Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal ) is a subgenre of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop , funk , industrial , and grunge . Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique , and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily syncopated . Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing , rapping , screaming and sometimes growling . DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling , turntable scratching and electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal .
189-472: Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit . Released a year after the success of Significant Other ; the album saw the band attempt to capitalize on their newfound mainstream success. It was released on October 17, 2000, through Flip and Interscope Records , setting a record for the fastest selling rock album upon release at
378-568: A "banner year" for the genre. Limp Bizkit released their debut Three Dollar Bill, Y'all in July 1997. The album's popularity grew in 1999 as the band's mainstream profile began to increase; in March of that year, it went platinum in the United States, and eventually went double platinum in July 2001. Coal Chamber released its self-titled debut album in 1997, which was a minor hit, being certified gold in
567-698: A 1993 Chicago Sun-Times article that Corgan's lyrics "too often sound like sophomoric poetry", although he viewed the lyrics of later albums Adore and Machina as an improvement. The band's songs have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land" by journalist William Shaw. The Smashing Pumpkins' music has explored alternative rock , grunge , psychedelic rock , heavy metal , shoegaze , synth-pop , art rock , electronic rock , gothic rock , dream pop , psychedelia , college rock , punk rock , and progressive rock . The band's distinctive sound up until Adore involved layering numerous guitar tracks onto
756-572: A 44-track concept album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope , for free over the Internet one track at a time. The first track, " A Song for a Son ", was released in December 2009 to moderate press acclaim. In March 2010 Ginger Reyes officially left the band, prompting an open call for auditions for a new bassist. In May, Nicole Fiorentino announced she had joined the band as bass player, and would be working on Teargarden by Kaleidyscope . The new lineup went on
945-684: A Cause and Orgy 's debut album Candyass . Follow the Leader peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA, and paved the way for the success of other nu metal bands. At this point, many nu metal bands were signed to major record labels, and were using elements of heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, or grunge. Hip hop artists Vanilla Ice and Cypress Hill, along with heavy metal bands Sepultura, Primus, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Slayer released albums that draw from
1134-597: A Cause , Cocky 's song " Forever ", which featured the style of Kid Rock's nu metal song " Bawitdaba ", was not as popular as Cocky 's country song " Picture ". MTV also wrote, "Another cause for nü-metal and rap-rock's slip from the spotlight could be a diluted talent pool caused by so many similar-sounding bands. American Head Charge , Primer 55 , Adema , Cold , the Union Underground , Dope , Apartment 26 , Hed (Planet Earth) and Skrape —all of whom released albums between 2000 and 2001—left more of
1323-567: A collective impression than individual ones". Despite what MTV wrote, the RIAA certified Korn's album Untouchables platinum in July 2002, and one of the album's singles, " Here to Stay ", received a lot of radio play and peaked at number one on MTV's Total Request Live twice. Untouchables sold at least 434,000 copies in first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200. However, Untouchables still did not sell as many copies as Korn's most commercially successful album, Follow
1512-433: A contract to rejoin the band but Corgan rescinded the offer soon after. Corgan released a statement denying the claims, stating "Ms. Wretzky has repeatedly been invited out to play with the group, participate in demo sessions, or at the very least, meet face-to-face, and in each and every instance she always deferred". Jack Bates (son of Joy Division bassist Peter Hook ) played bass on the tour. Bates previously toured with
1701-1265: A core feature of all metal genres, nu metal guitarists took the sounds of "violence and destruction" to new levels with their overdriven guitar tone, which music journalists Kitts and Tolinski compared to the "...sound [of] a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper." Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars that are generally down-tuned , rather than traditional six-string guitars . Likewise, some bass guitarists use five-string and six-string instruments. Bass guitar-playing in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements. In nu metal music, DJs are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling , turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Nu metal tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms. Vocal styles used in nu metal music include singing, rapping , screaming and growling . Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop. While some nu metal bands, such as Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park , have rapping in their music, other nu metal bands, such as Godsmack and Staind , do not. Nu metal bands occasionally feature hip hop musicians as guests in their songs; Korn's song "Children of
1890-541: A double album to serve as a sequel to the overarching story of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Machina: The Machines of God. The album was planned for release in 2021, however it wasn't until September 19, 2022, that the album's title, Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts , was revealed. Each act was released on its own, with the dates in order being November 15, 2022, January 31, 2023, and May 5, 2023. All of
2079-437: A female perspective. Rina Sawayama said "metal itself lends itself to toxic masculine tropes, but it's also almost taking the piss out of a very masculine expression of emotion". Smaller bands have also rose to the scene in the early 2020s with the genre, including London -based Wargasm , who have been " validated by the nu-metal daddies," after Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis described them as "his new favourite band." In
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#17328556378512268-402: A friend of Corgan's. Chamberlin knew little of alternative music and immediately changed the sound of the nascent band. As Corgan recalled of the period, "We were completely into the sad-rock, Cure kind of thing. It took about two or three practices before I realized that the power in his playing was something that enabled us to rock harder than we could ever have imagined." On October 5, 1988,
2457-589: A functioning band and go back to doing that". Corgan and Chamberlin continued to record as a duo, releasing the four-song EP American Gothic in January 2008 and the singles " Superchrist " and " G.L.O.W. " later that year. That November, the group released the DVD If All Goes Wrong , which chronicled the group's 2007 concert residences in Asheville, North Carolina and San Francisco, California. In late 2008,
2646-738: A hit single in April 2003 with the song " I Hate Everything About You ", while Lostprophets managed a hit single in December 2003 with the song " Last Train Home ", becoming the highest-charting single from a UK-based rock band that year. The Lostprophets' 2004 album Start Something was successful, peaking at number 4 on the UK Album Charts and number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200 . Although nu metal's popularity survived into 2002 and 2003, much of it had dropped significantly by 2004. By this point in time, indie and garage rock revival bands such as
2835-538: A label, as well as announcing recording was finished on the album. On February 15, 2018, founding members Iha and Chamberlin rejoined the band. They embarked on the Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour starting in July, with a focus on performing material from their first five studio albums. and sold over 350,000 tickets and sold-out arenas including The Forum, United Center , and Madison Square Garden. Original bassist D'arcy Wretzky claimed she had been offered
3024-428: A lot of closed-minded metal purists that would hate something because it's not true to metal or whatever, but Korn has never been a metal band, dude. We're not a metal band. We've always been looked at as what they called the nu-metal thing. But we've always been the black sheep and we never fitted into that kind of thing so ... We're always ever evolving, and we always piss fans off and we're gaining other fans and it
3213-452: A lot of the nu-metal bands that are out there, my response is that it seems really insincere to me. 'I've had a really shitty childhood and I'm really upset and I'm really ugly and I've put a lot of make-up on and I'm harder and faster and my voice sounds more like the cookie monster 's than yours does'. To me it all comes across as being comical, as being a parody of itself. In response to reports that Fred Durst , lead singer of Limp Bizkit,
3402-537: A mashup of the two artists following Aguilera's performance of her 1999 single " Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) ", the band played an excerpt of the song "Livin' It Up" possibly hinting at the song being a future single, though this never materialized for unknown reasons. The following weekend, the band announced a radio-broadcast listening party on New York's 92.3 WXRK live from Electric Lady Studios in New York City while they answered questions from callers, and
3591-406: A mix of live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. During 1995, Corgan wrote about 56 songs, following which the band went into the studio with producers Flood and Alan Moulder to work on what Corgan described as " The Wall for Generation X ", and which became Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , a double album of twenty-eight songs, lasting over two hours (the vinyl version of
3780-402: A moment in time and it's over." During the mid-2010s, there was a discussion within media of a possible nu metal revival because of bands fusing nu metal with other genres. Despite the lack of radio play and popularity, some nu metal bands recaptured some of their former popularity as they released albums in a nu metal style. Many metalcore and deathcore groups gained moderate popularity in
3969-535: A more alternative metal approach to the two albums compared to their past three efforts. In 2005, Limp Bizkit released an EP called The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) which had little promotion and advertising. The album was not very popular; its sales fell 67% during its second week of release. In 2006, Limp Bizkit went on hiatus. In 2012, vocalist Fred Durst said: "Here's the deal: say in 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were
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#17328556378514158-516: A more subdued appearance. Although Adore received favorable reviews and was nominated for Best Alternative Performance at the Grammy Awards, the album had only sold about 830,000 copies in the United States by the end of the year. The album nonetheless debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold three times as many copies overseas. The band began a seventeen-date, fifteen-city charity North American tour in support of Adore . At each stop on
4347-441: A night in jail. Commerford said in 2015, "I do apologize for Limp Bizkit. I really do. I feel really bad that we inspired such bullshit ... They're gone, though. That's the beautiful thing." "After Korn's 'Follow the Leader' blew the whole movement into orbit in 1998, nu-metal produced some ridiculous bands, to be sure. And to be fair, plenty of them dwelled in the realms of corny rap-rock and dull alternative radio rock with
4536-440: A nu metal revival as beginning in the 2010s with groups like Blood Youth , Cane Hill , Stray From The Path , Sworn In , DangerKids , Islander , and Blind Channel . Within this movement, nu metalcore became increasingly prominent through the popularity of groups like Vein.fm , Loathe and Code Orange . According to PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart, Code Orange's 2017 album Forever led to nu metalcore becoming "one of
4725-624: A part of" the reunion. The Smashing Pumpkins performed live for the first time since 2000 on May 22, 2007, in Paris, France. There, the band unveiled new touring members: guitarist Jeff Schroeder , bassist Ginger Reyes , and keyboardist Lisa Harriton . That same month, " Tarantula " was released as the first single from the band's forthcoming album. On July 7, the band performed at the Live Earth concert in New Jersey . The band's new album, Zeitgeist ,
4914-523: A peak with Linkin Park 's diamond-selling album Hybrid Theory . By the mid-2000s, however, the oversaturation of bands combined with the underperformance of several high-profile releases led to the subgenre's decline, leading to the rise of metalcore and many nu metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres. The 2010s brought a nu metal revival; many bands that combined it with other genres (for example, metalcore and deathcore ) emerged, and some nu metal bands from
5103-411: A photo of himself, Iha, and Chamberlin together in recording studio. In February 2018 Corgan announced that he was working with music producer Rick Rubin on a future Smashing Pumpkins album, that there were currently 26 songs he was actively working on, and that "the guitar feels once again like the preferred weapon of choice." Soon afterwards, Corgan shared a photo of sound equipment with Iha's name on
5292-419: A result of the incident. The Pumpkins chose to finish the tour, and hired drummer Matt Walker and keyboardist Dennis Flemion . Corgan later said the decision to continue touring was the worst decision the band had ever made, damaging both their music and their reputation. Chamberlin admitted in a 1994 Rolling Stone cover story that in the past he'd "gotten high in every city in this country and probably half
5481-597: A rotating lineup of musicians entitled Teargarden by Kaleidyscope , which encompassed stand-alone singles, EP releases, and two full albums that also fell under the project's scope— Oceania in 2012 and Monuments to an Elegy in 2014. Chamberlin became a touring member in 2015, before officially rejoining with Iha in 2018. The reunited lineup then released the albums Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. (2018) and Cyr (2020), in addition to Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts across three increments between 2022 and 2023. Schroeder departed from
5670-441: A scathing letter in response to an article praising the band, derisively comparing them to REO Speedwagon ("by, of and for the mainstream") and concluding their ultimate insignificance. Fred Armisen said the band simply "flew past us" in the 90s Chicago music scene after his own band Trenchmouth had produced five albums. The opening track and lead single of Siamese Dream , " Cherub Rock ", directly addresses Corgan's feud with
5859-456: A second track titled "The Colour of Love" from their album Cyr , which was released through their new record label Sumerian Records on November 27, 2020. It serves as the second part of the Shiny and Oh So Bright series. On September 25, 2020, the band released another single from Cyr that included the songs "Confessions of a Dopamine Addict" and "Wrath". On October 9, 2020, the band released
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6048-530: A show by the Dan Reed Network where they argued the merits of a band. After finding out that Wretzky played bass guitar, Corgan got her to join the band and the trio played a show at the Avalon Nightclub. After the show, Cabaret Metro owner Joe Shanahan agreed to book the band on the condition that they replace the drum machine with a live drummer. Jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was recommended by
6237-515: A softer sound. Noting Staind's change in style to a softer sound, Tommy Udo of Brave Nu World wrote: "It's often said that nobody over the age of 24 could possibly like Limp Bizkit or Korn, but Staind are a more mainstream band and their songs are likely to appeal to a much bigger fanbase." In August 2001, Slipknot released their album Iowa , which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum in October 2001. Critic John Mulvey called
6426-401: A song during the recording process, a tactic that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness co-producer Flood called the "Pumpkin guitar overdub army." Although there were a lot of overdubbed parts on Gish , Corgan began to really explore the possibilities of overdubbing with Siamese Dream ; Corgan has stated that "Soma" alone contains up to 40 overdubbed guitar parts. While Corgan knew many of
6615-939: A stake through the heart of the guitar solo". Another contrast with other heavy metal genres is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood, often its rhythm sounds. The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music. Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature. Blast beats and double bass drumming, which are both common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal , thrash metal and death metal, are uncommon in nu metal, with drummers such as Slipknot's Joey Jordison and Mudvayne 's Matt McDonough being notable exceptions. Nu metal's similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of common time , distorted guitars, and power chords and note structures primarily revolving around Dorian , Aeolian or Phrygian modes . While loud and heavily distorted electric guitars are
6804-424: A third single for Cyr that featured the tracks "Anno Satana" and "Birch Grove". On October 29, the band released "Ramona" and "Wyttch" as the fourth pair of singles. On November 20, 2020, the songs "Purple Blood" and "Dulcet in E" were released as the fifth and final single for Cyr. The following week, on November 27, 2020, the band released Cyr. In late 2020, Corgan announced that the band had begun work on
6993-491: A very direct tone. However, some nu metal songs have lyrics that are about other topics. P.O.D. has used positive lyrics about promise and hope. The nu metal song " Bodies " by Drowning Pool is about moshing . The Michigan Daily wrote about Limp Bizkit 's lyrics, writing that the band "used the nu-metal sound as a way to spin testosterone fueled fantasies into snarky white-boy rap. Oddly, audiences took frontman Fred Durst more seriously than he wanted, failing to see
7182-581: A world tour through to the end of 2010. One of the first shows with the new lineup was a concert to benefit Matthew Leone , bassist for the rock band Madina Lake , at the Metro on July 27, 2010. In late 2010 all four members contributed to the sessions for the third volume of Teargarden . On April 26, 2011, Corgan announced that the Smashing Pumpkins would be releasing a new album titled Oceania , which he labeled as "an album within an album" in regards to
7371-462: Is a big fan of Tool , the latter's vocalist Maynard James Keenan said, "If the lunch-lady in high school hits on you, you appreciate the compliment, but you're not really gonna start dating the lunch-lady, are ya?" While Durst has cited Rage Against the Machine as a major influence, Rage Against the Machine's bassist Tim Commerford is open about his hatred of Limp Bizkit, describing them as "one of
7560-496: Is a nu metal album, the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the single " Fly ", which is instead a reggae -oriented song. Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular, the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a pop rock band with its 1999 studio album 14:59 . Deftones' second album Around the Fur , also released in 1997, peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 on November 15, 1997. The album
7749-957: Is a subgenre of alternative metal . Sometimes stylized as nü-metal, the genre has also been dubbed aggro-metal. MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn "arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock ." Stereogum similarly said that nu metal was a "weird outgrowth of the Lollapalooza -era alt-metal scene". Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop , grunge , funk , and alternative rock according to Blabbermouth.net . Nu metal bands use many elements of heavy metal genres such as rap metal , groove metal , and funk metal . Some nu metal bands, such as Static-X and Dope , made nu metal music with elements of industrial metal . In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres, nu metal tends to use
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7938-534: Is how it is. Lamb of God 's vocalist Randy Blythe criticized the nu metal genre and spoke about its loss of popularity in 2004, saying: "Nu-metal sucks, so that's why that's dying off. And I think... people are ready for angrier music. I think people are ready for something that's real, not, you know, ' I did it all for the nookie .'" Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine said he would "rather have his eyelids pulled out" than listen to nu metal. Guitarist Gary Holt of Exodus and Slayer said that he "was so glad about"
8127-399: Is often credited as pioneering the subgenre in the mid-1990s. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s, with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit , and Slipknot all releasing albums that sold millions of copies. Its popularity continued through the early 2000s, with bands such as Papa Roach , Staind , and P.O.D. all selling multi-platinum albums. The popularity of nu metal came to
8316-595: Is proud to be associated with the subgenre and that nu metal bands "broke new musical ground" saying, "I think ' hair metal ' was cheesy. [But] I think 'nu metal' was different. I think what's beautiful about 'nu metal' is it's different. And you've got so many different influences." The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan praised nu metal, saying "I think it's fantastic. I think the more people are cross-pollinating between different musical styles… it not only has musical implications but it has cultural ones as well." Sevendust vocalist Lajon Witherspoon , when asked about
8505-509: The Billboard 200 . In 1995, the band Sugar Ray released its debut studio album Lemonade and Brownies , an album described as both funk metal and nu metal. In 1995, Deftones released their debut album Adrenaline . The album peaked at number 23 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on October 5, 1996. Deftones also were temporarily controversial in 1996 when their vocalist Chino Moreno
8694-435: The Billboard 200 and sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release. Attention through Ozzy Osbourne 's 1996 introduction of Ozzfest was integral to boosting the careers of many nu metal bands, including Limp Bizkit. Few artists were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as Sevendust , Coal Chamber, Limp Bizkit, and Papa Roach all released their debut albums, in what Billboard writer William Goodman calls
8883-723: The Billboard 200. Bring Me the Horizon , often described as a metalcore band, released their fifth album That's the Spirit , which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 , in 2015. The album draws from multiple genres including nu metal and would experiment further with nu metal on their 2020 album Post Human: Survival Horror . The band's keyboardist has described them as a nu metal band. Motionless In White in Graveyard Shift and Disguise features elements of industrial, gothic, metalcore and nu metal. Some media outlets viewed
9072-493: The Electric Light Orchestra , as well as shoegaze , a British alternative rock style of the late 1980s and early 1990s that relied on swirling layers of guitar noise for effect. Mellon Collie coproducer Alan Moulder was originally hired to mix Siamese Dream because Corgan was a fan of his work producing shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine , Ride , and Slowdive . Like many contemporary alternative bands,
9261-505: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and received various critical plaudits. After the release of Adore (1998) and a two-part project in 2000— Machina and Machina II —the group disbanded due to internal conflicts, drug use, and diminishing sales by the end of the 1990s. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, the Smashing Pumpkins were among the most critically and commercially successful bands of
9450-545: The Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project, in the fall. As with the previous recording sessions, all four band members contributed to the project. Also, the entire album catalog was to be remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, starting with Gish and Siamese Dream in November 2011. The pre- Gish demos, Pisces Iscariot , and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness were released in 2012, with The Aeroplane Flies High released
9639-471: The "indie-world". In spite of the backlash, Siamese Dream is often regarded as one of the greatest albums of the alternative rock genre, and one of the best albums of the 1990s. In 1994 Virgin released the B-sides /rarities compilation Pisces Iscariot which charted higher than Siamese Dream by reaching number four on the Billboard 200. Also released was a VHS cassette titled Vieuphoria featuring
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#17328556378519828-407: The 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu metal sound. Bands such as Of Mice & Men , Emmure , Issues , My Ticket Home , and Bring Me the Horizon combined nu metal with metalcore or deathcore. Artists like Grimes , Poppy , and Rina Sawayama integrated nu metal sounds into electronic pop music in the late 2010s and early 2020s, and interest in nu metal rose in the early 2020s. Nu metal
10017-418: The 1990s, often cited as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and an important act in the popularization of alternative rock. In 2006, Corgan and Chamberlin reconvened to record the band's seventh album, Zeitgeist . After touring throughout 2007 and 2008 with a lineup including new guitarist Jeff Schroeder , Chamberlin left the band in early 2009. Later that year, Corgan began a new recording series with
10206-490: The 2010s and used elements from nu metal. This fusion is nu metalcore . Suicide Silence's 2011 album The Black Crown , which features elements of nu metal and deathcore, peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200. In 2014, Issues ' self-titled debut album peaked at number 9 on the same chart. The album features elements of metalcore, nu metal, pop and R&B . Of Mice & Men's 2014 album Restoring Force , which features elements of nu metal, peaked at number 4 on
10395-477: The 2011 album Gold Cobra . In January 2000, Limp Bizkit sought to return to the studio in an effort to capitalize off of their mainstream success stemming from Significant Other ' s release the previous year. The band initially hired Rick Rubin to produce the record, though creative differences culminated in him abandoning the project after less than a week, culminating in Terry Date returning to produce
10584-445: The 2020s resurgence of the genre, also spoke highly: "It's funny. I don't mind being in that category because I feel it's awesome that music is resurging and we're not letting a movement get away from us and get so far away that we don't even like it or listen to it anymore." Jack Porter of The Michigan Daily defended nu metal , writing Unfortunately, some barriers prevent listeners from understanding nu-metal bands apart from
10773-427: The 2021 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance , making her the first female solo artist to be nominated for the award in its history. Dorian Electra incorporated nu metal influences on their album My Agenda , as did Ashnikko on Demidevil , particularly on single " Cry ". The Guardian noted that these mostly female artists have revived nu metal, a mostly male genre, and successfully adapted it to showcase
10962-506: The Banshees saying it was important to point back to bands that influenced them. Psychedelic rock was also referenced often in the band's early recordings; according to Corgan, "In typical Pumpkins fashion, no one at that point really liked loud guitars or psychedelic music so, of course, that's exactly what we had to do." Corgan felt that the band's guitars "are a mixture of heavy metal and 80s alternative rock. I think of Cure and Siouxsie and
11151-612: The Banshees". Corgan acknowledged that a chord he jokingly claimed as "the Pumpkin chord" (a G# octave chord at the eleventh fret of a guitar with the low E string played under it), used as the basis for "Cherub Rock", " Drown ", and other songs, was in fact previously used by Jimi Hendrix . Other early influences cited by Corgan include Cream , the Stooges , and Blue Cheer . Regarding the band's influence upon other groups, Greg Kot wrote in 2001, "Whereas Nirvana spawned countless mini-Nirvanas,
11340-558: The Barclays Center, where they recorded Oceania: Live in NYC , which was released on September 24, 2013. On March 25, 2014, Corgan announced he had signed a new record deal with BMG , for two new albums, titled Monuments to an Elegy and Day for Night , respectively. In June, it was revealed that Mike Byrne was no longer in the band, to be replaced by Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe on the new album, and Fiorentino would not be recording on
11529-544: The Bear . In July 2009 Billy Corgan formed a new group called Spirits in the Sky, initially as a tribute band to Sky Saxon of the Seeds , who had recently died. The following month Corgan confirmed on the band's website that 19-year-old Spirits in the Sky drummer Mike Byrne had replaced Chamberlin and that the pair was working on new Pumpkins recordings. The group announced plans to release
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#173285563785111718-521: The Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Billboard Independent . The album spawned two singles, " The Celestials " and " Panopticon ". The band proceeded to tour in support of the album, including a US tour involving playing the album in its entirety. By September 2012, Corgan stated that the band had already begun work on their next album. However, despite this, the band concentrated on touring, playing at Glastonbury Festival , Dour Festival and
11907-575: The East . The song "Zero", which reminded Iha of Judas Priest, is an example of what the band dubbed "cybermetal". Other bands Corgan cited as influences are Rainbow , Accept , Mercyful Fate , Dokken , Metallica , Slayer and Myrkur . Post-punk and gothic rock bands like Joy Division / New Order , Bauhaus , the Cure , and Depeche Mode were formative influences on the band, which covered such artists in concert and on record. Corgan also cited Siouxsie and
12096-631: The Hot Dog Flavored Water debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . The album sold 1,054,511 copies in its first week of being released, with 400,000 of those copies being sold in the album's first day of release—the largest first-week sales debut for a rock album in the United States ever since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking album sales in 1991. It was also the fifth highest-week debut sales of 2000, behind Eminem 's The Marshall Mathers LP , 'N Sync 's No Strings Attached , Backstreet Boys ' Black & Blue and Britney Spears ' Oops!... I Did It Again . In its second week of being released,
12285-410: The Hot Dog Flavored Water was listed in the book for 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die , but later removed in recent editions of the book. In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 2000 by Metal Hammer magazine. All lyrics are written by Fred Durst , except where noted; all music is composed by Wes Borland , Sam Rivers and John Otto , except where noted. Adapted from
12474-729: The Korn" features the rapper Ice Cube , who performed on the band's 1998 Family Values Tour . The hip hop musician Nas was featured on Korn's song "Play Me", which is on the band's album Take a Look in the Mirror . Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including Method Man , Lil Wayne , Xzibit , Redman , DMX and Snoop Dogg . Linkin Park collaborated with hip hop musician Jay-Z on their 2004 extended play Collision Course . Kid Rock has recorded with hip hop musicians Eminem and Snoop Dogg. Trevor Baker of The Guardian wrote, "Bands such as Linkin Park, Korn and even
12663-455: The Leader . Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation was released in July 2002 and sold more than a million copies that year, which MTV described as "impressive for a remix album". Additionally, P.O.D.'s popularity continued into 2002 with its 2001 album Satellite . In 2003, Linkin Park's album Meteora peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold at least 810,000 copies in its first week of being released. Meteora by Linkin Park
12852-475: The Mainstream Rock chart. In 2001, System of a Down 's album Toxicity peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified 6× platinum in the United States. System of a Down blended nu metal with occasional influences of Middle Eastern music , Greek music , Armenian music , and jazz music, and the band featured political lyrics. In 2003, MTV wrote that nu metal's mainstream popularity
13041-597: The Pumpkins remain an island unto themselves." Still, some artists and bands have been influenced by the Pumpkins, such as Nelly Furtado , Marilyn Manson , Deftones , Evanescence , Third Eye Blind , Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 , Tegan and Sara , Fall Out Boy , Rivers Cuomo , M83 , Panic! at the Disco , Silversun Pickups , Vision Eternel , My Chemical Romance , and Code Orange . My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has said that they pattern their career upon
13230-426: The Pumpkins undertook an extended world tour in support of Mellon Collie . Corgan's look during this period—a shaved head, a long-sleeve black shirt with the word "Zero" printed on it, and silver pants—became iconic. That year, the band also made a guest appearance in an episode of The Simpsons , " Homerpalooza ". With considerable video rotation on MTV, major industry awards, and "Zero" shirts selling in many malls,
13419-635: The Pumpkins were considered one of the most popular bands of the time. In May, the Smashing Pumpkins played a gig at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Despite the band's repeated requests for moshing to stop, a seventeen-year-old fan named Bernadette O'Brien was crushed to death. The concert ended early and the following night's performance in Belfast was cancelled out of respect for her. However, while Corgan maintained that moshing's "time [had] come and gone",
13608-505: The Pumpkins', including music videos. The members of fellow Chicago band Kill Hannah are friends with Corgan, and lead singer Mat Devine has compared his group to the Pumpkins. The group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide as of October 2012, and sales in the United States alone reaching 19.75 million. Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness have both appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's list of
13797-446: The RIAA. In April 2002, the album was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA. It also was certified 6× platinum by Music Canada in October 2001. Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water received mixed reviews from critics, as Metacritic gave it a 49 out of 100. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Durst's self-pitying and the monotonous music give away that the band bashed Chocolate Starfish out very quickly – it's
13986-480: The Sea , was released in 2003. After cancelling a few festival appearances, Corgan announced the demise of the band in 2003. During 2001 Corgan also toured as part of New Order and provided vocals on their comeback album Get Ready . In October 2004 Corgan released his first book, Blinking with Fists , a collection of poetry. In June 2005, he released a solo album, TheFutureEmbrace , which he described as "(picking) up
14175-667: The Smashing Pumpkins in 16 years. Iha also played at the second of the two Smashing Pumpkins shows at the Ace Hotel the following day, which was Easter Sunday. Iha joined the Pumpkins for a third time at their concert of April 14 at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. In July, Corgan began hinting of the possibility of reuniting the band original lineup, of himself, Iha, Wretzky, and Chamberlin, and in August, he stated he had begun reaching out to
14364-724: The Smashing Pumpkins in 2015. Multi-instrumentalist Katie Cole rejoined the band for the tour as well, singing backup vocals and playing keyboards and guitar. In March 2018, Corgan mentioned the band planned to release two EPs in 2018, with the first tentatively planned for May. On June 8, 2018, the first single from the set of music, " Solara ", was released. On August 2, 2018, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary by performing in Holmdel, New Jersey. with several notable special guests including Courtney Love, Chino Moreno, Davey Havok, Peter Hook, Mark McGrath, and Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer of The Killers. In September 2018, they announced
14553-435: The Smashing Pumpkins utilized shifts in song dynamics, going from quiet to loud and vice versa. Hüsker Dü's seminal album Zen Arcade demonstrated to the band how they could place gentler material against more aggressive fare, and Corgan made such shifts in dynamics central to the pursuit of his grand musical ambitions. Corgan said he liked the idea of creating his own alternative universe through sound that essentially tells
14742-408: The Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan." On February 17, 2004, Corgan posted a message on his personal blog calling Wretzky a "mean-spirited drug addict" and blaming Iha for the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins. On June 3, 2004, he added that "the depth of my hurt [from Iha] is only matched with the depth of my gratitude". Iha responded to Corgan's claims in 2005, saying, "No, I didn't break up
14931-612: The Strokes , The White Stripes , and Jet were achieving mainstream success as nu metal's popularity started to decline, and by the mid-late 2000s, the popularity of emo exceeded that of nu metal. Also during this time, metalcore , a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk , became one of the most popular genres in the new wave of American heavy metal, with the success of bands like Killswitch Engage , Shadows Fall , God Forbid , Unearth , Trivium , and Bullet for My Valentine . Groove metal band Lamb of God also became successful in
15120-538: The U.S. alone. Alongside the band's mounting mainstream recognition, the band's reputation as careerists among their former peers in the independent music community was worsened. Indie rock band Pavement's 1994 song "Range Life" directly mocks the band in its lyrics, although Stephen Malkmus , lead singer of Pavement, has stated, "I never dissed their music. I just dissed their status." Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould called them "the grunge Monkees ", and fellow Chicago musician/producer Steve Albini wrote
15309-517: The United States and became the best-selling double album of the decade. It also garnered seven 1997 Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year. The band won only the Best Hard Rock Performance award, for the album's lead single " Bullet with Butterfly Wings ". The album spawned five singles—"Bullet with Butterfly Wings", " 1979 ", " Zero ", " Tonight, Tonight " which Corgan stated
15498-664: The United States and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, many nu metal bands performed at Ozzfest, including Kittie , Disturbed, Mudvayne , Linkin Park , Slipknot, Papa Roach, Otep , Static-X , Methods of Mayhem , Taproot and Drowning Pool . Ozzfest was successful, with Ozzfest 2000, for example, selling out and having 19,000 audience members. During that same year, nu metal bands like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit joined rappers like Eminem and Xzibit on Eminem's Anger Management Tour , which had sold-out concerts. Late in 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album Hybrid Theory , which
15687-445: The United States and Canada as a summer tour across amphitheaters, indoor theaters, and one arena. The tour featured support from Stone Temple Pilots , Interpol, and Rival Sons , as well as select appearances by Corgan's National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) wrestlers along with tapings for NWA Powerrr . On October 19, 2023, Green Day played a small club show and handed out physical flyers that revealed in 2024 they would be touring
15876-606: The United States and Canada in stadiums with The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid , and The Linda Lindas . This tour was officially announced by all four bands on November 2, 2023, as The Saviors Tour . On October 24, 2023, it was announced in a statement posted on the band's social media that longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder had decided to leave the band "to explore a slightly different path". Following Schroeder's departure, on January 5, 2024, Smashing Pumpkins announced via their social media channels that they were accepting applications via email for an additional guitarist. By January 17,
16065-407: The United States in 1999. The album was frequently compared to Korn, and Coal Chamber's appearance on Ozzfest in 1996 gave the band attention. Coal Chamber appeared on Ozzfest during the next two years. Also in 1997, Sugar Ray released its second studio album Floored . The album achieved mainstream success quickly and was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA on February 20, 1998. Although Floored
16254-451: The United States, making it the highest-selling album of the year. Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory was certified 12× platinum by the RIAA and sold at least 10,222,000 copies in the United States. Crazy Town 's debut album The Gift of Game peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200, went platinum in February 2001, and sold at least 1,500,000 copies in the United States. Worldwide,
16443-571: The United States. However, the album garnered very poor critical reception and consequently performed much weaker than previous Limp Bizkit albums such as Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water . Korn's 2003 album Take a Look in the Mirror sold less than previous Korn albums like Issues and Untouchables . Despite the ongoing decline of the genre, several international bands began to experience success with nu metal, such as Three Days Grace from Canada, and Lostprophets from Wales. Three Days Grace managed to land
16632-577: The acts, along with ten extra songs, were compiled into a vinyl box set that was released the same day as the third grouping of songs. On February 22, 2022, the band announced on social media the Rock Invasion 2 Tour, which had previously been set to take place in spring 2020, postponed to fall 2020, and subsequently canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The newly announced incarnation of the tour had entirely new locations spanning eleven US cities accompanying
16821-441: The advent of alternative rock's mainstream breakthrough, their second album Siamese Dream (1993) established the band's popularity. Despite a tumultuous recording process, the album received acclaim and has been lauded as one of the best albums in the genre. Their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), furthered the band's popularity; it debuted atop the Billboard 200 , received diamond certification by
17010-413: The album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. , released via Napalm Records on November 16, 2018, which debuted at number 54 on the Billboard 200 chart. After touring through much of 2019, Corgan noted in January 2020 that the band was currently working on 21 songs for a future album release. On August 28, 2020, the band released the single and video for "Cyr", along with
17199-483: The album as "one of the strongest of their career", noted that the stalled sales for Machina in comparison to teen pop ascendant at the time "seems like concrete proof that a new wave of young pop fans has turned a deaf ear toward alternative rock." On May 23, 2000, in a live radio interview on KROQ-FM (Los Angeles), Billy Corgan announced the band's decision to break up at the end of that year following additional touring and recording. The group's final album before
17388-424: The album contained three records, two extra songs, and an alternate track listing). The songs were intended to hang together conceptually as a symbol of the cycle of life and death. Praised by Time as "the group's most ambitious and accomplished work yet", Mellon Collie debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in October 1995. Even more successful than Siamese Dream , it was certified ten times platinum in
17577-485: The album either. Monuments to an Elegy was released on December 5, 2014, to generally positive reviews. The band toured in support of the album starting on November 26, with Rage Against the Machine 's Brad Wilk filling in on drums and the Killers ' Mark Stoermer filling in on bass. The follow-up proposed album Day For Night was cited for delayed late 2015 or early 2016 release. Later in 2015 Corgan announced that
17766-640: The album had been "Limpdependence Day", but this was abandoned after the band failed to meet the deadline for their original intended release date of July 4. Despite numerous delays; the band managed to compose most of their new songs by August 2000; debuting the track "Livin' It Up" at that year's MTV Video Music Awards in a duet performance with Christina Aguilera . The band appeared at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000 due in large part as they were nominated for multiple awards; and in conjunction with their performance alongside Christina Aguilera . In
17955-475: The album name in three songs. First, "Livin' It Up", where he declares that, "The chocolate starfish is my man Fred Durst." (Wes Borland has stated in an interview when questioned on the naming of the album that, "Fred calls himself Chocolate Starfish, because people call him an asshole all the time.") Second, "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to, "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish," and "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" where he mentions "Chocolate Starfish" in
18144-472: The album sold 392,000 copies, and remained at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album also went to number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart , selling 98,707 copies in its first week in the country. Two months after its release date, the album was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) , and almost seven months after its release date, it was certified 5× platinum by
18333-453: The album sold at least 2,500,000 copies. Staind's 2001 album Break the Cycle debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with at least 716,000 copies sold in its first week of release. Break the Cycle by Staind was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA, with 4,240,000 copies sold in 2001 in the United States. Although the album featured nu metal tracks, a lot of the album showed Staind moving to
18522-482: The album the "absolute triumph of nu metal". P.O.D.'s 2001 album Satellite went triple-platinum and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. P.O.D.'s popularity continued in the year 2002. On June 5, 2001, Drowning Pool released a nu metal album titled Sinner , which features the song " Bodies ". The album went platinum on August 23, 2001 and its song "Bodies" became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands. "Bodies" went to number 6 on
18711-468: The album's liner notes. Limp Bizkit Additional personnel Production Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Nu metal In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pantera , Helmet , and Faith No More were influential in the development of nu metal with their groove metal and alternative metal styles. Korn
18900-468: The album's style, singer Chester Bennington stated, "We've really moved away from anything that sounds like nu-metal." Nu metal bands such as Disturbed, Soulfly , Drowning Pool, and Slipknot had begun to utilize heavier elements of groove metal , death metal and thrash metal into their music. Similarly to Limp Bizkit; Staind and Papa Roach had also begun experimenting with Alternative Rock into their sound. Staind's 2003 album 14 Shades of Grey
19089-488: The band announced that they would be bringing The World Is A Vampire Festival to Australia as a 10-date tour during the month of April. The lineup featured Jane's Addiction, Amyl & The Sniffers, Redhook , and Battlesnake, in addition to the wrestling matches similar to the singular date in Mexico. In between the band's time in Mexico and Australia, they announced on March 28, 2023, that they would bring The World Is A Vampire to
19278-409: The band asked Virgin to offer Machina II as a free download to anyone who bought Machina . When the record label declined, Corgan opted to release the material independently. On December 2, 2000, Smashing Pumpkins played a farewell concert at The Metro, the same Chicago club where their career had effectively started twelve years earlier. The four-and-a-half-hour-long show featured 35 songs spanning
19467-438: The band commenced on a controversy-riddled 20th Anniversary Tour. Around this time, Corgan said the group will make no more full-length records in order to focus exclusively on singles, explaining, "The listening patterns have changed, so why are we killing ourselves to do albums, to create balance, and do the arty track to set up the single? It's done." In March 2009 Corgan announced on the band's website that Chamberlin had left
19656-526: The band formally signed with Virgin Records , which was affiliated with Caroline. The band supported the album with a tour that included opening for bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers , Jane's Addiction , and Guns N' Roses . During the tour, Iha and Wretzky went through a messy breakup, Chamberlin became addicted to narcotics and alcohol, and Corgan entered a deep depression, writing some songs for
19845-450: The band had received over 10,000 submissions and employed eight people full-time to review each one. On April 26, the band announced that they had chosen Kiki Wong as their new touring guitarist, with Billy Corgan noting that he was a fan of hers "before she submitted her name to be considered." In June 2024, Corgan stated that the band had been spending the last 2 years working on a guitar-driven new studio album, partially in response to
20034-540: The band has undergone several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the primary songwriter and sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup consists of Corgan, Chamberlin, and Iha. The band has a diverse, densely layered sound, which evolved throughout their career and has contained elements of gothic rock , heavy metal , grunge , psychedelic rock , progressive rock , shoegaze , dream pop , and electronica . The band's first album, Gish (1991), became an underground success. In
20223-514: The band in 1999. On January 25, 2000, she was arrested after she allegedly purchased three bags of cocaine , but after successfully completing a court-ordered drug education program, the charges were dropped. Corgan insisted during this period that the band would not reform, although when Zwan broke up he announced, "I think my heart was in Smashing Pumpkins [...] I think it was naive of me to think that I could find something that would mean as much to me." Corgan said in 2005, "I never wanted to leave
20412-419: The band in October 2023. Following Schroeder's departure, the band's remaining members released Aghori Mhori Mei (2024). After the breakup of his gothic rock and metal band The Marked, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left St. Petersburg, Florida returning to his native city of Chicago, where he took a job in a record store and had the idea to start a band called the Smashing Pumpkins. While working at
20601-432: The band surprised fans by reuniting with a rehabilitated Jimmy Chamberlin for a brief tour dubbed "The Arising", which showcased both new and classic material. The lineup was short-lived, however, as the band announced the departure of Wretzky in September during work on the album Machina/The Machines of God , and the band was subsequently dropped by Sharon Osbourne Management . Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
20790-438: The band that created and pioneered the nu metal genre with its demo Neidermayer's Mind , which was released in 1993. McIver also acknowledged Korn as the band that started the new wave of American heavy metal , which is a heavy metal music movement that started in the 1990s. The aggressive riffs of Korn, the rapping of Limp Bizkit , and the melodic ballads of Staind created the sonic template for nu metal. The origins of
20979-473: The band to break through to widespread popularity, the band relocated to Marietta, Georgia , in late 1992 to begin work on their second album, with Butch Vig returning as producer. The decision to record so far away from their hometown was motivated partly by the band's desire to avoid friends and distractions during the recording, but largely as a desperate attempt to cut Chamberlin off from his known drug connections. The recording environment for Siamese Dream
21168-405: The band would continue to request open-floor concerts throughout the rest of the tour. The band suffered a personal tragedy on the night of July 11, 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a hotel room in New York City. Melvoin died, and Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession. A few days later, the band announced that Chamberlin had been fired as
21357-428: The band would embark on a co-headlining tour of North America with Marilyn Manson , " The End Times Tour ", across July and August 2015. Prior to the co-headlining dates, the band performed a series of acoustic shows with drum machines and tapes for percussion. When the time came for the co-headlining tour, plans for a drummer fell through and Corgan recruited Chamberlin to reunite for the shows. On February 1, 2016, it
21546-437: The band's previous album Infest and also said that Saliva's 2002 album Back into Your System has less hip hop elements than the band's 2001 album Every Six Seconds . MTV also wrote that Crazy Town's second album Darkhorse had no hit singles and sold less than the band's previous album The Gift of Game . MTV wrote that although Kid Rock's album Cocky had characteristics of the musician's 1998 album Devil Without
21735-477: The band's spring festival appearances, and four performances in Mexico, their first since 2013. In May 2022, the band announced plans for the Spirits on Fire tour with Jane's Addiction . In November 2022, The World is A Vampire Festival was announced for March 2023. The festival's lineup included Interpol , Turnstile , Peter Hook & The Light , Deafheaven , The Warning , and several others. In February 2023,
21924-474: The band. The only person who could have done that is Billy." On June 21, 2005, the day of the release of his first solo album TheFutureEmbrace , Corgan took out full-page advertisements in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times to announce that he planned to reunite the band. "For a year now", Corgan wrote, "I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among
22113-500: The book Brave Nu World , Tommy Udo wrote about the nu metal band Coal Chamber, "There's some evidence to suggest that Coal Chamber were the first band to whom the tag 'nu metal' was actually applied, in a live review in Spin magazine ." In 1994, Korn released their self-titled debut album , which is widely considered the first nu metal album. Korn had experienced underground popularity at this time; their debut album peaked at number 72 on
22302-558: The break-up, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music , was released in September 2000 in a limited pressing on vinyl with permission and instructions for free redistribution on the Internet by fans. Only twenty-five copies were cut, each of which was hand numbered and given to friends of the band along with band members themselves. The album, released under the Constantinople Records label created by Corgan, consisted of one double LP and three ten-inch EPs. Originally,
22491-448: The cities in Europe." But in recent years, he had reportedly been clean. On July 17, the Pumpkins issued a statement in which they said, "For nine years we have battled with Jimmy's struggles with the insidious disease of drug and alcohol addiction. It has nearly destroyed everything we are and stand for. … We wish [him] the best we have to offer". Meanwhile, the band had given interviews since
22680-736: The complete band took the stage for the first time at the Cabaret Metro. In 1989, the Smashing Pumpkins made their first appearance on record with the compilation album Light Into Dark , which featured several Chicago alternative bands. The group released its first single, " I Am One ", in 1990 on the local Chicago label Limited Potential. The single sold out and they released a follow-up, " Tristessa ", on Sub Pop ; then they signed to Caroline Records . The band recorded their 1991 debut studio album Gish with producer Butch Vig at his Smart Studios in Madison , Wisconsin, for $ 20,000 . In order to gain
22869-463: The consistency he desired, Corgan often played all instruments excluding drums, which created tension in the band. The music fused heavy metal guitars, psychedelia , and dream pop , garnering them comparisons to Jane's Addiction . Gish became a minor success, with the single " Rhinoceros " receiving some airplay on modern rock radio. After releasing the Lull EP in October 1991 on Caroline Records,
23058-426: The death of Corgan's mother and his divorce, 1998's Adore represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins' previous guitar-based rock, veering into electronica. The record, cut with assistance from drum machines and studio drummers including Matt Walker, was infused with a darker aesthetic than much of the band's earlier work. The group also modified its public image, shedding its alternative rock look for
23247-942: The decline of nu metal . Some musicians who influenced nu metal have tried to distance themselves from the subgenre and its bands. Mike Patton , the vocalist of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle , tried to distance himself from the subgenre and criticized it, even though he is featured on the song "Lookaway" on Sepultura 's album Roots , which is often considered a nu metal album. Patton said of his music's influence on nu metal, "I feel no responsibility for that, it's their mothers' fault, not mine". Helmet frontman Page Hamilton said, "It's frustrating that people write [us] off because we're affiliated with or credited with or discredited with creating nu-metal and rap metal ... which we sound nothing like". Although Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has said he knows some Korn members and that he thinks they are "cool guys", he also criticized nu metal, saying: When I'm asked what do I think of
23436-521: The dumbest bands in the history of music". At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards , Limp Bizkit won the Best Rock Video category for their song " Break Stuff ", beating Rage Against the Machine's " Sleep Now in the Fire ". When Limp Bizkit accepted their award, Commerford went on stage and climbed 20 ft (6 m) up a backdrop, rocking back and forth. After the incident, Commerford was arrested and spent
23625-557: The early 2020s, several media outlets noted that nu metal has undergone a resurgence in interest among Generation Z listeners. In 2023, Google Searches for the term "nu metal" were reported as being at their highest in "nearly 20 years". Deftones and Slipknot began gaining popularity among Generation Z in the early 2020s when their music was featured in videos on the app TikTok . Also, several nu metal bands returned and released new music after decades like Staind , Adema , Alien Ant Farm and Kittie . Despite its popularity in
23814-480: The fastest-selling rock album ever and breaking the world record held for seven years by Pearl Jam 's Vs. Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA. That same year, both Papa Roach's second studio album Infest and Disturbed 's debut studio album The Sickness were released. Both albums became multi-platinum hits. In 2000, P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown went platinum in
24003-417: The festival, violence occurred and people tore plywood from the walls during the performance of the band's song " Break Stuff ". Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival; a rape that was reported during Limp Bizkit's performance, and gang rape was reported to have occurred during Korn's set at the festival. Despite the incidents at the festival, Limp Bizkit's popularity and
24192-442: The film Batman & Robin . With Matt Walker on drums, the song featured a heavy sound similar to "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" while still having strong electronic influences. The song later won the 1998 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Though Corgan announced that the song represented the sound people could expect from the band in the future, the band's next album would feature few guitar-driven songs. Recorded following
24381-471: The first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams". Corgan and Chamberlin were verified as participants in the reunion, but there was question as to whether other former members of the band would participate. In April 2007 Iha and Auf der Maur separately confirmed that they were not taking part in the reunion. Chamberlin would later state that Iha and Wretzky "didn't want to be
24570-505: The following year. Adore was released in 2014. Machina/The Machines of God and the yet commercially unreleased Machina II/Friends and Enemies of Modern Music were expected to be combined, remixed, and released in the same year but were not released due to label hang-ups. The band did a thirteen-city US tour in October 2011 followed by a European tour in November and December. Oceania was released on June 19, 2012, and received generally positive reviews. The album debuted at No. 4 on
24759-481: The genre. Although multiple nu metal musicians rejected the nu metal label, Limp Bizkit 's vocalist Fred Durst defended it, saying "Nu metal let people open up and it meant something to people. It really did." Slipknot 's vocalist Corey Taylor , also defended nu metal, saying "I'd like to think that that whole nu-metal wave was so important to that next wave of American heavy metal, to be honest." Coal Chamber 's vocalist Dez Fafara also defended nu metal. He said he
24948-460: The group and would be replaced. Chamberlin subsequently stated that his departure from the band was "a positive move forward for me. I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don't fully possess." Chamberlin stressed that the split was amicable, commenting, "I am glad [Corgan] has chosen to continue under the name. It is his right." Chamberlin soon formed the band Skysaw , which has released an album and toured in support of Minus
25137-456: The group's career, and attendees were given a recording of the band's first concert at The Metro, Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88 . The single " Untitled " was released commercially to coincide with the farewell show. In 2001 the compilation Rotten Apples was released. The double-disc version of the album, released as a limited edition, included a collection of B-sides and rarities called Judas O . The Greatest Hits Video Collection DVD
25326-579: The group's reunion, "Everyone knows Billy doesn't need too many people to make a Pumpkins record, other than Jimmy [Chamberlin]—who he has on board." In a 2015 interview Corgan himself referred to the current iteration of the band "as sort of an open source collective" noting that "It's whoever feels right at the time." Many of Corgan's lyrics for the Pumpkins are cathartic expressions of emotion, full of personal musings and strong indictments of himself and those close to him. Music critics were not often fans of Corgan's angst-filled lyrics. Jim DeRogatis wrote in
25515-416: The heavy metal genre. Stephen Hill of Louder Sound called the rise of metalcore after the decline of nu metal "the metalcore revolution". By 2004, several nu metal bands had begun to experiment with other genres to adapt to the changes in trends. Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight , released in 2007, was noted for its near-complete departure from the band's nu metal sound. Describing
25704-465: The identity that genre label has given them—picture a bone-headed suburban white kid sporting a backwards baseball cap. What used to be a descriptor for a specific strain of alternative metal turned into a ghetto for every band that a) plays extremely heavy yet radio-friendly music and b) sucks. Because the genre came to be defined by its lack of quality, many 'serious' music fans have missed out on what it has to offer. Some nu metal musicians have rejected
25893-1367: The intentional silliness in many of his songs". Limp Bizkit's lyrics have also been described as misogynistic. Dope 's lyrics are usually about sex, drugs, parties, women, violence, and relationships. In contrast, according to Josh Chesler of the Phoenix New Times , the lyrics of Deftones , who were once considered a nu metal band, "tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations." Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants, shirts, and shorts, JNCO jeans, Adidas tracksuits, sports jerseys, baseball caps, baggy hoodies , cargo pants , and sweatpants . Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include dreadlocks , braids , spiky hair, chin beards, bald heads, goatees , frosted tips , and bleached or dyed hair . Common accessories in nu metal fashion include wallet chains, tattoos, and piercings, especially facial piercings. Nu metal fashion has been compared to hip hop fashion . Some nu metal bands such as Motograter , Mushroomhead , Mudvayne , and Slipknot wear masks, jumpsuits, costumes, face paint, corpse paint or body paint . A few nu metal bands, such as Coal Chamber , and Kittie are known for having gothic appearances. Thrash metal band Anthrax
26082-512: The introduction. Numerous critics and fans speculated that the name was a humorous parody of Smashing Pumpkins ' 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness . The song "Hot Dog" features the word " fuck " 47 times; Durst points out in the lyrics "If I say "fuck" two more times, that's forty-six "fuck"s in this fucked up rhyme". The chorus references the Nine Inch Nails songs " Closer ", " The Perfect Drug " and " Burn ". Durst said he
26271-552: The label nu metal and have tried to distance themselves from it. Slipknot prefer to distance themselves from other nu metal groups, describing their music as "metal metal" and equating their link to nu metal as a coincidence of their time of emergence. The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins ) is an American alternative rock band from Chicago . Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan , guitarist James Iha , bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin ,
26460-581: The late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal has often been criticized by many fans of heavy metal music, often being labelled with derogatory terms such as "mallcore" and "whinecore". Gregory Heaney of AllMusic called nu metal "one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream". Lucy Jones of NME called nu metal "the worst genre of all time". In Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death ... , Garry Sharpe-Young described nu metal as "a dumbed-down and—thankfully short[-]lived exercise". When Machine Head moved to
26649-444: The late 2010s and early 2020s. Poppy has incorporated nu metal on her albums Am I a Girl? and I Disagree , Grimes on album Miss Anthropocene and Rina Sawayama on Sawayama . The songs " We Appreciate Power " and " Play Destroy " were pioneering examples. Poppy has described this fusion as "nu-Poppy" or "Poppymetal". I Disagree received critical acclaim for this fusion, with single " Bloodmoney " nominated for
26838-532: The listener, "Welcome to Pumpkin Land, this is what it sounds like on Planet Pumpkin." This emphasis on atmosphere carried through to Adore (described as "arcane night music" in prerelease promotion) and the Machina albums (concept records that tell the story of a fictional rock band). The Pumpkins drew inspiration from a variety of other genres, some unfashionable during the 1990s among music critics. Corgan in particular
27027-419: The magazine: "We actually got sued over this piece of shit. There was some sort of sample used in it that someone didn't get full clearance for, so we ended up getting into some serious trouble for a little while." When the album was later released onto streaming services, the track "Getcha Groove On (Dirt Road Mix)", from their remix album New Old Songs , replaced the original version. Chocolate Starfish and
27216-600: The most prominent flavors of contemporary metal". While some media outlets believed these 2010s artists marked the start of a nu metal revival, Metal Hammer writer Dannii Leivers cited the aforementioned groups as simply hinting towards a revival, instead claiming a revival began in 2021, "a crop of young revivalists... looking to put a brand-new spin on the music of their formative years", namely Tetrarch . Other notable acts in this wave include Tallah , Orthodox , Vended , and Wargasm . Electronic and art pop singer-songwriters incorporated nu metal into their sound in
27405-497: The much reviled Limp Bizkit ... did far more to break down the artificial barriers between 'urban music' and rock than any of their more critically acceptable counterparts." Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic; many of the genre's lyrics focus on topics such as pain, angst, bullying, emotional issues, abandonment, betrayal, and personal alienation, in a way similar to those of grunge. Many nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in
27594-450: The negative reception of the emphasis of synthesizers on the Atum releases. The following month, the band announced their thirteenth album, Aghori Mhori Mei , would be released on August 2. The album would only be released digitally at first, before physical editions follow later. The Smashing Pumpkins have been regarded as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and contributed greatly to
27783-586: The new songs for the upcoming album to be released after the In Plainsong tour. The tour began in Portland, Oregon, on March 22, 2016. On his birthday on March 26, 2016, original guitarist James Iha joined Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jeff Schroeder on stage unannounced at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. He performed a few songs, including "Mayonaise", "Soma" and "Today" marking his first appearance with
27972-551: The nu metal genre with their album The Burning Red and their vocalist Robb Flynn spiked his hair in the fashion of many nu metal musicians, the band were accused of " selling out " and many fans criticized their change of appearance and musical style. Machine Head's drummer Dave McClain said, "Pissing people off isn't a bad thing, you know? For people to be narrow-minded is bad ... [i]t doesn't bother us at all, we know we're going to piss people off with this record, but some people hopefully will actually sit down and listen to
28161-504: The nu metal genre. In 1999, Korn's fourth studio album Issues peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA in one month. The album sold at least 573,000 copies in its first week of release. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple nu metal bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and P.O.D. appeared repeatedly on Total Request Live . As nu metal became popular, it especially appealed to certain groups of young people. Although Limp Bizkit
28350-457: The occasional heavy riff or tendency to scream, making their designation as 'metal' quite dubious indeed ... [b]ut the movement also produced plenty of heavier bands with primarily metal influences". Metal Underground on nu metal's association with heavy metal. Jody MacGregor of FasterLouder called nu metal "music's most hated genre"; conversely, he also wrote that nu metal is "not as bad as people think", praising several examples of
28539-420: The original lineup about the feasibility of a reunion, including speaking to Wretzky for the first time in sixteen years. Despite the comments, Corgan would spend much of 2017 working on solo material – recording and releasing the solo album Ogilala and beginning work on another solo album for 2018. In June 2017 Chamberlin also mentioned the possibility of a reunion tour in 2018. In January 2018 Corgan shared
28728-600: The record. Through multiple interviews, Fred Durst and guitarist Wes Borland often expressed that they had very little material prepared for the writing sessions, with Borland claiming during an interview in January 2000; "I don't think that we entered the studio with a method, or there's like 17,000 methods and we used all of them". Recording sessions took longer than expected as the band regularly experimented with newer material whilst simultaneously touring as headliners in Napster 's Back-To-Basics tour. The longtime working title for
28917-411: The release of Mellon Collie stating that it would be the last conventional Pumpkins record, and that rock was becoming stale. James Iha said at the end of 1996, "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music." After the release of Mellon Collie , the Pumpkins contributed many songs to various compilations. Released in early 1997, the song " Eye ", which appeared on
29106-644: The release. "Livin' It Up" samples " Life in the Fast Lane " by the American rock band Eagles . The lyrics of "My Generation" reference " My Generation " by The Who and " Welcome to the Jungle " by Guns N' Roses . The track "Getcha Groove On" used an uncredited sample of music that is played during the Aerial Trapeze Act of Cirque Du Soleil's Cirque Reinvente. In the September 2008 issue of Kerrang! , Wes Borland told
29295-633: The rise of the generation's prevalence in Western popular culture . The direction of the band is dominated by lead guitarist, lead vocalist, keyboardist, bassist and primary songwriter Billy Corgan, who has been the band's sole constant member since its inception. Journalist Greg Kot wrote, "The music [of the Smashing Pumpkins] would not be what it is without his ambition and vision, and his famously fractured relationships with his family, friends, and bandmembers." Melissa Auf der Maur commented upon news of
29484-467: The sales of their then-recent album Significant Other were not affected. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release, topping over one million sold in two weeks, and eventually being certified 7× platinum in 2001. Significant Other sold at least 7,237,123 copies in the United States. In 1999, Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound, releasing their self-titled album , which
29673-445: The same structure of verses, choruses, and bridges as those in pop music. Instrumentation in nu metal is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs , with riffs often being inspired by groove metal. Mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal. Kory Grow of Revolver wrote, "... [i]n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, nu-metal effectively drove
29862-518: The songs would be difficult or impossible to replicate from their recorded versions in concert (in fact, some songs were drastically altered for live performance), he has explained the use of overdubbing by posing the question "When you are faced with making a permanent recorded representation of a song, why not endow it with the grandest possible vision?" This use of multilayered sounds was inspired by Corgan's love of 1970s popular artists and bands such as David Bowie , Cheap Trick , Queen , Boston , and
30051-420: The sound of a band determined to deliver a sequel in a finite amount of time." The Rolling Stone Album Guide awarded the album three out of five stars, whereas the magazine itself gave the album a 3.5 out of 5. Readers of Kerrang! voted it as the worst album of 2000, with the band and Fred Durst also being voted the worst band of 2000 and "Arse of the Year", respectively. Even so, Chocolate Starfish and
30240-511: The soundtrack to David Lynch 's Lost Highway , relied almost exclusively on electronic instruments and signaled a drastic shift from the Pumpkins' previous musical styles. At the time, Corgan stated his "idea [was] to reconfigure the focus and get away from the classic guitars-bass-drum rock format." Later that year, the group contributed " The End Is the Beginning Is the End " to the soundtrack for
30429-431: The special, in which they later allowed him to cohost per his own request. The first part of the title is a slang term for the human anus . Hot Dog Flavored Water is an in-joke started by Wes Borland at a truck stop while the band was on tour during the summer of 2000, in which Borland saw bottles of Crystal Geyser flavored water , and made a joke about having meat or hot dog flavored water. Durst himself refers to
30618-677: The station played several songs of the album. To generate further attention for the album's release; the band's management group The Firm hosted a large scale party at the Playboy Mansion in Southern California on the night of the album's release. The band aired a full hour-long special on MTV with numerous celebrities present; such as Chino Moreno from Deftones , David Silveria from Korn , Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray , Brandon Boyd from Incubus , Xzibit and more. Durst had initially approached MTV producers with his proposal for
30807-512: The store he met guitarist James Iha . Adorning themselves with paisley and other psychedelic trappings, the two began writing songs (with the aid of a drum machine ) which were heavily influenced by the Cure and New Order . The duo performed live for the first time on July 9, 1988, at the Polish bar Chicago 21. This performance included only Corgan on bass and Iha on guitar with a drum machine. Shortly thereafter, Corgan met D'arcy Wretzky after
30996-429: The studio. Meanwhile, Chamberlin quickly managed to find new connections and was often absent without any contact for days at a time. In all, it took over four months to complete the record, with the budget exceeding $ 250,000 . Despite all the problems in its recording, Siamese Dream became the band's mainstream breakthrough, peaking at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over four million copies in
31185-517: The term "nu metal" are often attributed to the work of producer Ross Robinson , who has been called "The Godfather of Nu Metal" between producers. Robinson has produced for nu metal bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot. Many of the first nu metal bands, such as Korn and Deftones , came from California; however, the genre soon spread across the United States and many bands arose from various states, including Limp Bizkit from Florida, Staind from Massachusetts , and Slipknot from Iowa . In
31374-516: The thread of the as-yet-unfinished work of the Smashing Pumpkins". Despite this, it was greeted with generally mixed reviews and lackluster sales. Only one single, "Walking Shade", was released in support of the album. In addition to drumming with Zwan, Jimmy Chamberlin also formed an alternative rock/ jazz fusion project band called Jimmy Chamberlin Complex . The group released an album in 2005 titled Life Begins Again . Corgan provided guest vocals on
31563-411: The time. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart in the United States, selling 1,054,511 copies in its first week alone. The album ultimately sold over 6.7 million copies in the United States alone as it would also go onto receive platinum certification in 13 countries, selling a further 10 million copies worldwide. It is the band's last album to feature guitarist Wes Borland until
31752-503: The tour, the band donated 100 percent of ticket sales to a local charity organization. The tour's expenses were entirely funded out of the band's own pockets. All told, the band donated over $ 2.8 million to charity as a result of the tour. On October 31, 1998, during Halloween, the band opened for Kiss at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles , dressed in costume as the Beatles . In 1999
31941-481: The track "Lokicat". James Iha served as a guitarist in A Perfect Circle , appearing on their Thirteenth Step club tour and 2004 album, eMOTIVe . He has also been involved with other acts such as Chino Moreno 's Team Sleep and Vanessa and the O's . He continues to work with Scratchie Records , his own record label, as well. D'arcy Wretzky has, aside from one radio interview in 2009, not made any public statements or appearances nor given any interviews since leaving
32130-560: The upcoming album in the parking garage where he lived at the time. With the breakthrough of alternative rock into the American mainstream due to the popularity of grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam , the Smashing Pumpkins were poised for major commercial success. At this time, the Smashing Pumpkins were routinely lumped in with the grunge movement, with Corgan protesting, "We've graduated now from 'the next Jane's Addiction' to 'the next Nirvana', now we're 'the next Pearl Jam'." Amid this environment of intense internal pressure for
32319-459: The whole record". Robb Flynn, Machine Head's vocalist, said There's a minute and a half of rapping on that album. The other 53 minutes of the record are like a giant scar being ripped open while I projectile-vomit through it. If all that people got out of [ The Burning Red ] was rap-metal, then they didn't fucking listen to it. Jonathan Davis, the vocalist of Korn, spoke about the criticism of nu metal from heavy metal fans, saying: There's
32508-410: Was a big fan of Nine Inch Nails, who inspired his music, although Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor had made negative remarks about Durst during that period. Reviewers have often interpreted Durst's lyrics in "Hot Dog" as an insult to Reznor. The lyrical references to Reznor's music led to him getting a co-writer credit, which Reznor said he approved as the record was going to print as not to hold up
32697-457: Was also released at the same time. This was a compilation of all of the Pumpkins promo videos from Gish to Machina along with unreleased material. Vieuphoria was released on DVD in 2002, as was the soundtrack album Earphoria , previously released solely to radio stations in 1994. Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin reunited in 2001 as members of Corgan's next project, the short-lived supergroup Zwan . The group's only album, Mary Star of
32886-497: Was an influence on nu metal by combining hip hop and rap with heavy metal on their 1987 EP I'm the Man , which laid groundwork for nu metal's development. Nu metal bands often borrowed their heavy metal influence from Pantera, with the pioneering nu metal band Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis said about Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell , "if there was no Dimebag Darrell, there would be no Korn". Joel McIver acknowledged Korn as
33075-413: Was announced that the band would continue their In Plainsong acoustic tour with Jimmy Chamberlin on drums and were planning to head "straight to the studio after the dates to record a brand new album inspired by the sounds explored in the new acoustic setting". On February 25, 2016, Corgan posted a video from a Los Angeles studio on the band's Facebook account, giving an update on the writing process for
33264-550: Was blamed by TV news reports for a riot that occurred at the 1996 U-Fest festival. Adrenaline was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999. It was also certified platinum by the RIAA in September 2008. Sepultura's 1996 album Roots features nu metal elements that were considered influential to the genre, while Roots itself was influenced by Korn's self-titled debut album. Nu metal continued to rise in popularity when Korn's 1996 album Life Is Peachy peaked at number 3 on
33453-522: Was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999, and certified platinum by the RIAA in June 2011. In 1998, nu metal's popularity fully coalesced into mainstream success. Billboard cited August 18, 1998, as the "Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History", which saw the release of Korn's third album Follow the Leader , Kid Rock 's major label debut Devil Without
33642-489: Was certified multi-platinum in the United States and sold at least 6,100,000 copies in the United States. Limp Bizkit's 2003 album Results May Vary , which features a change in sound with many alternative rock songs alongside nu metal songs, peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200, with sales of at least 325,000 copies in its first week of being released. In 2004, Blabbermouth.net reported that, according to Nielsen SoundScan , Results May Vary sold 1,337,356 copies in
33831-624: Was certified platinum in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2005. In a review of the band's self-titled album, Rick Anderson of AllMusic wrote about Slipknot, "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're the Osmonds . These guys are something else entirely." Anderson noted the death metal influence on the album. Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison , noted by Anderson for his death metal-influenced drumming, said of Slipknot's music: "The roots are death metal, thrash, speed metal , and I could go on and on about all those bands." In 1999, Staind's second album Dysfunction
34020-671: Was declining in 2002, citing that Korn's fifth album Untouchables and Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy both sold less than the bands' previous releases. Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis believed music piracy was the reason for the lower amount of sales of Untouchables compared to Follow the Leader and Issues because Untouchables had been leaked to the Internet more than four months before its official release date. MTV also wrote that nu metal bands were played less frequently on radio stations and MTV began focusing on other musical genres. MTV wrote that Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy has less hip hop elements than
34209-602: Was inspired by the Cheap Trick song "I'll Be with You Tonight", and " Thirty-Three "—of which the first three were certified gold and all but "Zero" entered the Top 40. Many of the songs that did not make it onto Mellon Collie were released as B-sides to the singles, and were later compiled in The Aeroplane Flies High box set. The set was originally limited to 200,000 copies, but more were produced to meet demand. In 1996
34398-498: Was open about his appreciation of heavy metal, citing Dimebag Darrell of Pantera as his favorite contemporary guitarist. When one interviewer commented to Corgan and Iha that "Smashing Pumpkins is one of the groups that relegitimized heavy metal" and that they "were among the first alternative rockers to mention people like Ozzy and Black Sabbath with anything other than contempt", Corgan went on to rave about Black Sabbath's Master of Reality and Judas Priest 's Unleashed in
34587-464: Was particularly popular among " jocks " and fraternity men due to its hedonistic, hypermasculine lyrics, many other nu metal bands, especially the bands with heavier music, instead appealed particularly to mall goths and outsiders who identified with the genre's typically angsty lyrics. The Woodstock 1999 festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and Sevendust . During and after Limp Bizkit's performance at
34776-416: Was quickly marred by discord within the band. As was the case with Gish , Corgan and Vig decided that Corgan should play nearly all of the guitar and bass parts on the album, contributing to an air of resentment. The contemporary music press began to portray Corgan as a tyrant. Corgan's depression, meanwhile, had deepened to the point where he contemplated suicide, and he compensated by practically living in
34965-467: Was recruited for the "Sacred and Profane" tour in support of the album and appeared in the videos accompanying its release. Released in 2000, Machina was initially promoted as the Pumpkins' return to a more traditional rock sound, after the more gothic, electronic-sounding Adore . The album debuted at number three on the Billboard charts, but quickly disappeared and as of 2007 had only been certified gold. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis , who described
35154-494: Was released that same month on Reprise Records , entering the Billboard charts at number two and selling 145,000 copies in its first week. Zeitgeist received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism targeted at the absence of half of the original lineup. The album divided the Pumpkins' fanbase. Corgan would later admit, "I know a lot of our fans are puzzled by Zeitgeist . I think they wanted this massive, grandiose work, but you don't just roll out of bed after seven years without
35343-524: Was released; the track " Mudshovel " peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart . Dysfunction was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2004. In 2000, Limp Bizkit's third studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water set a record for highest week-one sales of a rock album, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release—400,000 of which sold on its first day of release, making it
35532-411: Was significantly less heavy than previous albums and shows the band's departure from nu metal and a movement towards a lighter sound. Papa Roach abandoned the nu metal genre entirely with their 2004 album Getting Away with Murder , moving to a hard rock style. System of a Down released two albums in 2005, Mezmerize and Hypnotize . Both did well commercially and critically, but the band took
35721-495: Was the best-selling debut album by any artist of any genre in the 21st century and nu metal's popularity peak. The album was also the best-selling album of 2001. Linkin Park earned a Grammy Award for their second single " Crawling ". Their fourth single, " In the End ", was released late in 2001 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2002. In 2001, Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory sold 4,800,000 copies in
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