Nu Metal

Nu Metal

lostprophet, 9 January 2003 - 5:23pm

How do you define "nu metal"?
i mean...isn't nu metal rap/rock. Rapping the verse, singing the chorus all to a rock beat?
obviously Linkin Park are nu metal, with Chester and Mike, and other bands like limp bizkit, papa roach whose vocalists rap the verse, and (try to) sing the chorus....but what about bands like Incubus or the Lost Prophets? Brendon Boyd doesn't try to rap, neither does Ian Watkins. What then is their genre?

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Arent they just like nu rock?...

Arent they just like nu rock?

DJ Will, 9 January 2003 - 5:25pm

For starters, the difference between nu ...

For starters, the difference between nu metal and nu rock is the same as the difference between metal and rock. I think Linkin Park is nu rock; I'd label Incubus as pop.

I think the term nu-metal was coined originally to describe metal, but with decks and rapping. I don't think it necessarily has to include those features now though...

Heather, 9 January 2003 - 5:27pm

//I'd label Incubus as pop Well, ...

//I'd label Incubus as pop
Well, that's a bit harsh - maybe they're kinda rocky..

I think the term "nu" has been overused now - it's just used to describe any rock / metal band post-Korn.

Heather, 9 January 2003 - 5:31pm

Incubus are hard to fit in a category ...

Incubus are hard to fit in a category because their new album, Morning View, is, defiently more Pop than anything else. However their older albums are more rock.
lets just call it even and call them pop/rock.

lostprophet, 9 January 2003 - 6:42pm

//I'd label Incubus as ...

//I'd label Incubus as pop

Everytime I think that I go back and remember that SCIENCE and everything before it is not Commercial like Morning View of Make Yourself

AchillesHeel, 10 January 2003 - 12:06am

Make yourself wasn't very Commercial, ...

Make yourself wasn't very Commercial, only Drive and Stellar.

lostprophet, 11 January 2003 - 8:46pm

And Pardon me, and one other single, ...

And Pardon me, and one other single, but it wasn't that well known.

DJ Will, 11 January 2003 - 9:22pm

//Make yourself wasn't very ...

//Make yourself wasn't very Commercial, only Drive and Stellar.

I guess not, id say Morning View was. "Stellar" was a cool song, it didn't seem that commercial, "Drive" was ok but i'd say "Are you in" was very commercial and overplayed.

//And Pardon me, and one other single, but it wasn't that well known.

I didn't find Pardon me very commercial either, it would be my second favourite Incubus song next to "11am".

Is it me or was Morning View a real letdown??

AchillesHeel, 12 January 2003 - 12:38am

//lets just call it even and call them ...

//lets just call it even and call them pop/rock.

no lets just call them mainstream rock instead, its more neutralised.

AchillesHeel, 12 January 2003 - 12:39am

//Is it me or was Morning View a real ...

//Is it me or was Morning View a real letdown??

You're right, it was a letdown.
It seems that Incubus have Succumb to the pressure of mainstream and being popular.
Its a shame. :(

lostprophet, 27 January 2003 - 7:19pm

Well, Lostprophets arent exactly metal ...

Well, Lostprophets arent exactly metal are they, i find them hard to put into a style or genre. Perhaps you could say they are alternative metalrock nu-something blah blah. I dunno.

DJ Will, 9 January 2003 - 5:36pm

Yeah, I would say they're kinda like ...

Yeah, I would say they're kinda like skater rock, but they're too serious to be stuck in with Blink182 and Sum41.

I think they sorta fit into the same category as a lot of bands that have been termed 'nu-metal' but they're not, really - like Papa Roach and Alien Ant Farm.

Heather, 9 January 2003 - 5:41pm