Korn
Biography
Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era. Korn began their existence as the Bakersfield, CA-based metal band LAPD, which included guitarists James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria. After issuing an LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths with Jonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting as the lead vocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band, and upon his arrival the quintet rechristened itself Korn.
After signing to Epic's Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album in late 1994; thanks to a relentless tour schedule that included stints opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but steadily rose the charts, eventually going gold. Its 1996 follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash, reaching the number three spot on the pop album charts. The following summer, they headlined Lollapalooza, but were forced to drop off the tour when Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. While recording their best-selling 1998 LP Follow the Leader, Korn made national headlines when a student in Zeeland, MI, was suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the group's logo (the school's principal later declared their music "indecent, vulgar, and obscene," prompting the band to issue a cease-and-desist order).
Selected Discography
Unplugged MTV
2007
Untitled (Explicit)
2007
Live & Rare
2006
See You On The Other Side
2005
See You On The Other Side (Explicit)
2005
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Explicit)
2004
Take A Look In The Mirror (Explicit)
2003
Untouchables (Explicit) [Limited Edition]
2002
Issues
1999
Follow The Leader
1998
Korn
1994
Heard one song of theirs, flushed their album down the toilet.
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Ben, I hope your musical tastes are better than your ability to spell...It's "militAristi c " . . . ' a ' , not 'e'.
Of course, given your apparent dislike of Korn, that seems like an unlikely supposition. . . |
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NO MUSICAL VALUE. Just downtuned guitars and power chords.
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i like the little guy on the issues album. he's cute! gotta love falling away from me!
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There best albums are there self titled and life is peachy and it's not even on here!!! Since follow the leader i quit listening to them for a while and now there songs are hit or miss.
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i still like them. Personally, the first albums were a little more...heavy ? but i also really like See You On the Other Side. So... not sure
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Thier ONLY good album is the first one. Its Raw, dark, heavy, funky......k i l l e r heavy metal.
It went down hill starting with Life is Peachy...... s u r e they have some good songs that rock here and there on albums since......b u t they just lost thier groove, thier hunger.....t h i e r METAL Roots.... Too bad, they could have been badass... |
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i love these guys but i have to agree Vash they need to go back to their roots and start rocking the s**t out of their newer albums more like they used to
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God damn, these guys really went downhill after Follow the Leader. They're so vanilla of the last handful of years.
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I could go on a typical rant about how much this band blows nuts, but Pandora seems to be doing this alot lately. No way I'd upgrade to the payed version when they start putting this crap on my stations.
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~GoNnA BaSh YoUr BaNd ReAl BaD~, by "freak" they were referring to you. I hope you feel all special now.
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It's not that what you said was amusing simon853, I just find it ridiculous that you would take the time to threaten people for voicing their opinions over the internet. Take your twelve year old angst and go hide in a closet until maturity or death, whichever comes last.
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I agree with those of you that like the old Korn! You know the guys that sang Blind and F**got, not the Nu-P**sy's that rap and circle jerk. What a disgusting decent. After "Korn" "Followed the Leader"s they got major "Issues" and need to "Take a Look in Mirror" cuz the are major "SELL OUTS"- maybe that can be the name of their next album!!!
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I'm glad u all find hwat i said amussing, but i'm more than willing and capable to take on guyz like Manduke.
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I like the acoustic version of Freak on a Leash featuring what's her face from Evanescence. Does anyone know what inspired the name Korn...? Just wondering.
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Korn is amazing!!!! Everything they create is pure magic:) I love you Jonathan Davis!!!
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Follow the leader was the first album of their decline, everything after is miserable garbage. Korn and Life is Peachy are both pretty solid still though.
simon853 makes me laugh... |
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simon thats great your passionate about this band but making threats behind a computer were your pretty safe is kind of... how do you say... childish.
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IF U HATERS DON'T SHUT UR MOUTHS I'M GONNA HAVE U SUCKIN MY C**K SO FAST U WON'T HAVE TIME 2 WISH U HAD SUT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THIS IS A PROMISE!!!!! ! ! ! ! KORN RULEZ AND IF U SAY DIFFERENT U HAD BETTER KEEP IT 2 URSELF OR ELSE!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Just saw KORN on the 22nd. Still kick a**!!! They are still awesome. Come and visit Korn Radio #277
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"Why don't they have Life Is Peachy?"
thats a very good question id like to know too |
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i love sooo many of their songs! After The album korn... they got sort of sucky, but bounced back up.... ;D
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I would have to agree with cave.man 1995 on the 3 songs aspect, though i find myself liking songs by korn that i didn't like before b/c it kinda grows on me, but none the less korn still rocks and they always will to me (if they don't turn all religous, people seem to be doing that alot these days.)
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Korn Cranks, Always GREAT for A SCREAM!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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1, 2 buckle my show, london bridges fallin down U mutha f'in queer.. u can suck my dick n f**kin like it.. I'm not a f**ot .. LOVE IT.. where did those days go? CHeck out Type O Negative, Danzig, spin some good ole Black Sabbath ..
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bunch of freaks, KoRn rocks, i do agree that they usually nail 3 songs on an album and the rest is penis.
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If a band stays the same they grow stagnant and stale - it is expected a band to change their style and it doesn't matter how it changes as long as it changes well. Stagnant would be Godsmack - they are good but the songs are practically the same with an exception of a few. A Good Change has been korn. a Great change has been tool. A horrible change has been Manson. A Steady decline style change would be NIN. Disturbed albums 1,1,0,1 - 1 being good to style 0 being not. ETC
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I have a correction to all of you korn knob slobbers out there... Korn *WAS* good. If they'd have kept their music like their first and second albums, and even a little like their third, I'd still buy their CDs. Seriously, compare "Twisted Transistor" to "Ball Tongue". They're not even close to the same. Now it's just repetetive, whiny whiteboy rap. They've lost what drew me and many others to them in the 90s.
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