Jonathan Davis's childhood is a major influence on Korn lyrics — the song "Daddy" gave rise to a rumor that he was molested by his father, Rick Davis. However, Jonathan has gone on record in many interviews saying he wrote the song about a female family friend who sexually abused him. He said that when he tried to turn to his family as a child to tell them about the abuse, they shrugged it off and did not believe him.

Korn was featured on an episode of the hit comedy show South Park, Season 3 Episode 12 entitled "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery". In the episode Korn act like the characters from the 1970 show "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" as they try to solve the mystery of pirate ghosts haunting the South Park Docks. Near the end of the episode Korn plays their song "Falling Away From Me" from their 1999 album "Issues".

Samples from the song "Freak on A Leash" are used in Ukranian hardcore DJ Miss K8's song "No More Jokes"

Korn is often credited for creating the Nu Metal genre.

The band name is derived from a fan suggestion, "Corn," which the group initially rejected, but later settled on for a lack of better ideas. Later, Shaffer had the idea to spell the name with both a "K" instead of a "C," and a backwards "R," so the band's name would appear as "KoЯn.

Korn made a song entitled "The Camel Song" for the soundtrack to the film "End of Days" in 1999.

Guitarist James 'Munky' Schaffer acquired his nickname from his feet. Schaffer explains, "I'd spread 'em out and everyone said they look like hands, like monkey hands.

Bassist Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu was given his nickname early on by the band. "When I was younger, I had these chipmunk cheeks... so they called me 'Gopher', and then it became 'Garf'. Next they started calling me 'Garfield'. And finally it became 'Fieldy'.