Major points
*Nu-Metal is used to describe music that fused influences from Grunge, Alternative, Funk, and Hip-Hop
*Led to the emergence of Alternative Metal
*Lyrics are generally angsty and based off of personal experience. Guitars are detuned and generally play simple riffs. Bass and Drums are very tightly connected
*Emerged in the late 1990s
*major bands include: Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park…
*In general, the genre peaked around 1998 with the release of Korn's third album "Follow the Leader"
*Family Valus Tour was a tour created by the band Korn in 1998 to be an annual tour of Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu-Metal, Rap-Metal, and Rap.
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