Does Gen-Z Like Nu-Metal? (Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park, Static-X, etc.) 

Fun fact, Amy Lee didn't even want the other guy on her track, but the studio forced her to do it.

Hey Tank, I'd just like to reiterate that many of us would absolutely love for you to continue the vlogs, including your work off tour. Show us the homework, Tank 😂

Big LP and Evanescence fan here , its alright dude we still like you

I got a nice surprise from my stepson the other day he got in my car and asked if he could play some music and started playing deftones and clutch. I have never been so proud

Static-X, Sevendust, Spineshank, Ill Niño, anything basically from Roadrunner at the turn of the century. What an awesome time for music.

37 year old metal/nu metal head here. You could not escape Nookie when it came out. Then you had the Korn/Limp Bizkit crossover that was All in the Family. Man, I love this era of metal.

I’m going to have to vehemently disagree with your opinion on Evanescence as someone who was a teenage girl at their peak, but everything else I agree with. Looking forward to seeing more blogs in the future.

Love you Tank, but do not understand the hate for Evanescence 😂 Except for Bring Me To Life and My Immortal which are definitely overplayed, they have some great songs. Everyone has a different taste I guess.

I am 73 and raised (unintentionally) two metalheads now just over 40. I can recognize Metallica, Pantera and Guar. But due to your blogs was intro'd to Electric Callboy and was told last week my Mothers Day gift is tickets to see Electric Callboy on March 13thh at Pier 17!!!!!!! I am sooooo psyched!!!!!

I really enjoy Evanescence. That being said, they’re only lumped into the nu metal genre because they came out when they did. If it was 5 years before or after, they wouldn’t be in this video.

Here's something that could be interesting: Gen Alpha turns 14 this year. THAT would also be really interesting to see what they think about this kind of stuff, because if my young cousins are of any indication, they're VERY different music-taste-wise to me, who is the older end of Gen Z.

So you really hate Evanescence. This is probably why you've never mentioned them on your channel. Their music has changed a lot in recent years. If you've only heard Fallen, I suggest you listen to their recent work, "The Bitter Truth" album. I could say they are better than most bands these days.

Feel judgement for the Evanescence comment. Even tho, I'm not a big fan of them, I still think that they can be a good gateway to heavier bands. Nickelback is more deserving for it than them.

After hearing your thoughts about Evanescence i kind of want to see/hear a podcast Episode with Amy Lee and you. Maybe you will learn what it is thats rubs you the wrong way. I think you are perfect for this as you keep it respectful but would not shy away from speaking your mind. If Amy is up for it. AND. It would be a different flavor because as you said: Its just the music that gets under your skin. Most of the times you like the music of your guests. But hey its up to you. I do not expect you to go down that road if you don't see something interesting in it for you 😊😊

Evanescence is actually a very strong group of musicians and great people. I don't know if you're aware of this, but in 2019 Evanescence came to Russia with a tour and the truck with all their equipment was stopped and held up at the border. Rather than cancel their first gig, they raided a local shop with rentable equipment, spent the entire day of the show RELEARNING THEIR SET in acoustic form (from seven-string electric guitars in drop A to a regular acoustic guitar, from a large custom drum kit to a cocktail kit), played the whole thing as an acoustic show and nailed it. I think that any song that is overplayed does make some folks feel the same regardless of who the artist is and that to some, classical, cinematic and I dare say "gothic" elements coupled with elements of nu-metal and occasional synthetic sounds and rap beats are just a little unusual. Amy is just a person who really, really loves many different dimensions of music and aims to juxtapose them in an organic way. That's what some love about them and what others had a harder time relating to as it was just that unusual. Anyway, not trying to convince you otherwise, just sharing. Love your channel! Thanks for helping keep all things metal relevant \\m// - Michael

19:20 linkin park. hybrid theory and meteora is _still_ getting me through shit, 20 years later. chester is the first celebrity death that really hit me.

I'm glad Frosty is a great friend, making sure you had that CD to cherish. GG Frosty!!

I love that you react to this one. This video made my day. Entirely my music. Grew up during that time period and am listening to most of those bands up until today.

Awesome vid dude lots of nostalgia there me being 42 lots of bands missing on that one but hopefully on another 🤘have a good weekend and stay safe

TANK! Regardless of your views and opinions on things in the metal community, we/I love you brother. I am very thankful to have you in our community. I always love and enjoy all your content, we need more people like you. So keep on doing what you’re doing! Love you tank!❤️

I remember working in tech ed class, on the 1st Apple computers listening to Reveille - What you got? That memory comes to mind when you say nu metal. I agree, it's great seeing kids enjoy the music we grew up to. Just like most of us did with our parents. Great vid Tank! Keep em coming my friend.

the sign in the back, my heart melted all over again, so proud of the life you've built, man!

Static X is SUCH A GOOD CALL, Love them, RIP WAYNE STATIC! Discovered the mbecause of Need for Speed Underground but if I was to listen to one and only one band from this then its a ez call, Linkin Park. I just have been in love with this band for 24 years now. Started listening to them before I even knew English.

evanescence is amazing....amy lee has such a great voice

What? I love Evanescence 😢

I discovered Tetrarch less than a week ago but have been really digging them, thoroughly enjoyed this video

I happened across your video through recommended. And I am thankful to the 80/90's lawdz! The sheer appreciation for these songs and this music warms my lil metal heart! Gonna do a lil diving into your videos. Got an avid watcher now!

Love these videos

Who remembers the FIRST Family Values Tour???? Korn, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, and ORGY! Was so sad I missed that show when it came around.

I used to jam Sinner by Drowning Pool almost daily when I was younger and it had just come out. Bodies was indeed one of the weaker songs in terms of the whole record!

Get to see Static-X for the first time next week. Cant Fing wait. Listened to them a ton back in the day.

Love these videos - hilarious 🤣🤣

I'm the same age as you, Tank, so this is extra funny watching with you 😂 Though a few of the songs were never big in Norway and I don't know them! I was a huge Evanescence fan though haha

This is my first video I’ve from you but I enjoyed it. I’m on the older side of Gen Z (26) and honestly, I’m not surprised they knew and liked these bands. Even when I was in high school, my whole class new Last Resort word for word. I’m also seeing Numetal trend on Tiktok because it’s “girlypop” and people are doing K-Pop dances to these songs. As a metalhead and K-Pop fan I’m loving this crossover of genres❤

Went to Sevendust and static x tour twice. I can say this a lot of younger fans were attending and enjoyed it!! That was my 60th Sevendust show at radius

watching Tank just so I can learn somthing new about music history, thanks professor

Once again, your pronunciation in German is really good! And yes Static-X!! But also Korn! Two bands I don't mind still listening to. 22:50 yes 🤣traumatize them!!

I guess I watched the actual react vid on YT, since I didn't see any comments by me in the Tank video chat, but I have definitely seen that react vid. 😆 I totally agree with Tank, if I could only listen to one of the bands from the vid, I'd pick Static-X. As a side note, I was so happy to hear y'all mention Spineshank. Usually, when I ask if someone's heard of them, I get a blank stare back. I listened to "Height of Callousness" and "Self-Destructive Pattern" a LOT back then. 🤘🏻

I saw Drowning Pool way back and Dave came out with a freaking snow shovel to use in the beginning of Tear Away, it was great. They opened for Kittie and Mudvayne. Great show, tiny venue inside a bowling alley.

Es un sacrilegio que ni el video, ni uds hayan nombrado a la banda que mas se mereció estar en esa reacción, Deftones! Son muy grandes en todo el mundo, mucho mas que bandas que nombro el chat o mostraron en la reacción.

Love that you mentioned Spineshank. And Dry Kill Logic . Deep cuts and 2 of my top 3 favorite bands

Huge Static-x fan here. If I have to choose only one band from this video, to listen to for the rest of my life, I'm on board with you Mr. Tank. But for the greatest band, I think RATM has left an undeniable impact on Music and human Society as a whole! Thank you for the great videos man 🤘

5:15 They did have the "everybody fan base" for sure. Former skater kid here, can confirm. LP was a music staple for us. Also, I agree with you on Drowning Pool - Sinner. Fantastic album(and song)

Millennial here! I just went to see Static X last month with Sevendust. I have to say, the "new" Static X put some massive honor on Wayne's name/legacy. I love that the new singer is just operating under a mask & the pseudonym as "Xero" and wants no real credit for his performances even though people figured out his identity. He somehow manages to flawlessly imitate Wayne's vocal affectation, but in a totally respectful way that doesn't diminish or mock what a genius he was. Nobody can ever replace Wayne, but for someone like me, who got into Static soon after Wayne died and never thought I'd see them live, they did a hella good job in making their set one massive celebration of his life. Even their brand new songs fit seamlessly into their old sound, and you wouldn't even know it was a different singer upon first listen without pointing it out. If Linkin Park ever make a comeback, one can only hope they do it in such a great way like Static X has. also funny enough: I also just went to see Powerman 5000 at a local venue literally last week. They only managed to draw a crowd of maybe 200 people at a small club, but it was probably the most fun I've had at such a small venue in a longgg time. Spider One is definitely getting older lol but he's still got energy enough to interact a lot with the crowd and you can tell he loves his job. It's awesome these bands are still around, bc it's easy to forget just how amazingly they translate to a fun live experience.

100% agree with you about the Drowning Pool album ... hell, I remember going with a mate to see Disturbed (with Trivium, As I Lay Dying and another band I don't remember) back in 2011 (my mates gf at the time paid for the tickets, it was the only good thing she did for him) and between Trivium's set and Disturbed they started playing the entire Sinner album and everyone in the crowd was singing along. Also witnessed some crazy kid in the area we were in that was going crazy for the 1st band and AILD but sat down and barely moved for Trivium and was gone before Disturbed came out

When Jaxson said he associated Linkin Park with "scene kids," an immediate NO came out of my mouth 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️. I associate scene kids with MCR, Paramore, The Used, Hawthorne Heights, TBS, and so many more emo/screamo bands of the 2000s. I would've loved to see them show them Deftones, one of my favorite bands of that era. You should check out their Do Millennials Know 2000s Pop/Punk video, there's a lot of bands in that video I know you know, and even though they might not have been your cup of tea, lol. Keep it up Tank 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I saw Static-X open for Megadeth back in '99 in Portland Maine along with a couple other bands. It was awesome, after the first band played...security asked my cousin and I (we are big dudes) to help them out catching crowd surfers so we got to watch the show from the other side of the barricade...right in front of the stage.

Tank your top tier brother! Good luck and be safe on tour. In the 90s it was Slipknot and Pantera for me, and still listening today 🤘😛🤘

I thank God every day I raised my kids in good music. This was hilarious. Totally agree w you on Dave Matthew’s and Evenesece.

My beginning of nu metal was "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit and then I soon heard and liked Godsmack, Static X, SOAD. Slipknot stole my heart as soon as it was available in my country.

Had the pleasure of working with Sevendust on a local show here in OKC. Genuinely some of the most down to earth and nicest people in the business. Fantastic live as well

Tank hating Evanescence is a piece of lore I didn’t know I needed. That had me on the floor it was so funny. I’ve only ever listened to Bring Me To Life, and I still enjoy it, but I also never had in interest in exploring their catalogue beyond that. Love your vids Tank, cheers from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

so many of those bands are going to be at Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, CA this year

I’m glad you mentioned about mudvayne too, I’m a big mudvayne fan. Especially since my dad grew up on it and the band is from my hometown. I would’ve liked to see their reaction. Also I showed my dad your vids and he loves them!

Bro...Blood Brothers was always my favorite from the album I'd play on repeat. Thanks for the reminder..........

Hiya Tank, bet your girls are glad to get ya home!✌🏻

Heck yes Tank! I'd go with Static-X too, they never fail to make me happy. Rest in Power Wayne.

seeing them react to extreme metal (any and all genres) would be fun, especially if they like some of 'em!

I love Drowning Pool. I actually got to hang out with them one time because my friend was in a band that opened for them at a bar in Louisiana but it was the new lead singer

I saw Sevendust and Static-X live for the first time this year and it made me fall in love with them. I’ve listened to them forever because they were always in games I played and movies I watched but I never considered myself a fan until now.

Hey Tank im so Happy to hear that im not the only one who dislike this band and im not even gone mention there name. Great video by you btw as always.

Been waiting for this one cuz I knew what the last song was XDDD I think for the most part they did a great selection but while I don't hate Evanescence, I would never consider them nu metal. Still waiting for the react folks to wake up to Electric Callboy!!!

despite not listening to them Powermann 5000 will always be stuck in my Memory cause When Worlds Collide was the main theme to Smackdown vs Raw 2004 which was one of the most played games of me and my bestfriend when we were kids

Yoooooo, mans said Soil! I LOVED that first album they dropped. Black 7, Breaking Me Down, Halo, the whole album really was just so good.

Hell yeah Tank! You hit the nail about Blood Brothers. Always have been and always will be the best Papa Roach song IMO. And that's the reason why it featured in Tony Hawk Pro Skaters 2 and not another one hehehe.

Great to hear a Christmas song on here!

I remember getting a cassette single and death trip when it came from the record shop, and I've been obsessed ever since. The one time I saw drowning pool was an "all ages" show when I was 17 in 02 at the house of blues chicago. Hosted by a small person who was smoking a joint and chugging jaeger (one of the sponsors) on stage. Great show also had ill Nino and coal chamber.

Not surprised many of them haven't seen the video for Freak on a Leash. I've watched a lot of these and it's never been on the channel, plus I'm their age and I've seen it maybe once.

Nu Metal was my introduction to metal and rock as a whole. So i have a love for the genre.... First 2 albums of Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit Unapologetically, Slipknot, KoRn (My all time favourite band), SOAD, Deftones, Dope, Static-X, Soulfly, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Ill Nino etc are all bands i love

There was a radio show on Top Albania Radio every Tuesday from 22.00-23.00, kinda like a hit parade, where I remember 2nd place Nookie and 1st place Somebody, someone. Memories 🫠

I’m old, Static-X, Disturbed, SOD, Korn, Coal Chamber and many others are still part of my daily comute. With additions over the years by mainly Raised Fist and The Haunted.

i enjoy these juds react videos too. this reacting to those is fun idea. like sitting with a friend lol

Hey Tank, a quick opinion. Orgy should've also been on the list. They were and still are ahead of their time. Jay (singer) is the still keeping the band going. They were at SNW in Vegas last year debuting like 2 or 3 new songs. They brought attention to how awesome an 80s song can sound with 20 years of technological advancement in music/recording gear. Amir (former guitarist) always had awesome custom Jackson guitars and all his tones were based from Roland guitar synths and other Guitar-to-midi devices.

Hey Tank I’m sure you’ve heard Fear Factory! What are your favorite FF songs?? I LOVE Replica, Demanufacture, Linchpin, Slave Labor, Their version of Cars is just as good as the original, Shock, Edgecrusher, Bite the Hand That Bleeds, Where Evil Dwells!!

I was OBSESSED with Adema

If I remember correctly, and I'm 38 now, so I was around 14 at the time, Break Stuff was the break-out single here in Germany. I was an avid MTV and VIVA watcher (the latter being the biggest domestic music TV channel back then), and Break Stuff was the first time I noticed Limp Bizkit receiving significant airplay. Then, a few months later, Take a Look Around was everywhere.

My Dad introduced me to Linkin Park actually right when they first came out. He heard them on the radio, went out and bought Hybrid Theory and listened to whole thing when he got home from work. He just wanted me to to feel a little better and spend some time with me. Buried the CD with him when he passed a couple years ago.

I subscribed when you said Blood Brothers was a better song than Broken Home and Last Resort! I 100% agree. I even named my paintball team that name… had to change it for safety reasons lol.

That's an iconic song, baha just got home from seeing Disturbed at Knotfest, it absolutely pumped the crowd

Also, a fellow STatic-X brother. Wisconsin Death Trip is in my top 5 of albums all time. Fucking love that band. Wish I got to meet em one day!

>In the End is SO CLASSIC Well, yes, but it's also a meme song. If you were aware of meme culture a few years ago, you will know the lyrics "I've tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter" and "crawling in my skin" even if you have no clue where they're from. That's where I know both those songs from as a non-LP listening Zellennial. If you grew up in the 00s, you know about at least Numb, in the End, castle of Glass and probably one or two others I can't think of, though I'm German so I don't know if the same songs that got airtime on mainstream radio here are the same you'd hear in America or elsewhere. I was about to say that I feel Chop Suey is much bigger than Toxicity, then I remembered the only reason I feel that is probably also because it's a meme song... I am ruined by the internet.

Just listened to the jaxson podcast what a interesting young man

I really wish I would've been able to see Wayne live. But I did see Static X Live with Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, and Dope (sorry opener... I showed up late and couldn't share the love...) They were fucking killer and I would ABSOLUTELY see them live again. It was the first show I ever went pit.

Don’t remember how to give tips on music but I write here hoping you find it. Gods of metal by the band All for metal! An absolute banger!

These kids make me cringe but I'm still here to support your channel, Tank. Luv ya buddy. 🍻🤝

Hello from Europe. Popular songs from Limp Bizkit was "Rolling" and "Behind blue eyes". Static-X wasn't so popular, but metal heads know this band. SOAD was very popular BYOB, and I think Toxicity was more popular than Chop suey (it was more than 20 years ago, I'm to old, and can't remember).

The way I get the style to fit in with people in my school is I look at limp Bizkit music videos and use Fred,john,Sam’s outfits and use them

Would love your reaction to some of the new Static-X tracks - both with and without Wayne

Static X had a really cool song on the Batman Beyond soundtrack, and the music video of the song was totally awesome too.

i'd like to see your reaction to the Drumeo "Hears for the First time" series

I remember listening to electronica bands like Brooklyn Bounce, 2 Unlimited, Snap!, Ace Of Base, Fat Boy Slim, Depeche Mode, Haddaway... a few boy/girl bands and hip hop artists like Coolio and Fugees. Also female solo singers like Laura Branigan. As someone who lived through 90' and early 00' as a teenager, I had little interest in nu metal. I'd still listened to classic rock/heavy metal and bands like Rammstein. I started listening to some nu metal songs, they are ok, but mostly not my go-to kind of rock/metal. Although Slipknot grown on me a lot and I enjoy other 90' metal like Norwegian/Swedish BM and ambient metal. Weird, crazy and entertaining at the same time.

I thought I recognised Noah too. The one with the glasses was part of Smosh, surprised he didnt get more as the guys nearly 30 😂

this genre will always be one of my favorite even though i was born right when it started to take off. i will always remember coming back from school and my mom would be blasting system

Hey Tank, fan of the channel. I would be interested in a video on what surrounds a band signing to a label. Maybe you have the insight to touch upon this subject. Do bands get health care, dental, 401K options. What kind of profit sharing is typical between the bands and label. etc.

So the algorithm brought me here; I loved all these songs in high school (even Evanescence) and just haven’t been back to listen to any in so long. That said, my music listening has been moving back into metal-adjacent artists recently and I'd love to see you blind react to Monstarrr by Ennaria, just because it caught me totally off guard and I wish someone could have recorded my first reaction.

If i had to pick one of these bands to listen to for the rest of my life... its also definitely Static-X, and kinda has been. I wasn't into Shadow Zone which came out my graduation year... so i primarily had been listening to WDT and Machine. I never got to see them live and i never got a shirt, but easily Static-X. I credit them more for my introduction into harder metal. But i had a big music change up from access to P2P services and they'd where i found Blind Guardian, and Juno Reactor, and Buckethead, and so much more. I only recently got back into Limp Bizkit (Chocolate Starfish was the last album i had from them) and they hold up really damn well. SOAD is still fantastic. Korn is the one i have had i really hard time getting back into. I had all their albums up to Untouchables, i listened to them all the time... the band is incredibly talented, Jonathan Davis is legendary... i just can't get back in their songs

Cool to hear you mention Soil & Spineshank, although I'd have to admit I prefer Silent civilian over Spineshank...

I’ll be 33 in a few weeks and I remember singing Linkin Park’s Crawling in the car when I was like 11 and challenging myself to hold the long note on “so insecure”. LP got me through a rough childhood and I’ll always be super grateful to them for that. I cried when Chester Bennington died 😢

I met LB in Significant Other, and Nookie I still one of my favorites songs ever, I named my cat Nookie because of it xD But in Portugal, LB just hit the charts on the 3rd album as well, I'd think. For us, nu-metal heads of course, huge, but nu-metal movement became bigger a few years after, probably because of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory-

i love that i saw someone in the coments say spineshank. in 04 i saw slipknot, mudvayne, spineshank, and disturbed at one show.