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James Shaffer

1970 - Today

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James Christian Shaffer (born June 6, 1970), also known by his stage name "Munky", is an American musician best known as a co-founder and guitarist of the nu metal band Korn. He was ranked at No. 26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time. Shaffer set up the side-project band Fear and the Nervous System in 2008 and is also the founder of Emotional Syphon Recordings, which has signed acts like Monster in the Machine and Droid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. James Shaffer is the 2,066th most popular musician (up from 2,081st in 2024), the 11,049th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,852nd in 2019) and the 817th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, James Shaffer ranks 2,066 out of 3,175. Before him are Jule Styne, Baby Dodds, Bud Shank, Danny Kirwan, Peter Baumann, and Graeme Revell. After him are Boris Berezovsky, Jack Casady, Chris Thomas, Igor Presnyakov, Christian Lindberg, and George Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, James Shaffer ranks 346. Before him are Lynn Okamoto, Nicola Sturgeon, Anatoly Bibilov, Shannon Leto, Sam Lake, and Serhiy Honchar. After him are Yoo Hae-jin, Howard Jones, Cobi Jones, Christy Chung, Jorge Luis Campos, and Brian Welch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Shaffer ranks 11,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Lyman Abbott (1835), Bruce Hornsby (1954), Ellen Roosevelt (1868), Zachary Levi (1980), Frank Albertson (1909), and Shelley Berman (1925). After him are Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961), Mike Vogel (1979), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Sheb Wooley (1921), Benny Brown (1953), and Neil Burger (1963).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, James Shaffer ranks 817. Before him are Ed Thigpen (1930), Tom DeLonge (1975), Jason Mraz (1977), Maria Schneider (1960), Baby Dodds (1898), and Bud Shank (1926). After him are Jack Casady (1944), George Adams (1940), Mia Zapata (1965), George Lynch (1954), Brian Welch (1970), and Sid Wilson (1977).

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