Artist: Korn
Album: MTV Unplugged
Year: 2007
Blame Korn all you want for that nu-metal eruption that happened early in the 2000's. It's not Korn's fault that we had to deal with Limp Bizkit and their kind. No, if you want to place blame…well, blame Rage Against the Machine. It's their fault.Korn emerged from that sludge back in the day and turned out to be the best of the lot. Sure, Jonathan Davis is a little bit into himself, or maybe he's such an introvert that he comes off irritating. Whatever. The band turned out some really good albums (and a few duds…thank you drugs).
Anyway, Korn got the invite in 2007 to record unplugged for MTV. Remember when MTV used to play music? Yeah. MTV Unplugged is where we found out that Pearl Jam was legit and Nirvana was not just noise…talented fuckers. This unplugged album recorded by Korn did kind of the same thing for me. I guess I realized they were more than just rockers…they really can play their instruments. The whole album is great.
Blind is the first song on the album. The band rips it to shreds, it's so great. There is just something about rock guitarists picking up acoustic guitars and shredding…it's just so pleasant. Munky, Fieldy, and Head take a fairly brutal song (from the self-titled album), flip it around, and make it a wonderful listen.
Jonathan's vocals are spot on, too.
That opening line is probably one of the best known in metal: "Aaarrreee you READY!".
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