Dude the only reason i watch your cannel is you still have that 1995-2005 feel! You would not be out of place on video hits or rage(aussie music shows) in 1998
Yes "Korn's Groovy Ghost Pirate Mystery"👻 I luv that episode!!!!!! Fun Fact: speaking of cameos , Eminems very first ever video appearance is actually a cameo as a extra in Korn's "Got The Life" video
Me too. I listened to a shit like Ozzy, sabbath, social distortion (even tho it's not metal it's some of the closest I was listening to), suicidal tendencies, infectious grooves, etc but thats the most metal I bumped into I found white zombie who's my favorite band of all time but still didn't move to metal until korn came around then I got more into metal. Prong and static x launched me into metal even more but without zombie or korn I'd have only been on 90s alternative and shit like bush and pearl jam lol
John was my neighbour when I was growing up in Bakersfield in the mid 90s, he came to a couple of my and my brother’s birthday parties. There’s photos somewhere in my house of him holding me as a baby and they’re priceless at this point, both in terms of sentimental value and the face he made in the photos
@@martanoconghaile my dad did more than myself since I was too young, my dad went to a couple of their very first shows since he was into metal and he remembered thinking to himself “there’s no way they’re gonna get anywhere”, how wrong he was
There's only one Jonathan Davis, he's one of a kind with his voice and vocals! I hope we never lose him! Just like Cornell, Layne, Cobain and Chester you can't replace him.. love Korn!
Brian Welch came to my elementary school at the time in Fairview Oklahoma during red ribbon week and made a speech about abstinence from drugs and very few kids knew who Korn is but still amazing I got to meet such a legend.
My 9th grade English teacher was from the area and her fiancé at the time was friends with the band and had received a stool from Head so she could have it in her class
People never give korn the credit they truly deserve. Everyone always says “oh nirvana was the last great band.” And that’s simply not true. Korn carried the torch and literally inspired multiple genres and even sub genres as well. We wouldn’t have trap metal or even dubstep metal or modern metalcore without korn.
@ghost mall you're so special and have such a superior taste in music! Please tell me what bands are good! I need ghost mall to approve so I know a band hasn't been influenced by korn :(
The people who say (Band name) was the last good Band, is so disrespectful to new bands trying to make it and change the sound or create their own Genre. It basically tells me that that person who said that, is older than 30 and can't accept the fact that new bands will take the torch that legacy bands like Korn, Slipknot, Suicide Silence, and others have lit.
It's a stretch to call Korn "metal" but it doesn't change the impact they had as a band. They are a conglomerate of many different genres, which is one of the many reasons they were so successful and appealed to the broad fanbase that they did and still do in 2023.
What l LOVE about Head and Munky, is the fact that the dissonant chords they love to use, they both deemed "The Mr. Bungle Chord". They both stated their favorite album of all time is Mr. Bungle's self-titled album.
Yeah, it was like hearing guitar telepathy going on somehow but it was definitely the sum of all the parts that was a great deal of their combined power ( That sounds so bad like some cheesy power ranger type, aww crap) yknow, for that certain period of time, if a single member hadnt been in the lineup, before the point that some members werent having fun anymore, then you would have noticed that person was missing, i felt, because each was an essential part of the sound & not a person filling in a vacant space.
If someone wasn’t around back then, it’s hard to imagine just how big these guys were. Every band wanted to be them. And every other person wanted to join a band, to also be just like them.
I remember when their first album came around, my guitar friend was like "Dude getting ready to have mind blown.." and it was. When Life is Peachy came out mind was even more blown. I was crazy about Silverias drumming more than anything so when they toned it down on the 3rd album I ducked out.
I love how one of the main qualities of Finn's videos is highlighting the significant and worthwhile contributions different bands make to music. I'm not a big Korn fan by any means, but this video made me garner a lot more respect for what they've done for music.
Thats awesome, man! I always say that to my friends too...I tell them I understand if you don't like their music, but you've got to respect them for their contributions to alternative/metal music. You just can't sum it up in words how important this band truly is!
They solidified themselves as rock/metal legends with their first 4 albums. Even if they didn't release any records after those first 3 or 4, they would still be a legendary band today!
As a death metal fan in high school, I couldn't stand Korn. But over time, I've come to really appreciate everything that they were. I can't believe how heavy some of their songs are.
To be honest, early korn was really edgy. But they get better with time, they're more mature now, they worked on there touch and it's really good. (I've found assholes on the internet who said it was better when they took meth.)
Fairly similar here. I do appreciate their mark on the music world as a whole, but man I’ve just always found that stuff to just be too goofy for my taste, and I like goofy, but they just seem to take them selves so seriously, but don’t really convince anybody else they’re serious. Just my opinion, you do you. But then again I also like turbo folk so idk what that says about my taste 😅 (Memphis murder rap and heavy/death/black metal are my heavy genre mainstays FYI
@@Shitballs69420 interesting. I love Korn, even though they unboubtadly have their cringy side. But nothing is as cringy as "serious" or "gangsta" rap imo. The rappers are alway so intense and so full of themselves, and I'm not even starting on misogyny, also I kinda dislike the whole "hood" pseudoculture as it is just intellectually uninspiring and lame.
A lot of people don't know it, but Korn is enjoying the most chart success of their career with their last 4 albums and Never Never is their only number 1
I seen Korn in my notifications and clicked without 2nd thought. I can honestly say Korn jump started my love of metal, and music in general. My channel actually used to be a music channel which focused on Korn lyrics and B sides when I started it in 2009. Shortly after I shifted to gaming, but even my early gaming videos (which are still there) have Korn songs in the background. Glad to see how they're still going strong!
Saw Korn with System of a Down earlier this year in LA and they absolutely stole the show for me. They are just as good as they always have been. If they ever stop playing, I have to agree the mostly 30-40 year old audience there (which was a big realization for me that I'm getting old) will miss and forever appreciate this band for what they are and the legacy they're leaving behind. Metal wouldn't be the same without their music. Thanks for making this video Finn. Keep up the good work.
If you’ve never seen Korn live before, even if you’re not a huge fan of them but appreciate any aspect of them, GO SEE THEM. They put on such an incredible show, it’s so loud you can feel the music in your body. It’s nuts.
I saw them Jan 4 '96 in Dallas at reunion arena open for Ozzy. We were sitting at the very top row blazin up the whole time, and they were shaking the rafters of the roof. For sure top 5 of loudest shows I've ever been to.
Seeing Korn live in 1995 in a 1000 person venue in support of Blind was equivalent to watching a UFO land with moshing aliens. Every jaw was on the floor in complete shock. Amazing
Wow, consider yourself very lucky! I have saw many bands, including Deftones, Hed PE, Coal Chamber, Sevendust, and many more back during the 90s/early 2000s but to see KoRn would be on a much higher level because these boys started that whole sound. Even members from the band Hed PE would attend their shows when they first started out in the Huntington Beach area, I heard the guys from Hed PE went to their shows and they said it "totally inspired them to start Hed PE" members from Coal Chamber have said the same thing and the bass player from Coal Chamber actually used Fieldys bass rig to record their first album (if You listen to Pig by Coal Chamber you can totally hear it)
I saw them in 96 when they were on tour as direct support for Orange 9mm and Deftones were the opening band for that tour and adrenaline wasnt even out yet, everything said here in absolutely accurate-
I grew up listening to korn and always thought they have potential and still do. Jonathan sings and screams his heart and lungs out and I love how he isn't afraid to express his emotions and what he's been through.
He was awesome, but his technique killed his career. He never played double stroke rolls, he just muscled his way through single stroke rolling. So by the time Issues came out he couldn’t physically play a lot of the songs from earlier in his career. But musically, he was such a driving force in the band, especially in their first three albums.
The band never sounded as groovy after David left. David had a rather minimalistic style which fit Fieldys bass lines so good. And together they sounded like two bassists or two drums. It was just a fantastic combo
I've always said Ray is an outstanding drummer but lacks whatever creative process David had when approaching the drums. David definitely had a feel to his playing that Ray can't replicate. I do appreciate Ray for sticking w them and allowing them to continue, can't be easy to come in a band like that and stay true to yourself while also paying homage to the material released B4 he joined the band.
For me, I couldnt say he formed the bands sound but for that period of time when they were all still having fun, any member missing would have been noticeable & a loss to the overall sound that wasnt going to punch back up to the weight they were punching with because there was the sound of the sixth member which was the member that is that telepathic synchronicity that you cannot buy when a manager pays 5 competent musicians to make an album with that special something. Thats when they gind that formula only works with boy bands or weak bands & cannot produce iconic bands with legs. I loved Davids sound but I loved each members contribution & would have been dissatisfied with the sound if it had of happened earlier that it did. Love Korn.
I first heard Korn in 1994. My babysitter’s boyfriend had this old K5 Blazer with 15 inch subwoofers in the back and he would play the self titled album on that system. First time I heard it I was blown away… I was listening to Metallica and Megadeth and never heard anything like Korn. I went out and got the album the following week. Still one of my favorite albums of all time.
"Life Is Peachy" is definitely number one for me, as well... Then "Issues"... They're totally different from one another, but I think that's why I like them... You kinda get every angle of the band.
those albums are so dope. i love how groovy Life Is Peachy is, though. it has been my favorite Korn record since it released. Good choice with Issues being second, too. I would put their debut as my second fave and Issues as my third fave. Issues was their most innovative after they became famous, i think anyway. (edit: Man i think the production on Life Is Peachy is awesome, personally. I think it fits the album's sound in a great way because of how heavy the low-end is.)
As a long time KORN fan, the most impressive thing about this band is how it continues to be impressive; their continuing growth as artists is awesome and they keep doing it.. just amazing. Korn Life.
KoRn's debut album will always be their best. I saw them for the first time in the summer of '95, plus I got to meet Jonathan, Munky, Head, and Fieldy in person at a meet/greet before the show. They autographed a cardboard cutout much larger than life of their debut album's cover.
I remember hearing Blind on a college radio station in late 94 and was blown away. I was mostly into death metal at the time but the song just really stood out. I went to Blockbuster Music the next day to get the album and both me and the employee there couldn't find it because we were looking under C for Corn. Had no clue at the time it was with a K. Didn't get it for another week.
Haha similar to me - I heared A.D.I.D.A.S during my black metal days and was kinda conflicted. Loved the song and later the band, but obviously as a "tru" metalhead you couldn't acknowledge that at the beginning ;)
My favorite band ever. Made me ask for a guitar and dedicate my life to creating music and being a fan. I went down the rabbit hole of extreme metal due to KoRn.
I'm one of those who came of age when Korn blew up and my stereo always had their albums cranked up to 11. Through all the trauma I endured through it all, Korn was right there to help me escape.
David Silveria is such a cool dude. He just moved to our town recently and he would come in and get subs from me and some other massive korn fans and was super happy to give a picture, definitely a great guy and one of the best drummers of alternative and metal in my opinion
First time I saw Korn live was on the “Life is peachy” tour with Helmet and Limp Bizkit (right before ‘three dollar’ broke out). It was such amazing show and we had backstage passes. Unforgettable.
That was an amazing time to see them. 3 Dollar was a great record too for what it was. Sour was the first Limp song I heard on the radio and I thought it was great.
As a person who enjoys nu metal-although, reconciling that MOST of it is undoubtedly garbage, save for the biggest names in the genre-it warms my heart greatly to see Korn receive the love and appreciation they have so rightfully always deserved. And even in the advent of the height of their career, people would say that they hated the genre EXCEPT for Korn. Moreover, through a high school crush and my emo phase turned metal phase, Korn will always be a beloved band for me. The angst, the emotions, the raw aggression and energy in their music…Simply cannot be replicated but it’s awesome that it’s inspired so many.
I remember when Follow the Leader came out and blew up. I was in middle school and loved that album. I actually love The Path of Totality. I love the aggressive mixture of electronic and metal.
The Path of Totality got me into electronic, techno, and house music for a little until Avicii got me big. I didn't dig Deadmau5 at first after TPoT first came out, and then, there came Avcii who got me into that kind of genre. I know this is a video about metal, not techno/electronic/house, and we shouldn't be talking about that non-metal genre but Avicii's music was on a whole new level, and then I started digging Deadmau5 more. But yes, TPoT left a landmark in the music industry, and that's important.
Old school metalheads hate nu metal because they think 80s leather metal was the definitive era of metal but they forget that this is about heavy and dark music and metal is just one of many ways to express heaviness and darkness. For me Korn is 100% metal and the band that got me into heavy shit to this day.
i loved the colloboration of the "Family Values" bands- KoRn, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, Staind. They were all nu metal, but def different subcultures of the nu metal scene. (You've covered it with Coal Chamber with Deftones.) So you got that great variety. It was exciting. A great time for rock 'n roll.
The recorded casette tapes of Nirvana that my sister owned in the 90s introduced me to “rock”… Korn , limpbizkit , guns nd roses and slipknot made me love the genre and made me explore their forefathers like metallica, motleycrue, black sabbath, etc, which made me love the genre even more. Even after almost 30yrs, i still love the genre and was looking forward to listening the songs everytime Korn drops an album.
I didn’t like Korn when they came out, and I’m still not a huge fan, but this video has helped me appreciate their history and influence, so thank you!
@@debozebuurman Seems like his precious little feelings have been offended since he's left similar subjective replies to comments on this video multiple times and presented his limited world view and tastes as objective fact
Trying to do just one video about KoRn must be difficult. They have so much history, like Fieldy taking a break, all the drama with David, Jonathan being close to death before Untitled came out and so much more. I really hope you do another video about them
Good on you for shouting out the Nothing. Seriously, it was so dark and intense in a way that felt fresh but like they had the fire again. I would say a top 5 album of theirs, so well crafted.
I definitely fell out after Issues as a listening fan. That might sound weird, but what I mean is: just because I didn’t like the sound after, I really appreciate how daring they have been with re-inventing themselves. I have always listened to the albums just to see where they were at.
I can't believe how much time has passed man. Seeing this old footage from the 90s takes me back to another world, a world I miss so dearly. How did we fall so far? I'm eternally grateful for the time I've had growing up in the 90s and getting to appreciate Korn's rise to fame and glory. They certainly had a huge impact on my life.
You've said it multiple times on your Twitch-streams, that a lot of these videos are basically "Wikipedia-articles read out loud", and me being a massive Korn fan, this is the first time I've had the same feeling - HOWEVER - I love your work, the editing and how you told the story, so I was still entertained 10/10
They were my first metal concert in 2002. I remember being in awe of the amount of sticks the drummer went through. He'd break a stick and pull another one out like Robin Hood pulling out arrows.
To me KoRn was exactly what I was looking for in music. I loved Rock, but hated the long hair, ripped up jeans look. I didn't like rap, but I liked their clothes and fashion. Korn seemed like the first band that combined two of the best worlds.
my childhood friend who passed in a car wreck 6 years ago loved this band. I can vividly remember him doing the like… manic skat vocals next to his dell computer with one of korns tracks open on limewire. (He was weirdly good and I remember laughing under my breath, RESPECtFULLy of course ) RIP Drewster the goat
Man, KoRn Issues was the absolute most important album in my teenage journey to the real world; I bet most fans of most bands felt this way about certain albums in their life as well. Thanks for this video bro, was an absolute treat to watch the entire thing!
Korn is very special to me and always will be for many reasons. The respect I have just for Johnathan Davis alone. When you hear the intro of their songs you know it's them and I just really love that. I love all types of music but I don't have a actual connection with most of the bands and don't care to but Korn is one just like tool that I have a very special connection with and have a safe comfortable feeling so Korn and tool are both in my heart for life
I remember being about 8 or 9 seeing Falling Away From Me music videonon MTV. Fell in love immediately. KoRn changed the damn game, they're amazing. Super groovy metal music. How can you not enjoy it?
I was always embarassed to admit I loved this band. I discovered them in 2009 when I was 14 watching South Park. It was right in the middle of their “low point” and it felt as if nobody listened to them. Im so happy to see them getting recognized now. They seem to be generally respected. Still love the band today and they are consistently my #1 most listened to in my Spotify wrapped playlists!
Korn still sounds amazing, footage of them at the U.K. Download fest this year is stellar. Jon’s voice sounds GREAT. There is nothing like that Korn groove and crazy basslines.
The Path of Totality is an album I am still obsessed with. It was so ahead and is still in my regular rotation to this day. Others have copied, but nothing has really scratched that same itch.
KoRn to this day is still my favorite band. So creative and still are releasing great music 30 years later. Maybe it's because it came out when I was in Jr. High but I actually love See You on the Other Side and thought it was their best album of the 00's.
Like others, Korn was my 'gateway band' to metal in all its various subgenres. I was a young teen that listened to techno, then I discovered Korn in 1996. I became obsessed with Korn. A few years later around 1999, I began to branch out. I started listening to Shadows Fall, Megadeth, Metallica, Sepultura, Slayer, Pantera, In Flames, etc. This eventually led to 'traditional' heavy metal like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. And over the years I've gotten heavily into guitarists like Buckethead, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, and Steve Vai. I don't listen to Korn or nu-metal at all anymore, but I'll never stop respecting them. They're the reason I listen to the music I do now. This gradual evolution of musical tastes I've had over the last two decades started with them. Metal is a massive world full of various subgenres and I love most of them. And Korn was the doorway to that world for me.
I love koRn.... I was 12 years old when I first heard metal, blind being the first song. Never looked back I was hooked. Fav band, Still go to their concerts now, 25 years later. Legendary 🤘. Great video!
Life Is Peachy is the first Korn album I heard and it blew my mind. It was so raw and dark. Man, I wish I could relive the feeling of hearing it for the first time.
I remember well when Korn came out. I absolutely loved Blind. Took my buddies a little bit to catch on but most of them ended up digging them too. Didn't get to see them live till a good amount of years later, with Chevelle, adema and sevendust opening for them. Great show
Korn are one of the greatest bands of all time. I’ve been a fan since day one, and have seen them live countless time. They always deliver. I got to see them in person last week at the union chapel in London and it was awesome.
Just saw Korn for the first time at Bonnaroo this year. Incredible energy and set. Was happy they got put on a smaller stage but the quality of the show was so great that I was surprised they weren’t on the main stage. Korn 4 life!
The first song I heard by them was "Shoots and Ladders" and I loved them instantly!!! A metal version of nursery rhythms was brilliant!!! imo...first saw them in 1996 when they played with Ozzy....
I dont care what anyone says, David's snare from their self titled is thee greatest sounding snare in the history of music. In fact it may be the most beautiful sound in existence.
Although I stopped following them a long time ago, those first five Korn albums still mean a lot to me. as a middle and high-schooler, they opened the door to so many other bands and styles for me to delve into and enjoy. great vid, Finn. and I definitely agree that Untouchables was their peak. The production, songwriting, creativity, etc. So great.
I will never forget the first time I heard corn on the radio when I was 13 years old listening to my Sony Walkman. It was shoots and ladders. I remember that moment as if it were today. I’ve seen them in concert three times in total, I wish it were more. I love the story of this band and it’s highs and lows because the lyrics of their music helps me to overcome serious guilt that I was always feeling unnecessarily. To me they will always be my favorite band no matter what they produce. Also, they randomly introduced me a dubstep, and because of that I love dubstep now too.
I don't really listen to Korn these days, but hands down they had the single biggest impact on my music taste, of any band/artist, and a pretty huge impact on my life in general
The ONLY word that describes my 8th n 9th grade years in school is KoRn!!! Haven’t listened to them in a while, but I’ll never forget the good n bad times they got me through. Stay Metal my friends 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Finn, in the past several videos, it feels like your camera footage has a weirdly low framerate, it is really noticable when you switch to a music video and back. You can frame advance using , and . keys on youtube and I can see that every fourth or so the image doesn't change so the actual framerate is probably like 22-24 instead of 30.
24fps has been the film standard for god knows how long. It looks a lot better than 30fps. Pretty much all the stuff (music video, movies etc.) are filmed in 24fps or 60fps for sports and slow mo footage.
I'll always remember listening to it for the first time when I was probably 12 years old and it actually freaked me out, I thought it sounded like Halloween music, never heard any band like them.
I remember back in 94 when a friend of mine gave me the 2 song cassette of Blind and Clown. I was like oh shit, who are these guys. I was completely blown away.
Love korn. Got the album after seeing the blind video on mtv alternative nation and it blew my mind. I got the cd and a 56 gauge string and set of 10’s and removed the high e. Absolutely changed my life in January of 95
KoRn have churned out some bangers. Their self titled is still my favourite album, it’s raw and angry. Follow the Leader was huge just as I was really getting into metal and is another album that I still listen to loads. Latter stuff has been a bit hit and miss but their last album was good.
When I was probably 5 or 6 years old Korn was my favorite band. I used to wake up early and put in MTV to try and catch ‘ the ‘Falling Away From Me’ video and I’d head bang to it straight through. Someone who worked with my mom happened to know one of Korn’s tour managers or something and my mom said if I drew them a picture or wrote them a letter we could maybe send it to them. I had a very cool Korn sticker I got from wanna of those 50 cent machines and I tried my best to re-draw the sticker and wrote a bunch of stuff about how they were my favorite band. A few months went by and we didn’t hear anything. I can’t remember but I think my mom got a new job or something and was no longer in contact with the manager? Anyway my mom basically said it was a lost cause, but one day an envelope with a signed band photo and a very nice note showed up. All the members signed it and wrote a little message. Was so cool to have as a little kindergartner!
One of my favorite bands. So glad that I got to see them live when they came to my small town of Redding, CA, a few years ago. Usually big name bands just pass through here on their way to Sacramento or Portland, but Brian Welch is part of the church that owns our local convention center, so they did a full sold out show there and it was incredible.
Being a teenager in the late 90s early 2000's Korn was my shit. Been to over 20 concerts festivals ect they never ever disappointed live!!! After the looking in the mirror album they fell off with David and head leaving the music wasn't the same to me.
@@Drewthemagnificent Jonathan Davis just doesn't have the vocal delivery he had on those first few records. Can't stand his clean voice these days, I do however, LOVE his aggressive vox. Shame he insists on whining through every verse nowadays
I can relate. Being a teen in the early 00s I loved Korn for a while, too. And I agree, Take a Look in the Mirror was the last really good and true Korn album. Everything they did afterwards just didn't have the same power and charm.
