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Don’t Fence Them In
Korn unequivocally repudiate classification. Of course the band is consistently labeled metal and new, or nu, metal. Audiences though already know the depth of musical flavor accessible within the Korn repertoire that includes their e-commerce successes. Musically there are serious digressions into the funk, punk, hip-hop, and hard rock realms, and the track “Shoots and Ladders,” off their self-titled album starts with a straight-up Celtic bagpipe intro.
In 1993 the band was officially born. One short year later their first album, Korn, appeared. The band was still unknowns for the most part and took to the road to sell themselves and their distinctive sound. Favorites off this first album were “Clown” and “Blind,” along with the Grammy-nominated “Shoots and Ladders.” Off of this success and the road-work Korn earned a huge fan following and an invite to the Ozzfest Tour.
Industry Innovators
Korn heavily self-promoted their second album, Life is Peachy. In 1996 no other musicians had yet discovered the marketing promise of the Internet, but thanks to the savvy of a close associate, Korn launched their live Korn TV website. Immediately this opened doors to an exponentially larger fan base that existed anonymously online. The innovative band performed live virtual performances and invited fans to question and answer sessions.
Follow the Leader, released in 1998 is believed to be their best, both artistically and commercially. The album invited a range of musical collaborators from Limp Bizkit to Ice Cube. The audience waited almost another three years before album number four, Issues was released. Always the creative rockers, Korn are well known for their historically significant live performance at the Apollo Theater, a traditionally African-American venue. Then the TV cult-fav “South Park” hosted the band in a specially written episode.
The last few years are punctuated with another three albums, Untouchables, Take a Look in the Mirror, and See You on the Other Side, that feature more typical heavy metal and raw rock styles that gutturally dig into morbid new metal themes.
Korn (1994):
- Blind
- Ball Tongue
- Need To
- Clown
- Divine
- Faget
- Shoots and Ladders
- Predictable
- Fake
- Lies
- Helmet In the Bush
- Daddy
Life is Peachy (1996):
- Twist
- Chi
- Lost
- Swallow
- Porno Creep
- Good God
- Mr. Rogers
- K@#Ø%! (or Kunt)
- No Place to Hide
- Wicked
- A.D.I.D.A.S.
- Lowrider
- Ass Itch
- Kill You
Follow the Leader (1998):
- It’s On
- Freak on a Leash
- Got the Life
- Dead Bodies Everywhere
- Children of the Korn (ft. Ice Cube)
- B.B.K.
- Pretty
- All in the Family (ft. Fred Durst)
- Reclaim My Place
- Justin
- Seed
- Cameltosis (ft. Tre Hardson)
- My Gift to You
- Earache My Eye
Issues (1999):
- Dead
- Falling Away From Me
- Trash
- 4U
- Beg for Me
- Make Me Bad
- It’s Gonna Go Away
- Wake Up
- Am I Going Crazy
- Hey Daddy
- Somebody Someone
- No Way
- Let’s Get This Party Started
- I Wish You Could Be Mine
- Counting
- Dirty
Untouchables (2002):
- Here to Stay
- Make Believe
- Blame
- Hollow Life
- Bottled Up Inside
- Thoughtless
- Hating
- One More Time
- Alone I Break
- Embrace
- Beat it Upright
- Wake Up Hate
- I’m Hiding
- No One’s There
Take a Look in the Mirror (2003):
- Right Now
- Break Some Off
- Counting on Me
- Here it Comes Again
- Deep Inside
- Did My Time
- Everything I’ve Known
- Play Me (ft. Nas)
- Alive
- Let’s Do This Now
- I’m Done
- Ya’ll Want a Single
- When Will This End
- One
See You On the Other Side (2005):
- Twisted Transistor
- Politix
- Hypocrites
- Souvenir of Sadness
- 2-Way
- Throw Me Away
- Love Song
- Open Up
- Interlude #2
- Coming Undone
- Getting Off
- Liar
- For No One
- Interlude #3/I’ve Seen it All
- Tearjerker
