KoRn

Lois Razonski

The Pop Sux Tour
KoRn w/ Disturbed and Trust Company
Nov. 9th at the Long Beach Arena
Representation in text given by AleX Distefano
Korn and other Disturbed photos through the eye of Lois Razonski

With the first of two sold out shows at the Long Beach Arena, KoRn brought its first annual PoP SuX tour to rabid fans in southern California. It has been about a two year wait since the last time KoRn toured so rabid KoRn fans fans came in the masses to these two LA area shows.

Nov. 9th at the Long Beach Arena With the first of two sold out shows at the Long Beach Arena, KoRn brought its first annual Pop SuX tour to rabid fans in southern California. It has been about a two year wait since the last time KoRn toured so rabid KoRn fans fans came in the masses to these two LA area shows.

Playing a variety of new school hits and old school forgotten tunes, KoRn proved that they are here to stay. Fans went crazy for the entire set , but the highlight of the night was easily in the midst of their hour long set, when they played "Blind", an old school anthem from their first album. Picture a sea of 10,000 "KoRn Kids" all simultaneously jumping and moshing like crazy to the SCREAMs of lead singer Jonathan Davis' cry "ARE YOU READY?!?!?!?!?"

Their Bad ass cover of the Metallica classic "One" made it clear that KoRn are the Metallica for our generation. At the end the night, crowd was left speechless. They may be mainstream, but KoRn deserve respect and credibility for the genre they created and the generation they defined with their music.

Openers Trust Company and Disturbed were nothing more than generic bands, but they served as a good example of why KoRn called their third album "Follow the Leader." Disturbed's mix of spooky wannabe metal and melodic rock sounded more like a scarier version of Creed, than Metallica, which is sad.

Disturbed

Trust company might as well be called baby Papa Roach, judging from their sound, they brought nothing at all new to the table but generic sophomoric songs. Yet, suffering through the first two bands, and seeing how amazing KoRn was made it worth it.