What rock artist did KoRn's Jonathan Davis punch on stage for making fun of KoRn?

The rock artist Jonathan Davis is reported to have punched onstage for making fun of Korn was Marilyn Manson. The anecdote belongs to the confrontational, theatrical culture surrounding late-1990s alternative and nu-metal performances.

Davis was the lead singer of Korn, a California band that helped define nu metal through downtuned guitars, hip-hop-influenced rhythms and intensely personal lyrics. Marilyn Manson, meanwhile, was known for provocative stage shows and deliberate shock tactics. Stories about tension between major acts from that era often blended real backstage friction with theatrical performance, which is why the incident is frequently repeated as a piece of Korn trivia.

This story is easy to confuse with other Korn-related conflicts. Davis also traded insults with Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst on the song “All in the Family,” but that was a recorded collaboration rather than the alleged onstage punch described here. Likewise, Korn’s song “Clown” grew from an altercation with a heckler, not Marilyn Manson.