Korn appreciation thread...

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Shawn

Discussion Starter · Feb 13, 2009

I liked Korn alot when they first came out and I saw them live back in 1997 and in 1999, both great shows. After Issues, I lost interest in them but I do like Take A Look In The Mirror, good album. They were so much better back in the day though. I even got to meet David Silveria when Korn came to Lewiston back in '97 -I was working at a restaurant where they ate before the show. Pretty cool.

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James

· #2 · Feb 14, 2009

I like Korn, though I have to admit they were better on everything up to Issues than anything since. The live at Hammerstein DVD is a great show. I've seen them loads of times now, including the gig at Donnington where Jon couldn't sing, so the singers from loads of other bands stood in.

Also, although my music sounds nothing like Korn, I have to admit they were the primary reason behind me picking up a 7 string for the first time.

Thomas

· #3 · Feb 14, 2009

I used to be a big fan when I was younger, in the 11 - 16 age range. I recently took some time to listen to them again after several years, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I still enjoy the music, particularly the album Untouchables. I don't like the last two albums as much as the rest, though. I think they went downhill after Head left. Many would probably argue that it happened long before he did.

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Shawn

Discussion Starter · #4 · Feb 14, 2009

James said:
Also, although my music sounds nothing like Korn, I have to admit they were the primary reason behind me picking up a 7 string for the first time.

Me too, kinda......it was mainly Trey when I saw Morbid Angel back in '94. Back then, I wanted one but it was not until I saw Korn that I had to get one. :agreed:

Jason

· #5 · Feb 14, 2009

Holy shit JD vocals were so much better live back then :agreed:

Daemoniac

· #6 · Feb 17, 2009

I love em (still). Never heard any music other than classical until i was 16, then i got thrown into the KoRn crowd :lol: Great stuff, though SYOTOS was embarrassing...

mesh

· #7 · Feb 17, 2009

I still rock them on the iPod. I've met David at his restaurant in Huntington Beach as well as Fieldy.

Arbiter

· #8 · Feb 17, 2009

Korn is the reason I got a 7 string :lol: I never learned any Korn songs, or Limp Bizkit, or... anything, really, until a couple years ago. But I thought their stuff up to Issues was pretty awesome.

Ambrosius

· #9 · Feb 17, 2009

Korn was a bit of a different story for me. I grew up not too far from Bakersfield, so to me it was a local band that I was surprised to see with an album out and a video on Beavis and Butthead.

I'll trash mainstream metal to no end, but I'll always stand up for Korn's first album. It was raw, different, and recorded on the shittiest gear ever (which made it more awesome). IMO that album was Korn's masterpiece.

Drew

· #10 · Feb 17, 2009

Ambrosius said:
I'll trash mainstream metal to no end, but I'll always stand up for Korn's first album. It was raw, different, and recorded on the shittiest gear ever (which made it more awesome). IMO that album was Korn's masterpiece.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, though, the musicianship was sloppy at best, and there were some major timing issues. Someone loaned it to me recently, and I was surprised that they even got a chance to make a second, listening to it.

Ambrosius

· #11 · Feb 17, 2009

The self titled? Sloppiness included, that shit's great.

Drew

· #12 · Feb 17, 2009

:shrug: I listen to Nirvana, so I probably shouldn't judge. :lol:

Ambrosius

· #13 · Feb 17, 2009

:lol:

noodles

· #14 · Feb 17, 2009

Drew said:
If it's the one I'm thinking of, though, the musicianship was sloppy at best, and there were some major timing issues. Someone loaned it to me recently, and I was surprised that they even got a chance to make a second, listening to it.

That was my problem with the first two albums. Not only were they sloppy, but they were rambling and unfocused. In my opinion, they didn't really find their sound until "Follow the Leader", even though a whole lot of Korn fans will try to crucify me for that statement.

Personally, I never got into them. I never understood what the big deal was, and they opened the door for a whole lot of shit that dominated the music scene with its awfulness for the next half a decade. Which is exactly the same problem I have with Nirvana. :lol:

Mr. S

· #15 · Feb 17, 2009

Korn were the first band I ever got into, in turn they made me want to play guitar and seven strings so I'll always love to Korn as they were the genesis of my passion for music and a gateway into metal as a whole :metal:

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Shawn

Discussion Starter · #16 · Feb 18, 2009

Me$h said:
I still rock them on the iPod. I've met David at his restaurant in Huntington Beach as well as Fieldy.

Very cool. :yesway: A couple of my buddies asked him what he thought of Maine and his reply was "it's WAY different than California".

Daemoniac

· #17 · Feb 19, 2009

Last time i saw them live Jon could barely sing, and he kept going back into the darker parts of the stage where there was an Oxygen tank and mask :nuts: Loved the energy live though :yesway:

Six6VI

· #18 · Feb 19, 2009

Loved the first two albums (in all their heavy, sloppy glory) but slowly faded on them with each following release. I remember seeing them at Milwaukee Metal Fest when hardly anyone knew who they were and they fuckin' KILLED!

zerodc

· #19 · Feb 20, 2009

Well to you it was shit, but then again I know alot of the stuff you listen to which I call shit.... But it is different strokes for different folks and that is the great thing about music, there is such a variety, because if everyone had the same taste it would be boring as hell......

But even if you didnt like Nu-metal, at least it changed the direction of music and bought heavy music back into play. It also really got people interested in 7 strings and changed music in that direction as well.

Dave...Really i dont understand such a hate for Nirvana, please would you rather still be watching and listening to the hair bands which had run its course? I mean dont get me wrong, you know I love the hair bands, but the originals and even at the end some of the originals were starting to sound like crap too....

At least nirvana changed the scoope, it was different, it was raw (original nirvana, not the nevermind album) and bought us great bands like sound garden, older pearl jam and a handfull of other bands.

As to Korn, I also loved the first two albums, but follow the leader was there one album that everyone will remember the most, they were on the mark with it. After Follow the leader I could just never really get into them the way I did that album, but like slipknot, by that point my music tastes were changing big time so that could also be why.

noodles said:
Personally, I never got into them. I never understood what the big deal was, and they opened the door for a whole lot of shit that dominated the music scene with its awfulness for the next half a decade. Which is exactly the same problem I have with Nirvana. :lol:

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noodles

· #20 · Feb 20, 2009

zerodc said:
Dave...Really i dont understand such a hate for Nirvana, please would you rather still be watching and listening to the hair bands which had run its course? I mean dont get me wrong, you know I love the hair bands, but the originals and even at the end some of the originals were starting to sound like crap too....

Oh, I hate most of the hair metal, too. :lol:

To answer your question, though, the guy's voice just grated on me. It was like sandpaper to my ear drums, and repeated listening only made it worse. Of course, they then had to play the same three songs non-stop for the next fifteen years, turning a minor annoyance into outright hatred.

Music is something I've never been able to articulately explain. I just hear a band for the first time, and I usually make my mind up in about five or ten minutes. Sometimes, I recognize it is something I am not quite ready for (so I put it away for a few weeks), but that is usually with more eclectic or extreme stuff (like Arsis or Watchtower). I just remember seeing the video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and thinking that it was the most awful thing I had heard since new wave. And that was their best song. :ugh:

Hell, I love Neil Young, and he is another sloppy guitarist with a shitty voice. He just doesn't grate on my like Cobain did. :shrug:

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