I always thought he was a decent Iron Chef judge.
― the magnetic pope has sparked (WilliamC), Sunday, 11 January 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
the cover art on that first album is super creepy
― charlie h, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:44 (nine years ago) link
I heard the debut again a couple of days ago for the first time in ages and I was impressed by how well it seems to have held up - they really said all they needed to say on that record and would probably be looked on far more fondly if it had been their only album.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 14 August 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
Korn > Issues > Untouchables > Life is Peachy > Follow the Leader > Take a Look in the Mirror
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
^^^ agreed wholeheartedly
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
issues is a v good record
Issues seemed to be a bit of a breakthrough record for them here - it's strange, but I seem to know more people who got into Korn with that record, rather than the debut or even Follow the Leader(!)
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 14 August 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
falling away from me was always on mtv2 in the uk lol
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Monday, 14 August 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
Yeah, true! I don't really remember seeing many, if any, Korn videos on TV prior to 1999/2000.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 14 August 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
i think maybe the impact of linkin park and limp bizkit, who had the first real HIT nu-metal albums in the uk in 2000, might have made it easier to sell nu-metal. i remember being 12 in 1996 and listening to korn, deftones, and limp bizkit and basically no-one in my school was into them or had even heard of them.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Monday, 14 August 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Fast forward to 2001 and I seem to remember seeing Issues and White Pony hoodies everywhere!
My first encounter with Korn was on some foreign TV channel in either '96 or '97, there was a bit of live footage with Davis being angry and playing bagpipes and I remember thinking "no way would this band ever become successful in the UK" ... when they did become successful here I was really surprised.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 14 August 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
Looking back, the popularity of nu-metal in the UK from 1999-2002 was just a small part of what really was a resurgence in popularity of American alternative rock in general. There was Korn, Deftones, Slipknot, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, Incubus, Linkin Park etc. but also there was renewed interest in pop-punk, grunge and Metallica were still very popular. Then later stuff like At the Drive-In etc.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 14 August 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
just re-listened to the self-titled and life is peachy while working on a cover letter last night and the former is a lot better and holds up pretty ok.
jonathan davis' grumbling, muttley vocal routine sounds beyond ridiculous, and i have some issues with 5-string slap bass, but i like the guitar tones, drums, and the groove metal vibe
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
"Here to Stay" fucking rules. i love that record. can't believe that was a hit single in 2002. just sheer brutality
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
I keep forgetting how disco-tastic 'Got the Life' sounds!
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Been listening to the first six Korn albums a lot recently and it's really amazing how much this stuff sold considering how difficult, ugly and dissonant some of their stuff is.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Friday, 25 August 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
C'MOWWWWN!IT'S ON!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, August 16, 2017 11:15 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i didn't get this job. i blame korn
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
Did you accidentally mention that you feel like a freak on a leash? Most employers prefer you to be OK with that feeling.
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
evan i quite clearly posted that i listened to the self-titled and life is peachy. freak on a leash is on follow the leader!
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
Look, it's a feeling. Can't you chill and let me be free?
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
the s/t def holds up in some kind of way, relentless juvenilia of the lyrics aside. "need to" is a jam
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
the other korn album i still think is pretty good is issues, mostly bc i think they were right to abandon rap and they were writing their best hooks
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
apparently all i do in this thread is talk about how much i like issues
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
I remember recording the video to 'Falling Away from Me' on a VHS tape. I still think it's a good song.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
I've not listened to the self-titled in *years*. I'd forgotten how awful the bass sounds. Faget is vile but still has a bleeding rawness about it.
If nothing else, it's made me want to listen to Acid Bath.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 March 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
I remember recording the video to 'Falling Away from Me' on a VHS tape. I still think it's a good song.― pomenitul, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:17 PM(yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pomenitul, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:17 PM(yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I really love that ominous opening riff. I can hear the post-punk/new wave influences more in Korn's sound now than I could at the time.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 14 March 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
WAKE THE FUCK UPPPP!WAKE THE FUCK UPPPP!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 14 March 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
the new single is... excellent?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3v5yMF1hTs
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
sounds like a cut from the issues/untouchables era
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
also sounds way more like deftones than they ever have before
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
listened to follow the leader today for the first time in a few years. something about the duets feels really perfunctory and unfleshed out, i don't think i ever liked "children of the korn" or "cameltosis' when i was a kid, and "all in the family" is a complete abomination. but the rest of the record is p great! especially this v cool song buried in the second half
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RX_ZzbptoU
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:01 (four years ago) link
now i'm onto issues and this record is so obv their best, every song from "hey daddy" on is my favorite korn song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
I was off the Korn train w/ Follow
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujEph5vFwmc
still slaps
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, July 10, 2019 6:02 PM (forty-two seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
this makes sense to me but... the hooks!!!!
"somebody someone" is an AMAZING song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:09 (four years ago) link
What I remember most about this amazingly repugnant band is how effectively they utilized MTV (before they dropped the "Music") for publicizing them.They had an incredible contest for allowing a rando to direct one of their videos (the guy chosen professed to hating them and loving Radiohead, to thechagrin of their Tony Clifton look-alike scumbag manager) and they were also the subject of a True Life episode, where Fieldy (the one who assaulted a Spinphotographer for making him pose in a "gay" way with his bandmates) did dougnuts and defaced the front lawn of their Bakersfield high school.
― beamish13, Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBQNIP4zFP4
this album might be... good?
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 2 August 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
As someone who's never really cared about them: it is!!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 September 2019 04:23 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
it's SO GOOD
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 13 September 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
Me, 1999: Hey, future me, what is the future like?Me, 2019: The best rock albums are by Tool, Slipknot and Korn. The best movie is by Quentin Tarantino. And Wu-Tang Clan has two TV shows. Me, 1999: Sick, is the Simpsons still on?Me, 2019: Buddy, I have some good news and some bad news
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 13 September 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
i really appreciate how often it tries to remind me of issues while also often sounding way more like a meshuggah record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 13 September 2019 00:56 (four years ago) link
"h@rd3r" completely earns its title
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 13 September 2019 02:55 (four years ago) link
I was totally ready to lazily post this to rolling worst but.....tbh it's goofy and committed and it's for a good cause. and also it tickles me whenever a huge artist makes a bandcamp page
https://kornofficial.bandcamp.com/track/the-devil-went-down-to-georgia-cover-song
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
does he sing it in his nasal voice
― XVI Pedicabo eam (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
it's even goofier because yelawolf does most of the vox!
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
new album, requiem, in february. they've been on a roll so i'm stoked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aupnj1KpjCg
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 November 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
oh wow that song is very good as well
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link