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KoRns Biography
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Korn was formed in 1993 with the combination of two bands: Sexart and LAPD. Sexart was the band that Jonathan Davis had led during his years as an assistant coroner in the Kern County (California) Coroners Department (also moonlighting as an undertaker at a nearby funeral home), having recently earned a degree at San Francisco's School of Mortuary Science. Jonathan was only in Sexart for about four months and did only one song with the lead singer which is on a Bakersfield compilation. LAPD was the band which included James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar), David Silveria (drums), Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu (bass, later) and on tour only (not on the album) Brian "Head" Welch (guitar). LAPD was apparently bigger then Sexart and is not impossible to find, like Sexart is. Munky said: "Me, Fieldy, and David recorded it when we were about 18 or 19. You might even hear some Korn parts. That's when I played rippin' solos."
The bands first crossed paths when Munky and Brian were in Bakersfield one night, and they went to this bar where Sexart happened to be playing. According to Munky: "We were getting ready to leave, and just as we're walking out the door...Jon was the singer in that band, and we heard him sing and me and Brian both turned to each other and our jaws just... (drops jaw) oh my God. And so we turned around and went back in and watched the whole set." Later they asked him to join the band. Initially Jonathan didn't want to do it, but a psychic had told him that he would be stupid if he didn't do it, so he went and tried out. The rest, as they say, is history...
Released Albums:
KORN
LIFE IS PEACHY
FOLLOW THE LEADER
ISSUES
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Coal Chamber broke out of the Los Angeles alternative metal scene in 1997 with a sound often compared to Korn, although both bands formed around the same time and are quality representations of the scene's overall sound -- the heavy, detuned guitars of the murkiest Black Sabbath, grungy, noisy textures reminiscent of White Zombie or Tool, the white-knuckle intensity of Pantera and hardcore punk, and perhaps a few hip-hop-influenced beats a la Biohazard. Coal Chamber was formed in 1994 by vocalist/lyricist B. Dez Fafara and guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascon, who met through a classified ad; the two added drummer Mike "Mikee" Cox and bassist Rayna Foss, the latter of whom heard about auditions through her roommate, Fafara's future wife. A huge local buzz following gigs at the Roxy and the Whiskey A-Go-Go, along with a demo tape championed by Fear Factory's Dino Cazares, got the band an opportunity to sign with Roadrunner late in 1994, but Fafara suddenly quit due to disagreements with his wife over the band. By the spring of 1995, Fafara changed his mind and returned, a decision that ultimately cost him his marriage, but a renewed sense of energy helped Coal Chamber regain their Roadrunner deal by the end of the year. Their self-titled debut was released in 1997; Chamber Music followed two years later. -- Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Similar Artists: Clutch Korn White Zombie Tool Pantera Biohazard Marilyn Manson Deftones Limp Bizkit System of a Down Orgy VAST Lit Rammstein Gravity Kills Rob Zombie Fu Manchu Sevendust Godsmack Two Vision of Disorder
Roots and Influences: Black Sabbath
Performed Songs By: B. Dez Fafara Miguel Rascon Rayna Foss Mike Cox
1997 Coal Chamber Roadrunner
1999 Chamber Music Roadrunner
1998 Loco Import s
2000 Shock The Monkey s
1998 Loco Roadrunner v
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Coal-Chambers Biography
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Nine Inch Nails Biography
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Nine Inch Nails
Formed 1989 in Cleveland, OH
Years Active
Genres Rock
Styles Industrial, Alternative Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Industrial Metal
Labels TVT (7), Interscope (7), Polygram International (2), Nothing/Interscope (2), Import (2), Alex (2)
Internet links - The Ultimate Band List links - click here
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Industrial
Alternative Pop/Rock
Club/Dance
Industrial Metal
Industrial Metal
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Industrial
AMG Pick Pretty Hate Machine [1989] - TVT
Latest release The Fragile [1999] - Interscope
(Photo by: Marcus Leatherdale)
Nine Inch Nails, the one-man band of Trent Reznor, brought industrial music to the masses with 1989's Pretty Hate Machine. With its electronic rush, incessant beats, and distorted guitars, the album appeared to be like much industrial music on the surface, yet Reznor wrote pop songs, not the soundtrack to a personal horror movie. NIN's scarred, harsh soundscapes were bleak enough, yet Reznor's lyrics raise the despair and self-loathing to new heights; at times, his relentless darkness can veer dangerously close to self-parody.
Pretty Hate Machine wasn't a hit when it was released; it charted in 1990 and stayed on the charts for years afterward. By the time Reznor assembled a band for the first Lollapalooza tour in 1991, the group had a sizable following that only grew with NIN's ferocious performances on the tour. Legal troubles with his record company delayed the release of a second album; in 1992, he released a stop-gap EP, Broken, that was harder and more abrasive than the debut, yet still conformed to conventional song structures; it debuted in the Billboard Top Ten. With their second full-length album, Reznor showed his true roots -- '70s progressive rock. The Downward Spiral was promoted as a concept album, a cohesive piece of work; it also featured ex-King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew. Still, NIN is able to straddle two seemingly opposing genres easily, gaining alternative and mainstream hard rock fans alike; whether he likes it or not, Trent Reznor is the man that made industrial palatable for pop fans, and audiences eagerly anticipated his third album, 1999's The Fragile. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Similar Artists: Einstürzende Neubauten Throbbing Gristle Front 242 KMFDM Pigface Revolting Cocks Marilyn Manson Prick Foetus 12 Rounds Laibach Leather Nun Severed Heads Aaak Acid Horse Chris Carter David T. Chastain Current 93 Enid Forcefield
Roots and Influences: Ministry Skinny Puppy
Followers: Barkmarket Marilyn Manson Stabbing Westward Filter
Performed Songs By: Trent Reznor Danny Lohner Richard D. James Charles Clouser
Industrial Metal - from: "Alternative Metal" map
Industrial - from: "American Alternative Pop/Rock" map
1989 Pretty Hate Machine TVT
1994 The Downward Spiral Interscope
1999 The Fragile Interscope
1999 Fisted Import x
1989 Sin [EP] TVT
1989 Head Like a Hole [US] TVT s
1990 Down in It TVT s
1992 Broken [EP] Interscope
1992 Fixed [US] [EP] Interscope
1994 Closer [Cassette Single] [live] Atlantic s
1994 Closer to God Interscope s
1994 March of the Pigs Interscope s
1995 Further Down the Spiral [US] [EP] Nothing/Inters
1995 Further Down the Spiral [UK] [EP] Island
1997 The Perfect Drug [Versions] Halo Eleven/No s
1997 Closer [UK CD Single#1] Alex s
1997 Closer [UK CD Single#2] Alex s
1998 Head Like a Hole [UK] Polygram Inter s
1998 Fixed [UK] Polygram Inter s
1999 The Day the World Went Away Interscope s
1999 We're In This Together, Pt. 2 s
1999 We're In This Together, Pt. 1 s
1999 We're In This Together, Pt. 3 s
Rusty Nails [Nonstop Dance Megamix] s
1994 Purest Feeling Hawk
1995 Disturbed Griffin Music b
1995 Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails Interview Baktabak
1996 Children of the Night [live] KTS b
1997 Closure Nothing v
1999 Uncovered: Interveiw Import
Demos & Remixes Blue Moon b
Demos & Remixes, Vol. 2 b
Painful Convictions b
1994 Natural Born Killers Natural Born Killers
1995 Crow Crow Group, Producer
1997 Lost Highway Lost Highway Group, Producer
1997 Bowie, David I'm Afraid of Americans [US] Producer, Re-produced
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