Brian Welch

Guitarist Brian Phillip Welch was born June 19, 1970 in Torrance, California. He is better known by his nickname, "Head". Welch met guitarists James Shaffer and Reginald Arvizu in highschool. With Arvizu he formed a band named “Pierct”. “Pierct” became “Toy” after a couple of line-up changes, amongst them the adding of Shaffer. After “Toy” split up Arvizu and Shaffer went on to form L.A.P.D.