Korn

[Chrisbo]

issues, that was the end of KoRn.

agreed. i like a lot their 3 first albums.

Personally, Issues was their best album, the overall sound on that was the best! Life Is Peachy for me, was crap compared to S/T, Follow The Leader and Issues!

[Malpractice]

And I still maintain Fear Factory is a more innovative and influential band than Korn.

thank god someone finally agrees with me

i don't know how many people actually realize it but the first band to really do the sing/scream thing especially in the metal/death metal/hardcore world was fear factory. faith no more toyed with it too but fear factory got it down to a science

[fireflyry]

I always thought of Fear Factory as cyber type metal due to their use of industrial samples and methodic rhythms.More industrial than anything else imo.

I agree with them being the first to really do the melodic chorus/scream verse style in the mainstream metal circles but I had friends into harder goth/black metal bands that had a similar vocal style way before Fear Factory.No I can't remember band names names as it was'nt my type of music and was heard in passing or stoned in friends bedrooms but I'm sure someone here can.

How they even came up in this thread baffles me and I'm to lazy to back track.

[Azwethinkweiz]

I just talked to a huge korn fan who didnt knew who David Gilmour, Jeff Buckley and John Frusciante were.

I mean...wow.

[ben]

You think big-time korn fans are smart?

[Azwethinkweiz]

No, but man.. i was just in shock. if you havent heard of those artists then.. yeah i dunno.

[fireflyry]

How old was he/she?I was pretty ignorant musically for a while in my youth.Metallica, Sepultura, Deftones and Korn were pretty much the only bands I listened to for ages.

Thank god my horizons have greatly expanded since then.Still I would have known those names, even then.Other than Jeff Buckley that is but I don't think Grace was out back in my bogan days.

[333tone]

I just read that they will release a new unplugged album Feb. 19. I'm really curious to listen to it, cause they covered "In Between Days" (The Cure) with Robert Smith and "Creep" by Radiohead! OMG, they'll probably fuck it up, like they did with "Another Brick InThe Wall"

[Moz La Punk]

Yea I read that as well.

[Crazylegs]

Unplugged albums are fucking stupid

[kmdeftones]

I still think they have something amazing left in them...  I think they have made some mistakes (Word Up!), but I am a fan of most of their albums.  There are stellar songs on each album.  I think Issues is good, but too many interlude moments.  I actually like Untouchables; it has some great songs at the end of the disc.  The talk about how "heavy" they used to be kind of reminds me of how certain Deftones fans talk.  Lots of people miss the Adrenaline and Around the Fur era, but bands change.  Korn did, maybe just not as well as the Deftones have...  Korn are amazing live and I disagree about not putting an album out until 2 years after the last effort, I wish it didn't take bands as long as it does for follow-ups.  Usually they are so highly anticipated, you end up feeling let down after 3-5 years of waiting.  Just my opinion...

[Racer X]

I saw that Munky has a new 8 string guitar NOT like the 8 strings Meshuggah have. Munkys has an extra high string. Plus it has a tremelo.


Does that mean anything for guitar??? Who knows. But I'm curious to hear what he does with the guitar. Apperently Steve Vai gave it to him and has one as well.



Otherwise......still not much of a korn afficianado.

[skinnypuppy]

When my co-worker told me The Cure did a live mashup... my heart skipped a beat. But not in a good way. I wanted to punch someone.

[Rx~Queen~lsgurl]

KoRn is nice but I prefer SOAD over them anyday 

my fav tracks must b: blind, pretty, need to, somebody someone, alone i break, it's on...etc

[biggdude01]

I saw that Munky has a new 8 string guitar NOT like the 8 strings Meshuggah have. Munkys has an extra high string. Plus it has a tremelo.


Does that mean anything for guitar??? Who knows. But I'm curious to hear what he does with the guitar. Apperently Steve Vai gave it to him and has one as well.



Otherwise......still not much of a korn afficianado.

                Yea... but steve vai knows how to play guitar lol.... If munky concentrated more on how to actually play instead of lookin for 8 or 7 string guitars then he'd be better. Cuz hes a shit guitar player in my opinion.

[yoda on mars]

issues, that was the end of KoRn.

agreed. i like a lot their 3 first albums.

Personally, Issues was their best album, the overall sound on that was the best! Life Is Peachy for me, was crap compared to S/T, Follow The Leader and Issues!

I agree with Chrisbo. I think ISSUES was their best album. The quality of this shit was amazing at the time.

[Racer X]

I saw that Munky has a new 8 string guitar NOT like the 8 strings Meshuggah have. Munkys has an extra high string. Plus it has a tremelo.


Does that mean anything for guitar??? Who knows. But I'm curious to hear what he does with the guitar. Apperently Steve Vai gave it to him and has one as well.



Otherwise......still not much of a korn afficianado.

                Yea... but steve vai knows how to play guitar lol.... If munky concentrated more on how to actually play instead of lookin for 8 or 7 string guitars then he'd be better. Cuz hes a shit guitar player in my opinion.

Well he might with this guitar. Yea right....

He'll probably use the extra high string for more wierd sounds with FX. I wish more guitarists would try this guiatar out.

[ToneDef]

I just talked to a huge korn fan who didnt knew who David Gilmour, Jeff Buckley and John Frusciante were.

I mean...wow.

So what? That's a stuck up view man.

It depends who you listen to, what you do with your time and what circles you mix in. To you that person seems like a douche because you listen to those particular artists and consider them highly influential (a debatable view).. I bet that same person could name artists or similarly influential musical figures from their chosen genre of music and you wouldn't know who the fuck they were.

I only know those artists because they're namechecked in certain places.. magazines I read.. Bands I listen to.. websites I visit.. forums etc. We all take different directions man. So yeah, I think that comment was stuck up and elitist.

[Sam]

Damn..

[Azwethinkweiz]

I just talked to a huge korn fan who didnt knew who David Gilmour, Jeff Buckley and John Frusciante were.

I mean...wow.

So what? That's a stuck up view man.

and you quote a comment that's almost a year old because ?

to stir up shit ?