. Bagpiper Aaron Shaw performed as Davis arrived and again while leading guests between the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception. Davis himself famously plays bagpipes on Korn’s “Shoots And Ladders.”
Thirty-plus years in and the whole band still shows up for each other — that’s the part of this story worth appreciating. Congratulations to Jonathan and Brittany. What’s your favorite Korn track from the Davis era? Let us know in the comments, and follow Loaded Radio for daily rock and metal news.
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