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noisereductions 07.28.2009 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark
KoRn are awesome. I really enjoy just about everything they've done, parts of it at least... though obviously the first two albums are the best.




I really liked FOLLOW THE LEADER. In fact, it's tied with LIFE IS PEACHY as their best to me.

noisereductions 07.28.2009 08:21 PM

Adam, I think I asked you before, but how is the KoRn unplugged album? Was intriguing to me.

atsonicpark 07.28.2009 08:27 PM

Oh, I never listened to that one. Haha.

The last one I listened to in its entirety was the one with "RIGHT NOWWWWWW" and their cover of "One" on it.


Very good band. "Follow the Leader" has too many cameos but MUSICALLY it's their best album by far. Jesus.. DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE might be one of my all time favorite songs. That and MY GIFT TO YOU. So amazing.

noisereductions 07.28.2009 08:31 PM

I actually havent heard one since the one AFTER Follow... but I admire them enough for the first 3 albums.

atsonicpark 07.28.2009 08:31 PM

More KoRn shit:

I really like KoRn because, to me, they are a really, really weird band. Maybe not so much now, but that early shit? Even from someone who is well-versed in underground musics, I find their stuff genuinely bizarre and have to question their mainstream appeal.

For starters, they've never ROCKED. Some people have compared their guitar sound to Helmet -- but Helmet ROCKED. KoRn never "rock", even when they rock out it sounds too droney and ugly. Some of the riffs are just ridiculous... That one part in "Predictable" where he plays the lowest riff ever on the lowest string and THEN he hits a pitchshifter pedal which goes down 2 octaves and he plays the riff AGAIN?! It's ridiculous. Some of the sludgiest, droniest, weirdest riffing on their early stuff.

Look at "Good God" and that riff.. so ridiculous. In the course of a second, they go from 0-1 on the lowest string to the 20th fret on the highest string. Then they do it again. It sounds easy to do but it's actually quite a bitch to play. Either way, who thinks of shit like that?

Some of their guitar sounds are unbelievable, actually. I honestly think if they ditched the "nu-metal" one-string riffs and just focused on the weird-ass noises.. and maybe got a different vocalist.. even jaded SY fans would be into them.

But, really, Jon is quite a unique and interesting vocalist. Between the scatting, weirdly melodic singing (that's very ugly), and crying breakdowns.. I mean, who the hell listens to this shit? Add in one of the best drummers EVER and.. uhm.. Fieldy.. and you have one interesting, weird-ass band.

I don't really understand how they got popular. Most of their songs are just straight-up UGLY-sounding. I mean, at least with SlipKnot (another band who released lots of interesting and weird music), you had the "fuck the world!" teenager-in-his-bedroom-growling vibe. With KoRn... yeah, yeah, they have the "I'm-an-outsider-I-got-the-shit-kicked-out-of-me" lyrics, but then the OTHER half of their songs are about people molesting Jon! One of their best known songs, "Daddy", has a good 10 minutes of crying and screaming at the end. Add in the dirty, dirgey production and... yeah. Anyone know how exactly they were able to sell like 40 million records? Was it the bagpipe solos? Or the song called "KUNT!" which has the immortal lyric "fuck you titty sucking two balled bitch with a fat bruise clit"?

noisereductions 07.28.2009 08:37 PM

I agree with everything you said. You summed up why I like them. And I never understood WHY the nu-metal crowd even really were into them. I felt like those listeners weren't hearing what I was.

atsonicpark 07.28.2009 08:54 PM

Yeah, same goes for System of a Down, too. Who, admittingly, did soften up and change their sound up a bit, so I guess I can see why they eventually got popular. Because there was a good 2 years there, after self-titled came out, where no one gave a fuck about them. And that was when they were making their best music!

There actually are quite a few great nu metal bands.. or bands lumped into that genre. I don't consider them nu metal at all (though I don't know what to call them, as they aren't really punk either) but AMEN are one of my favorite bands of all time.

atsonicpark 07.28.2009 08:54 PM

Chocolate Star-fish
And The Hawt Dawf Flava'd Wat-er
Are You Ready?

Let's Kick It!

noisereductions 07.28.2009 09:02 PM

System Of A Down is (1) way too complicated [like FZ] and (2) way too weird for mass consumption. And yet, they are/were super-popular. I mean seriously. They play super fucking human fast. They have insane tempo changes. They have lyrics that are WTFFFFF worthy. They are really, really good.

atsonicpark 07.28.2009 09:35 PM

Nope. "Soil", "Suite-Pee", "Maramalde", "Cubert", "War?", "Darts", "PLUCK" are all just unbelievably amazing songs.

davenotdead 07.28.2009 09:39 PM

yeah, there are some gems on the first SOAD album.

course, Korn still has "Blind" and "Freak on a Leash"

viewtiful_alan 07.28.2009 10:49 PM

Soulja Boy.
No questions asked.

GeneticKiss 07.28.2009 10:50 PM

KoRn are a band I can't help but feel bad about liking sometimes. I mean, this is basically the catharsis of a man (Jonathan Davis) who was pretty much scarred for life as a child...

But really, they're over. They pretty much peaked with Issues and while Untouchables had some good songs, it also started the extremely overproduced sound they've had this whole decade. KoRn's music should sound claustrophoic and gritty, not huge and anthemic. When I heard Here To Stay, I started to feel the opposite would soon be true. Sure enough, they actually released Y'all Want A Single as a single, Head quit to become a Christian rocker, they do an unplugged album, and then Munky and Dave Silvera quit. The only thing keeping them KoRn is Jonathan Davis' voice and Fieldy's bass stylings. Talk about a zombie band...

atsonicpark 07.28.2009 11:00 PM

Y'all Want A Single Say Fuck Dat
Fuck Dat Fuck Dat

Kylerobert 07.29.2009 12:08 AM

'I wanna fuck my way to the garden..Cause everyone needs a mother fucker!'

Satan 07.29.2009 12:12 AM

korn are fucking terrible
apparently theyve gotten like 6 grammy noms. what the fuck.

atsonicpark 07.29.2009 12:13 AM

Why THE FUCK DID YOU TAKE HIM AWAY FROM US YOU MOTHERFUCKERS?!

Trasher02 08.22.2009 03:00 PM

At first they just irritated me, but now I hate them with a passion.
Fuck Glasvegas.

joe11121 08.22.2009 06:19 PM

The Fray are probably the most annoying band I have ever heard, boring music, and a shitty singer to top it off.

DeadDiscoDildo 08.22.2009 07:25 PM

The Harlequins. Bunch of FUCKS

samuel 08.23.2009 12:51 AM

I finally have a deep hatred for a band:
Linkin Park

My assigned roommate last year listened to them all the time. He was the greatest ass I've ever met. Second semester, he dropped out of college but still lived in the dorms. He slept all day, and all night he played videogames, ate Cheetos, and listened to Linkin Park. I never got a good night sleep, he was impossible to reason with. All I know is I will never eat another Cheeto or listen to a second of Linkin Park again.

* I suppose this isn't the band's fault, but I can't help it.

notyourfiend 08.23.2009 01:06 AM

ugh. dave mathews is gross.

loubarret 08.23.2009 06:57 AM

I was forced to sit through razorlight live for the second time in my life to get good spots for Faith No More,

Can someone please set their tourbus while it's riding on fire?

EyeballGrowth 08.25.2009 12:20 AM

Cat Power, Silversun Pickups, & Vampire Weekend. I really have such a hatred for awful bands that get nothing but glowing praise from trusted music critics somehow. And I also can't stand the wonderful plethora of bands with lead singers who sing as obnoxiously as they possibly can, like AFI, My Chemical Romance, The White Stripes, The Mars Volta, and one hundred others.


Quote:

Originally Posted by swa(y)
system of a down are total shit. unlike korn, they have been total shit since day one.


Korn always has been one of the worst bands I have ever heard in my life. Yes as far back as their first album that band has always made me want to rip my hair out.

EyeballGrowth 08.25.2009 12:22 AM

Oh yeah, System of a Down is god awful. Sooooo god awful

notyourfiend 08.25.2009 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan
Soulja Boy.
No questions asked.


Agreed.

notyourfiend 08.25.2009 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EyeballGrowth
Cat Power,


really? cat power is one of my favorite artists, after sy. moon pix continues to make me cry.

oh well. to each their own?

EyeballGrowth 08.25.2009 12:40 AM

I'm sorry I just can't understand why people like Cat Power. To me they are boring, annoying (vocally), untalented and pretentious in a very bad way all at the same time.

EyeballGrowth 08.25.2009 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)
theres just not enough substance to her music.

.

Thank you

davenotdead 08.25.2009 01:13 AM

y'all shut up bout Chan. she's a sweetie.

bash green day moar

Satan 08.25.2009 01:23 AM

green day suck shit

davenotdead 08.25.2009 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swa(y)
so what if shes a sweetie? that says jack shit about her music.


her earlier stuff i still like.

her newer stuff isn't good, but i can say the same thing about sonic youth

notyourfiend 08.25.2009 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davenotdead
her earlier stuff i still like.


dear sir is extremely captivating.

davenotdead 08.25.2009 01:40 AM

dear sir, moon pix, and some of her rarities are all captivating

Satan 08.25.2009 01:41 AM

^ yes

i actually like the greatest too. love and communication is absolutely beautiful.

notyourfiend 08.25.2009 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satan
^ yes

i actually like the greatest too. love and communication is absolutely beautiful.


i'm currently listening to what would the community think? that one is also pretty great.

davenotdead 08.25.2009 01:47 AM

i also love the greatest and wwtct.

i love chan.

i locked eyes with her for almost 2 seconds and i nearly melted.

loubarret 08.25.2009 03:29 AM

Moon pix is one of my most favorite matador releases.

But yeah, she needed the dirty three backing.

mkuboot 08.26.2009 05:05 AM

I hate ALL BANDS.

I hate MUSIC IN GENERAL.

I hate the WORLD & MYSELF.

But what I HATE MOST is
this FEELING OF OVERWHELMING HATE
that overcomes me

when I THINK OF HATE!

This just HATE TO BE SAID!

pinkstation 08.26.2009 09:24 AM

this man and his cocky grins:
 



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