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Follow The Leader (Album) by Korn

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Korn Stylized As KoЯn Or Occasionally KoRn Is An American Nu Metal Band From Bakersfield California Formed In 1993. The Band Is Notable For Pioneering The Nu Metal Genre And Bringing It Into The Mainstream. Originally Formed In 1993 By Three Members Of The Band L.A.P.D. Korn's Current Lineup Features Founding Members James "Munky" Shaffer Guitar Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu Bass Brian "Head" Welch Guitar Backing Vocals And Jonathan Davis Lead Vocals Bagpipes With The Addition Of Ray Luzier Drums In 2007 Replacing The Band's First Drummer David Silveria. Korn Made A Demo Tape Neidermayer's Mind In 1993 Which Was Distributed Free To Record Companies And On Request To Members Of The Public. Their Debut Album Korn Was Released In 1994 Followed By Life Is Peachy In 1996. The Band First Experienced Mainstream Success With Follow The Leader 1998 And Issues 1999 Both Of Which Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200. The Band's Mainstream Success Continued With Untouchables 2002 Take A Look In The Mirror 2003 And See You On The Other Side 2005 . A Compilation Album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Was Released In 2004 Spanning A Decade Of Singles And Concluding The Band's Recording Contract With Immortal Records And Epic Records. They Signed To Virgin Records Releasing See You On The Other Side In 2005 And An Untitled Album In 2007. The Band's Other Recent Albums Korn III Remember Who You Are 2010 And The Path Of Totality 2011 Were Released Via Roadrunner Records With The Paradigm Shift 2013 Being Released Via Prospect Park And Caroline Records. The Serenity Of Suffering Saw Their Return To Roadrunner Records Through Which The Nothing Was Released On September 13 2019. Their Latest Album Requiem Was Released Via Loma Vista Recordings On February 4 2022. As Of 2021 Korn Had Sold More Than 40 Million Records Worldwide. Twelve Of The Band's Official Releases Have Peaked In The Top Ten Of The Billboard 200 Eight Of Which Have Peaked In The Top Five. Seven Official Releases Are Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA Two Are Certified Double Platinum One Is Certified Triple Platinum One Is Certified Five Times Platinum And Two Are Certified Gold. Korn Has Released Seven Video Albums And 50 Music Videos. The Band Has Released 48 Singles The Most Notable Of Which Include "Blind" "Got The Life" "Freak On A Leash" "Falling Away From Me" "Here To Stay" "Did My Time" "Twisted Transistor" "Coming Undone" And "Get Up!" Korn Has Earned Two Grammy Awards Out Of Eight Nominations And Two MTV Video Music Awards Out Of 11 Nominations. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Korn Studio Albums
Korn 1994 Life Is Peachy 1996 Follow The Leader 1998 Issues 1999 Untouchables 2002 Take A Look In The Mirror 2003 See You On The Other Side 2005 Untitled 2007 Korn III Remember Who You Are 2010 The Path Of Totality 2011 The Paradigm Shift 2013 The Serenity Of Suffering 2016 The Nothing 2019 Requiem 2022

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Follow The Leader Is The Third Studio Album By American Nu Metal Band Korn. The Album Was Released On August 18 1998 Through Immortal/Epic. This Was Their First Album Not Produced By Ross Robinson. Instead It Was Produced By Steve Thompson And Toby Wright. The Album Peaked At Number One On Four Charts Including The Billboard 200 With 268 000 Units Sold In Its First Week Of Release Follow The Leader Is Considered By Members Of Korn To Be The Band's Most Commercially–successful Album Being Certified Five-Times Platinum By The RIAA. Its Singles "Got The Life" And "Freak On A Leash" Both Charted On More Than Three Charts And Their Music Videos Are Considered To Be The First Music Videos Retired From MTV Most Notably The MTV Show Total Request Live. The Album Generally Received Positive Reviews By Critics And Sold Around 14 Million Copies Worldwide. Korn Was Praised By AllMusic Saying The Album Is "an Effective Follow-Up To Their First Two Alt-Metal Landmarks." The Family Values Tour Promoted The Album Along With Its Five Singles. The Song "Freak On A Leash" Was Nominated For Nine MTV Video Music Awards And Won For The Best Rock Video Award As Well As Best Editing. The Music Video For "Freak On A Leash" Won Best Short Form Music Video At The 2000 Grammy Awards. By Early 1998 Korn Returned To The Studio To Record Follow The Leader. Even Though Korn Was Impressed By The Work Ross Robinson Had Done On Their Previous Albums They Decided To Work With Steve Thompson And Toby Wright. Robinson Did However Work With Singer Jonathan Davis As A Vocal Coach For The Album. According To Wright Robinson Went To Extreme Lengths To Agitate Davis In The Vocal Booth Including Punching Him The Back Repeatedly. Korn Was Shown Making The Record On KornTV. The Reason They Exposed Themselves Making The Album Was Because They Wanted To Let Their Fans See What They Were Doing In The Studio And Behind The Scenes. Follow The Leader Features Numerous Guest Vocalists Including Ice Cube On "Children Of The Korn" Tre Hardson Of The Pharcyde On "Cameltosis" And Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst On "All In The Family". The Songs For The Album Were Written And Copyrighted In 1997 With The Exception Of "Children Of The Korn" "All In The Family" And "Cameltosis" Which Are Copyrighted From 1998. In A 2013 Interview The Band Revealed That They Partied Heavily During The Production Of Follow The Leader With Massive Amounts Of Alcohol Drugs And Women In The Studio. Davis Explained Further Saying That While Recording The Vocals For "It's On" There Were "people Getting Blowjobs Right Behind Me There Was Girls Banging Each Other In Front Of Me People Getting Boned In The Closet Right Behind Me It Was The Craziest Shit I've Ever Seen In My Life And I Sang That Song." According To Davis He Only Agreed To Begin Tracking Vocals When Producer Toby Wright Met His Demands For An Eight-Ball A One-Eighth Ounce Of Cocaine . The Artwork For Follow The Leader Was Done By Todd McFarlane Entertainment With McFarlane And Fellow Image Comics Artists Greg Capullo Penciller And Brian Haberlin Colorist Doing The Album Cover And Designer Brent Ashe Handling The Graphics Work According To Drummer David Silveria The Band Got Interested In McFarlane After Hearing That "Todd Had Actually Referred To Us As 'the Doors Of The 90's'" Leading To Them Recording A Song For Spawn A Film Based On A Comic Book By McFarlane And Eventually Approaching The Artist To Make An Album Cover For Them. The Cover Art Depicts A Child Hopscotching Toward The Edge Of A Cliff And A Gathering Of Kids Waiting To Follow A Concept That Begun With Bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu And Sketched By A Friend Of Jonathan Davis Before Being Submitted To McFarlane. It Marked The Third Straight Korn Cover Featuring Children In A Disturbing Context Which Davis Explained By Saying That "Children Are Always Scared When They're All Happy And Stuff. They're The Most Beautiful Thing In The World But When You See It In Our Artwork The Way We've Placed It It's Just Kinda Fuckin' Weird." The "Freak On A Leash" Music Video Features Animated Segments By McFarlane Featuring This Cover Art. Follow The Leader Is Recognized As Korn's Mainstream Breakthrough And The Album That Launched Nu Metal Into The Mainstream.