{"id":1210,"date":"2010-05-30T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2015-10-15T16:07:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:07:41","slug":"korn-verizon-wireless-theater-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/30\/korn-verizon-wireless-theater-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Korn – Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Abel Carmona <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 30, 2010 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"It\u2019d been a while since I had been out to any shows, so decided to get off my ass and check out the boys from Bakersfield, CA: Korn.<\/p>\n

Walking into the Verizon, I walked into the last part of the set from a band called 2 cents, and am glad I didn\u2019t have to see more than I did. Their music wasn\u2019t completely horrible, the guitarist put together some decent riffs and nice solos, but what killed them was the singer; he would go on and on running his mouth about bullshit.<\/p>\n

I can understand a vocalist talking about their music, the tour or the obvious shout out to the fans, but this dude was just talking to hear himself talk. That shit got boring really fast. Its times like these when some opening band wants to come out and give attitude that I wish the crowd had megaphones or something so they could yell back and say “Shut the fuck up and play!”<\/p>\n

Once all the talking was over they did finish with a nice cover of Pantera\u2019s \u201cStrength Beyond Strength\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, after the stage change and the lights went dark, which is always my favorite time during a show, just hearing and feeling all the people behind you yelling and screaming waiting to see someone walk out on stage, out comes new \u201cofficial\u201d Korn drummer Ray Luzier. He begins wailing on his kit for a seconds and then was quickly followed by silence. Munky and Fieldy walked out playing the music box sounding opening of \u201cFalling Away from Me,\u201d then, when the lights and guitars hit, here comes Jon Davis in his adidas track suit.<\/p>\n

What had my attention for a minute was Munky\u2019s outfit. He looked like some kind of super hero with a cape and painted on mask. Korn played well, but it seemed like a short set. They did hit crowd favorites like \u201cFreak on a Leash\u201d, \u201cGot the Life\u201d, \u201cDid my Time\u201d and \u201cComing Undone\u201d. Also, we got to hear a few new tracks from their upcoming album \u201cKorn III – Remember Who You Are.\u201d They did \u201cOildale (Leave Me Alone)\u201d and \u201cFear is a Place to Live.”<\/p>\n

Munky had me laughing a few times during the show because he would go from this all serious look while playing to just staring people down all hard and then making some crazy face at them. Like I said before, it seemed like a really short set because they had only played maybe a little more than an hour when I heard the unmistakable sound of \u201cBlind\u201d which has been the closing song at every Korn show I had ever seen. So about that time I made my way out to avoid getting trampled by the kids on their way home. I enjoyed the show but the last few times I have seen Korn, it just seemed like something was missing.<\/p>\n

I dug the new stuff I got to hear, it did have the old school Korn sound to it as I had been hearing they were going for on this album, but in a sense, it made me miss the old Korn shows I had seen in my younger days. Back when they still had their full band with Dave Silvera on drums and Head on guitar. There was a dynamic about them on stage all together that\u2019s not there anymore. Don\u2019t get me wrong their show was good but it\u2019s just not the same<\/p>\n

I remember seeing Korn at the old Abyss on Washington with the Deftones not long after their first self-titled album had come out. Hearing something that, at the time, wasn\u2019t being done by a lot of bands, the heavy bass lines and down tuned guitars that gave their music a darker sound. As much as I have always hated the term \u201cNu Metal,\u201d their sound, along with bands coming up around that time, helped with the progression of rock and metal in a way that is still heard today<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Abel Carmona May 30, 2010 at 08:00 PM It\u2019d been a while since I had been out to any shows, so decided to get off my ass and check out the boys from Bakersfield, CA: Korn. Walking into the Verizon, I walked into the last part of the set from a band called… <\/p>\n

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