MTV Unplugged - Korn > Reviews

Advantages: Korn have made heavy, angry songs into something sad and beautiful.
Disadvantages: If you're a metal head, this is treason

...since nu-metal died, and an MTV unplugged album is usually a desparate attempt to milk the cash-cow dry. Furthermore, Korn? For those unaware of Korn's sound, a brief (very brief) history lesson. Releasing their first album way back in 1995, they were one of the first groups to really push the genre of rap-metal. Front man Jonathan Davies was abused as a child, and his near obsession with abuse and suffering of kids is ingrained into many of his songs. ... Read review

Advantages: featuring Amy Lee + the cure
Disadvantages: few weak links

I loved this un-plugged album from Korn. from start to finish with all the best Korn songs and covering the song Creep from Radiohead. Also doing Freak On A Leash with Amy Lee and Mixing there song Make Me Bad with the Cure's In Between Days also featurung Robert Smith. This was the first attempt of Korn doing anything un-plugged and pulled it off reasonably well. I was highly dissapointed with how they did Twisted Transistor and slightly dissapointed ... Read review