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Brian “Head” Welch, guitarist for the band Korn, and his daughter Jennea talk to The You Rock Foundation about the challenges and triumphs in their father/daughter relationship as featured in the Welch’s documentary, 'Loud Krazy Love'.

In this discussion, dad and daughter share their personal views on life’s unique complexities and how they keep an open heart while maintaining a healthy state of mind.

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Interview conducted by Dr. Jennifer Palladino, DC | Directed and edited by Sébastien Paquet | Color by Ali Roberto | Music by Korn | Special thanks to Musicians Institute Hollywood

For more information about 'Loud Krazy Love', please visit: LoudKrazyLove.com

You Rock Foundation Ambassador Jesse Heffernan had the opportunity to sit down with Red Sun Rising guitarist Ryan Williams in Waupaca, WI on the kick-off of their "Thread" tour. On the tour bus, Ryan talks about his pathway substance use recovery, not knowing if he will ever pick up a guitar again and finding inspiration that can be heard on the new album. They also dive into what lead the band to create the song "Stealing Life" and promoting efforts around suicide prevention and awareness and donating tour proceeds to MusiCares. All this and more in a very special (and kinda noisy) YRF Tour Bus interview.

Mitch Arnold, frontman of Wayland, opens up to The You Rock Foundation about loosing his dad to a tragic car accident and his early struggles in life. Some of these struggles lead him down destructive paths and even caused some darker thoughts of self harm, “Digging though and exploring your feelings wasn’t really on the forefront of everybody’s mindset. I went though my high school years as a very angry individual, upset.”

Mitch shares how he made his way, and eventual fought through these struggles aided by his commitment to music and additional healing methods, “I’ll admit I deal with depression and anxiety, I’m not going to say all the time, but these are human emotions, these are things that happen with people and I have to be really clear, I use exercise an meditation to help myself out of these things.”

Mitch’s words are honest, delivered in an honest way, to truly help those in need of hearing them. He allows himself to become vulnerable in the spotlight to help others.

It was not easy for Casper to voice his feelings in the beginning, “I was incredibly depressed. I started drinking a lot and taking a lot of pills to try and combat my inner demons at that point. It was an incredibly dark time because there was no one I could talk to.”

Music played a huge role in Casper’s life in a positive way and helped heal some of the darker feelings. Casper is now, also able to relay the positive ideas of his experience, “Whatever you struggle may be, we all have struggles. We all may feel a little weird and different then other people around us, but there’s nothing wrong with you. The only person you have to answer to at the end of the day is yourself.”

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Although Ray Luzier (Korn, drummer) has not suffered directly from anxiety and depression he has been witness to those close to him as well as on the road who have, and have turned to self medicating in destructive ways. Ray recently spoke with The You Rock Foundation during Korn's summer 2017 tour with Stone Sour. Ray wanted to express his empathy and compassion for others by offering words of support as well as strong statements of positive ways to push through, feelings of anxiety and depression. Ray attributes a lot to music and it’s power to heal, “Music’s always been my salvation to go to. If I’ve ever got in a fight with my parents, if I’ve ever got in a fight with my sister, or any kind of school problems, music was always my outlet and my release.”

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The second annual Rock To Recovery event took place at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, Ca, on Saturday, September, 16th, 2017. The event was held to honor Wayne Kramer and Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) with a tribute to Chester Bennington (Linkin Park). The You Rock Foundation had the privilege of joining Wesley Geer and other rock musicians in support of using music as a healing tool in rehab recovery treatment. Corey Taylor gave the foundation a nod of admiration and stated, “Being sober can be very empowering, it’s stronger to be that badass, to be the guy who sees it all, remembers it all, feels it all, and at the end of the night doesn’t need that quote, unquote party.” In addition to Taylor, those interviewed included: Steve Stevens (guitarist,Billy Idol), Sonny Mayo, Wesley Geer, Wayne kramer, Nate Lawlor, Brandon Jordan, and Dr. Drew Pinsky.

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Tim "No 37" Martinez is a veteran music personality. He got his start in the industry when his best friend, Juliya Chernetsky, put him in front of the camera on her show "Uranium" on Fuse TV (formerly MuchMusic USA). He became a regular personality on the show for 4 of the 5 seasons the show was on the air. After Uranium, Tim became a concert producer & promoter on his own as Tim No 37 Productions as well as teaming up with Gotham Rocks & 2 Legit Booking to create No Mercy Metal. Producing shows for bands such as Kittie, Alekhine's Gun, Firewind, Otep, Sworn Enemy, Candiria, Ice Nine Kills and more.

Tim Martinez is a former live event DJ who has spun his eclectic metal mix at NYC venues such as Irving Plaza, Highline Ballroom, The Stanton Social, Gramercy Theater and more as well as doing a national tour as a DJ. He also hosted & produced two seasons of a show called Indi Diaries on the streaming music video network IndiMusic TV (those can be seen here: https://indimusic.tv/page/indidiaries )

Tim Martinez is also an award winning equality advocate, and supporter of the LBGT community, having created the anti-bullying & suicide awareness charity concert series HATE the HATE, with the support of Chris Santos and Jessica Pimentel (which has boasted celebrity participants such as, Mina Caputo, Carson Kressley, Cisely Saldana and 2 Broadway editions with performances by Broadway stars from Rock of Ages, Aida, Newsical the Musical, etc) and won a USA Network Character's Unite Award. He also created The Elizabeth Martinez Foundation: Rock N Roll for the Cure which is a Cancer Research charity concert series.

Tim Martinez opens up about to The You Rock Foundation about the flux of light and dark times in his life. Well known for his work in the New York music scene, Tim describes his encounters with Marylin Manson and Otep, two of the bands that saved his life. He also goes on to discuss getting better doesn't not necessarily mean the absence of all fear and anxiety, but rather an understanding of balance between dark and light times, “There’s this weird balance, that’s not balanced at all, but with dark times and good times one always seems to follow the other. A lot of the time it seems the dark times aren’t always going to go away, but they eventually do and the good times do tend to roll in and start to happen. On thing I’ve learned in my life, at 37 years old now, is, you gotta focus on the good. Even though it doesn’t seem like there is much good as there is bad and dark, but even those little slivers of brightness and sunshine and happiness… you gotta hold on to them. That’s what makes life worth living in my opinion.”

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The You Rock Foundation has launched the 1 Million Mohawks for Mental Health Challenge. This unique campaign aims to create awareness about mental health, substance use, and suicide by using the attention this hairstyle gets to talk about the brain beneath it.

1 Million Mohawks will challenge people to shave, spike up, or dye a mohawk into their hair live on social media, and posting a photo on the platform of their choice. Additionally, the participants will take a pledge and make a statement as to why they are choosing to stand up against stigma and speak up about mental health.

1 Million Mohawks has already garnered support from bands like Stone Sour and Killswitch Engage, as well as from their partners, Mental Health America, Rise Together, Helios Recovery, and Spread Hope Like Fire.

1 in 4 people are impacted by mental illness, and according to SAMHSA, nearly 8 million people have both a mental disorder and substance use disorder. Together, we are helping raise awareness and stop stigma around mental health in hopes that it helps someone who is struggling.

“I want to get people to talk about what they are dealing with,” said The You Rock Foundation’s Joseph Penola. “We’ve interviewed rock stars who get raw and intimate about their lives as a means to give people hope. The 1 Million Mohawks for Mental Health Challenge is taking it to the fans and community to pledge to be strong, speak up, and help others.”

With You Rock’s established connections within the music industry and rock star community, sources predict this campaign could influence well over the projected one million people.

For more information please visit: 1millionmohawks.com