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KORN
1994 - Korn.
way more Helter Skelter.

October 4, 1994 - 2024: 30 years of: Korn.

Yes ...time for another scene change.

Seattle was barely out of the loop, that not one, not two, but three new scene-shifters had already released ground-breaking CDs. The youthful GREEN DAY, the electronic NINE INCH NAILS and now the world must welcome ...the to-be leaders of nümetal, the explosive KORN.

"ARE - YOU - READYYY ?!?!?"

The opening simple riff-raff of "Blind" shines through the darkness. High-stamina and street-attitude attack on "Ball Tongue", the sick "Clown" and the deadly real mosh of "Fake". The more serious-topic on "Faget" and the inner-pain of "Need To", brings sensitive teen-related subjects right into the arena of hard-music. All words are precisely shouted by a very angry Jonathan Davis.

The thick guitar-tones are courtesy of the Ibanez Universe 7-string ...properly handled by new kids on the block: Head and Munky. Producer Ross Robinson also added some magic to the deep crunch of the final-mix.

Trendsetting a certain look, atypically to rock and metal, no major-label execs could've envisioned track-suits as eventual streetmetal attire. Metal-music and hiphop esthetics, KORN made that happened.

From the ashes of L.A.P.D., the second-half of the nineties was morphing and KORN would rapidly dictate the pace. Not a second to waste, not a riff to spare. After the RIAA-certified 2x Platinum plateau, the second Bakersfield massacre would lead us deeper into nümetal: 1996's Life Is Peachy CD.

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Blind = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGK00Q7xx-s
Clown = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs_E9TP6cvE
Shoots And Ladders = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU2k-U2Ze0o
Korn = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hIojjA3A4&list=PLB986D377BCC53312
MuchMusic interview in 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrKCTRHm-4
Live in San Jose in 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0CFBhAIRtY