So very true what you said about bands trying to emulate korns sound yet failing to, I remember in 1998 there was at least 200 copy cats , not one band could emulate korns sound, not one vocalist sounds like Johnathan Davis and feildys bass.
Bro honestly Woodstock videos are the reason I started going to music fest , not knowing this shit show that it was behind the scenes just seeing those crowds move is what inspired me
Issues is so good! You definitely gave it credit, but it had Falling away from me, Make me bad, and Somebody someone. I think those three are some of their best songs
I saw Korn in ‘96 when they weren’t too huge yet and could mingle in the audience. I walked up to Munky and thanked him for getting 7-strings back on the market and we talked gear for about 10 minutes. Very cool!!
Head quit the band in 2005, before they released "See You on the Other Side". The last Korn album with his participation was "Take a Look in the Mirror" (2003). He returned to the band in 2013, for "The Paradigm Shift" album. This period is known as the Head-less Era of Korn.
Right, but due to his meth addiction Munky wrote and recorded a majority of the guitar work for Take A Look In The Mirror. Head was AWOL during most of the writing and recording for that album and he also said he didn't like Untouchables much after they initially released it.
A BAND THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED PERIOD. A pinnacle of metal music evolution. They changed music like nirvana killed hair metal over night. This band deserves more and more credit then given.
Listen to a band like In Flames who were an underground melodic death metal pioneer and they started adding some nu metal influences into albums like Soundtrack To Your Escape. Anders(TheSinger)looks and sounds like JD a lot.
14:00 i feel like Untouchables does not get enough love. Such a good album! I listened to it a while back and thought, shit this is kinda like a Depeche Mode record but really heavy.
JD often cited it as their best work as a band and you’re spot on. Korn was doing 80’s Nu-wave revival before it became trendy. There are subtle nods to Depeche Mode, The Cure, Tears for Fears, even Madonna. It was Korn trying new things and taking risks even though it pissed off a percentage of their fans who begged them to be “raw and heavy” again at the time.
Serenity of suffering is so underrated. It’s my favorite of their “new” albums, so good. I saw them live in 2022 and they opened with “rotting in vain”. Their energy was so good for a bunch of guys my dad’s age. Swinging those dreads all over the place.
They are right there up with the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Slayer. I mean in terms of influence (lot of kids started to listen metal in mid/late 90's thank to KoRn)
@@gregorsamsa555 Right. If there is an afterlife Jonathan Davis will be sitting at the table with other greats like DIO, Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Marilyn Manson, Geddy Lee, Peter Steele, Corey Taylor, Dimebag Darrell, James Hetfield, and all the other legends.
Man that first family values tour was absurd. I saw Orgy, Ice Cube, Rammstein, Limp Biscuit, and korn. I remember moshing as a teenager as like a core memory.
Been a KoRn fan since 99 and honestly think the last 3 albums are some of their best material. I love (almost) every single album by them. I could maybe do without the 05-12 period, but still there is some cool stuff on those records. My list would be: 14. III: Remember Who You Are 13. The Path Of Totality 12. See You On The Other Side 11. Untitled 10. The Paradigm Shift 9. Follow The Leader (hot take!) 8. The Nothing 7. Take A Look In The Mirror 6. Requiem 5. The Serenity Of Suffering 4. Untouchables 3. KoRn 2. Life Is Peachy 1. Issues Issues will most likely always be the most important album in my life..
I can't blame you for Follow the Leader. While it does have some of their best tracks, it also is unfortunately the album the contains "All in the Family", and "Children of the Korn"
@@zacharyware9083 Yeah, it's very hip hop influenced, almost sounds like rap metal record. Issues on the other hand had lot more "darker vibe" no hip hop elements, lot of heavy guitars (Beg For Me, Wake Up, Somebody Someone), it's very mature KoRn
The first time I heard Korn...every night, for months on end. They were something very different and everyone loved them. I remember in the late 90s when I was in Junior High, living in Chicagoland, THE rock radio station of the day was Q101 out of Chicago. They had a head to head contest every night where called the Cage Match where everyone would call in and vote for one the two songs they played. Korn's ADIDAS won it straight for something like three months straight. Nu-metal was born.
Yeah, I remember almost feeling a bit dirty for enjoying it. In diggin Korn, you basically had to become comfortable with the worst parts of yourself. My brother recently mentioned the same thing about the classic video games from that era... Doom, Wolfenstien etc. The extreme factor has come so far by now but that dark filthy vibe has never been replicated.
Korn saved my life. Got me through a lot of shit. Kept me from going back to prison. I will always love and respect the band. A truly exceptional band. ✌️❤️
I was a huge Korn fan until Take a Look in the mirror in 2003 and didnt listen to them again until randomly listening to Serenity of Suffering in 2016 and thought yeah, this sounds like old Korn. And they have released 2 albums since then that ive not heard, this band, prolific lol
Korn is my favorite band & also my gateway band into heavy music . All started with Coming Undone & the See You On The Other Side album . Brings me joy to see you love & respect them so much .
I still remember the first time I saw Korn. It was 1995 at our favorite small “club”. It was Milk Bar in Jacksonville Florida. It was a basement bar/club and held maybe 500-700 people tops. So many good punk shows there, but it was the first time Korn played Jacksonville. The following year, they played at Shades, which was a bigger club in Orange Park Florida, which is basically in the boarder of Jacksonville. They had the weirdest opening band for them, which was The Urge. After that I saw them in Lakeland FL and it was a coliseum show. Then was the first Family Values tour. We drove from Jacksonville to Lafayette LA to see it. I saw them a handful of times after that and the last time I saw them was on the 2003 Ozfest in VA. Always such a great show
I saw them in 2021 and 2022 and they are still putting on amazing shows and still proving every night why they are still a headlining band. Last time I saw them Helmet and Evanescence opened up for them and those bands were good but my unbiased opinion is that KoRn came out and blew those bands away.
that 1995 show was the one where Fred Durst met the guys from Korn and gave them tattoos and that first Limp Bizkit demo with Terry Balsamo on it, right?
@@freddylimpster7137 I don’t remember Terry ever playing for LB. My buddy Rob Waters was playing guitar for them. He left the band right before they started gaining traction with $3 Bill. It was either the Milk Bar show or the Shades show that Fred met them
Just a couple things: Issues is prime Korn, SOS is so groovy and sonically maybe the best sounding record along with Untouchables, The Nothing is utterly brilliant and Requiem is downright beautiful at times. Korn still has it and they are metal royalty at this point
What is interesting with Korn is I’d bet most people got onboard with Follow the leader then almost graduated backwards into their first two albums. I agree Finn, one of those rare bands that don’t have a bad album in their whole catalog. What makes them truly great is how many albums are in that catalog. Unreal!
I became a KoRn fan during Life Is Peachy a LOT of kids born in the early/mid 80s all knew about KoRn before FTL. I remember when I bought FTL because I was on vacation at the time in South Carolina and we took a special trip to the mall to buy the CD and I remember the first time I listened to that album I was with family and friends at the beach so most people don't have memories that special hearing Follow The Leader for the 1st time the DAY of it's release to the public!
I got my first introduction through Follow The Leader. Then found out about Life Is Peachy (my brother thought Follow The Leader was more age appropriate for 7 year old me hahahaha). I wasn't much of a fan of their Self Titled until I became a teenager. I guess my little brain hadn't been fully converted musically.
I think it is wild the fandom in 2013 was saying Paradigm Shift was the best Korn album in 8-years with some saying since Untouchables to now in 2024 a growing portion of the fandom saying Paradigm Shift sucks and Path of Totality is underrated. It’s crazy how over time how varied the opinions can sway.
What is your favorite song from each album. Korn - Lies Life is Peachy - Good God Follow the Leader - Dead Body's everywhere Issues - Hey Daddy Untouchables - Alone I Break Take a Look in the Mirror - Everything I've Known See you on the Otherside - Coming Undone Untitled - Evolution Korn 3 - Let the guilt go Path to Totality - Get Up The Paradigm Shift - Love & Meth Serenity of Suffering - Rotting in Vain The Nothing - The Ringmaster Requiem - Worst is on its way
Alright let's go with: F@get, Chi, Freak on a Leash, Falling Away from Me, Here to Stay, Did My Time, Coming Undone, Evolution, Oildale, Get Up, Punishment Time, Black Is the Soul, The Darkness is Revealing, Hopeless and Beaten
Even if your a Metalhead, Punk/Hardcore elitist…You can’t deny the influence of this band and those first 5 albums. You ranked Untouchables and Issues too low though!
I remember when the first album came out. I was 14 and i bought it on a whim. Then i saw them open for Danzig & Marilyn Manson. They were booed hard but when main riff came in on Blind the small club went off! Won the Danzig crowd over mostly. Then i saw them again with Megadeth & Fear Factory. Were much improved from the first time i saw them.
Great albums: First album, Follow the Leader, Issues, Untouchables. Good albums: Take a Look in the Mirror, The Paradigm Shift, Serenity of Suffering, The Nothing, Requiem. Ok albums: The Path of Totality, See You on the Other Side, Life is Peachy. Bad albums: Untitled, Remember who you are.
Twisted Transistor is m favorite Korn song so I'm always glad to see you selling it. I don't know their discog well enough to know if I agree about the 6 great albums, but I also can't think of another band I feel that way about. I don't even know if I love 6 whole King Crimson albums but that's the best guess I got
In my opinion, Take a Look in the Mirror is their best album. Guitars and bass sounds so cool, and the mix is produced awesome. I was melted down when i heard it first time in 2004, it was so heavy and catchie shit, and i listen it till this time. One love❤️
Life is peachy is my favorite album just because of how broken and off everything sounds, like the groovy yet kind of arrhythmic sound of the guitars, the clicking of the bass, the voice of JD and how he is like half drunk all the time, the drums being the only thing that seems to guide this whole wrecking (idk how to describe it tbh) of an album
I do agree with you on Korn not really having anything bad, and they always are just ahead of everyone and everything. Korn is one of my favorite bands, and to me they never cease to amaze me😊🌽
@17:27 fieldy is 1000% what makes korn unique he's the first to get that tone and literally the only person right now who can pull it off it's so unique that anyone else trying is straight copying it
Those first two albums are my absolute favorite. I LOVE how grimey and stripped back they are. FTL starts what you called that "Pop Korn" sound, and while I think it has some amazing songs, nothing tops how unkempt and sludgey Korn and Life is Peachy were for me. LIP's one of my absolute favorite albums and there was a day were I listened to it 3 time in a row. THAT'S untouchable imo
I still blast Ya'll want a single driving down the street.. I will always be a fan of Korn. I bought their debut album when they came into the scene and was hooked for life. Clown was my $hit when it dropped butnimg how much the crowd went NUTS when this track drop.. INSANE! Damn i miss those days
Also, even though how creative Korns music videos are. Twisted transistor is such a great video. Having a bunch of the biggest rappers from that time cosplay as them. It’s genius really
I've been watching your videos for about a year now, man. And you're a great dude with awesome content and you continue delivering great videos. Keep that shit up!
Can confirm, bought ibanez RG7621 in 98 because of Korn. Worked like a slave for minimum wage at WcDonalds for months with one on layaway only to plug it into a terrible Crate solid state amp and decide to obsess over learning slayer songs instead, and eventually got mid enough to have real strugglebus Kittie cover band. That crashed and burned hard. Eventually sold that guitar so I could buy christmas trash for an emo girl, years later, and that was the death of the true fcks I gave about playing guitar, despite having bought and sold a bunch of them since. And now I'm monologuing into F McK's youtube comments.
Another fun fact about Untouchables; beyond the large amount of money spent on recording/production, the drums alone took about a full month to produce.
Issues has always been my favorite album by Korn it's what I grew up with so it could be nostalgia but I love the more melodic creepy sound that they had on this album
I started getting into Korn nearly two years ago, about a week after a breakup and they became and have remained a favourite of mine. Surprisingly, I never cared too much for Follow The Leader. I don't mind it by any means but it never hit me as much as albums like self titled, Issues, or even The Nothing and Requiem.
KoRn love to throw curveballs and piss off their hardcore fans, so they sort of trolled them by promoting Brian returning to the band and releasing a song like Never, Never which sounded like a very hollow song, it sounds more like a Jonathan Davis solo song and there is no signature KoRn guitar sound on that song. KoRn fans love their down tuned 7 string guitar style and that's what they wanted to hear because Brian was back in the band! Even Brian said he was upset about it and he's the guy who is supposed to be promoting the song and making money! I understand creatively why they wanted to pull back though on The Paradigm Shift and not just jump back into that heavy KoRn style. KoRn have a way of making their fans happy but they are GREAT at keeping them interested in the band and keep them waiting for more.
I know there’s band like Slayer and Slipknot that are heavy but they feel produced still .. but like you were saying.. Korn taps into the Primitive Caveman part of your brain and your heart 😂 just raw I wanna go to war and/or go hunt a Sabertooth Tiger 😂 that’s the reason Korn has this huge Cult Following 30 years later
holy shit i was so happy when you said second best is self titled. i was screaming yes, yes! 😂 cause this means their magnum opus "life is peachy" is being loved for what it is. for me it's a different band after david. i was just one of those kids who it went straight to the core and it was foundation to what i did musically, hearing life is peachy on cassette, feeling every lyric, every emotion yet being so befuddled by how music could sound so good. i will now unpause the vid, but thank you in advance for giving life is peachy it's deserved spot at #1
Korn fan since day one, I still remember the first time I heard korn and it blew my mind, I never tought I would hear anything so dark, and yes I totally agree with Life is Peachy being their Best overall album.
You really can't go wrong with any korn albums there new stuff is amazing to go 30 years and still make bangers and still be successful and sell out arenas shows how good they really are.
My sister has BPD, and if she decides that she don’t like something she will never admit that some songs are decent. She HATED dupsted (or any electronic music) and her second favorite album by Korn is path to totality. I still love way to far and get up. Even if the sound is outdated
KoRn sold WAY more 7 string guitars between 1994 and 2001 compared with 2002 - 2018. Steve Vai didn't create 7 string electric guitars he just put them on the market but KoRn sold the guitars, not Steve Vai.
9:40 except that meshuggah has been around longer than Korn and were really underground with their first albums, meanwhile Korn kinda exploded in the metal scene right off the bat. So i wouldnt say that this group or that group really influenced each other since they are so removed from one another and also granted that they started in late 80's early 90's, when it was more difficult to find indy metal bands from the other side of the globe
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Peachy has always been the best. Shhhh 🤫
So very true what you said about bands trying to emulate korns sound yet failing to, I remember in 1998 there was at least 200 copy cats , not one band could emulate korns sound, not one vocalist sounds like Johnathan Davis and feildys bass.
I agree totally about Ray being a "better" drummer, but something about David's playing really works for me, and Korn.
Correction The first album without head was the 2007 album that you ranked worst The last album with head was take a look in the mirror
The first line of the first song on the first album by the first Nu Metal band. "Are you ready!?" Nothing was the same after. How perfect is that?
Probably the greatest single moment of any metal song of all time
No one was ready!!!!!!!😂
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Korn coming out with blind at Woodstock 99 is one of the wildest live videos I ever seen
Probably one of there best sets ever recorded too be honest they shook the foundations of those grounds that day and so did the crowd
That live version was the best. Something about Munky playing his part differently in the verses made it sound more dark and heavy.
Bro honestly Woodstock videos are the reason I started going to music fest , not knowing this shit show that it was behind the scenes just seeing those crowds move is what inspired me
Did you watch the whole set or you just turned away after blind
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Me personally, I’ve watched a lot of full sets from that festival, Megadeth is my 2nd favorite one to watch , full set
Issues is so good! You definitely gave it credit, but it had Falling away from me, Make me bad, and Somebody someone. I think those three are some of their best songs
Yesss when he talked down Issues a bit I thought "my dude... you're completely forgetting Falling away from me..."😅
All those songs, as well as Trash and Hey Daddy are incredible imo.
Issues is my favorite also! Somebody Someone is one of my favorite Korn songs!
Yeah it's probably my 2nd favorite. Strong as hell tracklist and perfect production. Let's Get This Party Started and Dirty hit hard.
Issues is a MASTERPIECE imo. Very surprised it was ranked that low. Thats a no skip album.
I see "Korn" in the title and immediately click. Those are the rules.
Absolutely
“One Bite music reviews, everybody knows the rules.” Dave Portnoy, probably.
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Well did you atleas watch the whole entire set or just watched blind and turned it off
Join the club. lol
I saw Korn in ‘96 when they weren’t too huge yet and could mingle in the audience. I walked up to Munky and thanked him for getting 7-strings back on the market and we talked gear for about 10 minutes. Very cool!!
Awesome memory. How old were you in 96? I was 6 👀
Head quit the band in 2005, before they released "See You on the Other Side". The last Korn album with his participation was "Take a Look in the Mirror" (2003). He returned to the band in 2013, for "The Paradigm Shift" album. This period is known as the Head-less Era of Korn.
Right, but due to his meth addiction Munky wrote and recorded a majority of the guitar work for Take A Look In The Mirror. Head was AWOL during most of the writing and recording for that album and he also said he didn't like Untouchables much after they initially released it.
@@LeadMe2TheBlissyeah in one of the DVDs Head whisperers to the Camera man "I didn't like that Record!" (Untouchables)
Thank you I came here just to say this
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Yeah See You on the Other Side was the death of Korn at the time. I don't know how he put that higher than Issues.
And Korn just posted on their instagram a 30 year anniversary teaser for tomorrow. What a coincidence.
thank you for posting this. I didn't even realize it's been 30 years!!!!!!!!!!! im stoked!
Lol, gotta filter it down to YT cc’s, get everyone their memories of when they were good to buy the album. 🤷🏻♂️☕️
Serenity of Suffering is their best of their most recent albums and on top with the classic records.
I agree i think is really underrated, When You Are Not There is an incredible song
It's good, doesn't beat The Nothing tho
Far too many skips which all sound the same imo
Yes!! I agree!!! IMO, Black is the Soul is their best song on that album!! 🙌🏻🔥🤘🏻
It sucked
I'm more impressed that Johnathan Davis can still sing like he did in his prime.... Like he stayed consistent somehow!
"Got The Life" was the 1st song they had to retire from TRL. Anytime after they had to retire a song, they called it the Korn rule .
What's even more crazy... freak on a leash was number 2.
A BAND THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED PERIOD. A pinnacle of metal music evolution. They changed music like nirvana killed hair metal over night. This band deserves more and more credit then given.
Ya since korn came out I can't think of a another band that changed metal like them .😊
Even Metallica and Slayer started to jump on the nu metal bandwagon in the early 2000's. A genre started by KoRn. That's major influence.
Listen to a band like In Flames who were an underground melodic death metal pioneer and they started adding some nu metal influences into albums like Soundtrack To Your Escape. Anders(TheSinger)looks and sounds like JD a lot.
See You On the Other Side is the first Korn album without Head. Korn III is the first album with Ray Luzier as their new full time drummer.
14:00 i feel like Untouchables does not get enough love. Such a good album! I listened to it a while back and thought, shit this is kinda like a Depeche Mode record but really heavy.
Yeah it has pop vibe, also industrial vibe. Dark and heavy album
That is such an interesting take. I love both Korn and Depeche Mode and I can see what you are saying there
Untouchables has to be my most played album out of them all. A true gem!
JD often cited it as their best work as a band and you’re spot on. Korn was doing 80’s Nu-wave revival before it became trendy. There are subtle nods to Depeche Mode, The Cure, Tears for Fears, even Madonna. It was Korn trying new things and taking risks even though it pissed off a percentage of their fans who begged them to be “raw and heavy” again at the time.
I totally agree, I think untouchables is an amazing album for what it is.
I’ve seen Korn 9 times. There’s nothing like their crowd. A lot of passion and community
Check out the Dead or Phish. I love Korn but there really is no other passionate music community that reaches the levels of a Dead show or Phish show.
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Hell yah! Im going to see them tonight for the first time and i cant wait 🤘🤘🤘
Serenity of suffering is so underrated. It’s my favorite of their “new” albums, so good. I saw them live in 2022 and they opened with “rotting in vain”. Their energy was so good for a bunch of guys my dad’s age. Swinging those dreads all over the place.
Korn is metal royalty 👑
You mean kpop royalty
They are right there up with the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Slayer. I mean in terms of influence (lot of kids started to listen metal in mid/late 90's thank to KoRn)
@@gregorsamsa555 Right. If there is an afterlife Jonathan Davis will be sitting at the table with other greats like DIO, Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Marilyn Manson, Geddy Lee, Peter Steele, Corey Taylor, Dimebag Darrell, James Hetfield, and all the other legends.
That koRn meshuggah take is great! Makes so much sense tbh
Man that first family values tour was absurd. I saw Orgy, Ice Cube, Rammstein, Limp Biscuit, and korn. I remember moshing as a teenager as like a core memory.
I clicked pretty fast. I just started listening to Korn this year and I am beyond glad!
Been a KoRn fan since 99 and honestly think the last 3 albums are some of their best material. I love (almost) every single album by them. I could maybe do without the 05-12 period, but still there is some cool stuff on those records. My list would be:
14. III: Remember Who You Are
13. The Path Of Totality
12. See You On The Other Side
11. Untitled
10. The Paradigm Shift
9. Follow The Leader (hot take!)
8. The Nothing
7. Take A Look In The Mirror
6. Requiem
5. The Serenity Of Suffering
4. Untouchables
3. KoRn
2. Life Is Peachy
1. Issues
Issues will most likely always be the most important album in my life..
Follow the leader at 9 lmao
Follow The Leader - Issues was peak Korn
I can't blame you for Follow the Leader. While it does have some of their best tracks, it also is unfortunately the album the contains "All in the Family", and "Children of the Korn"
@@zacharyware9083 Yeah, it's very hip hop influenced, almost sounds like rap metal record. Issues on the other hand had lot more "darker vibe" no hip hop elements, lot of heavy guitars (Beg For Me, Wake Up, Somebody Someone), it's very mature KoRn
@@zacharyware9083Yeah some really great tracks on it of course, but as a coherent album I find the quality varies too much.
The first time I heard Korn...every night, for months on end. They were something very different and everyone loved them. I remember in the late 90s when I was in Junior High, living in Chicagoland, THE rock radio station of the day was Q101 out of Chicago. They had a head to head contest every night where called the Cage Match where everyone would call in and vote for one the two songs they played. Korn's ADIDAS won it straight for something like three months straight. Nu-metal was born.
“Twisted Transistor” low-key got that P-Funk groove going on.
Korn 1994-2002 is some of darkest music ever written
Yeah, I remember almost feeling a bit dirty for enjoying it. In diggin Korn, you basically had to become comfortable with the worst parts of yourself. My brother recently mentioned the same thing about the classic video games from that era... Doom, Wolfenstien etc. The extreme factor has come so far by now but that dark filthy vibe has never been replicated.
“Nobody sounds like Korn”
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I'm a simple man. I see Finn content, i see a sports metal topic, i watch.🙂
Football Metal
sports metal lol
You know your a good band when you hear the guitars and immediately know the band such a unique sound which made them stand out from the rest
Honorable mention: their unplugged performance. So so good.
Lmfao
You're joking, right?
@@a.k.8195It was epic
Terrible album. So disappointing. It should’ve been great.
@@fuckgoogle8661Definitely a Polarizing album like Path of Totality lol
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Korn saved my life. Got me through a lot of shit. Kept me from going back to prison. I will always love and respect the band. A truly exceptional band. ✌️❤️
Nice to actually hear somebody still praising Korn.
I was a huge Korn fan until Take a Look in the mirror in 2003 and didnt listen to them again until randomly listening to Serenity of Suffering in 2016 and thought yeah, this sounds like old Korn. And they have released 2 albums since then that ive not heard, this band, prolific lol
You're missing out, The Nothing is incredible imo
Korn is my favorite band & also my gateway band into heavy music . All started with Coming Undone & the See You On The Other Side album . Brings me joy to see you love & respect them so much .
I still remember the first time I saw Korn. It was 1995 at our favorite small “club”. It was Milk Bar in Jacksonville Florida. It was a basement bar/club and held maybe 500-700 people tops. So many good punk shows there, but it was the first time Korn played Jacksonville. The following year, they played at Shades, which was a bigger club in Orange Park Florida, which is basically in the boarder of Jacksonville. They had the weirdest opening band for them, which was The Urge. After that I saw them in Lakeland FL and it was a coliseum show. Then was the first Family Values tour. We drove from Jacksonville to Lafayette LA to see it. I saw them a handful of times after that and the last time I saw them was on the 2003 Ozfest in VA. Always such a great show
I saw them in 2021 and 2022 and they are still putting on amazing shows and still proving every night why they are still a headlining band. Last time I saw them Helmet and Evanescence opened up for them and those bands were good but my unbiased opinion is that KoRn came out and blew those bands away.
that 1995 show was the one where Fred Durst met the guys from Korn and gave them tattoos and that first Limp Bizkit demo with Terry Balsamo on it, right?
@@freddylimpster7137 I don’t remember Terry ever playing for LB. My buddy Rob Waters was playing guitar for them. He left the band right before they started gaining traction with $3 Bill. It was either the Milk Bar show or the Shades show that Fred met them
@@Retro-2-now yeah I meant Rob Waters pardon
@@freddylimpster7137 no worries, yup, Rob Was definitely in the band at that point. Unfortunately, Rob passed away handful of years ago
"Thoughtless" "Alone I Break" and "Here To Stay" are my top 3 favorite Korn songs of all time.
I saw Korn opening for Megadeth in 95 (Fear Factory was also there), they blew everyone's minds!
I imagine dave mustaine wasn't happy about having a nu metal band opening for them
@@Wailmur well, nu-metal wasn't a term used at that time, but I get the impression that Mustaine doesn't like many things.
@@Wailmurhe probably didn’t care until NuMetal became a thing and blew up.
Just a couple things: Issues is prime Korn, SOS is so groovy and sonically maybe the best sounding record along with Untouchables, The Nothing is utterly brilliant and Requiem is downright beautiful at times. Korn still has it and they are metal royalty at this point
What is interesting with Korn is I’d bet most people got onboard with Follow the leader then almost graduated backwards into their first two albums. I agree Finn, one of those rare bands that don’t have a bad album in their whole catalog. What makes them truly great is how many albums are in that catalog. Unreal!
I became a KoRn fan during Life Is Peachy a LOT of kids born in the early/mid 80s all knew about KoRn before FTL. I remember when I bought FTL because I was on vacation at the time in South Carolina and we took a special trip to the mall to buy the CD and I remember the first time I listened to that album I was with family and friends at the beach so most people don't have memories that special hearing Follow The Leader for the 1st time the DAY of it's release to the public!
I got my first introduction through Follow The Leader. Then found out about Life Is Peachy (my brother thought Follow The Leader was more age appropriate for 7 year old me hahahaha). I wasn't much of a fan of their Self Titled until I became a teenager. I guess my little brain hadn't been fully converted musically.
@@Ammut6 I bought FTL the first day it was released. I've been buying their merch and CD's since around 1997.
Got on board during Untouchables lol. Then I went backwards & preferred the 1st album over the others.
I think it is wild the fandom in 2013 was saying Paradigm Shift was the best Korn album in 8-years with some saying since Untouchables to now in 2024 a growing portion of the fandom saying Paradigm Shift sucks and Path of Totality is underrated. It’s crazy how over time how varied the opinions can sway.
What is your favorite song from each album.
Korn - Lies
Life is Peachy - Good God
Follow the Leader - Dead Body's everywhere
Issues - Hey Daddy
Untouchables - Alone I Break
Take a Look in the Mirror - Everything I've Known
See you on the Otherside - Coming Undone
Untitled - Evolution
Korn 3 - Let the guilt go
Path to Totality - Get Up
The Paradigm Shift - Love & Meth
Serenity of Suffering - Rotting in Vain
The Nothing - The Ringmaster
Requiem - Worst is on its way
This man has good taste
Alright let's go with: F@get, Chi, Freak on a Leash, Falling Away from Me, Here to Stay, Did My Time, Coming Undone, Evolution, Oildale, Get Up, Punishment Time, Black Is the Soul, The Darkness is Revealing, Hopeless and Beaten
@@Razieleatssouls Intresting choices,.I'd say they're all valid besides punishment time...
@@zacharyware9083 100% agree. I personally love Victimized and some of the b-sides more. Prey For Me was Viola and so was Love and Meth
@raulfigueroa588 Honestly, I would have chosen Hater, but I didn't want to choose a song that wasn't apart of the base album.
Your introduction hype up talk is my favorite, it gets me in the mood the put on a pair of JNCOs and put a hole in the wall.
Munky talks about Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare album that turned him on to the Ibanez Gem 7 string. He could hear the low 7th being used.
Glad you showed some love for “Take a Look in the Mirror.” That’s a top 3 Korn album for me but I feel like everyone trashes it.
It’s so good. I’ve been going through all of them and I love TALITM. It’s just straight heavy all the way through.
This video kicks ass, good stuff, saludos from Costa Rica.
I’ve been waiting for this for so long 😩😩😩 thank u daddy Finn for the sweet sweet content
Yeah tell us how thankful you are Daltonnn
@@bungus461 luv u
Massive respect for this ranking. Peachy is a monster.
First album they put out to disappoint me. Could’ve made a great ep if you threw some tracks away.
Even if your a Metalhead, Punk/Hardcore elitist…You can’t deny the influence of this band and those first 5 albums. You ranked Untouchables and Issues too low though!
This was probably the fastest I've ever clicked on a Finn Mckenty video.
You know David Silveria wasn't the greatest most technical drummer but damn I haven't heard anyone drum like him.
I remember when the first album came out. I was 14 and i bought it on a whim. Then i saw them open for Danzig & Marilyn Manson. They were booed hard but when main riff came in on Blind the small club went off! Won the Danzig crowd over mostly. Then i saw them again with Megadeth & Fear Factory. Were much improved from the first time i saw them.
Great albums: First album, Follow the Leader, Issues, Untouchables.
Good albums: Take a Look in the Mirror, The Paradigm Shift, Serenity of Suffering, The Nothing, Requiem.
Ok albums: The Path of Totality, See You on the Other Side, Life is Peachy.
Bad albums: Untitled, Remember who you are.
Totally agree on Requiem. That album is underrated
Twisted Transistor is m favorite Korn song so I'm always glad to see you selling it. I don't know their discog well enough to know if I agree about the 6 great albums, but I also can't think of another band I feel that way about. I don't even know if I love 6 whole King Crimson albums but that's the best guess I got
In my opinion, Take a Look in the Mirror is their best album. Guitars and bass sounds so cool, and the mix is produced awesome. I was melted down when i heard it first time in 2004, it was so heavy and catchie shit, and i listen it till this time. One love❤️
Don’t blame u at all that album has some catchy songs and riffs
Good to see TALITM love! That's one of my favorites
Life is peachy is my favorite album just because of how broken and off everything sounds, like the groovy yet kind of arrhythmic sound of the guitars, the clicking of the bass, the voice of JD and how he is like half drunk all the time, the drums being the only thing that seems to guide this whole wrecking (idk how to describe it tbh) of an album
I do agree with you on Korn not really having anything bad, and they always are just ahead of everyone and everything. Korn is one of my favorite bands, and to me they never cease to amaze me😊🌽
@17:27 fieldy is 1000% what makes korn unique he's the first to get that tone and literally the only person right now who can pull it off it's so unique that anyone else trying is straight copying it
My favorite Korn song of all time is. LIAR!!! 😈
Those first two albums are my absolute favorite. I LOVE how grimey and stripped back they are. FTL starts what you called that "Pop Korn" sound, and while I think it has some amazing songs, nothing tops how unkempt and sludgey Korn and Life is Peachy were for me. LIP's one of my absolute favorite albums and there was a day were I listened to it 3 time in a row. THAT'S untouchable imo
LIP and self-titled are straight up unhinged, sludgy, and dark as it gets. Truly unique moment in musical history for me
14 Korn III
13 Untitled
12 Path Of Totality
11 Paradigm Shift (Don Gilmore produced this
This is the official list
way better than his list
I would put The Nothing higher, but other than that, agree!
I still blast Ya'll want a single driving down the street..
I will always be a fan of Korn. I bought their debut album when they came into the scene and was hooked for life.
Clown was my $hit when it dropped butnimg how much the crowd went NUTS when this track drop.. INSANE! Damn i miss those days
Korn is way more impactful than your shitty take on the importance of that bands to the Music industry and life itself.
Take a look in the mirror is simultaneously their heaviest and most steam lined album. The bass tone alone should sell you on how great the album is.
My all time favourite band 😄
My intro to Metal and loved them ever since
Issues is a 10/10 for me
Agreed Issues is one of the best heavy rock albums ever
Around the Fur
Life is Peachy
Evil Empire
My fav riff trio 90'
I like how it’s essentially just reverse chronological order of their albums. And most people would agree
Also, even though how creative Korns music videos are. Twisted transistor is such a great video. Having a bunch of the biggest rappers from that time cosplay as them. It’s genius really
I've been watching your videos for about a year now, man. And you're a great dude with awesome content and you continue delivering great videos.
Keep that shit up!
Serenity of Suffering is one of Korn’s heaviest and strongest albums
Can confirm, bought ibanez RG7621 in 98 because of Korn. Worked like a slave for minimum wage at WcDonalds for months with one on layaway only to plug it into a terrible Crate solid state amp and decide to obsess over learning slayer songs instead, and eventually got mid enough to have real strugglebus Kittie cover band. That crashed and burned hard. Eventually sold that guitar so I could buy christmas trash for an emo girl, years later, and that was the death of the true fcks I gave about playing guitar, despite having bought and sold a bunch of them since. And now I'm monologuing into F McK's youtube comments.
Another fun fact about Untouchables; beyond the large amount of money spent on recording/production, the drums alone took about a full month to produce.
Great review for acknowledging "Clown" the best Korn old school in my opinion, so little reactions to Clown and its video
Korn,(1994) Issues and untouchables are masterpiece albums
Man issues so low and take a look in the mirror so high is a spicy take.
haha "it makes you feel like you haven't showered in 3 days". Best korn description I've heard
Well fuck guess I gotta binge their entire discography, again
Issues has always been my favorite album by Korn it's what I grew up with so it could be nostalgia but I love the more melodic creepy sound that they had on this album
If any band ever talks down on Korn they should definitely “take a look in the mirror” at themselves, greatest band ever with no flops
thoughtless is my fav korn song , something about it that just resonates
Korn is responsible for the RG I bought 4 months ago at 40 years old. Wanted one because of them since 6th grade
I started getting into Korn nearly two years ago, about a week after a breakup and they became and have remained a favourite of mine. Surprisingly, I never cared too much for Follow The Leader. I don't mind it by any means but it never hit me as much as albums like self titled, Issues, or even The Nothing and Requiem.
I also love The Nothing and Requiem. They are incredible
KoRn love to throw curveballs and piss off their hardcore fans, so they sort of trolled them by promoting Brian returning to the band and releasing a song like Never, Never which sounded like a very hollow song, it sounds more like a Jonathan Davis solo song and there is no signature KoRn guitar sound on that song. KoRn fans love their down tuned 7 string guitar style and that's what they wanted to hear because Brian was back in the band! Even Brian said he was upset about it and he's the guy who is supposed to be promoting the song and making money! I understand creatively why they wanted to pull back though on The Paradigm Shift and not just jump back into that heavy KoRn style. KoRn have a way of making their fans happy but they are GREAT at keeping them interested in the band and keep them waiting for more.
I know there’s band like Slayer and Slipknot that are heavy but they feel produced still .. but like you were saying.. Korn taps into the Primitive Caveman part of your brain and your heart 😂 just raw I wanna go to war and/or go hunt a Sabertooth Tiger 😂 that’s the reason Korn has this huge Cult Following 30 years later
Spot on. Seething and brooding sound
I got my narcan ready.
This was such a good video.
To each their own but I wouldn't put SYOTOS so high up
I thought the 2007 self titled was better
Agree 100% 2007 Untitled I enjoy more
I would love to see you do a Cradle of Filth Worst to Best man! One of my favs!
for me its
1. Follow the Leader
2. Korn
3. Untouchables
4.See you on the other side
5. Life is Peachy
holy shit i was so happy when you said second best is self titled. i was screaming yes, yes! 😂 cause this means their magnum opus "life is peachy" is being loved for what it is. for me it's a different band after david. i was just one of those kids who it went straight to the core and it was foundation to what i did musically, hearing life is peachy on cassette, feeling every lyric, every emotion yet being so befuddled by how music could sound so good. i will now unpause the vid, but thank you in advance for giving life is peachy it's deserved spot at #1
Korn fan since day one, I still remember the first time I heard korn and it blew my mind, I never tought I would hear anything so dark, and yes I totally agree with Life is Peachy being their Best overall album.
You really can't go wrong with any korn albums there new stuff is amazing to go 30 years and still make bangers and still be successful and sell out arenas shows how good they really are.
Justo hoy, KoRn está celebrando sus treinta años como banda !
Take a look in the mirror is dope asf imo first album I ever owned and still bump it to this day 🤘🏻
My sister has BPD, and if she decides that she don’t like something she will never admit that some songs are decent. She HATED dupsted (or any electronic music) and her second favorite album by Korn is path to totality. I still love way to far and get up. Even if the sound is outdated
See You On The Other Side will always be under-appreciated.
KoRn sold WAY more 7 string guitars between 1994 and 2001 compared with 2002 - 2018. Steve Vai didn't create 7 string electric guitars he just put them on the market but KoRn sold the guitars, not Steve Vai.
9:40 except that meshuggah has been around longer than Korn and were really underground with their first albums, meanwhile Korn kinda exploded in the metal scene right off the bat. So i wouldnt say that this group or that group really influenced each other since they are so removed from one another and also granted that they started in late 80's early 90's, when it was more difficult to find indy metal bands from the other side of the globe
My top 5 KoRn ulbums are:
5. Untouchables
4. Follow the leader
3. Issues
2. KoRn
1. Life is peachy
So basically the 1st 5 albums😅
David Silvera was the Nu Metal Stuart Copeland. Not the most impressive chops, but a sense of groove that is very hard to aproximate.
My favorite band of all time. Growing up with them and that era of metal was special. I was 14 when the debut came out so i grew up as they got huge.
That Beat Drop on “Freak on a Leash” is insane… you can be in a comma and listen to that and it’ll get you out of the fucken Comma to Headbang 😂
That explains why I like darko so much because korn is my favorite band 😂 they are a more extreme heavier version of