Artist	Song
KoRn	Got The Life
from Follow The Leader (1998) this is one of the songs that changed my life
Limp Bizkit	Faith
from Three Dollar Bill Y'all (1997) "I guess it would nice...if I could touch your body"
Disturbed	Voices
from The Sickness (2000) first track off The Sickness
Linkin Park	One Step Closer
from Hybrid Theory (2000) the quintessence of nu metal
System Of A Down	Toxicity
from Toxicity (2001) "Sugar" would be too easy
ill Nino	What Comes Around
from Revolution Revolucion (2001) saw their headlining show once
Godsmack	Keep Away
from Godsmack (1998) nu metal was angry
Kittie	Brackish
from Spit (1999) this rocks...can't front on that
Staind	Just Go
from Dysfunction (1999) wanted a less popular song
FLAW	Whole
from Through The Eyes (2001) F-law, or flaw?
Drowning Pool	Tear Away
from Sinner (2001) "I don't care about anyone"
Static X	Black And White
from Machine (2001) "blurring the light...blurring the light"
pApA Roach	Broken Home
from Infest (2000) nu metal was about family problems
Incubus	Pardon Me
from Make Yourself (1999) Linkin Park but more singing
Adema	Freaking Out
from Adema (2001) waaaaaaaah drugs
Powerman 5000	Nobody's Real
from Tonight The Stars Revolt! (1999) this USED TO rock a football stadium
MuDvAyNe	Dig
from L.D. 50 (2000) Slipknot's even more maladjusted younger brothers
P.O.D.	Youth Of The Nation
from Satellite (2001) another brick in the nu metal
Spineshank	Synthetic
from The Height Of Callousness (2000) pretty rad
dope	Die MF Die
from Life (2001) on the album CALLED LIFE!

Comment:

you know you are nu metal when: you sing about life and family problems; you want to be left alone; you scream about people not understanding you; you play Ozzfest; you have lots of piercings; you have more than 4 members in the band; you wear interesting makeup; your stage clothes can best be described as "quirky"; your bands dabbles in hip hop; Family Values Tour- yeah we're playing; Korn was a huge inspiration; your band has a DJ; you curse A LOT, and you have de-tuned guitars with no solos. Slipknot was not chosen but I could have included them. They were just more heavy and fucking metal more so than the others; masks be damned. Nu-Metal was a turn of the century wacked out version of hair metal- minus the good times. It was singing about bad times. Instead of huge hair it was outrageous and gothic stage wear. hip hop and electronica creeped its way in with the standard metal guitar. I was really into it but after awhile the albums got repetitive and uncreative and I grew up wanting more. Most of the bands on here are legitimately good bands and artists. Some of them still have respectable and relevant careers.

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