NEWS
2020/08/20
When you look back at the great, storied history of nu-metal, it becomes clear what ingredients certain bands added to the baggy-jeaned melting pot. Originators Korn gave us that dark, twisted angst, Slipknot added a sense of menace and danger, Linkin Park turned the emotions up to 11 and Limp Bizkit injected an urgent sense of fun in glorious Technicolor. While teens across the world were more than happy to wallow in the pity parties coming out of California, it was Jacksonville’s significant others that flipped nu-metal on its head, bursting onto the scene with bounce, bravado and (he says, she says) bullshit. Thanks in no small part, to the one and only Mr Fred Durst. Nu-metal was getting along just fine with its low-slung bass and cries and ‘Whyyyyyyyy!’, but what we really needed was ...
