djchameleon

I like those as well but I'll add a few more.

Saliva, Red jumpsuit apparatus, Red, Trapt, Sevendust, Evans Blue, Chevelle, CrossFade and CKY

some of these might not be technically Nu Metal but w/e

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IWP

Linkin Park are pretty much the Bon Jovi of nu metal seeing as how they were never really metal, but they were still associated with the nu metal genre like Bon Jovi are associated with glam metal even though they weren't really metal either. Both bands were also arguably the most popular in their respectively genre, and both drastically changed their sound when the genres that they associated with started to die out in order to maintain their popularity.

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thecoz

Was reading this thread for kicks, thought I might weigh in. I was right in all of this as it was happening; junior high to highschool. I was a big fan of Nu-Metal. I've always hated the tag.

Really what was happening at the time is that record execs were witnessing the demise of charting metal. Believe it or not, before the internet there had to be a real tangible market for subculture. That meant staying competetive on MTV, meant being celebrities and personas. The public was sick to death of Guitar solo's long play songs about dragons, or from the streets rat-boy metal.

Classically when something like this happens you get an answer in a completely new genre like punk killing prog, or New Wave, Grunge killing hair metal.

Nu-Metal ended up mostly engineerd by ad execs and industry insiders who were looking for a way to sell the chunk, the angst and aesthetic of metal in short 3 minute bursts that weren't too alienating (ie: what was going on in the underground. Black Death, Grind).

So a big collective of bands starting coming around and fitting the bill. It was heavy, it was brainless, devoid of virtuosity or even a reliance on technical prowess and that was how heavy music stayed in the industry. I try not to have Nu-Metal thrown around as a negative term. That music got me through the hard times and while I rarely throw it on now, it was an interesting time. Being part of something that was making so many of us hapy and pissing off our parents and close minded friends.

Some bands I think epitomize the sound:

Reveille
Soulfly
Korn
Limp Bizkit
System of a Down
Slipknot (I think turned into a legitimate metal band)
50 Below Summer
Coal Chamber
Disturbed
Deftones (although new output pulls them out, they still use alot of the key moves that put them here. I love them to death, but this is where they started.)

Dope
The Union Underground
Powerman 5000
NonPoint
Mudvayne (love this band)
Ill Nino
Snot
System of a Down (yes they are!)
hed (PE) (Broke was a big album for me.)

But it doesn't have to be a negative thing. Yeah, it's the pop/punk of metal. But I'd rather have come up listening to that stuff and branching out into other aggressive or just rock genres from there. It was stupid and I think everyone involved knows but **** it, it was music for teenagers. No one's going to cut your hands off for liking something a little popular with your friends. Especially when it makes your parents so angry.

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Howard the Duck

Oi lurve Powerman 5000.

Scarlett O'Hara

I'm going to agree with everyone who needs a sick bag hearing the names of the groups allocated to Nu Metal.

SOAD is the only exception, but even their day in the sun has passed.

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MoonlitSunshine

I still quite happily listen to Korn, Linkin Park, SOAD, Disturbed and various others listed in this thread... I guess it's a little bit of a guilty pleasure. It's not exactly fantastic music, but it's fun to listen to, and sometimes I wake up in the morning and think "You know what I really need right now? A bitta Hybrid Theory."

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djchameleon

exactly!

I don't listen to it because I think it's the greatest thing since slice bread. it's just fun to listen to from time to time because of memories associated with certain songs and I just liked them when they first came out.

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Howard the Duck

I don think it's even a "guilty pleasure" I honestly enjoy all the albums I listed

IWP

In this case we need a new genre of rock/metal that's the answer for people who are sick of screamo/____core bands.

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aksawyer

Ahhh Nu Metal.

Slipknot: Jesus. Flashbacks to when I was fourteen, I remember thinking these guys were the bomb. Only listen to a few of their more 'grown up' songs from the latest two albums.

Limp Biskit: Yeah, this was a pretty bad period of my life, I'd rather not go into it.

Linkin Park: Believe it or not I still listen to this band pretty frequently, especially when I find myself feeling particularly angsty. Not a huge fan of the new album though, could have been a bit better.

SOAD: As people here have said, I wouldn't classify them as Nu Metal, first album and one or two songs off of Toxicity maybe. Regardless they remain one of my favorite bands, and I'm really digging Serj's solo career. Might go to seem them this summer too.

KoRn: Eh, I still like some of their stuff, particularly See You On The Other Side and Follow The Leader.

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