The years 2000 through 2005 were incredible fruitful for bands that never quite broke through - and, in some cases, that you may have never even heard of - because these bands had the benefit of hindsight to take what their forebears did and improve upon the formula!īecause if you’re gonna jock that pair of JNCOs you should really know your shit beyond the entry-level stuff everyone loves, behold: the top eleven obscure nu-metal albums.ġ1. But once you dig down to the FOURTH tier there’s an entire armada of D-rate nu-metal bands that perfected the craft, particularly later on in nu-metal’s life cycle. Oh, sure, the big bands’ biggest albums that everyone knows are mostly avoidable. Here’s the thing, though: not ALL nu-metal sucked. Even third-tier nu-metal bands like Alien Ant Farm are generating renewed interest in today’s nostalgic climate. Revolver’s “ Ten Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own” list made some waves a few weeks ago, although it was a completely predictable list of (mostly) sucky bands and their (mostly) sucky albums (I much prefer Axl’s own list of ten essential nu-metal albums, which hits the nail on the head). JNCOs: Coming soon (again) to a mall near you.Īs we predicted years ago, the Nu-Metal Revival Apocalypse is in full swing! Limp Bizkit are selling out large clubs (and people are no longer ashamed to say they went to the show… and enjoyed it).
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