Korn, Linkin Park Singers: 'Find Your Own Style'

Korn's Jonathan Davis and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the hundreds of bands that have copped their sound in the years since their came out with their first albums. "It fucking sucks," Davis said. "At first, it was totally flattering. The first time I remember was the Sepultura 'Roots' record, the one Ross [Robinson] did. I sat there with my fucking jaw on the floor, like, 'You gotta fucking be kidding me!' But I looked up to Sepultura way back when, so it was kind of flattering. Then a gazillion copycats copped the sound too. It makes music suck. It's like, go find your own fucking style. We found one. Linkin found one. And Chester, if I was you, I'd be beating Evanescence's ass."

"It's funny," Chester said. "I met them [Evanescence] in the studio when they were recording their record. We were both recording in the same building. I was talking to [singer Amy Lee]. And she was nice. She said, 'We're having these problems. Everyone at our label wants us to be you.' I told her that's lame. She agreed. She said they went as far as wanting to ask Mike [Shinoda, Linkin Park's second singer] to do a part on a song. She said, 'We knew he wouldn't do it.' So they're running around trying to get guys in other bands to do it like he would. ' I told her to be herself and tell the label to put it where the sun doesn't shine. But the next thing I heard was 'Bring Me To Life' with a guy that sounded just like Mike. It was a little upsetting."

Thanks to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[Nadz]

Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life" does sound like linkin park, that exaclty what i thourt when i herd it for the first time.

[sparky_den]

man i was gonna post first but my explorer got messed up

[Destari]

Does it matter, den?

Anyhow... yes, there's a lot of copying in music, its a given. Nobody can be arsed to do anything original anymore. Take the Hives for example, how retro are they? awesomely, admittedly.

Brody from the distillers takes it one step further, she's just trying to be courtney love as much as possible now, has nobody else noticed?

[Night_Soul]

EVANESCENCE SUCKS! METEORA SUCKS! KRON RULEZ AND LP USED TO RULE!

[buckethead101]

But the next thing I heard was 'Bring Me To Life' with a guy that sounded just like Mike. It was a little upsetting."
yeah he's right when i first heard bring me to life the guy(Paul McCoy i think) sound like mike... hey copying everybody else's style is against the rock music law

[cannonball_900]

i dont mind linkin park,but its the korn part that hurts.and anyway,it should be hot house for evanescence,cos they sold a lot of darned albums of theirs.

[Angelic_Demon]

who cares 'bout LP it's no like it's their own sound, they just ***ing use the same sound everytime they prob heard it once and then used it like FOR EVER AND ALWAYS! stupid idiot complaining, Korn at least has their own style!

[Ember Ellusion]

linkin park rocks their music's getting old should make a new album.. i like their style of music too

[hololos]

It doesn't matter, all Linkin Park/Korn and all those Nu-Metal bands out there sound the same anyway. And they decide to call it 'creative borrowing.' All their songs have practically the same guitaring, the only difference is probably the lyrics.

[RockerDave666]

Yah when i first heard that song i thought it was linkin park doing doing a song with a different singer or something i wasnt sure at all.

[kinghate69]

Korn...original. LP....makes one good cd chock full of EASY...EASY riffs, and milk it for all they can. If they wanna get something original, start with telling that mike character to s.t.f. up! That whole rapping behind chester was played out after the first 500 song you did it, Mike!!

[kinghate69]

just because you did something original doesnt mean its your style and you can do it over and over and over again

[free_iraq]

korn rule and and i'm not so surprised that bands copy them. the one thing korn are good at is changing their sound after each album . linkin park have always been the same.

[PsychoWolfD]

Its great to be inspired by such bands, but new bands just gotta at least put a little bit of themselves in it. Experiment with a lot of different effects and tone and style. You're bound to eventually come up with a sound of your own.

[Figure09]

Korn changing their sound? bull crap the only album remotely different was Untouchables and well we all remember how that wemt, dont get me wrong i like KoRn but i think the style of music they play has stayed the same. Linkin Park has an original sound, maybe not original idea's but an original sound, more then 90% of the time when i hear them on the radio i know its them just from the sounds and guitar riffs.

[starálfur]

i think thats freaking hilarious that anyone would want to copy linkn park and korn because they both suck.

[erling]

the guy on "bring me to life" doesent sound like that cocksucker Mike at all!!...***ing linkin park

[The_String_Man]

*scratches head, with a smile* damn someone copying korn? that is total CRAP. someone copying l.p.? that is total. . . nah

[will102387]

Korn and LP have their own respective sounds. Korn has had like 6 albums to work on theirs. LP only has 2 albums and everyone bashes them for not changing their sound or something like that... *** that. Reanimation proved their ability to broaden their sound. ***ing labels today.... i dont see why people dont attack them.

[Cameo]

Brody from the distillers takes it one step further, she's just trying to be courtney love as much as possible now, has nobody else noticed?

I heard one of their songs on the radio and thought she WAS courtney love. good god.

[ultimate_punk]

They shouldn't flatter themselves that anyone tries to copy their music.

[hEadShoVeL]

BANDS suppose to look up to their idols not be like them and play like them.....you'll end up copying them.....they should evolve the music

[el_scorcho99]

KoRn pretty much created nu metal or wuteva u wanna call it along with bands like detones and rage against the machine and then bands like paparoach, limp bizkit and pod came out coping there style and they gave them a band name....and linkin park do not have an origianl sound there just a mix of all the other bands before them i.e. korn, deftones, etc. etc.

[lwnovember]

wow thats actualy a cool artical.. i hate korn and linkin parks music.. but its a cool article and their both well spoken so good people who dont play my taste

[leadguitar1001]

***

[dougiecrystals]

:haha.......

[leadguitar1001]

o0o so it does that on its own

[leadguitar1001]

will102387
^i agree with him

[fatboy]

How Sepultera is like Korn i do not know.

[pachinko]

all i have to say is sepultura never sounded like korn. jonathan davis is a dumbass for saying that sepultura ever sounded like them! that makes me so angry!!

[rhcpcure2826]

bring me to life- thats the "wake me up" song, right?

[will102387]

el_scorcho99.... linkin park does have their own sound and they have dove more into the rap roots of their music. LP's main goal was to bring Rap, Electronica, and Alt Rock into one sound that would make them their own sound. they have achieved that and you know because you hear them, you know thats Linkin Park.

[Metal Matt]

Paul McCoy sounds nothing like Mike Shinoda

[VANILLAICERAWKS]

Linkin Park and Evanescence both suck equally- but at least Evanescence's guitarist can play solos...

[Metal Matt]

not good ones...

[jamjarohrah]

oh god i h8 linkin park. and let's no even start with korn.

[flea_bass18]

amy lee is hot and that is all that matters

[Moog3797]

i really hate all the bands that were mentioned in this article, dont get me wrong, it was a good article, but i dont think ive heard a more terrible band than linkin park. id rather castrate myself than listen to their crap

[FLESH_INTO_GEAR]

totally sucks about evanescence changing their music style after 6 albums to cos they were told they needed to sound like linkin park.

[MadSchecterGTR]

That's like retarted Linkin park shouldn't be up there, their a copy off of Limp Bizkit. Or even in a way Slipknot, Chester has no right to complain. Jon does tho.

[MyDogAteAString]

Brody from the distillers takes it one step further, she's just trying to be courtney love as much as possible now, has nobody else noticed?

who in their right mind would want to be like courtney love??

[Sorceres_Knight]

ey flea_bass18, you're totally right, jejeje.

[Whstripesrox]

I thought that 'Bring Me to Life' sounded nothing like Linkin Park.....

[Encore_God]

I have to wonder why on earth any band would want to imitate Korn or Linkin Park's style :S

[bennie_2006]

korn is so dumb, sepultura have been around a really long time and i follow all their music and do they sound like korn.....?

[drinsanity13]

You can't bitch at Linkin Park for staying the same sound when they only have had 2 albums out so far. That is just bull-shit. And madschecterGTR, they aren't a copy off of limp bizkit, where'd you pull that one out of your ass. Linkin Park has gotten alittle full of themselves but i still have to admit that Hybrid Theory was an awesome and original album. oo and korn rules and evanescence sucks

[numbfig09]

I really liked the article. Im a big fan of linkin park and they did invent their own sound but they do use it alot but i dont see how they are a copy or rip off of other bands considering they have been around since 1992 and have always sounded like they do korn also have their own sound but im not such a big fan

[numbfig09]

and lp is working on their 3rd album now

[freddie04]

linkin park suck

[numbfig09]

was that necessary freddie04
we are supposed to comment of the article not on whether a band is good or not

[pukedrummer]

All, what I have to say is, that Linkin Park's the biggest sh** in the whole world!!! And I dont care about, whether other sh** bands steale their style.

SILVERCAHIRRULEZ

[damn_punks]

evanesence actually has members of their group who know their instruments. unlike linkin park who have their guitarist plug into millions of machines and shit to play power chords.
Linkin Park can rot in Hell.

[SeattleJEM7]

theyre complaining that people are copying them why the way they sing??? well geez, i wonder how Helmet feels about them and the other thousands of numetal bands.

[pwnlefty]

Can't we all just get along!?

[numbfig09]

linkin parks music cant have complex riffs because of the overall sound if you do it sounds like crap and yes the members of evanescence know their instruments but they have been playing them since they were like 14 it could just be that brad is a crappy guitarist but the way his "shit to play power chord" harmonize with the songs suggest otherwise

[numbfig09]

i wish we could get along but ppl just come out dissing bands because they dont like them

[chadhack]

AY CHESTER NEEDS TO GET HIS A$$ OUT OF A TWIST. FIRSTLY LP SUCKS BAD. THE DJ DOES EVERYTHING FOR THEM THE GUITARS BASS AND DRUMS ARE HORRIBLE. SECONDLY THE VOCALIST SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE MARK 1 AND 2 AS FAR AS I KNOW FINGER ELEVEN IS A MUCH BETTER BAND THAN LP EVER WILL BE. THIRDLY IF U SAYIN THAT EVENESCENCE RIPPIN OFF A BAND SAY THEY RIPPIN OFF NIGHTWISH CAZ AMY TRYS TO SING LIKE TARJA FROM NIGHTWISH.AS FOR THE INSTRUMENTS IN EVENESCENCE ITS BASICALLY ANY NU METAL INSTUMENTS.

[vanceboy]

IT's horrible that a gazillion bands copied §hitty bands. Yes, Korn and Linkin park suck. But, Amy Lee is kinda hot (but a little chubby).

[pwnlefty]

I happen to like Linkin Park and Korn. All the guitarists from each band have thier own style of playing. If brad is comfortable with playing mostly power chords in a song, more power to em. Evanesence sucks though, the lead guitarist of the band can't even solo right. I mean it's clear that he covers his many mistakes by extensive use of a wah pedal and a really shitty sounding distortion pedal. At least Head and Munky know what thier doing when they want to ad a solo to a song.

[numbfig09]

chadhack: i think i missed the part in the article where it talked about finger eleven if you could point that out that would be great otherwise dont bring them up btw who sold more albums lp or finger eleven
Rob is a good drummer but i cant say much about brad and pheonix cause they dont do much but seriously i think you need to get your ass out of a twist

[numbfig09]

pwnlefty just to let you no ben moody the lead guitarist for evanscence recently left

[pwnlefty]

Right on about Helmet SeatleJEM7! I'll back that up! helmet is basicly the mother of all these nu metal bands out now. Korn made the sound mainstream

[drinsanity13]

People, in the end, the whole basis of the music industry is for them: cuz they want money or its thier passion and for us: cuz it entertains us. So we all are definately entertained by different things. So who cares if you don't like another band, they obviously don't entertain you. I know everyone has thier specific style of music to listen to but shit man im in love with metallica, linkin park, techno, godsmack, and system of a down, all very different. Who cares if the guitarist of linkin park isnt that good, he does his best and Yes His simple sucky riffs ACTUALLY SOUND AWEOSME IN THE SONG. And many people have the impression that mike from LP just stands around and raps. He practically produces all the songs comes up with alot of the guitar work, and created the ***in song Breaking The Habit which has no rappin in it what so ever, that definately isn't a limp bizkit cut-out right there. oo yeah and metallica rules

[pwnlefty]

I found that out and isn't one of the guitarists from Cold filling in for him in the band?

[pwnlefty]

Hell yeah drinsanity13

[orangeacid]

Linkin Parks 1st cd was ok, but sorry, reanimation was a load of crap and meteora wasnt exactly the dogs bollocks either. They sounded better wen their sound was more rocky on their 1st album

[Breakneck]

Yeah, I didn't know a person could actually own a style of music. I'll sue if somebody steals my lame ass style! Everybody feeds off of somebody else, Korn had to have built their music off of some previous bands.

[pwnlefty]

All I have to say is that Brad isn't that bad of a guitarist. For example, I've been playing now for 5 years and I played by ear for the first few years. When I heard Breaking the Habit on the Meteora album, I wanted to learn it right off. I thought that I had the song down good then I was looking around on this site and I looked at the tabs for the song. I was shocked because I was playing it way wrong. oh yeah and for that I thank for this sites existence!

[NIRVANAFAN91]

ummmmm can some 1 plz define nu metal? i never really understood it

[redoverblack]

i remember when i was a small child..... i choked on an ice cube.. and saw jebus 0_o

[stinger167]

The_String_Man:
*scratches head, with a smile* damn someone copying korn? that is total CRAP. someone copying l.p.? that is total. . . nah

EXACTLY THANK YOU

[powerhead]

davis has amazing voice

[pwnlefty]

All these bands that we're criticizing do have talent or else they wouldn't be making these records that you guys are shunning

[numbfig09]

drinsanity13:thankyou

[numbfig09]

pwnlefty:thankyou

[pwnlefty]

Nu-metal is just a very over judged form of grunge, metal, and punk smashed together. Come to think of it, Linkin Park only has one of those caracteristics and thats the grunge part of it. Maybe a little metal added

[skimboarderr]

does anybody else hear think that the new paparoach sounds just a little bit like Korn is some part. Epecially when he is saying "getting away with murder"
Papa Roach's lead singer says they found a new direction and it sounded different than anything else they have done. It is really just a hack off the way Johnathan Davis sings. Cant find your own style dont have a band that is the way I look at it.

[NIRVANAFAN91]

and i like to play linkin parks songs but dude they r pretty easy, i mean tuning the guitar > is the hardest part about playing one of there songs

[DeathHiMs3Lf]

man....its no different than puddle of mudd copying nirvana.wes even goes as far as never smiling,just like kurt.puddle of mudd sucks!

[pwnlefty]

I like Nirvana as well NIRVANAFAN91 but back then, I was more of a Tool fan. OGT1992 foreva!

[smilifile]

if bands like linkin park moan about people copying them they shud change and stop stickin to one style. Linkin Park were the first rock band i ever liked and hybrid theory kiks so much ass but meteroa disapointed me because it was just more of the same. Bands shudnt copy bands and bands shudnt stick to one style.

[pwnlefty]

I agree with skimboarder. Papa Roach has put out some Korny stuff out lately (no pun intended)

[korn-man2]

why wud u wanna sound like linkin park there crap

[Psykotik]

stupid...

[Danny7]

Nu-Metal also encorporates quite alot of rap elements into it.

[Danny7]

[quote=Moog3197]
id rather castrate myself than listen to their crap

I think given the choice you'd listen to LP.

[pwnlefty]

Papa Roach used to be a suicidal Rage Against the Machine but now they changed their sound and they've acomplished a whole new level of suckyness

[pwnlefty]

The guitarist of Papa Roach is good at what he does though

[Nightcrawler666]

linkin park sux, evanessence sounds way better

THEY DONT EVEN SOUND CLOSE TO THE SAME THING!!!!
linkin park posers

[BigEaZyE]

First off, you morons might want to learn how to use proper grammar before calling other people idiots. Secondly, bands have always copied each others' styles and they always will. If something works, everyone uses it until they can't get anything out of it anymore, it's what happens, so stop complaining.

[threestorybrad]

evanessence sucks, so does linkin park.

[Necronomicon]

If we all had different sounds we'd have too many different styles of music. Sounding a little like someone else is what makes genres. If nobody ever wanted to sound like Hendrix, Metallica or any of those others then we wouldn't even have Linkin Park and Korn complaining about people sounding like them cuz they wouldn't exist. People are not going to play what people dont like and hope they start liking it, they will play what people want to hear.

stuartmcwilliam: BAN COMING YOUR WAY.

muahaha.

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[Einzigerfan03]

Whether you like to admit it or not Linkin Park is one of the biggest bands out right now.And if you hate him or love him (I like him)Brad is good @ what he does even it is simple.hell if you love Korn or hate them (I like them also)They have set the standards for alot of the rock thats coming out today.Now as far as bands copying bands. Evanescence did sound like LP on they're 1st single only because of the rap element. Other then that guitar wise no.But the style they have taken is more LP's then anybody elses.But when it all boils down to it i also feel who are to bash somebody in a multi-platinum band that just plays simple riffs hell i play simple riffs because sometimes something simple sounds way better then something complex.

[Shea3Blink]

linkin park is awesome

[rawkfist91]

both bands suck so they dont need to be complaining

[1979junkbox]

rawkfist91 said it perfectly

[`NeXxuS`]

both of these bands suck..

[Shea3Blink]

chadhack you are freakin retarded

[jumpmanhat]

KoRn RulEs cuz they're the pioneers of nu metal and ibanez UNIVERSE(7 string)

[klownthekiller]

rap metal suck so does linkin park if it wasnt for chester vocals it wouldnt be anything else then a limp bizkit wannabe ( limp bizkit sucks too)theirlabel had to get chester because the original band was too lame korn suck and so does nu metal in the metallica icon when korn tryied to play the song the one they f#$ked up so bad they couldnt even play the solo after they were done they said they pick thesong because it was the hardest one , why do u pick a song u can even play ,they butchered it. how can they even compare themselfs to sepulture just because theydid that one song roots bloody roots

[electric_head]

"At first, it was totally flattering. The first time I remember was the Sepultura 'Roots' record, the one Ross [Robinson] did. I sat there with my ***ing jaw on the floor, like, 'You gotta ***ing be kidding me!'

Weird that Jon says this when he actually appears on one of songs in the Roots album....

[the_beastly_one]

Sepultura beat Korn's arse any day of the week, Jonathan Davis needs a slap for saying that.

[Jasomat]

john lennon rules. who cares about chester, jonathan davis, and amy lee. john lennon rules. 1. God 2. Jesus 3. John Lennon

[punk_gurl]

^
I agree, john lennon all the way!!!!

[Rocker3829]

both of the bands suck, period end of story, no great guitair playing, i dont give a shit

[dudewowamcool]

dude look at the dude from linkin parks pic he looks like hes ready to give head hahaha what a dumbass

[chamelia21]

Does it bother anyone else that ALL of Linkin Park's songs sound EXACLTY THE SAME?!?!? What about THEM coming up with original stuff?!?

[Vulgar101]

Well, someone else might have said this, but since I didn't scroll through every single post, I'll take that chance.

While I don't think "Bring Me To Life" sounds like Linkin Part (other than the "rapping"), the rest of the Evanesence CD is their own little thing.

[Rocker3829]

Tell Linkin park to write a song that is longer than 3 and a half mins, and go past the 12th fret and maybe something called a solo instead of mother fuc*** drop d all the damn time.

[guitar_freak333]

wow, all three bands suck

[str8shooter]

Yeah I can't stand the Nu-metal , what's wrong with the old metal, like maiden, priest, megadeth, metallica, I'm tired of all the fighting, the bands are okay once and a awhile, but enough of all the whining bands that sound like they are about to cry, enough bitching and Play some F***ing music

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[drainyou]

I am not sure how many other people have noticed, or i doubt how many other people will get down here. But if you listen to faint by linkin park it is the same exact thing as the the forest temple song in Zelda the ocarina of time. A bunch of linkin parks songs sound like they are from zelda GO LISTEN TO IT

[dudewowamcool]

dude look at is picture looks like hes bout to suck dick haha

[toolman]

i heard the new single of linkin parks the other day while driving in my car and i swore to god that it was justin timberlake singing. its pretty sad when "nu metal" bands sound exactly like boy bands. take hoobastanks the reason which is polluting the airwaves stronger than ever. someone has to end this shit. please for the love of god make it stop.

[alrekslayer7]

Its the not exact of the Forest temple, but i can hear a slight reslemblence, Gamers forever! rock on drainyou

[Akira.UT]

Well, it's easy for alot of people to say 'Hey you're copying this style, or this style.' But then, ever tried making up somthing COMPLETELY unique? Never EVER in history been done before? If you have, you'll know how tough that is. I suppose, it's cool, as long as it's done well, and the music is good, who gives a shit if it's been done before?

[Mael Iosa]

VANILLAICERAWKS:
Linkin Park and Evanescence both suck equally- but at least Evanescence's guitarist can play solos...
[POSTED: 23 July 2004 - 11:43]|

First of all Linkin Park and Evanescence are two of the best Alt/Nu-Metal bands out there now. and Second, Ben Mody left Evanescence about 6 months ago, it was blamed on Amy's relationship withe the dude from Seether.

[Killl_Roy]

if you like Creed, you'll like LifeHouse, Nickleback and the Calling as well..coz they all sound the same!! but i like them all =p

[Killl_Roy]

Well, at least Chester spoke to Amy about it..he approached the situation rather maturely..look at korn man!! hes like "***...suck...***ing suck..." all the way..

[smalRaptor]

brad isn't really a bad guitarist...just because there are simple riffs on the albums doesnt mean he sucks, it means he likes simple riffs they sound good so he uses them. just because your in aband doesnt mean you have to show off. anyways, LP has played Metallica songs and songs from other bands with some really complex guitar riffs and brad did them damn well,

[drainyou]

LINKIN PARK STEALS FROM ZELDA SONGS JUST LISTEN TO THE FOREST TEMPLE AND THEN LISTEN TO FAINT BY LINKINPARK. THE DUDE THAT COMPOSES ZELDA IS THE TRUE GENIOUS!!!!

[The Nameless666]

lmao drainyou u smart ass!!!

[Ill_NiNo_HoE69]

LINKIN PARK KICK ASS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SOUND.. NO1'S EVER GUNNA BE BETTER THAN THEM AND KORN RULE!!!! HEADS A HOTTIE, EVERY1 WHOZ SAID THEY HAVE SUCKED CAN EAT A FUCKIN DICK.. U'S R ALL FUCKIN RETARDED THESE BANDZ R FUCKIN ORIGINAL!!! LOVE YAZ LINKIN N KORN!!!!!!! xOxOx RoCk On BiTcHeZ! \m/

[THE KORNMAN]

haha

[Ill_NiNo_HoE69]

kornman wat do u think bout dis??

[sanitarium017]

you wont find me copying that obnoxious band...

[Ill_NiNo_HoE69]

what?? korn or linkin park?

[sithian476]

honestly, i think most of you let other people's hatred for other bands influence your decision to also hate a certain band, such as Korn or Linkin Park.

[870621345]

has any1 ever notice that if u cross L.P. and KoRn they would sound like Static-X

[_TheBassist01_]

Evanescence is already a popular band. Theres no point in stealing LP's style. I can see how garage bands might try to get somewhere off of their sound but not a signed band doing as well as they have been. Its kind of pothetic

[lb_guitarist12]

it is sort of hard to be an original now. everything sort of has been done already. i think what korn and the dumass from linkin park sed made no ***ing sense. since it is a style doesnt mean it belongs to u. nyone can do it. wut a bunch of idiots.

[nitro-fish]

Why are simple riffs always synonymous with bad music? It's all about context people. Linkin Park have based their music on blending different styles of music. Yes they have a guitarist in the group, but that doesn't mean that shredding on a pentatonic scale is the best thing for the music as a whole. Their music gets by fine with simple guitar rhythms, and like it or not, it works. Saying Brad sucks because he doesn't put solos in the songs is like saying a classical guitarist sucks because his songs are too melodic and not hard enough, you're just missing the boat completely. Context is the name of the game here.

[inqbus]

Linkin Park has their own sound, but Evanescence doesn't. Evanescence appeared when LP was makin a record or touring and it was like 3 yr long. At that term, LP had been kinda forgotten and LP sounded band "EVANESCENCE" made a sneak hit.They're just a lucky band..Amy Lee sucks!!!

[_whip_neck_]

Those losers Korn call using a pedal theyre style?
Korn sucks c*ck, sepultura sounds nothing like those fags - they are hardcore thrash. i dont care 4 lp

[yeller56]

Dude...I like Avenged Sevenfold. Linkin Park is one of the first bands I liked..but I grew outta them. They're nu-metal. Nu-Metal gets not respect and its kinda boring.
No one ***s with a metalcore dude. So for the LP fans and KoRn go try Atreyu or Avenged Sevenfold, or Slayer.
Those are always cool.

[chevllrox10]

Alright all u ignorant idiots out just b/c l/p doesnt play solos or blazing riffs might just be b/c they dont want to have that kind of sound (ever thought bout that). Believe it or not some people dont like listening to 3 min long solos. So dont bash l/p for their guitar sounds its not bout how the guitar sounds its how the band sounds as a whole. U have no clue if their guitarists r good or not. O and by the way nu-metal ***ing rox.

[numbfig09]

so why do people come on these forums and read the articles and then post if they hate the bands in the first place i dont understand that do you people get off on that or something and many of you who think linkin park and evanescence and korn such because you listen to totally different types of music than that and even if they do suck (which they dont) they are still making more money than many of us with their so called "crappy" or "shitty" sound plus have any of you actually tried to put a solo or a complex guitar riff in a linkin park song IT DOESNT WORK THATS NOT THE TYPE OF MUSIC and even if brad doesnt play any more than simple riffs quite a few of the best guitarist rarely showcased their talent im not saying that brad is great or anything but have you ever actually seen him play something he got to make up on his own

[numbfig09]

i guess what im saying is to get a ***ing life and quit bashing other bands if youve got a problem with it why dont you go out get a band and make your own music then people can bash your shitty band because they dont like that type of music or the solos arent that great or you show off to much so why dont you people either *** off or *** off and shove it

[Jasomat]

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you dont have anymore of a life if you come on here and tell others to get a life. if a band decides to be a profesional band i think it is quite alright to bash them if they suck. instead of comparing them to us and telling us to start bands, how about and compare them to real rock bands. cuz when u do u will notice that they are nothing but boyband shit. john lennon rules.

[jumpmanhat]

you know something people Korn dosent suck and i can prove it. Just look at how much they sold for each album all of them went multi-platnum and most of us helped.

[Dave_Grohl]

all lp songs sound the same

[Spl!nTeRgu!tAr]

Destari:
Does it matter, den?

Anyhow... yes, there's a lot of copying in music, its a given. Nobody can be arsed to do anything original anymore. Take the Hives for example, how retro are they? awesomely, admittedly.

Brody from the distillers takes it one step further, she's just trying to be courtney love as much as possible now, has nobody else noticed?

yeah i agree

[vaportrail]

My god... The idiots are out in force today.

1) Jonathan Davis said nothing about Sepultura being sad. He said it was sad that everyone was ripping them off. Learn to bloody read.

2) Paul McCoy is a poor impersonator of Mike Shinoda. Reminds me of how bad a Robert Plant ripoff the guy from The Mars Volta is. In any case, 12 Stones sucked horribly, as do The Mars Volta.

3) Brody and Courtney Love are twins separated at birth. Ok, sarcasm, but you get the idea.

4) Linkin Park plays in Drop D dropped a half step, as well as standard with a 7-string, so we have a big bag of "Close, but no cigar," for the poster ripping on them for only using Drop D.

5) Korn stopped innovating about halfway through Follow The Leader. A shame. They used to be fun to listen to.

6) Any self-respecting guy would just switch the ***ing cd before he'd castrate himself. Use a more believable hyperbole next time. It'll strengthen your argument, I promise.

7) Sad that Evanescence chose to go with such a disposable formula for their new stuff.

8) Amy Lee is hot.

9) Chester Bennington can sing, Fred Durst cannot. Chester learned from Journey, Fred gave us an abominable cover of "Behind Blue Eyes." Granted, it's not saying much, but: Chester > Fred.

10) Good grammar is your friend. Don't fear it.

[Monkey1000]

That's why i listen to Radiohead, because i dont have to worry about people sounding like them, nothing sounds like Kid A or Amnesiac, and Hail to the Theif is crazy too, though i heard Hanson is opening with "Optimistic" off of Kid A, on there new tour.... WTF?

[numbfig09]

Jasomat: i openly admitt i have no life all i do is play guitar watch tv and sleep but i have compared linkin park to other rock bands and they are very different but the rock bands you are comparing them to are very different(TRY COMPARING THEM WITH BANDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOOD FUCKHEAD) and wtf is a boy shit band btw linkin park sells more albums than most rock bands and why did you add the john lennon rules

[Obie]

yea *** linkin park, i mean their guitarist sucks, no one likes a power chord band, their bassist uses a pick, only in certain cases is that ok (like when the bassist is actually good), their ***ing "mike" guy cant sing he just talks with style (shitty style, at that) and "chester" ***in screams his ass off like hes constipated

LP SUCKS, korn is ok, they have a unique sound.. but their singer cant sing

[Bassman13]

this whole thing is bullshit... if u know korn or if u know linkin park, they have their OWN style... and no one sounds like them. I don't know what the *** this whole thing is about, ur all dumb

[inqbus]

>MONKEY1000
i agree with you. Radiohead rocks !!! Nothing can be compared with their albums specially after KID A.
But some songs' beats from Hail to the thief sound similar to APHEX TWIN and SQUAREPUSHER's songs.

[InsideTheHabit]

vaportrail.....
you're a f***ing champ! i agree.

[NeverKnowing]

i hv a friend who wants to say sumthin bt she cant b arsed 2 register so here it is:
'linkin park rule, yeh you might all think theyre crap but theyve brought themselves all the way up, korn pretty much started the 'nu-metal genre', so we can follow, we can bow, or we can say there crap but we do not copy!!! we do not go adn touch them!!!!'

if u disagree or whatever with what she says just say here and i'll get bak 2 her

[corystanding]

yeah, Linkin park really stayed the same considering they've only done 2 albums.....well official ones

[<<< Frantic >>>]

They've got a very good point, I thought Bring Me to Life was a Linkin song too. I have LP's first album and that's pretty good, only problem I have with LP is that all their songs say the same thing in a different manner of saying it. Damn, get over the self pity.

[<<< Frantic >>>]

By the way, just because they don't play solo's in their music, or they don't play heaps complex music, doesn't mean they can't. Anyone want evidence? The Sum 41 guitarist, listen to their Metallica medley from the MTV music awards (Master of Puppets solo YEW). Man that guy can ***in play, but maybe he chooses not to put that kind of complexity into his music. I dunno. Head and Monkey of Korn fame can solo, I've seen them play, full on trillion note a second shredding, complete with finger tapping and whammy bar dives and the only pedal they're using is wah

[LuCKaFFe]

Well, Linkin Park Music really suXXXX!!! Did anyone played an Linkin Park Riff on _Guitar? Thats beginner stuff!!! And every song on every LP sound like the same, you know, you know one of their songs, than you know every song!!! And the guitar player and the Bass player playing real Beginner stuff, the DJ to and the "singer"??? Thats not singing, thats SUCKING!!!!

cu kill the nazis and stay tuned

[Scruufer]

and if you keep going back in time, youll see that korn probably copied something, and they copied something, and they copied something..... etc etc. Just because they dont make it as obvious doesnt mean it isnt there. Possibly a heavier Alice Cooper cough cough.. LP, EV, and korn are all great bands in their respect but again, lay off em. Everything any more is borrowed or what ever. Theyve how ever worked their asses off, got labels, made albums.. what more can any of you say?

[Duff_McGee]

linkin park is just bitching and complaining about their imaginary girlfriends over bad techno music,inother word fuck LP to hell

[$hab]

Korn have DEFINATELY created their own style. But it's DEFINATELY shit anyway so I don't understand why bands want to replicate that.

[Mindcrime]

Who the *** does this korn 'singer' think he is?? Sepultura copied HIS style? *** off john! lost all my respect in you if I had that

[notbychoice]

no really selpultura did kinda with the whole dissonant metal thing. but so did deftones. whateva who cares. all these NWOAHM bands are basically in flames stlye bands, but the still rock

[LP_Roxs]

I think LP ***ing rocks and its no big deal if evensence uses one style for one song, the rest of the songs are unquice. I don't know y everyone is complaining about it. Listen to the whole FALLEN cd and find out. Its only one song!!

[drinsanity13]

Dammit people I listen to as much heavy and thrash metal as i do nu-metal, i could be listening to ***in MASTER OF PUPPETS then put in HYBRID THEORY. WHo gives a shit if they don't play awesome solos or shit. And don't ridicule them for being one of the biggest selling bands right now, its not their fault millions of people bought thier records. You also can't complain "it all sounds the same" when LP has only had 2 albums out so far. I also like Korn and really don't care too much for Evanescence. A comment that somebody said earlier though i think is pretty true, some of you guys who like heavy metal are jus sayin you hate these bands to be cool cuz everyone else is "im hardcore i cant listen to LP they blow ass!" thats just bullshit get over it, you arent gonna get shot for listening to them AND slayer, if it entertains you then why hold back form listening to it, im a huge-ass metallica fan(every cd, 4 live shows been to, and all the dvds and shit) but somehow i find the time to listen to LP too even though that may seem uncool to some of you so ***in get over it, i dont see you people makin a band with ORIGINAL written all over it, but if you do, call me id love to listen to your shit and see how it sounds. oo yeah and metallica ***in rules

[daz4126]

i luv linkin park and there signing style so i rekon the more people tryt to copy the better after all chester and jonathan can allways sue the bands that copy there style

[AlreadyTooLate]

Why would someone want to copy someone else it just makes you look stupid, evanescense is a good band they just came a little too close to lps style, and when you copy someone it means you have no originality and that makes you look stupid LP didnt copy anybody and all of ther songs dont sound the same listen to there 5 major albums once people and shut up because all your doing is sticking your own foot up your ass, have a nice day

[AlreadyTooLate]

btw dedicated sounds nothing like one step closer which they did with 3 freaking ppl thats something most of u can never dream of pulling off.

[MX_Gogeta]

Fuck you Night_Soul Meteora is sick, but ya evanescence sucks, props

[threestorybrad]

Linkin Park is just horrible as is evanescence.

[MX_Gogeta]

then y are u on this page?

[pachinko]

sepultura has been around long before korn was ever thought of. it irritates me that notbychoice had the audacity to say that sepultura took the whole dissodent style. hello! sepultura has been around since the 80's! people make me so sick!!!

[8xXwarlockXx8]

the lead singer of 12 stones sounds EXACTLY like mike of linkin park. I loved the song the first few times i heard it. it was a real letdown when i found out it wasn't mike

[Moog3797]

vaportrail is a queer, and linkin park still sucks

[ApexGT]

Everyone says that Evanescence sounds like Linkin Park, but I disagree. "Bring Me to Life" does remind me of LP, but if you listen to the other songs on Fallen, Evanescence is actually quite different from them. Really, "Bring Me to Life" is pretty different from the rest of the songs on Fallen. Evanescence is not "Linkin Park with a chick singer"

[LongliveNirvana]

That's why i listen to Radiohead, because i dont have to worry about people sounding like them, nothing sounds like Kid A or Amnesiac, and Hail to the Theif is crazy too, though i heard Hanson is opening with "Optimistic" off of Kid A, on there new tour.... WTF?

you do have to worry , i remember something about radiohead being pissed off cuz coldplay was trying to sound like them

[playonforever]

Paul McCoy or however you spell his last name from 12 Stones sounds nothing like Mike Shinoda, thats pretty wack. Lets face it, theres nothing new under the sun, the people who start the inovation need to dew it so well that anyone who tries to copy it to close would end up going nowhere because the inovators did it so well and you can't match that.

[vaportrail]

11) What would Moog know about my sexuality unless they'd been with me?

12) The Deftones were here before Korn, so chalk up another failure.

[av_lp006]

LINKIN PARK RULES!!!

[kNoThEaD666]

yeah Korn has been copied ever since "Blind" so many bands have used that main riff it is just sad. But it is a sick riff.

[smalRaptor]

There's really no reason to argue about it...if you like it, yay, if you dont woopty friggin do, dont listen to it then

[Thrice A Roni]

i am mixed opinioned on this...i like both bands...i admit it...i mean..come on..some of the songs are good. but yeah....oh well..ya know. this is how most of the music industry is now....right?..they never let you be yourself...they just make you the pawn..

[Joycey]

Surely there comes a point where you are treading a line between emulating your idols and just basically ripping them off. I mean so what if someone "sounds" like someone else. Stand up and tell me Jaymz Hetfield isn't trying to be Lemmy on "Kill 'em All" it's all about what sounds good to you and what you like playing i mean i like offspring and i can work out there stuff really well and some of my more chordal stuff sounds like their riffs purely cos i listen so much. I mean like Korn included a version of One on their new album not to boost sales they just thought it kicked ass (it did). Linkin Park and Korn's sound whether you like them or not is nearly unique. Munky (?) and Head designed their own damn whammy bars (U bar) in order to help them keep their sound and how many bands can pull off what linkin park do successfully?? Another point is so what if 12 Stone suck?? bring me to life is good! i mean i'm not a huge evanescense (?) fan but i can listen and let's face it the big disappointment which every seems to miss is that Amy Lee says "Our label wants us to sound like you (LP)". What the hell!!! I mean come off it labels shouldn't be able to exact that kind of control surely they sign you in the first place cos they like what they hear! Yet another point let's be honest whether it was mike or not doesn't matter cos you don't include someone on a track to help it sell you do it because it still works (possible exception Steve Tyler on Pink's first album). Right i'm drunk and tired and i'm out

[Stan]

cradle of filth rocks kicks ass, and nu-metal can eat my ass a balls,god how can you faggots listen to that shit when it takes no talen to make ne of it , go listen to dream theater or iced earth, or ***ing megadeth and then thats some real music that takes alot more effort than that horse shit ... god idiot kids

[drainyou]

LINKIN PARK STEALS FROM ZELDA SONGS JUST LISTEN TO THE FOREST TEMPLE AND THEN LISTEN TO FAINT BY LINKINPARK. THE DUDE THAT COMPOSES ZELDA IS THE TRUE GENIOUS!!!!


I just wanted people to see this again.....and respond to this again, cause you know its ***in true. The most inovating and creative bands that make their own sounds today are Incubus and radiohead. though i never became a fan of radiohead they are creaters. incubus is just shear genious, the led zepelin of our time. Now back to LINKIN PARK STOLE FROM ZELDA

[CampNoLime]

how much do you have to suck to copy linkin park. come on. wow, so they've got a sound that kids like, it does not make them the musical gods i've heard they are. Frank Zappa completely blows away any Linkin Park song described as "amazing".

[high voltage]

hehe... it's funny cuz it's true.

[ChimairaFreak]

Strange that Korn and Linkin Park both comment on copying sounds. Every Korn song sounds alike, and every Linkin Park song sounds alike (don't get me wrong, I really like both bands). But check Metallica, Static-X, Spineshank, NIN; no album sounds alike. Even better is Pantera. Even in Superjoint, Down, and Damageplan, the only thing that is copied is Anselmo's voice (which just kicks ass) and Dimebag's slick guitar moves.

[Pr0phecy_X]

Find your own style? er....if I re-call, first there was house of pain, then limp bizkit, then korn.

Linkin park has always been a terrible band, and many guitarist ignore Brad Delson, or whatever his name is because of the simplitiy of his guitar playing, he is a rancid guitarist that runs through more effects pedals then Edward Van Halen has pants.
In a interview with guitar world, he admitted (atleast he admits it) that he uses effects pedals to hide any screw ups while hes playing, he says he has problems playing "One step closer" how the hell do you have problems playing your own songs? does that mean they used the studio to cover up any screw ups?....
bah! I could go on all night bashing Linkin Park, but i'll just say this, They are one of the worst bands I have ever heard. and to quote the guy who does all the guitar world transcriptions "One step closer" "I often wonder why people would want to practice mindless un-musical exercises" speaking about Linkin parks song.

[numbfig09]

lets get one thing straight

for all of you little bitches that say oh this is real music and that is shit
define real music
ive always heard it as a perception of ones taste in sound not whether the guitar part was good or not
linkin parks music isnt based on complex guitar
and as i have said many a times:HAVE ANY OF YOU LITTLE FUCKERS ACTUALLY TRIED TO PUT A FUCKING COMPLEX RIFF IN A LINKIN PARK SONG
IT DOESNT FUCKING WORK THE LITTLE SIMPLE RIFFS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ACTUALLY FIT

most of you dont like linkin park korn or evanescence so why the *** are you even here

and i remember one of you said the djs shit was simple GO TRY IT ON A SOUND BOARD ITS NOT THAT EASY and mr. hahn is one of the best djs in the world

so basically to anybody who just came on here to post how much you hate one of the bands or just to mess with people SHUT THE FUCK UP
peace out

[will_yeah]

some people do take it too far. jesus, some people get really f*ckin catty over these columns or whatever they are, it's kind of funny. and whats wrong with tryin to sound like someone, we've all probly done it, it's probly the reason most of us first picked up a guitar, our inspiration, and where we can find som e cool sounds.

[EarthAD]

Yeah, first time i heard the song "bring me to life" 2 thoughts came into my head.
1. Is that idiot lp guy rapping in this song?
2. Damn, this song sucks

[EarthAD]

and amy lee asking mike shinoda to do a song with her so evanescence could sound like lp is lame. lame :no:

[numbfig09]

it's probly the reason most of us first picked up a guitar, our inspiration

nah, the reason i picked up guitar was to pick up girls and get laid

[Runk]

I totally agree to this! Fucking shit heads... Try to find whatever you may call your own style not actually searching for guys who sound exactly like some other bands singer! That's ***ing sick :P

[av_lp006]

If youre gonna write a song, make sure its your own and not some rip off of someone else's. Its that simple, a band or group should never ask for help writing lyrics or guitarin anything like that, recording is the only exception

[Fuel_57]

Ok, yes I can see how you may be a little bit upset by the same sounds. But I would like to bring to your attention that you guys are not the first bands ever to come out with that style of music. Where do you think you guys got your ideas for style from...let's see OTHER BANDS! So they could post something about your badn saying that you guys are unoriginal and that you need to find your own style. Just leave it be, you are basically loaded and are doing what you love for a living. Stop your bitching.

[sk8er_brat_19]

Brody from the distillers takes it one step further, she's just trying to be courtney love as much as possible now, has nobody else noticed?


who in their right mind would want to be like courtney love??

LMAO! holy crap that was hilarious but all i have to say is.. EVENESCENCE ROCKS!! if you think that they sound like linkin par.. YOUR CRAZY.. they sound nuttin like them

[Tool4Eva]

i like korn, i dont particularly like LP or evanescence. Korn have an original sound that, in my opinion, noone can really replicate. All good/original bands have their own sound and thats what makes them great. Noone wants to hear the same shit over and over but you get dumbshits out there that dont seem to realise that. Truly talented musicians such as disturbed, tool and korn have a unique sound that cant be duplicated.

[Tool4Eva]

oh and by the way sepultura dont sound anything like korn, i dont care what you say.

[bimbo7]

it's their ***ing fault. korn and linkin park showed the world that you don't need to become good musicians to be famous. just learn some power chords and growl like an idiot and that's it, you're on your way to stardom.

[morello_man]

heh, long live 80's thrash metal

[foxman]

damn copycats!

[phantom lord363]

ah they both suck anyway- irrelivant but true

[dutchy29]

Gimmicky sounds and fads can be copied, original song writing and legendary artists cannont. Korn and Linkin Park do both have origianal sounds however everything they ever put out sounded the same, no wonder its so easy to copy them. I'd say this puts Korn and LP in the same category as Metallica now, whinny rich rock stars, I hate you guys.

[Lupi]

People who bash whatever band, musician or other artist should stop that, because you talk about other persons, who do their own thing and that's the way they are. Korn has always been themselves, with their own sound and each record they make a little twist with that style. But I don't understand Jonathan because I don't know any band copying their sound... maybe some bands try to but no one is able to do that because Korn is unique, wheter you like them or not.
Linkin Park is not my favourite band but they deserve to make records and tour all over the world, because many other people do like them. The only thing I want to say about them is that I don't think Linkin Park has as much influence on other artist as Korn got. I even think Linkin Park is most of the time just a band like Evanescence, much influenced by Korn. But don't get me wrong with Korn being the only band who started a new genre. Also Deftones and Limp Bizkit did and maybe some other bands which I don't know about, because they didn't got that big.
If you look at the St.Anger record, you hear low-tuned guitars and no solo's. I think that came because they were kind of influenced by this new style, nu-metal or whatever you want to call it. That's I think the same thing Jonathan is talking about when saying Sepultura copying their sound. He means that he recognizes some elements in Sepultura's tracks which Korn also has got. But bands like Metallica and Sepultura have their own history, their owns style so they are not making totaly different music right now. But some new bands realy try to 'be like Korn' or 'be like Linkin Park' and that's not good. Being influenced by something is ok, but you should always try to be as creative as possible and not just totaly copying something because you know that sounds good anyway. But, even if these
bands try to copy Korn, they aren't able to,
because Korn's unique, so I don't understand what Jonathan is worried about. I think that it's time for something new, new bands, to keep that sort of style (new-metal) alive but do it like Korn or Slipknot... put some real new-metal stuff in your music but always add your own twist/own kind of style to it so that's it's also refreshing. That's what I think about this.

[Lupi]

Sorry for writing such a big respond if it bothers you. And Joycey I like what you're saying, I agree.

[Lupi]

P.S. People bashing Korn, you don't know anything 'bout Korn, because if you would, than you wouldn't say that there untalented ***-ups who only care 'bout being famous. There's much emotion and attention to the many, many fans they've got. And to all this muscial wonders talking about skills, you don't have to have the highest technical skills to create good music. 99% of all music, whatever genre, whenever written is very easy to play.

[Dark_Sanity]

why the hell are these guys bitching? they didn't create the tpye of music, and any ways who would want to recreate anything by korn or linkin park? they both suck so muck ass, along with the whole nu metal trend! and evanescence sounds more like lacuna coil not linkin park. evanesence sucks too but amy lee is HOT!!!

[DamageIncx875]

\m/ Metallica \m/

[DamageIncx875]

Metallica has nothing to do with this but who cares

[drainyou]

LINKIN PARK STEALS FROM ZELDA SONGS JUST LISTEN TO THE FOREST TEMPLE AND THEN LISTEN TO FAINT BY LINKINPARK. THE DUDE THAT COMPOSES ZELDA IS THE TRUE GENIOUS!!!!


I just wanted people to see this again.....and respond to this again, cause you know its ***in true. The most inovating and creative bands that make their own sounds today are Incubus and radiohead. though i never became a fan of radiohead they are creaters. incubus is just shear genious, the led zepelin of our time. Now back to LINKIN PARK STOLE FROM ZELDA

[starbomb13]

well-the only song evanescence has that sounds like linkin park is bring me to life, the rest of their songs don't. anyway- eventhough the rapping and stuff in their music is original- the rapping is really not that great-the rhymes are simple and all.

[Dark_Sanity]

i wrote muck hahahaha

[surfhaleysurf]

man did it ever occur to anybody that maybe evanescense is trying to be themselves....especially after that ben moody shice......let them make there music mmmkkk???? lol....rock out evanescence see you tuesday at TD waterhouse!!!!!!

[AnyDJ]

not just the singing...check it out. the chords for the chorus of "in the end" are E G D C(10th fret) barred chords. "bring me to life" is E G D E so it changes at the end but its pretty close.
not suggesting anything, there's a limit to 4-chord progressions and how much variation can occur. just throwing out a fact...you zealots have at it.

[av_lp006]

LINKIN PARK STEALS FROM ZELDA SONGS JUST LISTEN TO THE FOREST TEMPLE AND THEN LISTEN TO FAINT BY LINKINPARK. THE DUDE THAT COMPOSES ZELDA IS THE TRUE GENIOUS!!

what the *** is that? i think someone was on drugs when they filled that out

[av_lp006]

what

[AnyDJ]

ok i was insightful /\ now i can have some fun

jumpmanhat:
you know something people Korn dosent suck and i can prove it. Just look at how much they sold for each album all of them went multi-platnum...

1) platInum. get a dictionary.
2) don't say you can prove it. you can't.
3) selling lots of records doesn't mean a band is good. boy bands in the mid-90s had terrible, cookie-cutter repetitive music. and they were topping the charts. selling records means nothing.

[THE KORNMAN]

KORN

[noob4lyfe]

Wow, I can't wait for Half-Life 2!

[av_lp006]

lol AnyDJ that was awesome

[thePUNISHER]

go to the site www.b-v-a.cjb.net ITS AWESOME

[DoTheDew up urs]

did anyone ever hear jimi hendrix's version of stairway to heaven?

[habebe girl]

thats what the record company b all about these days, they find one thing thats a hit with the general public and stick with it. So even if evanescence wanted to do their own shtuff, the record labels won't take any chances, so bands have to keep repeating whats big at the moment. Thats why all music today sounds the same, and why if the companies keep thinking like this we'll never have great music in main-stream ever again....

[Shea3Blink]

when are they gonna put up some new articles

[Phoenixblade]

why would ANYONE want to be like either of these two bands...? They both blow.

[lpwjbklyn]

Hey I totally agree with Lupi's comment. It shouldn't matter who sounds like what and who copied who's sound. Besides, how many bands/artists are out there who are completely unique? Not many. The problem lies in ignorant people who run their mouths either for the sake of doing so or because they just don't know any better. These are the evolutionary winners who make posts like, "LiNkIn PaRK SUX YO! KOrN iz Da ShizNit," and other really useful comments. At least give a reason as to why you don't like them. Brad Delson doesn't use solos or complicated guitar parts? And...so what? The last time I checked the definition of good music has nothing to do with the difficulty of playing the song. More often than not the fact that these songs are "easy" are ego boosters to these people with low self esteem; they feel they are better than the artists because they can play Freebird or One or whatever. Who cares? How many times have you seen Van Halen's "Eruption" listed as the greatest song of all time? It's up there with the hardest to play but that doesn't mean alot of people like it.

My other gripe is the whole Evanescence/Linkin Park comparison. I've heard this from the moment Bring Me To Life became popular and, as a fan of both bands I just don't see how they sound alike. Noone's really given a solid answer as to what makes them sound alike. Part of the guitar riff in Bring Me To Life sounds vaguely like Points of Authority, but, guess what? So do a dozen other songs out there! The trend is to play a half step down with drop D and crunch out power chords left and right. If THAT's the similarity then that's just ridiculous. Singer-wise, well that's obvious. Amy Lee and Chester Bennington are two completely different vocalists so that can't be it. Another thing I've heard, though, is that Paul McCoy sounds "exactly like Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park." Have you ever HEARD Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park? The closest comparison that you can draw is that they're both rapping. Stylistically they sound nothing alike, vocally they sound nothing alike; I just don't see it. Then there are the people who say Evanescence, in GENERAL, sound like Linkin Park. If you go instrument by instrument there's not a damn thing that they have in common. Rob Bourdon's style of drumming is so much more aggressive and obtains such a greater presence in each Linkin Park song than the drummer for Evanescence. Same goes for Phoenix. I just don't see it.

[beentt]

Guys I just have one question..

In the end, does it even matter? ...lol

a side note, Nu-metal has no elements of Punk or Grunge in it. Its not hard to decifer, Nu- New, Metal - Metal Using logic, Nu-Metal = New Metal. Also known as not-so-tallented guitarists playing the rythms and melodies, and neglecting things like solos and did i mention making millions?

[crossroads33]

Who cares if other bands copy of off each other, we're all gonna die in the end anyways.. Many bands sound the same, and it shouldn't matter to them as long as they make they're money!

spam deleted for the third, and hopefully last, time.

ENOUGH!

[SoaDist]

I agree, I hate nu-metal. Heavy metal is the way to go, along with hard rock and alternative rock like Disturbed, Godsmack, and System of a Down.

In any case...

I agree, that in listening to Bring me to Life Paul McCoy does sound SOMEWHAT like Mike Shinoda. SOMEWHAT.

But bands can't really get a sound that doesn't sound like SOMEONE else. Not nowadays, after all this new rock and metal is coming out. Even my band sounds like certain other bands. Each one of us has our own influences, but together we write stuff that sounds sort of unique, but still sounds like other bands. For example, I wrote one song titled "In Your Head" (excuse me if it's another song by another band, I've never heard of it) and it had clear punk and alternative influence... where as my friend wrote "Lithospheres Parts 1 and 2" and it had clear classic rock influence. You can't escape sounding like someone else.

[crossroads33]

and anyways...WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT ANY OF THIS SHIT!?!

[crossroads33]

i hate all these bands anyways..BUT chester is sexy

[cgreen708]

linkin park copyed the deftones style so they have no room to talk

[Chucklehead]

Man, its like a nu metal feud going on.

[oniro_mvolta*]

you can escape someone elses sound u ***ing moron, the thing is...its not want people wana hear at the moment. and if u can create a new sound that people like..then well done to the people who can do it, they can start a new music era. linkin park cant say tell these bands they copied there sound. the source for linkin park must of come from somewhere. ROCK of course. AND WHERE DID ROCK ORIGINATE, from the blues and the jazz, THAT COMES FROM THE AFRO AMERICANS. and whereever the *** they got it from. so all music must adapt from somewhere. SO LINKIN PARK YOU ARE FOOLS

[korn_rocker_111]

I think Korn AND Linkin Park have a unique style, although i could never say that Linkin Park are one of my favourite bands i DO respect them and everyone here's entitled to their own opinion, but KORN...holy hell, they are innovaters, pioneers of nu-metal, they dont follow a lead, they're the leaders themselves. i realised that yeah there are plenty of bands wanting to imitate Jon Davis' voice, only because of his unique hamornising and haunting voice, but after reading this article...which i thought was great by the way...i thought, Jon has to calm down...no-ones going to be him, never, those that are trying aren't very respected so he has nothing to worry about...he always tops the list doesn't he?!?! I LOVE MUNKY!

[bass_player15]

look if u dont FU(king like linkin park or Korn then dont fu(king respond u dipsh!ts.

[monoshoe]

their all shit anyway so who cares

[toxicity0510]

hey the way i see it is u cant keep making new styles of rock and or music. theres all ready a s**t load of styles and if ppl can make new 1's the will but until some new s**t comes out the quit b**chin and enjoy the songs that are made.

[benneboy]

So Hundreds of bands have a rapper and an annoying (But quite talented) singer??? Cmon Chester the success is getting to your head. As for Korn, when did Sepultra sound like Korn??? I guess Max at least wouldn't sound like him.

[benneboy]

P.S. listen to real "new" (Not Nu) metal bands like Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Lamb Of God. They all have there own style of singing.

[bimbo7]

"And to all this muscial wonders talking about skills, you don't have to have the highest technical skills to create good music. 99% of all music, whatever genre, whenever written is very easy to play."


99% of all music? Dude, there're music other than Nu Metal. Try listening to some orchestra or other types of music and I assure you, your count might at least go down to 98%. Honestly, it's easy for talentless assholes like you to say such things and appreciate such crappy music. But for musicians who spends 8 to 12 hours a day practicing their instruments, good music doesn't just mean it has to be pleasing to the ear. Good music involves also the creativity of those who create (and play) them.

[Z_metallica]

LP r rather creative ,, there songs r nice ,, but i dont see any new stuff in thier recent album ,, i think launching reanimation , or i dunno whats it called , was a huge step down ,, i totally agree with Necronomicon , i mean hendrix is really great and made up a lot of fans , surely some band will use his style and make a thing out of it .. and i also think that korn is really unique .

[Moog3797]

linkin park sucks, why would anyone try to copy their sound? its terrible

[~H.I.V~]

this is proposterous!
not
i think of korn stayed the same all this time i would haev gotten bored of them in like 2 yrs.

so i thank all those copiers.

"i think thats freaking hilarious that anyone would want to copy linkn park and korn because they both suck."

what a stupid thing to say.

[LP_girl]

yea, exactly... btw, i agree with u...

[rawkfist91]

wat is linkin park talkin bout they stole their stlye from 311

[thm_05]

i don't think that Linkin Park can dodge bullets! MUHAHAHA

[rr1shredder]

sepultura were original, how the hell can jon davis say sepultura ripped off their style? i dont hear max singing about how his dad touched him. look, jon davis has a bad ass voice but he needs to learn to watch his ***en mouth.

[aesfs]

TO ALL MUTHAFUCKA WHO FUCKING HATE LP....STOP DO ALL DA JEALOUSY STUFFS THAT U DONE.....Y'LL KNOW THAT LP IS DA GREAT BAND...WITH 2 ALBUMS THEY KICK MANY ASS JUZ 2 ALBUMS...SOME BAND NEED TO DO MORE THAN 2 ALBUM TO GET DA FAMES....ANYWAY KORN STILL DA GREATEST BAND...KORN RULEZ...