![]() ![]() Jealous of their turf, Korn deny they're metal that's JudasPriest, all four-four pomp and guitar solos. 'We'll arrange it every yearand set up the bands who'll be on it.' 'This is gonna be an annual thing, too, whether Korn is onit or not,' averred bassist Fieldy. The inaugural version includesKorn's 'death-pop' boutique-label signing Orgy, their rap-metalbuddies Limp Bizkit, their rap-cred standard bearer Ice Cube, andthe German pyro-for-pornos parodists Rammstein, signed up afterdeath-metal-for-newbies parodist Rob Zombie stalked off in a fit ofavarice. Instead Family Valuesmeans to pick up Lolla's pieces. If Korn guitarist Munky hadn't comedown with viral meningitis, forcing the band off the 1997 edition,Farrell's alternafest might still be solvent. ![]() Really, I had expected more from a band that claims, notabsurdly, to be spearheading a new 'underground-what alternativeused to be.' Think of Korn headman Jonathan Davis as a populistPerry Farrell, more candid and original in his arena-rock amalgam,more cloddish and heartfelt in his sensationalism-and then there'sthe Lollapalooza connection. ![]()
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