THE STRANGE HISTORY OF KORN
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What is the strange history of Korn, the inventors of nu-metal? I look at:
* Pre-Korn bands LAPD and Sexart, getting Jonathan Davis, Ross Robinson, and the Korn demo aka "Neidermayer's Mind"
* Early Korn albums including self-titled ("Blind," "Daddy", etc), "Life Is Peachy," "Issues" and "Follow The Leader"
* How they exploded with videos like "Freak On A Leash," "Got The Life" and "Falling Away From Me"
* The Family Values tour and departure of Brian "Head" Welch and David Silveria
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0:00 Intro
2:24 Pre-Korn bands, demo and early years
7:27 First album & what made Korn special
11:18 "Life Is Peachy," "Follow The Leader" and "Issues"
15:25 "Untouchables" and their mid-2000s low period
19:38 "The Path Of Totality" and Head returns
22:22 Korn's legacy and influence (nu-metal and beyond) 
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Time for a Rammstein video??
You should do a strange history of Evanescence
Finn do you know the Polish DM Band Decapitated?
If not, give them a try (Anticult should be a good start)
You should make a video of the history of Evanescence next 😊💜
Dude the only reason i watch your cannel is you still have that 1995-2005 feel! You would not be out of place on video hits or rage(aussie music shows) in 1998
Korn's appearance in South Park will always be one of the best cameos of all time
Yes "Korn's Groovy Ghost Pirate Mystery"👻
I luv that episode!!!!!!
Fun Fact: speaking of cameos , Eminems very first ever video appearance is actually a cameo as a extra in Korn's "Got The Life" video
@@mattlawrence1932 wut
@@goner.9989 u deaf or something or just can't read????
Apparently they didn’t expect to be made to look so stupid lol. Pretty much any celebrity was given stupid roles on the show LOL
I love when they start playing in that ep after being portrayed as such dweebs and nerds. It’s hilarious.
People never give korn the credit they truly deserve. Everyone always says “oh nirvana was the last great band.” And that’s simply not true. Korn carried the torch and literally inspired multiple genres and even sub genres as well. We wouldn’t have trap metal or even dubstep metal or modern metalcore without korn.
Amen to that
@ghost mall Presenting subjective feelings/opinions/views as objective fact is also terrible
@ghost mall you're so special and have such a superior taste in music! Please tell me what bands are good! I need ghost mall to approve so I know a band hasn't been influenced by korn :(
The people who say (Band name) was the last good Band, is so disrespectful to new bands trying to make it and change the sound or create their own Genre. It basically tells me that that person who said that, is older than 30 and can't accept the fact that new bands will take the torch that legacy bands like Korn, Slipknot, Suicide Silence, and others have lit.
Really Nirvana is better than Pantera?? 😂😂 Grunge is snowflake metal
There's only one Jonathan Davis, he's one of a kind with his voice and vocals! I hope we never lose him! Just like Cornell, Layne, Cobain and Chester you can't replace him.. love Korn!
Yessssss!!!!
Absolutely agreed 👍🏼💯. Can't forget Dave Mustaine and Phil Anselmo!
One of the most recognizable metal vocalists of ALL TIME! KoRn should be in the "Top 10 Most Influential Metal Bands Of All-Time" list as well!
you're putting him next to names he doesn't hold a candle to.
@@BobbyxZx lol Chester wouldn't have a career without J.D, do your research homie! 🤣🤣
As a death metal fan in high school, I couldn't stand Korn. But over time, I've come to really appreciate everything that they were. I can't believe how heavy some of their songs are.
Hahaha. I was one of the haters. I said it. I'll take it back now though.i didn't realise how great they really were. Same with Nirvana.
To be honest, early korn was really edgy. But they get better with time, they're more mature now, they worked on there touch and it's really good.
(I've found assholes on the internet who said it was better when they took meth.)
Fairly similar here.
I do appreciate their mark on the music world as a whole, but man I’ve just always found that stuff to just be too goofy for my taste, and I like goofy, but they just seem to take them selves so seriously, but don’t really convince anybody else they’re serious. Just my opinion, you do you. But then again I also like turbo folk so idk what that says about my taste 😅 (Memphis murder rap and heavy/death/black metal are my heavy genre mainstays FYI
@@Shitballs69420 interesting. I love Korn, even though they unboubtadly have their cringy side. But nothing is as cringy as "serious" or "gangsta" rap imo. The rappers are alway so intense and so full of themselves, and I'm not even starting on misogyny, also I kinda dislike the whole "hood" pseudoculture as it is just intellectually uninspiring and lame.
@@ssebasgooimo their first album is their best. I should rephrase my favorite
My dad took me to see Korn in 2002, my first concert. This year I brought him to see Korn 20 years later lol. That was super cool for me.
That's awesome!
Noice! ❤️🔥🤘🏾
That’s dope af
For you and of you to do. That’s awesome.
I saw them in 96 when they were on tour as direct support for Orange 9mm and Deftones were the opening band for that tour and adrenaline wasnt even out yet, everything said here in absolutely accurate-
I always called Korn my gateway band. They literally introduced me to metal when I was a kid. Still got much respect for them.
Same for me. I dabbled with Nevermind but that first time hearing Blind and then the entire self titled just changed my world.
Here to Stay was the first truly heavy metal song I liked as a child and now I listen to brutal deathcore.
I remember seeing the music video for freak on a leash and it being literally the first piece of music I ever enjoyed. I was 8 haha
Same
Me too. I listened to a shit like Ozzy, sabbath, social distortion (even tho it's not metal it's some of the closest I was listening to), suicidal tendencies, infectious grooves, etc but thats the most metal I bumped into I found white zombie who's my favorite band of all time but still didn't move to metal until korn came around then I got more into metal. Prong and static x launched me into metal even more but without zombie or korn I'd have only been on 90s alternative and shit like bush and pearl jam lol
What l LOVE about Head and Munky, is the fact that the dissonant chords they love to use, they both deemed "The Mr. Bungle Chord". They both stated their favorite album of all time is Mr. Bungle's self-titled album.
Yeah, it was like hearing guitar telepathy going on somehow but it was definitely the sum of all the parts that was a great deal of their combined power ( That sounds so bad like some cheesy power ranger type, aww crap) yknow, for that certain period of time, if a single member hadnt been in the lineup, before the point that some members werent having fun anymore, then you would have noticed that person was missing, i felt, because each was an essential part of the sound & not a person filling in a vacant space.
If someone wasn’t around back then, it’s hard to imagine just how big these guys were. Every band wanted to be them. And every other person wanted to join a band, to also be just like them.
I remember when their first album came around, my guitar friend was like "Dude getting ready to have mind blown.." and it was. When Life is Peachy came out mind was even more blown. I was crazy about Silverias drumming more than anything so when they toned it down on the 3rd album I ducked out.
I'm a black guy Korn and soad unlocked my love of rock for the rest of my life
Damm
Fucken aye! To that!
Yep, I've still got old camcorder footage of my friends and I in the basement trying to cover KoRn and Tool songs.
John was my neighbour when I was growing up in Bakersfield in the mid 90s, he came to a couple of my and my brother’s birthday parties. There’s photos somewhere in my house of him holding me as a baby and they’re priceless at this point, both in terms of sentimental value and the face he made in the photos
Did you know his family well? Do they still live in Bakersfield? I passed through that town once 20 years ago. Wow, it was sweltering!
that is dope as hell
@@martanoconghaile my dad did more than myself since I was too young, my dad went to a couple of their very first shows since he was into metal and he remembered thinking to himself “there’s no way they’re gonna get anywhere”, how wrong he was
@@colewhite4184 😄 They said the same about Nirvana.
Personally send me the pictures so I can see them with my own eyes or it never fucking happened.
It can’t really be overstated how huge of an impact Korn had. If you’re into modern metalcore, djent, trap metal, you definitely owe Korn respect.
Agreed. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a single Korn song in full but I owe my taste in music to them among very few others. Respect
Korn changed the game for metal just as Nirvana did for rock. Whether you like them or not, their influence can't be overrated.
Their influence goes way beyond that...their influence on music in the 90s/2000s can't truly be summed up in words!
Admittedly, I disliked Korn during their heyday. But I give them respect for being such an influential act.
Korn is garbage
Seeing Korn live in 1995 in a 1000 person venue in support of Blind was equivalent to watching a UFO land with moshing aliens. Every jaw was on the floor in complete shock. Amazing
Wow, consider yourself very lucky! I have saw many bands, including Deftones, Hed PE, Coal Chamber, Sevendust, and many more back during the 90s/early 2000s but to see KoRn would be on a much higher level because these boys started that whole sound. Even members from the band Hed PE would attend their shows when they first started out in the Huntington Beach area, I heard the guys from Hed PE went to their shows and they said it "totally inspired them to start Hed PE" members from Coal Chamber have said the same thing and the bass player from Coal Chamber actually used Fieldys bass rig to record their first album (if You listen to Pig by Coal Chamber you can totally hear it)
I first heard Korn in 1994. My babysitter’s boyfriend had this old K5 Blazer with 15 inch subwoofers in the back and he would play the self titled album on that system. First time I heard it I was blown away… I was listening to Metallica and Megadeth and never heard anything like Korn. I went out and got the album the following week. Still one of my favorite albums of all time.
Agreed. Like "wtf" in not just a good way but in an outstanding way.
Brian Welch came to my elementary school at the time in Fairview Oklahoma during red ribbon week and made a speech about abstinence from drugs and very few kids knew who Korn is but still amazing I got to meet such a legend.
I saw him in a church I visited in AL he was known to frequent,dude is a wizard cause he was in the back and then disappeared shortly after 🤣
My 9th grade English teacher was from the area and her fiancé at the time was friends with the band and had received a stool from Head so she could have it in her class
@@juliancornejo1402 that’s so wild to me small world indeed
Their debut is an absolute stone cold classic. Top to bottom stellar record. As is Life Is Peachy.
To be honest, the only two that really matter to me. Absolutely perfect albums.
@@eviegas77 Follow the Leader is patchy but still has some great songs. And Issues is dead set awesome.
@@taffysaur I liked FTL when it came out, nowadays I don't listen to it anymore. Hated Issues from day one.
I concur
*with the first two albums original statement
When Brian returned to the band the music got so much better. It was good to see him and the band comeback.
I just saw korn in Detroit last weekend and when they did hit the first chord I’d never heard anything like it before live. They were incredible live.
It's that fkn Monkey's pedals ... They vibrate your heart 😅
As a huge Korn fan, I''m glad you made this video. This was a real treat.
I ain’t even a fan and I enjoyed this deep dive. Knowing the lore of metal is great haha
It's a stretch to call Korn "metal" but it doesn't change the impact they had as a band. They are a conglomerate of many different genres, which is one of the many reasons they were so successful and appealed to the broad fanbase that they did and still do in 2023.
Just one '
What's nuts is they've been around for almost 30 years and still going pretty strong. Worst Is On Its Way is a pretty solid tune.
The Nothing is a top 5 album of theirs, the fact that they were able to pull that out in 2019 was insane man.
A lot of people don't know it, but Korn is enjoying the most chart success of their career with their last 4 albums and Never Never is their only number 1
@@deankissell3196 this is actually wrong now.. Start The Healing hit #1 this year, and stayed in the top 3 for months.
@@hunterwilliams8490 love it when I'm happy to be wrong 👍
As a Drummer, and Massive Korn fan, I've been saying this about David for Years. He's such a unique sound that shaped the bands sound.
He was awesome, but his technique killed his career. He never played double stroke rolls, he just muscled his way through single stroke rolling. So by the time Issues came out he couldn’t physically play a lot of the songs from earlier in his career.
But musically, he was such a driving force in the band, especially in their first three albums.
The band never sounded as groovy after David left. David had a rather minimalistic style which fit Fieldys bass lines so good. And together they sounded like two bassists or two drums. It was just a fantastic combo
I've always said Ray is an outstanding drummer but lacks whatever creative process David had when approaching the drums. David definitely had a feel to his playing that Ray can't replicate. I do appreciate Ray for sticking w them and allowing them to continue, can't be easy to come in a band like that and stay true to yourself while also paying homage to the material released B4 he joined the band.
For me, I couldnt say he formed the bands sound but for that period of time when they were all still having fun, any member missing would have been noticeable & a loss to the overall sound that wasnt going to punch back up to the weight they were punching with because there was the sound of the sixth member which was the member that is that telepathic synchronicity that you cannot buy when a manager pays 5 competent musicians to make an album with that special something. Thats when they gind that formula only works with boy bands or weak bands & cannot produce iconic bands with legs. I loved Davids sound but I loved each members contribution & would have been dissatisfied with the sound if it had of happened earlier that it did. Love Korn.
If you’ve never seen Korn live before, even if you’re not a huge fan of them but appreciate any aspect of them, GO SEE THEM. They put on such an incredible show, it’s so loud you can feel the music in your body. It’s nuts.
Best concert I ever saw was Korn on the family values tour when Evanescence was on it with them.
Can confirm. I’m not a huge fan, I just like some songs from different early albums, but I cannot deny their stage presence was otherworldly.
Absolutely!
Finally saw them live in 2019 they were phenomenal.
I saw them Jan 4 '96 in Dallas at reunion arena open for Ozzy. We were sitting at the very top row blazin up the whole time, and they were shaking the rafters of the roof. For sure top 5 of loudest shows I've ever been to.
I love how one of the main qualities of Finn's videos is highlighting the significant and worthwhile contributions different bands make to music. I'm not a big Korn fan by any means, but this video made me garner a lot more respect for what they've done for music.
Thats awesome, man! I always say that to my friends too...I tell them I understand if you don't like their music, but you've got to respect them for their contributions to alternative/metal music. You just can't sum it up in words how important this band truly is!
@@leadme2thebliss21Similar to Kiss. I don't like Kiss but I realize how many bands they inspired.
This is one of the greatest metal bands ever. Insanely influential. They changed metal music forever.
Someone who gets it. This band changed my life
@ghost mall This is a video about Korn so of course their fans are watching and commenting. Did you come here just to find someone to contradict?
@ghost mall KoRn have created the whole new metal culture.
@ghost mall nu metal is and will always be superior to thrash and death metal.
@ghost mall any time!
This is so great, Finn. Korn's early material is so underrated and fresh. No one sounded like this.
KoRn's debut album will always be their best. I saw them for the first time in the summer of '95, plus I got to meet Jonathan, Munky, Head, and Fieldy in person at a meet/greet before the show. They autographed a cardboard cutout much larger than life of their debut album's cover.
So awesome. What an outstanding memory.
Their music saved my life. I could always feel JDs pain in his vocals
@@nosexinviolence.3358 living my best life
Same. Saved my life too
I seen Korn in my notifications and clicked without 2nd thought. I can honestly say Korn jump started my love of metal, and music in general. My channel actually used to be a music channel which focused on Korn lyrics and B sides when I started it in 2009. Shortly after I shifted to gaming, but even my early gaming videos (which are still there) have Korn songs in the background. Glad to see how they're still going strong!
It's the same with me. Korn got me into metal music. Before Korn I never listen to metal music.
For me it was slipknot believe it or not
@@thelittleowl1 Yeah, slipknot are great.
@@nasserbukhari9513 facts
@@Sj430 so, we can say Korn did more for metal than all these 'true' metalheads who considered Korn to be posers.
As a long time KORN fan, the most impressive thing about this band is how it continues to be impressive; their continuing growth as artists is awesome and they keep doing it.. just amazing. Korn Life.
I'm one of those who came of age when Korn blew up and my stereo always had their albums cranked up to 11. Through all the trauma I endured through it all, Korn was right there to help me escape.
I've seen Korn 13 times. Back in the late 90s early 2000s they had some of the best live energy I've seen even to this day
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The proof of how groundbreaking Korn was is there’s very few bands who were able to do the Korn thing without just sounding like a knockoff version of them.
David Silveria is such a cool dude. He just moved to our town recently and he would come in and get subs from me and some other massive korn fans and was super happy to give a picture, definitely a great guy and one of the best drummers of alternative and metal in my opinion
I remember listening to life is peachy on tape. Korn will always have a place in my heart
Saw Korn with System of a Down earlier this year in LA and they absolutely stole the show for me. They are just as good as they always have been. If they ever stop playing, I have to agree the mostly 30-40 year old audience there (which was a big realization for me that I'm getting old) will miss and forever appreciate this band for what they are and the legacy they're leaving behind. Metal wouldn't be the same without their music. Thanks for making this video Finn. Keep up the good work.
I was there too!! Fuckina man System underperformed but Korn was killer as always
*When* they ever stop playing. 😞
I’ve seen a few clips of SOAD concerts and honestly I gotta say they’re a studio band.
i hope i get to see them live before they stop
@@gxtmfa its sucks they havent released any new music lately. been waiting far too long
"Life Is Peachy" is definitely number one for me, as well... Then "Issues"... They're totally different from one another, but I think that's why I like them... You kinda get every angle of the band.
Great album but Life is peachy and issues have terrible production.
I think Follow the Leader gets played the loudest here
those albums are so dope. i love how groovy Life Is Peachy is, though. it has been my favorite Korn record since it released. Good choice with Issues being second, too. I would put their debut as my second fave and Issues as my third fave. Issues was their most innovative after they became famous, i think anyway.
(edit: Man i think the production on Life Is Peachy is awesome, personally. I think it fits the album's sound in a great way because of how heavy the low-end is.)
Deinately Life Is Peachy for me, a great album and the first one I ever bought
Same all the way around.
I definitely fell out after Issues as a listening fan. That might sound weird, but what I mean is: just because I didn’t like the sound after, I really appreciate how daring they have been with re-inventing themselves. I have always listened to the albums just to see where they were at.
My all time favorite band. Growing up the change from album to album was to much fun and every album hit home with the lyrics..
I remember hearing Blind on a college radio station in late 94 and was blown away. I was mostly into death metal at the time but the song just really stood out. I went to Blockbuster Music the next day to get the album and both me and the employee there couldn't find it because we were looking under C for Corn. Had no clue at the time it was with a K. Didn't get it for another week.
Haha similar to me - I heared A.D.I.D.A.S during my black metal days and was kinda conflicted. Loved the song and later the band, but obviously as a "tru" metalhead you couldn't acknowledge that at the beginning ;)
The band that literally got me into alternative music. Also the only band I’ve ever seen live twice
As a person who enjoys nu metal-although, reconciling that MOST of it is undoubtedly garbage, save for the biggest names in the genre-it warms my heart greatly to see Korn receive the love and appreciation they have so rightfully always deserved. And even in the advent of the height of their career, people would say that they hated the genre EXCEPT for Korn. Moreover, through a high school crush and my emo phase turned metal phase, Korn will always be a beloved band for me. The angst, the emotions, the raw aggression and energy in their music…Simply cannot be replicated but it’s awesome that it’s inspired so many.
What are your 3 fave NuMetal bands as of now? Or who would you recommend...?
korn's impact on djent is so underrated
My favorite band ever. Made me ask for a guitar and dedicate my life to creating music and being a fan. I went down the rabbit hole of extreme metal due to KoRn.
I wanna go down that rabbit hole too!!
I grew up listening to korn and always thought they have potential and still do. Jonathan sings and screams his heart and lungs out and I love how he isn't afraid to express his emotions and what he's been through.
I’ve been saying it since it released, The Nothing is absolutely Korn’s full comeback. One of their best, and my personal favorite musically.
Korn is now tied on the Billboard Top 200 at number 5 for number of Top 10 Albums released. They are one of the greatest bands, hands down.
To me KoRn was exactly what I was looking for in music. I loved Rock, but hated the long hair, ripped up jeans look. I didn't like rap, but I liked their clothes and fashion. Korn seemed like the first band that combined two of the best worlds.
Exactly the same for me Korn combined the best from rock and rap/electro culture and removed the bad aspects
It should be about the music.
That’s really weird, who chooses a band based on their jeans lol
Even tho they got long hair
I've never been to a bad Korn show.
Every time I'm blown away 🔥💚🔥
The recorded casette tapes of Nirvana that my sister owned in the 90s introduced me to “rock”… Korn , limpbizkit , guns nd roses and slipknot made me love the genre and made me explore their forefathers like metallica, motleycrue, black sabbath, etc, which made me love the genre even more. Even after almost 30yrs, i still love the genre and was looking forward to listening the songs everytime Korn drops an album.
Korn still sounds amazing, footage of them at the U.K. Download fest this year is stellar. Jon’s voice sounds GREAT. There is nothing like that Korn groove and crazy basslines.
I remember when Follow the Leader came out and blew up. I was in middle school and loved that album. I actually love The Path of Totality. I love the aggressive mixture of electronic and metal.
The Path of Totality got me into electronic, techno, and house music for a little until Avicii got me big. I didn't dig Deadmau5 at first after TPoT first came out, and then, there came Avcii who got me into that kind of genre. I know this is a video about metal, not techno/electronic/house, and we shouldn't be talking about that non-metal genre but Avicii's music was on a whole new level, and then I started digging Deadmau5 more. But yes, TPoT left a landmark in the music industry, and that's important.
First time I saw Korn live was on the “Life is peachy” tour with Helmet and Limp Bizkit (right before ‘three dollar’ broke out). It was such amazing show and we had backstage passes. Unforgettable.
That was an amazing time to see them. 3 Dollar was a great record too for what it was. Sour was the first Limp song I heard on the radio and I thought it was great.
I can't believe how much time has passed man. Seeing this old footage from the 90s takes me back to another world, a world I miss so dearly. How did we fall so far? I'm eternally grateful for the time I've had growing up in the 90s and getting to appreciate Korn's rise to fame and glory. They certainly had a huge impact on my life.
Just saw Korn for the first time at Bonnaroo this year. Incredible energy and set. Was happy they got put on a smaller stage but the quality of the show was so great that I was surprised they weren’t on the main stage. Korn 4 life!
Been waiting for this one!! Whether you love them or hate them, Korn is undoubtedly, one of the most distinctive bands out there.
They were my first metal concert in 2002. I remember being in awe of the amount of sticks the drummer went through. He'd break a stick and pull another one out like Robin Hood pulling out arrows.
David was known for hitting the drums really hard, he had to have wrist surgery because of that.
Korn is very special to me and always will be for many reasons. The respect I have just for Johnathan Davis alone. When you hear the intro of their songs you know it's them and I just really love that. I love all types of music but I don't have a actual connection with most of the bands and don't care to but Korn is one just like tool that I have a very special connection with and have a safe comfortable feeling so Korn and tool are both in my heart for life
Man, KoRn Issues was the absolute most important album in my teenage journey to the real world; I bet most fans of most bands felt this way about certain albums in their life as well. Thanks for this video bro, was an absolute treat to watch the entire thing!
I didn’t like Korn when they came out, and I’m still not a huge fan, but this video has helped me appreciate their history and influence, so thank you!
@ghost mall And you should be charged for obviously not knowing the difference between a fact and an opinion.
@@debozebuurman Seems like his precious little feelings have been offended since he's left similar subjective replies to comments on this video multiple times and presented his limited world view and tastes as objective fact
@@nicwilson89 It's a troll, just read his channel description.
@ghost mall the thing is nobody cares about your opinion. If you don't like the band why do you need the feel damage control??
@ghost mall You must be a genius. How did you aquire such wisdom? Good for you. Now if you excuse me, I have to take a dump. Cheers.
i loved the colloboration of the "Family Values" bands- KoRn, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, Staind. They were all nu metal, but def different subcultures of the nu metal scene. (You've covered it with Coal Chamber with Deftones.) So you got that great variety. It was exciting. A great time for rock 'n roll.
Like others, Korn was my 'gateway band' to metal in all its various subgenres. I was a young teen that listened to techno, then I discovered Korn in 1996. I became obsessed with Korn. A few years later around 1999, I began to branch out. I started listening to Shadows Fall, Megadeth, Metallica, Sepultura, Slayer, Pantera, In Flames, etc. This eventually led to 'traditional' heavy metal like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. And over the years I've gotten heavily into guitarists like Buckethead, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, and Steve Vai.
I don't listen to Korn or nu-metal at all anymore, but I'll never stop respecting them. They're the reason I listen to the music I do now. This gradual evolution of musical tastes I've had over the last two decades started with them. Metal is a massive world full of various subgenres and I love most of them. And Korn was the doorway to that world for me.
Although I stopped following them a long time ago, those first five Korn albums still mean a lot to me. as a middle and high-schooler, they opened the door to so many other bands and styles for me to delve into and enjoy. great vid, Finn. and I definitely agree that Untouchables was their peak. The production, songwriting, creativity, etc. So great.
Old school metalheads hate nu metal because they think 80s leather metal was the definitive era of metal but they forget that this is about heavy and dark music and metal is just one of many ways to express heaviness and darkness. For me Korn is 100% metal and the band that got me into heavy shit to this day.
I get sick of these whinging and whining metal purists who think they are the gatekeepers of the genre.
my childhood friend who passed in a car wreck 6 years ago loved this band. I can vividly remember him doing the like… manic skat vocals next to his dell computer with one of korns tracks open on limewire. (He was weirdly good and I remember laughing under my breath, RESPECtFULLy of course ) RIP Drewster the goat
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Awesome video and really cool you respectfully cite their influence on the music scene at the time. I honestly rate their debut as one of the most influential albums of all time.
Glad I wasn't the only one who could see the influence on alot of Underground rappers & rap metal artists of today.
The self-titled debut still rocks to this day!
The Path of Totality is an album I am still obsessed with. It was so ahead and is still in my regular rotation to this day. Others have copied, but nothing has really scratched that same itch.
The ONLY word that describes my 8th n 9th grade years in school is KoRn!!! Haven’t listened to them in a while, but I’ll never forget the good n bad times they got me through. Stay Metal my friends 🤘🏻🤘🏻
That 3 song demo was clutch. I remember being so hyped for this band and just wearing out that tape before I could get the album.
“Untouchables” is definitely my favorite album by them. It’s one of those few albums I can listen to the whole thing and enjoy all of it.
Good on you for shouting out the Nothing. Seriously, it was so dark and intense in a way that felt fresh but like they had the fire again. I would say a top 5 album of theirs, so well crafted.
I was always embarassed to admit I loved this band. I discovered them in 2009 when I was 14 watching South Park. It was right in the middle of their “low point” and it felt as if nobody listened to them. Im so happy to see them getting recognized now. They seem to be generally respected. Still love the band today and they are consistently my #1 most listened to in my Spotify wrapped playlists!
I love koRn.... I was 12 years old when I first heard metal, blind being the first song. Never looked back I was hooked. Fav band, Still go to their concerts now, 25 years later. Legendary 🤘. Great video!
Korn was literally the first band I ever got into. I was 8 years old. I think they pretty much turned me on to music in a general sense
Life Is Peachy is the first Korn album I heard and it blew my mind. It was so raw and dark. Man, I wish I could relive the feeling of hearing it for the first time.
That first album is exemplary of everything going correct for a great album. And they had a cool inviting look to them, too. I saw them live in ‘95 in a small club and the energy was awesome. They really killed it live, back then.
I don't really listen to Korn these days, but hands down they had the single biggest impact on my music taste, of any band/artist, and a pretty huge impact on my life in general
The first song I heard by them was "Shoots and Ladders" and I loved them instantly!!! A metal version of nursery rhythms was brilliant!!! imo...first saw them in 1996 when they played with Ozzy....
KoRn to this day is still my favorite band. So creative and still are releasing great music 30 years later. Maybe it's because it came out when I was in Jr. High but I actually love See You on the Other Side and thought it was their best album of the 00's.
Korn introduced me to metal in my teen years and they are still one of my favourite bands. Thank you for singing their praises!
Paradigm Shift is one of my favorite Korn albums and Serenity of Suffering had some amazing singles. I'm glad Korn is still going strong.
Korn has been my favorite band since 1996 I had only heard Blind shoots and ladders and ADIDAS 🔥🔥🔥 still rocking with them !!!!!!!
The Serenity of Suffering is their best album since 2003 for me.
It was a good album rotting in vain hits me personally. But issues is my most favorite album ever. That album is how I felt inside at the time.
For sure then the nothing
@@Seemego4WD the nothing had some really good bangers.
I love Korn and I think out of all of the videos you've done that I've seen, this one is the best so far. Keep them coming.
Im a die-hard KoRn fan
I just want to say you did a great job on this breakdown of the band and their roots.💯
Korn put so much heart in their music and performances. My all time favorite band to see live. My mind was blown the first time I heard them.
I remember well when Korn came out. I absolutely loved Blind. Took my buddies a little bit to catch on but most of them ended up digging them too. Didn't get to see them live till a good amount of years later, with Chevelle, adema and sevendust opening for them. Great show
Thanks for doing this video. I absolutely loved Korn in the '90s as a teenager. They'll always be special to me.
I didn’t discover Korn until the 6th grade, Issues had just come out, this is the first band that I found on my own and I can’t even tell you how many times I listened to it, had to buy it multiple times.
You've said it multiple times on your Twitch-streams, that a lot of these videos are basically "Wikipedia-articles read out loud", and me being a massive Korn fan, this is the first time I've had the same feeling - HOWEVER - I love your work, the editing and how you told the story, so I was still entertained 10/10
Being born in '99, my dad raised me on Metal with Korn being one the bands I was introduced early on in my life. I remember being in middle school and discovering The Path of Totality around a year after it was released and loving it. I still love it and think of it being one of the more Korn sounding albums of the 2010's in their discography
When you were born your dad said "aaarrrrreeee youuu reeaadddyyyyyy"
You and I are close alike when our fathers introduced us to KoRn when we were in middle school. I was born 8 years before you came to this world, and their album See You On The Other Side, when it first came out, was my gateway to KoRn and nu-metal. Cheer to you, buddy!🍻🤘
@@TheRecklessMetalhead cheers to you as well! I meant my dad raised me on Korn as well as other bands but I enjoyed Path of Totality when it came out while I was in middle school. My bad on the missing context
Limp Bizkit and Korn have my heart. What an amazing lore between the two.. The collaborations, the admiration. I could never let them go.
Great job, you made a good documentary about Korn, they are one of my favorite bands so far. I remember those days when they released their first albums, 90s was a great decade
Was second row for Korn at download festival. They had no props no gimmicks and their performance was AMAZING . Cannot overstate their talent
I remember back in 94 when a friend of mine gave me the 2 song cassette of Blind and Clown. I was like oh shit, who are these guys. I was completely blown away.
Saw KoRn play a live show when ‘See you on the Other Side’ came out. While they played songs off their new album in their set, they also played some of the classics from ‘Follow the Leader’ and ‘Issues’ they were amazing live, with the standing room option I wound up about 15 feet from Jonathan Davis 😊🤘
When I was probably 5 or 6 years old Korn was my favorite band. I used to wake up early and put in MTV to try and catch ‘
the ‘Falling Away From Me’ video and I’d head bang to it straight through. Someone who worked with my mom happened to know one of Korn’s tour managers or something and my mom said if I drew them a picture or wrote them a letter we could maybe send it to them. I had a very cool Korn sticker I got from wanna of those 50 cent machines and I tried my best to re-draw the sticker and wrote a bunch of stuff about how they were my favorite band. A few months went by and we didn’t hear anything. I can’t remember but I think my mom got a new job or something and was no longer in contact with the manager? Anyway my mom basically said it was a lost cause, but one day an envelope with a signed band photo and a very nice note showed up. All the members signed it and wrote a little message. Was so cool to have as a little kindergartner!
I still remember exactly where I was the first time I saw the Freak on a Leash video on TRL back in 1999. Truly a life-changing moment for 5th grade me. I remember walking into Sam Goody with my dad on the day Issues came out. So many memories associated with Korn, their music really got me through some tough times and I’m proud to call myself a lifelong fan.
Respect the shout out to The Path of Totality; I enjoyed that album a lot and thought it had some of their strongest songwriting in years at the time it came out.
They were so extremely influential on the direction of heavy music and yet remained totally distinctive. They were really their own thing even in the nu-metal genre and IMO always stood head and shoulders above 95% of the bands in that genre that they influenced. Excellent analysis Finn.
Being a teenager in the late 90s early 2000's Korn was my shit. Been to over 20 concerts festivals ect they never ever disappointed live!!! After the looking in the mirror album they fell off with David and head leaving the music wasn't the same to me.
The only album by Korn I can keep coming back to is their ST. All their other albums are ok at best for me.
You're missing out then. The past handful of albums have been good in their own right.
@@Drewthemagnificent Jonathan Davis just doesn't have the vocal delivery he had on those first few records. Can't stand his clean voice these days, I do however, LOVE his aggressive vox. Shame he insists on whining through every verse nowadays
I can relate. Being a teen in the early 00s I loved Korn for a while, too. And I agree, Take a Look in the Mirror was the last really good and true Korn album. Everything they did afterwards just didn't have the same power and charm.
Check out The Paradigm Shift, The Serenity Of Suffering, The Nothing, and Requiem, their last 4 albums and their first 4 albums are their best albums!
I love the videos man, bring back all my questions I had when all these were at the top in late 90’s early 2010!