DETROIT (Korn Official Website) - The hard rock band Korn is about to release a new album - "Untouchables," in stores June 11 - but frontman Jonathan Davis has his MOJO working on another project. MOJO is the Museum of Justice and Oddities that Davis and two friends hope to open in the Los Angeles area, though no specific date has been set. The building will house artifacts from famous criminals, including items from Davis's extensive collection of serial killer memorabilia, such as the Volkswagen in which Ted Bundy murdered several victims, John Wayne Gacy's clown suits and artwork by Charles Manson and "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez. "I love death," says Davis, who holds a degree from the San Francisco School of Mortuary Science and worked in the coroner's office in Kern County, California before joining Korn in the fall of 1994. "I am totally into anything that's dark," he says. "I've always been drawn towards dark things, be it horror movies or this (serial killer) stuff." Davis says his partners, Arthur Rosenblatt and Joe Coleman, have contributed other crime-related items, including autopsy materials from famous gangsters and items from the house where Bonnie and Clyde were slain. "People that see 'em just stop in their tracks and go, 'You've gotta be kidding me!"' Davis said. "They're intriguing, man; people like weird, dark (stuff). My chick's scared of them, but I dig 'em." Davis and Korn - who have sold more than 11 million albums since debuting in 1994 - will launch "Untouchables" with a June 10 New York City concert that will be simulcast to movie theaters across the country. Korn then kicks off a concert tour on June 20 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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