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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:Korn_7032.jpg\|frame]] [[Korn]] (sometimes rendered as '''KoRn''' or ~~[[Ko Яn]]~~'''KoЯn''') is a [[Nu-metal]] band formed in 1993 from Bakersfield, [[California]]. Well, we say ''a'' nu metal band. What we actually mean is ''[[Trope Maker\|the]]'' nu metal band. Korn are notable for being the first nu metal band - though others had fused [[Rap Metal\|rap and metal]] before ([[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Faith No More]]), Korn were the first to play the <s>in</s>famous style of nu metal, adding angsty lyrics, downtuned guitars and funk-influenced bass playing and removing guitar solos. Korn's surprise success in the mid-nineties spawned a legion of similar bands that were more geared for the mainstream, resulting in nu metal becoming a separate genre from [[Alternative Metal]]. Korn themselves are one of the few nu metal bands to try and reject the commercialism of other bands of the movement (not that they're ''un''commercial, mind you). They even commented on this trend-hopping tendency with the title of their third album, ''[[Follow the Leader]]''. They also try and reject all genre classification, including rejecting the term "metal" to describe their music (though this had more to do with a dislike of being classified, period). ~~====~~ '''Their lineup consists of: ~~====~~''' * Jonathan Davis - lyrics (occasionally Guitar or Drums; and sometimes [[Everything's Louder with Bagpipes\|Bagpipes]]) * James "Munky" Shaffer - guitar Line 12: * Ray Luzier - drums ~~====~~ '''Former member(s) ~~====~~''' * Brian "Head" Welch - guitar * David Silveria - drums ~~====~~ {{Discography~~: ====~~}} * 1994 - ''[[Self-Titled Album\|Korn]]'' * 1996 - ''Life is Peachy'' Line 28: * 2010 - ''Korn III - Remember Who You Are'' * 2011 - ''[[New Sound Album\|The Path of Totality]]'' ~~----~~ ~~=== Korn has the following trope examples: ===~~ {{creatortropes}} == Song tropes == * [[Album Title Drop]]: Line 54 ⟶ 53: * [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]]: For obvious reasons, Korn tends to reside on the higher single digits of the scale. ''Untouchables'' is arguably their heaviest album, helped in no small part by the [[Echoing Acoustics\|production]]. * [[Mood Dissonance]]: The lullaby at the end of "Daddy." * [[Rap Metal]]: Despite pioneering nu-metal, their music rarely features actual rapping outside of [[Wolverine Publicity\|collaborations]] with [[Nas]], [[Ice Cube]], [[The Notorious B.I.G.\|Biggie]], [[A Tribe Called Quest\|Q-Tip]], [[Xzibit]] and [[The Pharcyde\|Slimkid3]]. * [[Singing Simlish]]: Davis' demented mixture of beatboxing, grunting and babbling. * [[Take That]]: Despite the lyrics being very ambiguous, "[[Cluster F-Bomb\|Y'all Want a Single]]" (especially, it's videoclip) is a song against the music business. Line 64 ⟶ 63: == Video tropes == * [[Animated Music Video]]: "Freak On A Leash", directed by [[Todd ~~Mc Farlane~~McFarlane]]. * [[Brick Joke]]: ** The "Freak on a Leash" music video had several animated characters playing hopscotch on a cliff, who ran off at the end of the video. The hopscotch-over-a-cliff thing is also the cover art of ''Follow the Leader''. Line 77 ⟶ 76: == Misc tropes == * [[The Backwards R]]: Their logo is "~~[[Ko Яn]]~~KoЯn", though it's to look childish, not Russian. * [[Band Toon]]: The [[Halloween Episode]] of [[South Park]] ''Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery'', a [[Scooby Doo]] [[Homage]], [[Small Annoying Creature]] and [[Scooby-Doo Hoax\|Hoax]] in all. They at one point pull a [[The Power of Rock\|Power Of Rock]]-esque [[One-Winged Angel]] moment. The band also debuted its single "Falling Away From Me" after solving the hoax. The song's content and heaviness rather surprises the townspeople gathered, as it [[Mean Character, Nice Actor\|heavily contrasts the band's sunny disposition throughout the episode]]. * [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Reportedly, producer Ross Robinson went to great lengths to get Korn to "remember who they were" when recording their 9th album. This included measures ranging from aggressively taunting/berating the new drummer to make him play more passionately to bringing Jonathan Davis's wife and son into the studio and making them sit across from him while he recorded vocals. Even Davis's therapist got on Ross's case about this, but ultimately all involved seem to have been pleased with the results.