What I Think About When I Think About Korn

Jonathan Davis and Brian Welch at Carolina Rebellion, May 5, 2012. Image by Chad Martel Photography. The first Korn album I listened to was Follow the Leader. I had just turned twelve, and the band were at the height of their popularity, thanks to the success of hit singles "Got the Life" and "Freak on … Continue reading What I Think About When I Think About Korn →

Getting Away with Murder

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -Theodore Roosevelt Papa Roach released their third major label album, Getting Away with Murder, on 31 August 2004, at a time when audiences had turned away from nu-metal. The sub-genre was well and truly done, and everything associated with it had been kind of … Continue reading Getting Away with Murder →

We Are Not Alone

"It's okay to be discouraged. It's not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life—that's persistence." -Ryan Holiday Breaking Benjamin released their second album, We Are Not Alone, on … Continue reading We Are Not Alone →

Breaking the Habit

"Before the invention of steam power, boat captains had an ingenious way of defeating the wickedly strong current of the Mississippi River. A boat going upriver would pull alongside a boat about to head downriver, and after wrapping a rope around a tree or a rock, the boats would tie themselves to each other. The … Continue reading Breaking the Habit →

Everything I’ve Known

"Not everything that happens happens for a reason, but everything that survives survives for a reason." Nassim Taleb "Everything I've Known" was the fourth and final single from Korn's sixth album, Take a Look in the Mirror. Released in April of 2004, it was the album's least popular single. An animated music video, directed by Gregory Ecklund, received minor airplay on MTV2. "It's … Continue reading Everything I’ve Known →

Y’All Want a Single

"The greatest weakness of countercultural thinking has always been its inability to produce a coherent vision of a free society, much less a practical political program for changing the one we live in." Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter "Y'All Want a Single" was the third single from Korn's sixth album, Take a Look in the … Continue reading Y’All Want a Single →

Fallen

"Women are not wrong at all when they reject the rules of life that have been introduced into the world, inasmuch as it is the men who have made these without them." Michel de Montaigne Evanescence released their debut album, Fallen, on March 4, 2003. The album was written by founding members Amy Lee (vocals, … Continue reading Fallen →

From the Inside

"To expect a bad person not to harm others is like expecting fig trees not to secrete juice, babies not to cry, horses not to neigh -- the inevitable not to happen. What else could they do -- with that sort of character?" Marcus Aurelius Linkin Park spent all of 2003 promoting their second album, … Continue reading From the Inside →

Take a Look in the Mirror

"Someone asked the novelist how he was able to write so consistently and remain inspired and motivated. He replied, 'Two hundred crappy words per day, that's it.' The idea was that if he forced himself to write two hundred crappy words, more often than not the act of writing would inspire him; and before he … Continue reading Take a Look in the Mirror →

Payable on Death

"Who pours himself forth as a fountain-head is known by the Knower,Who leads him, enchanted and serene, through the emergence of creation, Which so often closes where it ends and ends where it begins." Rainer Maria Rilke Satellite may be P.O.D.'s best-known work, but every time I listen to their self-titled fifth album, I wonder why … Continue reading Payable on Death →