Tag: Rap Metal
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Rage Against The Machine ‘Rage Against The Machine’ (1992)
Rage Against the Machine is synonymous with my experience of becoming politically aware during my early teen years. I’ll never forget borrowing their album Evil Empire from my friend Ryan Polk in seventh grade, sneaking it into my house to avoid the peering eyes of my mom (who definitely wouldn’t be happy with the rabble…
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Kid Rock ‘Devil Without A Cause’ (1998)
Kid Rock’s journey to mainstream success was anything but overnight. After his 1990 debut Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast led to his departure from Jive Records, he spent much of the decade toiling in relative obscurity, self-releasing albums and cultivating a small but loyal Midwest following. And by the time rap-metal exploded into the mainstream in…
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Linkin Park ‘Hybrid Theory’ (2000)
In 2000 I was in seventh grade when Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory dropped. At that point I was starting to get into some of the nu-metal bands (as I discussed in my write up for Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other) but once Linkin Park stormed onto the scene it sort of redefined the possibilities of rap-rock…
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Korn ‘Follow The Leader’ (1998)
There was a moment in music history where Korn owned the MTV airwaves alongside fellow nu-metal compatriots Limp Bizkit. So it only makes sense that Korn’s breakout album Follow The Leader (which celebrated its 25th anniversary last month) would feature none other than the red backwards hat wearing Fred Durst on “All In The Family”,…
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Limp Bizkit ‘Significant Other’ (1999)
Limp Bizkit may be the band that best represents the culmination of the 90’s hard rock excess, the proverbial “jumping of the shark” moment for guitar-driven music that went too far and eventually pushed mainstream listeners into the arms of pop and hip hop, elevating those genres to achieve commercial domination. That’s a helluva legacy…
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