 Prior to the release of 1998 's Follow the Leader , Gretchen <unk> , a Zeeland , Michigan high school assistant principal , said in an interview for a Michigan newspaper that Korn 's music is " indecent , vulgar , obscene and intends to be insulting " after giving a student , Eric <unk> , a one @-@ day suspension for wearing a shirt with the Korn logo on it . <unk> was filmed giving away hundreds of free Korn T @-@ shirts , which were donated by the band , outside the school . Ottawa County policemen helped hand out shirts as well . Korn filed a cease and desist order against <unk> and the school district for their comments . They also threatened a multimillion @-@ dollar lawsuit , but both actions were dropped due to the band members ' personal lives . 
