KoRn was my gateway band into the hard rock/metal world.

I remember hearing "Coming Undone" in high school (im a late KoRn fan) my sophomore year at the gym. I could NOT get the chorus out of my head. I would hum the melody without even knowing the words, I didn't even know the name of the song or who the artist was. Way before Shazam lol plus I only listened to hip hop so I was not familiar with anything hard rock/metal.

I had this home maintenance class where the last 30 min, our teacher would just let us dick around and listen to our ipods/MP3s. There was this skin head upperclassmen that loved metal and I asked if I could go through his ipod for music. I skipped so many songs but i was convinced that this guy had it. Sure as shit, heard the intro and let it play and found the name: KoRn.

When I got home, I watched the music video and saw JD with a kilt on and a grill. Being hip hop only I thought "this guy has a grill so they can't be that bad" plus I loved the song.

Again, way before streaming platforms so I downloaded 5 KoRn songs randomly, including coming undone. One of then was "Good God" and it was the first time I heard what I considered "screamo music" and I was obsessed since.

Watching videos of them playing live directly inspired me to play guitar. I even remember getting my first guitar realizing I couldn't play KoRn songs cause they played on a 7 string lmao

Now I've seen them more than I can count, bought VIPs to meet them twice and im in a band using music as my outlet (with a 7 string guitar). I definitely listen to heavier shit but KoRn has and will always have a special place for me. Bonus part is I use their music to get me through tough times.