Pop Culture Boner has reached 20 episodes! Very silly! We thought what better way to celebrate out 20th episode than to look at something that’s also experiencing a 20th anniversary - Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory. How does this angsty masterpiece hold up 20 years later? Does it still bang? And perhaps most importantly, is it Nu Metal? Alright, we do spend a lot of time talking about Nu Metal. We promise this will be the podcast’s only Nu Metal episode.
As a quick note: this episode does feature a brief mention of suicide. You can avoid it by skipping from 17:45 to approximately 18:25. If you or anyone you know needs help or support, you can contact:
Lifeline on 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467
Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636
Check out below for some references:
Metal Evolution - Nu Metal (2012)
Punk Rock MBA (2019) - What killed Nu Metal? Korn, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit
Gabriel Szatan (Pitchfork, 2020) - Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)
Lucy Jones (2013) - 10 Reasons Why Nu-Metal Was The Worst Genre Of All Time
Linkin Park (2000) - In The End
Linkin Park (2000) - Crawling
Korn (1994) - Clown
Korn (1998) - Freak On A Leash
Slipknot (1999) - Spit It Out
We also made a Nu Metal playlist you can listen to here.
You can download a full transcript here.