Pastor Ron Vietti, right, accompanied by other pilgrims, baptizes ex-metal guitarist Brian ”Head” Welch, 34, center, a founding member of the multi-platinum metal band Korn from the United States, at Jordan river’s baptismal site near the Kibbutz Kinneret, in northern Israel, Saturday March 5, 2005. Welch was baptized in the Jordan river, just weeks after quitting his band, drug habits and rock-and-roll lifestyle for religion. Thousands of pilgrims are baptized annually in the revered river where according to the Biblical tradition, John the Baptist baptized Jesus. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)