Bladewillisisdead Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Just adding my two cents as someone who experienced the in between of those two trends. Follow the Leader came out when I was in 7th grade and then while I was in high school Vagrant/Drive-Thru/Victory/EVR were at their height. Edit: I can still legit enjoy Got the Life/Freak on a Leash for nostalgia, but I'd rather listen to even the most generic "also ran" emo band from 2003 than a new Korn album. Edited July 23, 2016 by Bladewillisisdead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 fuckinandsuckinandtouchin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshiram Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Bladewillisisdead said: Just adding my two cents as someone who experienced the in between of those two trends. Follow the Leader came out when I was in 7th grade and then while I was in high school Vagrant/Drive-Thru/Victory/EVR were at their height. Edit: I can still legit enjoy Got the Life/Freak on a Leash for nostalgia, but I'd rather listen to even the most generic "also ran" emo band from 2003 than a new Korn album. That's totally fair, I personally would prefer the new Korn over the new TBS or Brand New for example, but the beauty of music is that it's subjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I love when an even shittier band than the detritus most of VC listens to shows up and all of a sudden this is music snob land. vinyl addict, THE_James_Champ, docbronze and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docbronze Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Shlebs said: I love when an even shittier band than the detritus most of VC listens to shows up and all of a sudden this is music snob land. Fact not opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OU818 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 lol hating Korn is a meme at this point, do people still complain about their sister playing Backstreet Boys? This band has never put out a record I haven't had fun listening to. I'll buy their new radio rock records and just tune out the lyrics, and the album art atrocity. New song is a good direction, I was worried they were gonna settle on the electronic BS for awhile longer. It's no Korn 3 but hey. Nick Raskulinecz too instead of Don fucking Gilmore, yay verb1999 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 23 minutes ago, OU818 said: Korn is a meme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Too many great posts to quote so I'll just say this: this thread is already ten times better than this album could possibly be. docbronze and lampwick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I saw Korn open for Pennywise back when I was 17 in '93. They were the heaviest thing I had heard live at that point. I bought their demo tape as they were getting booed off stage. I think The Offspring played 2nd & Cadillac Tramps played 3rd that night. A few months later I saw them in a shitty warehouse in some industrial complex open for Sick Of It All. Despite them getting heckled while getting ready to play, every hardcore kid there started murdering each other once they started playing. While they may be a joke or a meme or whatever now, back then, they were pretty heavy & IMO were one of the first bands to bring breakdowns into mainstream music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 hah, i dont think people hate korn just because "its cool" to hate them. The problem with korn now is they are a self parody. when i was 12-13, it was the heaviest thing id ever heard on the radio or seen live (and those records are still heavy even by todays standards) and i can see how if you arent old enough to have been around during that era of the band that it could be a hard concept to grasp. finding and consuming music back then was very different than it is now. so, ill even credit them and deftones as the gateway bands into heavier music for me. the difference is deftones are still killing it whereas there is no creative reserves left in this band to tap. in their older / sober years, they seem like decent and approachable people which i think is cool but i just cringe so hard at everything they've done for over a decade. highfives 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawker31 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Say what you want about Korn but they still throw down live. One of the best performances at Chicago Open Air. verb1999 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, rawker31 said: Say what you want about Korn but they still throw down live. One of the best performances at Chicago Open Air. They do the best they can in between Jon Davis taking hits from his oxygen tank. Brock N Roll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvv Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 remember it's only kool to like their 90s albums (ok fine untouchables is passable) but anything after that pfft don't talk to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Why does it keep coming back to "being too cool" to admit to liking Korn? I'll admit to liking some pretty fucky music but I never liked Jon Davis's take on mmmmbop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBuckeye30 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I don't know, I just don't digest Korn as well as I used to. vinyl addict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Emp exclusive light blue: http://www.emp-online.co.uk/art_339826/ verb1999 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffthomas84 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Seen them last night, and they still put on 1 hell of a show.. New stuff is heading back in the right direction. KingTacoMunster and verb1999 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedumb Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 5 hours ago, jeffthomas84 said: NU-stuff is heading in the exact same direction it was 20 years ago. FTFY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julienktl Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I just pre-ordered the color lp. I love new track "Insane". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippingOut Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 On 7/22/2016 at 9:49 PM, Reshiram454 said: Maybe if this board wasn't a bunch of 25-30 years old listening to Pop Punk/Emo, y'all would be aware that there are still people who like Korn. shots fired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Heard a new track on XM Radio a couple days ago and holy dogshit is it bad. Like, leave the "boom da uhm ba da neema" back in '98, boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 2 hours ago, throughbeingcruel said: Heard a new track on XM Radio a couple days ago and holy dogshit is it bad. Like, leave the "boom da uhm ba da neema" back in '98, boys. Im guessing thats the first song that was released which was really bad. They released a second song and i surprisingly didnt hate it musically. Kind of sounded like something they would have wrote for issues or untouchables. Still terrible vocals and lyrics though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 8 minutes ago, mattisr1984 said: Im guessing thats the first song that was released which was really bad. They released a second song and i surprisingly didnt hate it musically. Kind of sounded like something they would have wrote for issues or untouchables. Still terrible vocals and lyrics though. It may have been the first single. Either way it was horrid. I just can't get past his vocals. Even their old stuff makes me laugh because of the weird noises he insists on making in most songs. Maybe I'm too young, but this band was never "heavy" to me, even in the 90s. I just don't see the appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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