The least worst of Nu-Metal

I always do 3 cd sets. I made a blues 3cd set, a hip hop 3cd set, two 80's 3 cd set, 10 indie rock 3 cds set, a Jandek 3cd set, a Prince 3 cd set... This is totally arbitrary.

- Based on this thread so far, it sounds like there's a very strong, enjoyable single "Least Worst of Nu-Metal," but it also sounds like stretching it into 3 discs is gonna be tough. Even by the standards of the folks here who have the most interest in the genre.

Yes, you are right. I will try to do a 2 cd set.

- Personally, I'm only gonna second what's already been said: "Chop Suey" is a good song, and there's a good bit of Deftones stuff out there worth inclusion.

Thank You and thanks to all of you.

If ever a genre could be distilled to one disc, it was nu-metal.

Feitciera
Digital Bath
Street Carp
Teenage
Knife prty
Change (In The House Of Flies)
Pink Maggit
Hexagram
Minerva
When Girls Telephone Boys
Battle-Axe
Moana

Probably not, right?

it's their depeche mode-isms, innit? (not to mention the deftones' mbv-isms/swervedriver-isms/shoegazer tendencies)

(* = unless tool counts as nu-metal. but even after all this time, that's still an open question, yes?)

Bring Me to Life: The Least Worst of Nu-Metal:

1. "Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence
2. "Du Hast" - Rammstein
3. "Just Like You" - Three Days Grace
4. "Duality" - Slipknot
5. "The Reason" - Hoobastank
6. "Got the Life" - KoRn
7. "Alive" - P.O.D.
8. "In the End" - Linkin Park
9. "Toxicity" - System of a Down
10. "Push It" - Static-X
12. "Blue Monday" - Orgy
13. "My Own Summer (Shove It)" - The Deftones
14. "Broken" - Seether f/ Amy Lee
15. "Last Train Home" - Lostprophets

Rammstein's Mutter is extremely underappreciated in the States.

"Broken" was a last minute addition because I wanted another power ballad. It might've been inappropriate.

"The Reason" itself isn't too nu-metal but the band is and their other songs suck. It's a bit of a stretch I suppose but I don't find it too inappropriate.

"Last Resort" is terrible. I might enjoy its presence on the mix because it's pretty fucking hysterical, but I wanted to make the most legitimate case possible for nu-metal as a truly worthwhile genre. It's not a great case but I think it probably works OK.

Can't have System without 'Sugar', which is far and away their greatest song. (they are obv 'nu-mental')

'Wait and bleed' seconded, as it is a pretty little folk song; bizkit's 'break stuff' was fucking iconic. And Pitchshifter were pretty decent, too, not that I can think of any song titles off the top of my head. Marylin Manson's 'Rock is dead' was also pretty damn near classic.

+ That remix of Rob Zombie's 'Dragula'!

...oh, man. I dig out my old mixtapes now!

There's an Adema video on the Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance game disc. I think the song might even be about Mortal Kombat. It's pathetic.

The overly earnest ballads are my Incubus of choice.

(Bill: The Rasmus are probably one of the ten biggest bands in the world at the moment, but they don't seem too bothered about cracking the US yet).

-- AaronHz (aaronh...), August 2nd, 2004.

Oh, yeah! I remember looking at it and just shaking my head.

It has effeminate pop-star vocals, but the guitar line and production are totally nu-metal. I-IIIm. Suck it.

The world? You mean they've broken beyond Europe?

"All Wrong" was pretty good too.

I once interviewed
Kittie's drummer, she was cool.
So I vote for them.

ummmdaktaummmdaktaEEBA ummdaktaummmdaktaEEBA!

And I'm pretty sure that's the song I was talking about. ("I GET STUPIFIYYED! I GET STUPIFIYYED!) I don't have the cojones to download it.

Its odd how "macho" has morphed and transmutated

However, ignoring my argument entirely, I would never call Static-X nu-metal (unless you call Rob Zombie or Ministry or Prong nu-metal, which seems ridiculous). System of a Down is not nu-metal, either.

I would end this nutty little nu-metal compilation idea and throw yourself together a 3-CD Children of Bodom fest. You'll be much happier and healthier.