2004 was a great year for metal, hardcore, and metalcore too. Dry Kil Logic rules lol. That was also my peak as a human being, if I'm being completely honest. I remember when I was cool.
Hi Finn! I don't ever comment but after your video the other day I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate all your videos. Yes I click on nu metal and metal core more than anything, but you literally changed my mindset on gatekeeping, "selling out", and allowed me to open my mind to tons of new music. Even got me to hate ICP less (as a people, not the music) Also I got a few people to watch your stuff. So whatever you decide to do, know that you at least had a huge positive impact on my music taste, and therefore my life. Truly.
agreed, i have a big list of bands i listen to now that i had not heard of 5 years ago. Also i've learned a lot about genre. don't know where Finn picked up on so much of the subtle differences, but i always learn something
Either we hung out back in the day or this life really is a simulation because I too knew a guitarist with dreads and knee pads who laid tile and whose band opened for Dry Kill Logic when they came through. (Don't ask me the band's name, though, because I forgot nearly all of them!)
RUclips algorithm had Alien Ant Farm’s newest single Fade in the recommended of this video. I hadn’t listened to them in years, but just checked it out and came back to this video, my god, Alien Ant Farm is kinda still killing it. Great song.
I saw Alien Ant Farm in 2018 with Lit and Buckcherry in north Scottsdale AZ. During Buckcherrys set I was hanging backstage by the busses with some friends. Lead singer of AAF walks right by me, we make eye contact, and I shook his hand and said "hey man great show it was great to see you, thank you". I was just being nice to the guy. He said: "hey thanks man, hey you got any cocaine?"
$800 Drop-A 7-string guitar into the cheapest distortion pedal on the planet into a small, solid state, Fender practice amp I borrowed from my dad. Like putting store-brand ketchup on a Kobe steak. It was awesome.
We love skindred in the UK they are incredibly fun live that’s the point they don’t take themselves seriously. They pull huge crowds at festivals and headlined the 2nd stage at download last year to a massive crowd
I downloaded that Alien Ant Farm album on LimeWire and burned it to a CD and played it on repeat in my 1996 Chevy Cavalier (with a manual transmission, the poor man’s Pontiac Sunfire) all senior year! Millennial Nostalgia Forever, Finn!
Agree, skindred are one of the best bands of all time. Absolute musical geniuses, you can hate on reggae metal but nobody else was doing it, even within nu metal they were completely unique band. But their songs are actually good regardless of the hate, I always listen to "doom riff" that song will be forever stuck in my head. But I like most their songs too. Maybe it's because I was a huge st0ner and went through a massive reggae phase but I also had my emo/metal phase when I was younger too and just appreciate both those styles of music
To be fair, Cradle of Filth still has yet to find a label that can contain them for more than 2 albums. I think they've been on everything but Interscope and Century Media. lmao
I was on the Five Pointe O scene. They're from my neck of the woods (Chicago Southwest Suburbs), and my friend's brother's band used to play shows with them all of the time. We used to go to every show we possibly could.
Watched a great interview with Tye (AAF's bassist) recently on YT with a luthier named JD Pinckney. Tye carved and built that bass himself. Apparently he had a deal in the works with Fender at one point to produce a limited edition artist line of these but for whatever reason it never came to fruition. AAF's first indie album (it's called "Greatest Hits") before they hit it big is awesome. Some killer songs on there that didn't make it to their major label debut.
I kept thinking at the end of the video, "Damn, where have I heard of Skindred before?" Then I remembered that my Taekwondo instructor had a whole Playlist of shitty Nu-Metal that he used to bump. I remember "Nobody" by Skindred and "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed coming on all the time. You just unlocked a core memory for me, Finn
My first Deftones experience was a girl 4 yrs older than me pulling out and sitting on my hog on her living room sofa at 4pm while her family was eating 10 steps away in the kitchen. It was what I wanted, but not what I needed. 😂
Finn, after your video the other day, I wanted to word this right. Whether you read this or not, whether you care or not, I just wanted to say that you've been my favorite RUclips for years. You inspired me to get back into content creating, and you also got me to wake up and pursue my career in marketing at 26. I'd personally love to hear what advice you would have for someone who is just starting at 26 after years of trying to become the greatest death metal guitarist, which got me no where. I also loved your older content about the more modern music, the "how did they get big?" series was amazing, plus I love your life advice, life style, vlog videos and I do hope you continue making those and make those older videos as well, but I understand the money aspect. I know this was a schizophrenic tangent, but I seriously hope that you do stick around of find an outlet in content creating that pleases you.
Saw Skindred open for Papa Roach back in like, 2005-2006 time frame. I was like, 15 or 16 and had my 11 year old brother with me. He enjoyed them, so after their set while waiting for Papa Roach to set up, we went to the merch table to ask about getting an autograph on his ticket. Dudes said "Hell nah. Buy a CD and we'll sign that." to an 11 year old kid who had no merch cash. They lost any possibility of me ever defending their music after that one.
Sometimes there record companies actually put this on the band to sell CDs and merch. I know it's shitty but it happens.. "Bring me the Horizon" was bad about doing this on Warped Tour.
Ha. I accidentally saw Skindred when I got invited to see Goolgol Bordello back in 09ish. I was so confused at what booking agent listened to those two bands and said 'Yup! This is the show combo.' The crowd was dead till GB came out and rightfully so. I would never pay to see Skindred.🤣
@elcheekoful they were in a bad deal back then so might have been a 360. They also had a load of debt after the collapse of their previous band dub war.
@@elcheekoful Ironically it was digby pearson of earache records who bought skindred out of their 360 deal, after all the years of benji slagging off earache dig was the one who helped sort out the bad position they were in. Hence why both dub war and skindred are both now on earache.
I don't know man I actually liked Skindred. Definitely an acquired taste it was a little weird getting into it first, I remember some guy in my high school used to listen to him and put me on to them. I wouldn't say Rat Race is their best song by a long shot, but they definitely had some hype songs. I can totally get behind anybody thinking this is crap music though, I'm sure most normal people do, lol. They had some crazy riffs though, Selector was a banger.
"Ground beef, perfume, and yogurt," hahaha! I remember somebody telling me like 20 years ago that they loved Skindred, and I decided I couldn't hang out with that dude anymore.
Oh man, Five Pointe O! I remember seeing them open for Mushroomhead in 2002 when I was 17, and thought they were awesome. I don’t think I’ve thought about them in 20 years.
I seen Dry Kill Logic at a small club in New Orleans and counting me there were about 12 people in the crowd. They still put on a great show and came hang out with us afterwards. Really cool dudes.
So right about AAF. The "smooth Criminal" cover is like the sixth or seventh best song on that album. They also just released some new music that's great!
Skindred are also one of the extremely rare examples of something I am very happy to say was quite rare even when nu-metal was big: A (successful) British nu-metal band.
@@raregrimebeats1352 they were successful enough for me to have heard them and be aware of them (with the song 'Nobody') in 2004, and I was only *just* getting out of the whole nu-metal thing into heavier stuff, so I wasn't exactly digging deep so to speak. Which was right at the fag-end of nu-metal, not in its heyday though to be fair.
Didn't Alien Ant Farms career stall out due to a bus crash that crippled a couple of the guys? My memory is saying something like that. From Wikipedia: In May 2002, the band was involved in a bus accident while touring in Spain.[13] While the whole band suffered minor injuries, the driver, 26-year-old Christopher Holland, was killed, and lead singer Mitchell suffered a fractured C2 vertebra.[14][2] I guess not, says they were back in the studio in 03.
I absolutely LOVE Dry Kill Logic, and Paper Tiger is my favorite song by them , I'm not that fan you're on about, but ill happily be the second guy lol
I just come for your personality and the feeling like I'm hanging out with other people who want to talk about music. I don't even care what genre it's about.
It was every bands dream to have that nice of a gear but, as I come from a poor country, everyone had a black Ibanez guitar, a black yamaha bass and a small drum set (probably black and yamaha).
Skindred has that so bad it’s actually good energy to me. I’ll jam through their album once every 2 or 3 years if I’m in the right frame of mind for it. The right frame of mind probably being me forgetting exactly why I haven’t listened to them for a while.
I actually first heard ‘Face the Pain’ in an old Cod4 ProMod Frag Movie called “Qlimaxzu - Overused”. Legendary video for anyone interested. Also, FACE THE PAIN, FACE THE PAIN!!
Hey man. Just wanted to tell you that I come her to see you. You could make the same nu metal video 1000 times and I'll watch it every time. You have a lot of good advice and you're funny AF. I hope you stick around for a while longer
I am a big fan of Dry Kill Logic definitely one of my favorite Nu Metal bands and were the reason I got into the genre. The unhinged vocals is a definite selling point and while slipknot also has a similar vocal style, they take a lot of influence from more death metal in its guitar work while DKL sounds a lot more inspired by thrash/groove Metal especially later in their career.
Did a couple of tours with Dry Kill Logic in late ‘04 and then again early ‘05. In fact, we had just finished our set and the news was coming out about Dimebag being murdered and both of our bands were scouring the internet to find out what happened for the rest of the night. Good dudes! I have no comment about their music…. 😂
Saw your interview and latest personal update. I think you hit the nail on the head that you need to get the bag while the getting is good. Music content, outside of popular music, is dead or dying.
I’d rather watch the same Nu metal video a hundred times than have Finn quit. I grew up watching Finns content and I’ve discovered so much music and gained general life advice from Finn. Honestly I’m here for whatever content Finn wants to make😭
That 2008 Affliction look is actually super popular with skater/grunge dressed teenagers at the moment. They call it "cyber". I sell tons of it on Depop
I know Luke Thomas can't stand Face The Pain, but ngl I was super stoked to hear it again during UFC 300. Miss the old gladiator intro to the PPV's too.
Hey! So you did think Annie was okay! I trusted you, Sports Metal Coach Finn! jk I agree. I prefer to listen to Movies to get down with the fitness. Ooo-ah-ah-ah. Also, just update, I got another Thousand Foot Krutch album! haha I voted Linkin Park on the poll for best nu-metal, but TFK is my favorite. Hope you and your have a great week, Finn!
Can I just say that Face The Pain '04 is the best version of the song by far (not on streaming). Stemm is such a weird band when you look at their career. They did that Machine Head gimmick where they kept changing genres when it made sense to. They got a song about 9/11, a song about Dimebag somewhere and three versions of Face The Pain. I really was excited because I was wondering if Finn would ever talk about Stemm, and as soon as that thought left my brain, he started up on Stemm
@TheSTEMMDrummer Hey Danny, I just checked and I couldn't find all 3. I see Louie's OG version is there, the 2012 Joe version, but not the 04-05 T.J. version. I'm using Spotify if it helps. Thanks Dannny
I saw the video title and saw alien ant farm smooth criminal and almost went off on you right at the start 😂😂😂 this smooth criminal cover is a masterpiece
That alien ant farm song was my first favorite song when I was a kid. I used to sit at my family’s computer watching the little sound waves on windows media player
Yassssss i loved that era of UFC. Me and my best bros at the time would all pitch in for the pay oer view fights and drink beer and malibu with pinealple juice lol.
Favorite NuMetal Local band was Wicked Red from Corpus Christi, TX Like 20-25 years ago. Their stuff is on RUclips. Minus the megaphone in the mic usage, they had some gems.
Dude Five Point O was featured, This was a very low key roadrunner band that only lasted for like a year after it got signed, they were definitely a local band from Chicago first.
Hey Finn, I think you should go by 75/25 split … 3/4 of your videos will be nostalgia. A quarter of it can be new material. I think there is some of us who do love the nostalgia. And Also want to hear new artist.
Talking about the clothing of Nu-Metal, I am 40 years old and I am still wearing JNCO. I will never stop wearing them because I don’t believe I have to change the way I dress to be considered an adult. I am just glad the company made a comeback because my original pairs all have been patched in the inseam and I was worried I would completely wear them out beyond repair.
Mr. Mckenty I agree with other commenters saying they would like to see content other than discussing nu metal. That isn't to say your nu metal videos are bad because they are still entertaining. However, we know you have a lot of other interests and are very intelligent. Your commentary is what makes your videos worth watching.
Aaf - smooth criminal is top tier, best smooth criminal cover, better than original imo. Five pointe 0 ... Love them!! Would say they're half way down my iceberg of nu metal, no where near bottom. Dry kill logic.. love them too, I get early metalcore vibes from them. Stemm is also just top tier shit tier nu metal. Loud and obnoxious. Skindred has such a hardcore fanbase, you're gonna get a couple of guys going after you. Also, did you know they're from Wales? Welsh Nu metal reggae. Not a listener, but they're still going today. I love proper shit tier nu metal, the shitter the better. That's what nu metal is about for me. Suburban white kids making loud sounds. My all time favourites band is hed pe, but before you rip on them, take a minute to understand they pioneered nu metal with Korn, and a bloke called Fred durst was a regular at their shows before he made his band...
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2004 was a great year for metal, hardcore, and metalcore too. Dry Kil Logic rules lol. That was also my peak as a human being, if I'm being completely honest. I remember when I was cool.
Life isn't fair folks. This man find infinity money glitch just by yappin about nu metal.
Yup but we all tune in lol everytime😂
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
@@ogvelociraptor205 I don't hate him wdym?
@@TheBeast-LPTV good! Gotta give Him credit for making the Black Metal Nerds angry and have them all fuming over their genre of incel Metal
Finn can make the same video about nu metal 100 times and I will still eat it up
I do it for his well being. It’s charity, not an addiction, I promise 😭😭
Same
My millennial brain says yes.
“Take me back to when I called the girl from GameStop”
I give Finn a lot of credit for telling that story that was brave.
Gives GameStop a new meaning to me. I love story time with Finn
That sounds like a song. 😂
@@corm1000 oh me too! lol
@@delix787 I nominate Bilmuri! To make this happen!
I could also see AJR doing something similar lol
Hi Finn! I don't ever comment but after your video the other day I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate all your videos. Yes I click on nu metal and metal core more than anything, but you literally changed my mindset on gatekeeping, "selling out", and allowed me to open my mind to tons of new music. Even got me to hate ICP less (as a people, not the music) Also I got a few people to watch your stuff. So whatever you decide to do, know that you at least had a huge positive impact on my music taste, and therefore my life. Truly.
agreed, i have a big list of bands i listen to now that i had not heard of 5 years ago. Also i've learned a lot about genre. don't know where Finn picked up on so much of the subtle differences, but i always learn something
I second this
My guitarist had dreads, knee pads, laid tile, and we were asked to open up for dry kill logic when the came through.
Legit.
What band? I would love to listen!
Either we hung out back in the day or this life really is a simulation because I too knew a guitarist with dreads and knee pads who laid tile and whose band opened for Dry Kill Logic when they came through. (Don't ask me the band's name, though, because I forgot nearly all of them!)
@@ashextraordinaire where are you from
@@philipb3030 Southeastern VA, you?
"His dreads, swinging majestically." Had me dying laughing lmao
Yup. That's when I hit the "Like "button.
OMG a video on Numetal? I never dreamed a day like this would happen, when Finn would talk about Numetal finally.
Bro, your manifestation skills are off the charts. You’re, like, a Grand Manifestorizer.
"if this song doesn't make you wanna fight someone in the parking lot of a buffalo wild wings" that's my new favorite Finn quote 😂
Which is kind of ironic considering they're from Buffalo, NY
@@cope847 it would be ironic if they were from Ohio, Buffalo Wild Wings is from there
RUclips algorithm had Alien Ant Farm’s newest single Fade in the recommended of this video. I hadn’t listened to them in years, but just checked it out and came back to this video, my god, Alien Ant Farm is kinda still killing it. Great song.
YES THEY ARE! That song is sooo good! The new stuff is sounding great!
I’m happy I kept scrolling through comments and saw this. I didn’t know they had new music out. Awesome
There first album is great, smooth criminal is considered there best but there are so many better songs on that album
@@amd1273 Movies always gets all the attention for the "Alien Ant Farms lesser known gem" but for me it's all about Wish. Love that song
@@Xathian movies is another song I think is good but I never listen to it. I like flesh and bones, attitude, wish. Those are my favorites on the album
Dude wearing an affliction shirt with his fox racing girlfriend= OG power couple
Yeah… *In the mid-late 2000’s…* 🙄😒
@@mid-s_to_earlysViBEZjealousy is not becoming.
@@TimPool.BeanieCivilWarlord *What…?!?* *Dude.* It’s *NOT* 2004-2009 anymore, bro. *LET IT GO.*
Should’ve seen me in 2002 wearing a fox mx jersey to school.. either the coolest kid ever or a complete nerd. Still not sure.
Smooth Criminal still slaps!
Both versions imo
it's a perfect MJ song to be covered in nu metal
I saw Alien Ant Farm in 2018 with Lit and Buckcherry in north Scottsdale AZ. During Buckcherrys set I was hanging backstage by the busses with some friends. Lead singer of AAF walks right by me, we make eye contact, and I shook his hand and said "hey man great show it was great to see you, thank you". I was just being nice to the guy. He said:
"hey thanks man, hey you got any cocaine?"
King
LOL
Hey that’s how you get a hook up in cities away from the plug ya know. Can’t blame em
No Finn, thats you.
Also, this story was not in any small way embellished. Word for word.
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA
But, we all have to know... did you have any cocaine?
This era of music made everyone feel like they could be in a band.
And then we were.
We all had terrible riffs and metal zone pedals and it was just the fucking worst.
$800 Drop-A 7-string guitar into the cheapest distortion pedal on the planet into a small, solid state, Fender practice amp I borrowed from my dad.
Like putting store-brand ketchup on a Kobe steak.
It was awesome.
Alien Ant Farm just released a new song a week or two ago. it's pretty good.
And the one before (Fade) is even better. Such a great hook :O
3 new songs
Agreed. I heard these and thought " damn.. they still got it"
We love skindred in the UK they are incredibly fun live that’s the point they don’t take themselves seriously.
They pull huge crowds at festivals and headlined the 2nd stage at download last year to a massive crowd
I downloaded that Alien Ant Farm album on LimeWire and burned it to a CD and played it on repeat in my 1996 Chevy Cavalier (with a manual transmission, the poor man’s Pontiac Sunfire) all senior year! Millennial Nostalgia Forever, Finn!
How is it even possible to hate on Skindred? Such a great band filled with positive energy!
I love Finns videos, but his take on them made me wanna jam all their songs out of spite lol
Some people just have poor taste.
Agree, skindred are one of the best bands of all time. Absolute musical geniuses, you can hate on reggae metal but nobody else was doing it, even within nu metal they were completely unique band. But their songs are actually good regardless of the hate, I always listen to "doom riff" that song will be forever stuck in my head. But I like most their songs too. Maybe it's because I was a huge st0ner and went through a massive reggae phase but I also had my emo/metal phase when I was younger too and just appreciate both those styles of music
also this guy looks like the same guy from "best ever food review show"
I still prefer dub war!
Nikkelback was on roadrunner im shocked, roadrunner used to have slipknot,machine head, cradle of filth, type o negative and mostly just metal.
Nickelback in the beginning was A LOT Heavier. But by the time the 1st record came out they had toned it down.
To be fair, Cradle of Filth still has yet to find a label that can contain them for more than 2 albums. I think they've been on everything but Interscope and Century Media. lmao
Five Point O were legitimately good! They went on tour with Killswitch Engage and 36 Crazyfists in like 2003. Sad that they only made one album.
That album is insanely good, criminally unoticed. Singer had some serious range
The album slapped from start to finish
I was on the Five Pointe O scene. They're from my neck of the woods (Chicago Southwest Suburbs), and my friend's brother's band used to play shows with them all of the time. We used to go to every show we possibly could.
Watched a great interview with Tye (AAF's bassist) recently on YT with a luthier named JD Pinckney. Tye carved and built that bass himself. Apparently he had a deal in the works with Fender at one point to produce a limited edition artist line of these but for whatever reason it never came to fruition.
AAF's first indie album (it's called "Greatest Hits") before they hit it big is awesome. Some killer songs on there that didn't make it to their major label debut.
I kept thinking at the end of the video, "Damn, where have I heard of Skindred before?" Then I remembered that my Taekwondo instructor had a whole Playlist of shitty Nu-Metal that he used to bump. I remember "Nobody" by Skindred and "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed coming on all the time. You just unlocked a core memory for me, Finn
Saying AAF's Cover of smooth criminal is bad is a crime in itself
My first Deftones experience was a girl 4 yrs older than me pulling out and sitting on my hog on her living room sofa at 4pm while her family was eating 10 steps away in the kitchen. It was what I wanted, but not what I needed. 😂
You're a goddamn hero.
@@meinfuss1709 I felt like I was in a movie 🤣
Ground beef, Yogurt, and perfume, is THE most accurate description of ANYTHING I've ever heard, ever... pmsl...
I can't believe I'm watching someone talk about FIve Pointe O in 2024. Was not expecting that
Listen to them most weeks. I wonder what they're up to now.
Neither do I. Great album this one
Finn, after your video the other day, I wanted to word this right. Whether you read this or not, whether you care or not, I just wanted to say that you've been my favorite RUclips for years. You inspired me to get back into content creating, and you also got me to wake up and pursue my career in marketing at 26. I'd personally love to hear what advice you would have for someone who is just starting at 26 after years of trying to become the greatest death metal guitarist, which got me no where. I also loved your older content about the more modern music, the "how did they get big?" series was amazing, plus I love your life advice, life style, vlog videos and I do hope you continue making those and make those older videos as well, but I understand the money aspect. I know this was a schizophrenic tangent, but I seriously hope that you do stick around of find an outlet in content creating that pleases you.
Awww ❤
Saw Skindred open for Papa Roach back in like, 2005-2006 time frame. I was like, 15 or 16 and had my 11 year old brother with me. He enjoyed them, so after their set while waiting for Papa Roach to set up, we went to the merch table to ask about getting an autograph on his ticket. Dudes said "Hell nah. Buy a CD and we'll sign that." to an 11 year old kid who had no merch cash. They lost any possibility of me ever defending their music after that one.
Sometimes there record companies actually put this on the band to sell CDs and merch. I know it's shitty but it happens.. "Bring me the Horizon" was bad about doing this on Warped Tour.
Ha. I accidentally saw Skindred when I got invited to see Goolgol Bordello back in 09ish. I was so confused at what booking agent listened to those two bands and said 'Yup! This is the show combo.' The crowd was dead till GB came out and rightfully so. I would never pay to see Skindred.🤣
@elcheekoful they were in a bad deal back then so might have been a 360. They also had a load of debt after the collapse of their previous band dub war.
@@lewisb85 yeah I just assumed they was in a 360 deal.
@@elcheekoful Ironically it was digby pearson of earache records who bought skindred out of their 360 deal, after all the years of benji slagging off earache dig was the one who helped sort out the bad position they were in. Hence why both dub war and skindred are both now on earache.
I don't know man I actually liked Skindred. Definitely an acquired taste it was a little weird getting into it first, I remember some guy in my high school used to listen to him and put me on to them.
I wouldn't say Rat Race is their best song by a long shot, but they definitely had some hype songs. I can totally get behind anybody thinking this is crap music though, I'm sure most normal people do, lol. They had some crazy riffs though, Selector was a banger.
Thank you Finn, always heard about Skindred but never looked them up. You did this.
You created a Skindred fan.
union black is their best album
AAF first album was awesome, really good musicians too, mike cosgrove has amazing fills
I never thought people hated reggae metal so much, I like it 😂😂
I love Skindred. Welsh ragga-metal. Still going strong. Amazing live.
Well they are technically the only Welsh nu metal band left after the singer of the other one messed up hard!
What is ragga?
@@lewisb85that band wasn't numetal.
@@r.b.rozier9692 Oh fake sound of progress very much was nu metal.
This is most original bands ever. Finn you are so wrong👎
In the 2000s STEMM opened every single big metal show here in Buffalo. You could not escape them.
Good way to start out this Monday with a Nu Video from Mr.Finn about the often overlooked Genre known as Nu Metal.
Is that the genre with bands like Kornelius and Truckershitch?
With how old the songs are shall we call the genre Auld metal now
All the Scottish people in the chat lmao
dry kill logic is honestly pretty good
He’s the only guy to rip on Dry Kill Logic. Bad takes.
Benji is a gift to the world. Dub War and Skindred are faves of mine. Enemy maker was one of the greatest songs of the 90s.
"Ground beef, perfume, and yogurt," hahaha! I remember somebody telling me like 20 years ago that they loved Skindred, and I decided I couldn't hang out with that dude anymore.
Why the heck would you put Pressure on a Nobody, man?
Bro, Finn, Ratrace absolutely bangs
the movie?
Oh man, Five Pointe O! I remember seeing them open for Mushroomhead in 2002 when I was 17, and thought they were awesome. I don’t think I’ve thought about them in 20 years.
Cause they only made a new album and then split.
I heard Stemm sold their song to UFC for only $10K. I'd like to think a tiny residual each time the song was played would have paid better.
The piercing under the lip, is called a "Labret"
I seen Dry Kill Logic at a small club in New Orleans and counting me there were about 12 people in the crowd. They still put on a great show and came hang out with us afterwards. Really cool dudes.
So right about AAF. The "smooth Criminal" cover is like the sixth or seventh best song on that album. They also just released some new music that's great!
Skindred are also one of the extremely rare examples of something I am very happy to say was quite rare even when nu-metal was big:
A (successful) British nu-metal band.
They became successful way after Nu-metal died out. They wasn’t that popping at the time when Nu metal was a thing
@@raregrimebeats1352 they were successful enough for me to have heard them and be aware of them (with the song 'Nobody') in 2004, and I was only *just* getting out of the whole nu-metal thing into heavier stuff, so I wasn't exactly digging deep so to speak.
Which was right at the fag-end of nu-metal, not in its heyday though to be fair.
@@raregrimebeats1352 also Dubwar were literally a thing before them and they had moderate, albeit not mainstream success.
@@jonathanwebster7091Dub War wasn't nu-metal though
@@jonathanwebster7091 I remember blasting Nobody while leveling in World of Warcraft shortly after it came out. Those were the days.
Skindred is really not good, but I can't help but find it fun. Def headbanged to them more than I like to confess
Kill the power always gets me pumped, live they’re definitely one of the best bands out there
They’re music sounds better live. Audio sucks , I didn’t understand the appeal until I watched a live set
Not good? subjective....but nobody can listen to doom riff without that song getting stuck in your head forever
Didn't Alien Ant Farms career stall out due to a bus crash that crippled a couple of the guys? My memory is saying something like that. From Wikipedia: In May 2002, the band was involved in a bus accident while touring in Spain.[13] While the whole band suffered minor injuries, the driver, 26-year-old Christopher Holland, was killed, and lead singer Mitchell suffered a fractured C2 vertebra.[14][2] I guess not, says they were back in the studio in 03.
“His dreads, swinging majestically” 😂😂😂 you are hilarious! Also now I can’t unsee how many nu metal bands just copy and paste each other 😂😂😂
I absolutely LOVE Dry Kill Logic, and Paper Tiger is my favorite song by them , I'm not that fan you're on about, but ill happily be the second guy lol
I can just imagine sitting at a bar and across the room is a alternate Finn calling out some random nerd like 14:44
I just come for your personality and the feeling like I'm hanging out with other people who want to talk about music. I don't even care what genre it's about.
It was every bands dream to have that nice of a gear but, as I come from a poor country, everyone had a black Ibanez guitar, a black yamaha bass and a small drum set (probably black and yamaha).
Dry Kill Logic is legendary 🗿
Not even a joke
Skindred has that so bad it’s actually good energy to me. I’ll jam through their album once every 2 or 3 years if I’m in the right frame of mind for it. The right frame of mind probably being me forgetting exactly why I haven’t listened to them for a while.
Being a huge ufc fan I probably have heard face the pain a thousand times but it still never fails to pump me up for a fight card
I actually first heard ‘Face the Pain’ in an old Cod4 ProMod Frag Movie called “Qlimaxzu - Overused”. Legendary video for anyone interested. Also, FACE THE PAIN, FACE THE PAIN!!
Hey man. Just wanted to tell you that I come her to see you. You could make the same nu metal video 1000 times and I'll watch it every time. You have a lot of good advice and you're funny AF. I hope you stick around for a while longer
Okay Finn.. I Draw the line with Skindred! Bro they fucking Slap! I have nothing bit live for their tunes! 😅
Please never quit Finn you're too good at what you do.
Dry Kill Logic's cover of Prong's "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" is pretty sick though
I am a big fan of Dry Kill Logic definitely one of my favorite Nu Metal bands and were the reason I got into the genre. The unhinged vocals is a definite selling point and while slipknot also has a similar vocal style, they take a lot of influence from more death metal in its guitar work while DKL sounds a lot more inspired by thrash/groove Metal especially later in their career.
I strongly believe AAF‘s smooth criminal cover is a god-tier cover song, regardless of genre or anything
@TheFaceMelter Wasn’t “Blank Space” the first single for I Prevail? That worked out quite well for them.
Did a couple of tours with Dry Kill Logic in late ‘04 and then again early ‘05. In fact, we had just finished our set and the news was coming out about Dimebag being murdered and both of our bands were scouring the internet to find out what happened for the rest of the night. Good dudes! I have no comment about their music…. 😂
What was your band?
@@ardley216 I was playing with Candiria
I remember Alien Ant Farm’s Smooth Criminal cover was used in American Pie 2 in the scene where Jim accidentally superglues himself down there
Saw your interview and latest personal update. I think you hit the nail on the head that you need to get the bag while the getting is good. Music content, outside of popular music, is dead or dying.
Yep
I’d rather watch the same Nu metal video a hundred times than have Finn quit. I grew up watching Finns content and I’ve discovered so much music and gained general life advice from Finn. Honestly I’m here for whatever content Finn wants to make😭
I actually love dry kill logic so much 😭😭 unironically they are underrated kinda corny but I love them all the same
Finn, you still haven't talked about Stabbing Westward for us HotTopic orphans.....just saying
That 2008 Affliction look is actually super popular with skater/grunge dressed teenagers at the moment. They call it "cyber". I sell tons of it on Depop
Remember reading Alien Ant farms bass player was in a Primus cover band. Explains the bass he playing.
I know Luke Thomas can't stand Face The Pain, but ngl I was super stoked to hear it again during UFC 300. Miss the old gladiator intro to the PPV's too.
I used to jam to Dry Kill Logic all the time, I still have their first album.
Hey! So you did think Annie was okay! I trusted you, Sports Metal Coach Finn! jk I agree. I prefer to listen to Movies to get down with the fitness. Ooo-ah-ah-ah. Also, just update, I got another Thousand Foot Krutch album! haha I voted Linkin Park on the poll for best nu-metal, but TFK is my favorite. Hope you and your have a great week, Finn!
The chorus of Face The Pain is actually pretty energizing. The riff is super sick. Same energy as Killing in The Name hook
My friend just gave me his uncles old BBE Sonic maximizer after he moved to Florida after doing time. I still cannot figure out what it does.
It basically just scoops the mids
Rackmount form or pedal?
It maximizes the sonic. DUHH
@@redherring5532 rack mount
You do not need it, sell it on reverb lol
Hey Finn, just wanted to let you know that i watch your vids but don't really care that much for nu metal. might be in the minority here, but we exist
Amen!
I always loved nu metal but now Im absolutely sick of it. We need new blood in Metal music everything is a "revival" but less interesting
HECK YA! It's what I grew up on too 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@CodyCockyote7046try macabre aghuslant
I hate nu metal to
I feel like every time Finn talks about Nu-Metal it’s a cry for help.
(alien ant farm)AAF are back, they released new stuff recently.
My favorite AAF song was These days.
Finn McKenty, the man is a true poet!
Can I just say that Face The Pain '04 is the best version of the song by far (not on streaming). Stemm is such a weird band when you look at their career. They did that Machine Head gimmick where they kept changing genres when it made sense to. They got a song about 9/11, a song about Dimebag somewhere and three versions of Face The Pain.
I really was excited because I was wondering if Finn would ever talk about Stemm, and as soon as that thought left my brain, he started up on Stemm
We did put the original version up on the streaming platforms. All 3 versions are now.
@TheSTEMMDrummer Hey Danny, I just checked and I couldn't find all 3. I see Louie's OG version is there, the 2012 Joe version, but not the 04-05 T.J. version. I'm using Spotify if it helps. Thanks Dannny
I'm sorry, brother. I thought all 3 were there. That's TJs version I posted.
@@TheSTEMMDrummer No worries. I'm sure if you guys got the OG version up, there's a chance TJ's will show up again
I saw the video title and saw alien ant farm smooth criminal and almost went off on you right at the start 😂😂😂 this smooth criminal cover is a masterpiece
I got to open up for AAF back in 2011. They were awesome guys and totally rocked the house.
I was feeling sick today but i think it was just a withdrawal from 1 day without finns nu metal videos. Feeling much better now
That alien ant farm song was my first favorite song when I was a kid. I used to sit at my family’s computer watching the little sound waves on windows media player
You NEED to do video series in the form of Project Runway, or Queer eye using nu-metal fashion!
Here is also a Skindred defender 🙋♂️! Skindred WAS one of my favourite bands. Roots rock riot is a 10/10 album and i still love it!
Yassssss i loved that era of UFC. Me and my best bros at the time would all pitch in for the pay oer view fights and drink beer and malibu with pinealple juice lol.
That Skindred track on the NFSU2 soundtrack was fire, youve missed out.
My cuz had a Banana Sunfire and a drum rack. It all fit in the car too. Drove from Utica to NYC with the HH and i in the shotgun
Glad you *finally* decided to tackle Nu Metal on your channel
Favorite NuMetal Local band was Wicked Red from Corpus Christi, TX Like 20-25 years ago. Their stuff is on RUclips. Minus the megaphone in the mic usage, they had some gems.
Dude Five Point O was featured, This was a very low key roadrunner band that only lasted for like a year after it got signed, they were definitely a local band from Chicago first.
Hey Finn, I think you should go by 75/25 split … 3/4 of your videos will be nostalgia. A quarter of it can be new material. I think there is some of us who do love the nostalgia. And Also want to hear new artist.
Speaking of Nu Metal, you should hear Alligatoah's new album. He's pretty much gone full on Nu Metal for this one, even having Fred Durst on a song.
Talking about the clothing of Nu-Metal, I am 40 years old and I am still wearing JNCO. I will never stop wearing them because I don’t believe I have to change the way I dress to be considered an adult. I am just glad the company made a comeback because my original pairs all have been patched in the inseam and I was worried I would completely wear them out beyond repair.
I realize how bad Face the Pain is, but it’s connected to so many UFC memories and montages that I will always get excited listening to it
Mr. Mckenty I agree with other commenters saying they would like to see content other than discussing nu metal. That isn't to say your nu metal videos are bad because they are still entertaining. However, we know you have a lot of other interests and are very intelligent. Your commentary is what makes your videos worth watching.
Aaf - smooth criminal is top tier, best smooth criminal cover, better than original imo.
Five pointe 0 ... Love them!! Would say they're half way down my iceberg of nu metal, no where near bottom.
Dry kill logic.. love them too, I get early metalcore vibes from them.
Stemm is also just top tier shit tier nu metal. Loud and obnoxious.
Skindred has such a hardcore fanbase, you're gonna get a couple of guys going after you. Also, did you know they're from Wales? Welsh Nu metal reggae. Not a listener, but they're still going today.
I love proper shit tier nu metal, the shitter the better. That's what nu metal is about for me. Suburban white kids making loud sounds.
My all time favourites band is hed pe, but before you rip on them, take a minute to understand they pioneered nu metal with Korn, and a bloke called Fred durst was a regular at their shows before he made his band...
I guess all those people who appeared in the Alien Ant Farm video are probably into Morgan Wallen today.