KORN

[Thorngrub]

[Proud]

Oh my God really

[Thorngrub]

sUP prOud ;D

alwAz good to see a "real" korn fan drop by.

[Proud]

Well, at least I'm welcome on this RS-spinoff thread/forum, anyway!

I listened to Chapter V the other day. ... It's so MOR that you can't measure how off it is from the exact center with the world's most accurately microscaled ruler. Wow.

[Proud]

Though to be honest, the feeling between me and the core of them is mutual.

New single's been out. It's crunchy. That guy has some pretty freaky hair. ... Nice sign that I noticed that before I did the song, but whatever, it was a YouTube video, not the final cut.

[Thorngrub]

Re: "Chap V" - U mean STaind, I guess. I abandoned them a few years ago. They seem to have fully developed into the "Mook Rock" leaders now; i.e, contemporary adult rock. Ugh. I'll pass, thanks.

While we're still, unfortunately, on that subject (presuming I assessed it correctly), may I ask you, Proud, what "MOR" stands for? I couldn't fully parse the meaning of your post, there.

~


Speaking of not fully parsing your intended meaning: On your last post here, I assume you refer to Korn's new single... Oildale? It is, indeed, crunchy, chuggy, and all that good shit. "freaky hair" . . . you must mean, Jonathan.


In two posts, a direct link to the streaming studio version of Oildale (Leave Me Alone) will be posted here, for yours and everyone else's ear-raping pleasure.

[Thorngrub]

np: Oildale (Leave Me Alone) - KoRn

Definitely Korn's heaviest single ever released, period. Wow. I am just a bit more than impressed. 2 things:

a) This song was designed to be CRANKED AS LOUD AS YOU CAN TAKE IT. i.e, without turning the VOLUME KNOB WAY UP, the song loses some of it's edge. Conversely, for every increment UP you turn the VOLUME, the song's rewards increase exponentially.

(I.E, if you don't appreciate LOUD HEAVY ROCK MUSIC, THIS SONG IS NOT FOR YOU.)

b) It's just a fucked up, crazy ass maelstrom of guitar feedback fury, and cat-gut -tangled up chaos! No matter how many times I listen to it - - I hear more awesome shit in the saturated background! Go Munky ! Fuck that guitar up man ! ! And listen to their new drummer Ray! Fuckin' Destroy It, DUde! I like some of the "clacky" drum beats he incorporates into the song... lending it a genuine "Korny" feel, yet keeping his own style in there, too. It's a blessed relief - I was worried the new drummer couldn't hack the vibe. I was wrong.

i.e, The song immeasurably improves itself also by listening to it cranked on HEADPHONES. Despite this being a raw, straight-to-tape recording with only a bare minimum of post-production, you still get the benefit of a super-rich saturation of sounds and effects, within the closed-off soundscape of headphones. The song is simply yet another paradoxical masterpiece from KORN: on the one hand, it's stripped-down and very basic, straightforward heavy rock as only Korn can deliver it; on the other hand, an intensive and careful listen on headphones reveals a whole world of twisted metal and a cacophony of carnage throughout.

Most impressive, gentlemen. Looks like Korn is back in the saddle. It's On!

[Thorngrub]

HERE

Crank it up . . . ! (Headphones preferrable....)

[Thorngrub]

So this is the new cover art for the KORN III: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.

My first impression was . . . . "Wtf...?"

My 2nd impression, was "Hmmm... pretty creepy...."

After letting the image soak into my diseased brainpan . . . I've decided, this is either Korn's 2nd -best, or at the very least, in the TOP 3 Best Korn Album Covers.

It says so much.

[Thorngrub]

thoRngrub finally meets his rock'n'roll heRoes




The sitched logo of my adidas-era Korn shirt, itself older than a lot of the kids at the show.

I've been a die hard fan of this band for over 15 years. This was my 17th Korn show, so you know how excited I was to be there. My brother and I showed up right at 7:30 when the doors had already opened (at 6:00) and I had missed my opportunity at the "pre-listening party." (You read that correctly: I decided to stay home another hour or so and drink more beers, instead of listening to more of Korn III. I've already heard too much as it is--practically half the album--so no leaks for me until July 13.)

We showed up and I texted dionn from KS and she texted back if I wanted a mg. I said yeah but my bro was with me tho'. She said she only had one but I had to meet her RIGHT NOW by the T-shirt stand, so we headed straight over there. Lucky 4 me too cuz dionn was there and she sez "all U have to do is get them to sign this poster 4 a girl who's holding our VIP seats" and I said "yeah I'll do it," just like that. I was wearing an oldskool, longsleeve black adidas-era shirt (stitched logo depicted above) that's kinda tattered around the edges. It was my 2nd Korn T-shirt, purchased at Lupo's bar in Providence, Rhode Island, back in '96, during my 2nd Korn show. It turns out, dionn got the extra meet'n'greet pass from blindanddirty, another KSer who I am most grateful for.

Here's what the meet'n'greet sticker looks like [one-third actual size], which I told my bro to apply to my forearm like a tat--and he slapped it right on the juncture of the inside of my elbow, where junkies shoot up. (I want to say right now I don't condone heroin use, only Korn use lol)


This sticker was on the upper, inner forearm of my adidas Korn-T, making me look like "a junky 4 koRn"



After a few minutes of waiting nervously, we were whisked away, and I darted forward along with the flow and the next thing you know, we're led past the crowd and backstage where I see Ray Luzier posing for a pic with a female fan, a big smile on his face and obviously having a blast. I waved hello and he waved back as we were led out into the parking lot, and around one of the tour buses. On the other side of the bus we find that we're maybe 20th in line of about 35 fans or so. Someone from Korn's crew made the informal announcement that there was only "One Signature" and "No Pictures" allowed. I wasn't going to try and get a pic with my cellphone, and it turns out blindanddirty snapped a pic of me and Jonathan, and dionn got a pic of Munky and I shaking hands, so that worked out great.


The "Nightmare Revisited" soundtrack was the only official release at the time of the show featuring the new lineup with Ray Luzier on drums.

Jonathan was first to come down the line, so I told him "It's great to finally meet you after all these years, man" and we shook hands. I used my verbal ninja technique on him, telling him the poster was 4 a girl who was saving us seats, while the Nightmare Revisited liner notes (readily alongside there, under my thumb) lay folded open to the orange page next to Korn's bio, and I stuttered out "this is the first official release with Ray in the band, that I know of..." and his Sharpee pounced on it, he happily scribbled his autograph once again without a care, with that quirky, affable smile on his face. He seemed really happy to be there with us. At the next guy in line, he told us all about meeting African tribes while on tour and shit.

Next came Fieldy, he was all relaxed smiles and easily jotted down his sig twice for me, as well. When he signed my Nightmare Revisited linersheet, he was all "Whoa, you mean that's out already? Learn somethin' new every day," and he moved on to the next guy. I got a good view of his right arm, from the shoulder down clown in a zoot suit standin in some city alleyway, that was one of the sickest looking tats I've ever seen. Something about it just, pretty much says it all. I don't know, I'm down with the clown thing, tho'. I think it was Fieldy that I told "That's dionn from KS, U gotta represent, dionn!" when he was signing her stuff, and he said "KS, they're my friends," so we got our shout-out it in, there. (Yes, dionn tried to give Fieldy a SL, UT shirt, but he refused it, and I have to say, I think he was being as nice as he could about it, just in his own way. Now that he's "saved" and has a family, it makes sense to me he wouldn't want to wear that shirt, and he said it wasn't his style. Honestly, I was pretty spellstruck or starbound for the whole meet'n'greet, cuz I can't remember if it was Munky who I also mentioned KS to, or what. But one of em definitely said "KS, they're my friends" and I'm pretty sure it was Fieldy.)

When Ray came through, I thanked him for continuing Korn's legacy, and that he brought a perfect combo of picking up from where David left off, and going beyond with his own style, and he said something about how he really appreciated us and the fans and I was all "We appreciate you!" and I think he was pretty happy when I showed him the Nightmare Revisited sheet with both Jon and Fieldy's autographs already on it. I made sure to tell him this was the first official release with him in it as a band (I know, I kept harping on that, but I couldn't help myself). He signed his name with a '10 after it, if you notice.

Munky came out last after a few minutes where people speculated whether he was going to show. I made a comment like "Munky always showz" and then sure enough, there came Mr. James Shaffer himself, happily signing down the line of fans. When he got to me, I told him this was my 17th show and he pointed at my tattered old Korn shirt and made a funny remark like "Ya, I can tell by the looks of that shirt, man" with a big Munky grin, and we all laughed. It was awesome and I must thank dionn again for snapping this way cool pic of me and the Munk shaking hands.



THE SETLIST

4U
DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE
NEED TO
COMING UNDONE/WE WILL ROCK U
HERE TO STAY
FALLING AWAY FROM ME
OILDALE
SOMEBODY, SOMEONE
DID MY TIME
THROW ME AWAY
HELMET IN THE BUSH
FREAK ON A LEASH
BLIND

~encoRe~

SHOOTS AND LADDERS
CLOWN
GOT THE LIFE



Jonathan stirring up the pits during NEED TO. My cellphone barely survived.

As for the show itself, the setlist was pretty much the same for this tour. Notably different this time around, was the fact that the crowd was so stoked for Korn, they started a circle pit in the center of the floor before Korn went on stage. I think that's significant, because the only show I've ever really seen that happen for, is Slayer. (I met this one security guard that night, out on the back deck overlooking the sunset. He was drinking a beer, and he told me "the only shows I refuse to work are Slayer and Korn", so we drank to that.) All the guys in Korn were in top form, I honestly don't know how they manage to pull it off night after night with such renewed fervor, like that. I watched Ray a lot, and can now say with confidence they chose the right drummer to stand in for David. At the beginning of blind, he set off with a quick but thunderous "double triplicate" drum-intro before hastening into the familiar cymbal-tapping-intro his predecessor made famous. I have to say, I was impressed with that drum fluorish and his entire performance. They even gave him a classic, extended drum solo and it was really powerful, and possessed of a unique style all his own. Way impressive. Jonathan just tore it up onstage, he's really feeling these songs again and the audience just lapped it up. All four of them were having a blast, along with the hopping mad audience. From the crazy assortment of different age groups and types of people there, I can assure you all that Korn is Here To Stay for another decade at least.

KORN III: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE


Trillions of bugs swarmed the parking lot lights after the Korn show let out.
They reminded me of all the crazed fukkers drawn to Korn's light.


------------------------link to original article----------------------------
grubliveshows.blogspot.com/2010/06/korn-iii-live-ballroom-blitz-tour-slc.html

[maarts]

Great review Thorn! Funny how people revert to much once they meet their heroes eh?

[Thorngrub]

thanks maarts. Ya, no doubt. My one regret is that I didn't say the ONE thing I wanted to say to them, any one of them, and Jonathan in particular: "THANK U". I was pretty nervous and focused on getting more than "one" autograph . . . I'll be damned if I was going to have them sign that poster for some chick who wasn't really into it! It all worked out pretty well. I'll bet I was the first to think of bringing the Nightmare Revisited soundtrack linersheet for them to sign. When all is said and done, that album and signatures will be even more "oldskool" than the new album KORN III, which is Ray's first appearance on a full-length album.

[Thorngrub]

Which, by the way, is going to be a DOPE ASS record. FUCKING WICKED, as they used to say, in limited geographic regions. I've heard 2 min clips of half the songs on the album. The album has 11 tracks, the first of which, is an intro. So that's 10 full songs, clocking in at 44 min. That is old skool. The clips I've heard . . . . sound AMAZING. Even better than the 2 songs already released (which I've ripped to my iPod, naturally). "Oildale" and "Are You Ready To Live?" - - They are good songs, and Oildale is even growing on me, with its pummeling, driving force and car-wreck, cat-gut-strangling guitar effects.

That said, there is something about the song Oildale that nags at me in a bothersome way. I think it may be the chorus of "Why Don't You Just Leave Me Alone" - - the sing -songy melody behind it, maybe -? - - I don't know, cuz deeper than that, lies Jon's tormented deliverance, so full of pain and anguish and defiance, that it completely makes up for the actual notes, I guess. (That's as close as I can get to explain my minor problem with the song. Other than that, it continues to grow on me, actually.)

So yeah. It's great to have the one band that affected me deeper than all the others in the mid-90s, to not only still be around today 15 years later, but to have them about to drop their ninth studio album! The comparisons with Zeppelin may no longer continue: I have to pick a band that lasted longer. So we'll go with RUSH: Signals was their 9th studio effort. So KORN III: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE is their Signals - and it definitley signals a sort of re-birth, for them. They've cleaned their slate, got rid of the Pro-tools, and recorded this entire album in single takes all crammed into a 10' x 10' room they called the "catbox", where original producer Ross Robinson pushed them over the brink, and made them keep playing despite mistakes, etc. All of it recorded directly to 2-inch tape. With only sparse overdubs, this album promises the raw and primal delivery that made them famous in the first place.

[Ayinger]

Glad for you man --- THOSE are moments you'll relive,,,,I can feel your high!

[Thorngrub]

;D