133. Korn – Follow the Leader
I liked this album before I hated it. I liked it for the hardness and I liked it because it made Korn come up with a great tour and I got to see Incubus and Rammstein and Ice Cube all in one night. I hated it because it ushered in a new era in metal, one in which the term nu-metal was born and gave birth to such wretched acts as Papa Roach and P.O.D. This was Korn’s last decent effort before they got sucked up into the great lie of nu-metal.
I liked Korn before I hated them.
Every once in a while, when I’m in a certain mood, I’ll pull this CD out. I can’t listen to the whole thing anymore, but tunes like It’s On and Dead Bodies Everywhere can still work me up into a frenzy if the timing is right.
Conversation I had with a friend while listening to this album:
“You’re 36 years old, why are you listening to this crap?”
“Because it makes me feel like I’m 15.”
“Name one good thing about being 15.”
“No one told me I was too old to listen to anything.”
Favorite song: Dead Bodies Everywhere
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December 16th, 2008
I liked this album before I hated it.
This. There was a time, mostly during the album preceeding this one, that it was a lot of fun to listen to Korn. It ended quickly.
December 16th, 2008
I saw them live around the time “Life Is Peacy” came out. I was 24 and my youngest sister asked if I was the oldest person there.
I’m pretty sure I wasn’t but I haven’t listened to this band in a long time.
December 19th, 2008
I liked Korn before I hated them. They spawned the horror that is Limp Bizkit, a sin unforgivable. But I remember, rockin out until my ears bled when I was 17, and I went to see KMFDM/Korn. That’s how I excuse the Korn discs hidden at the bottom of my collection.
“They rocked, on. They really did, I promise.”
December 19th, 2008
“They rocked, ONCE” it should have said. Oy.
December 20th, 2008
Love Korn though I would disagree on your tak of POD in that they were christian rock and not part of the nu-metal….they were stealth “christian” in that most didn’t get they were praising God not the girl in their songs.
December 20th, 2008
Everyone knew what POD was about. While their message wasn’t the usual metal stuff, the music was certainly new metal.
December 20th, 2008
[...] amused enough to buy their cover of Cameo’s “Word Up” — but I understand Michele’s premise here: Conversation I had with a friend while listening to this [...]
July 11th, 2009
The first Korn album is a classic; It was all downhill from there. POD blew. I think Papa Roach is a good band