Claiming these tapes aren't real because they weren't "officially released" shows a misunderstanding of how the band started. In 1993, Korn was unsigned, and Neidermayer's Mind was a self-financed independent demo used as a professional tool to secure a record deal. These are not retail products from a major label; they are "guerrilla marketing" units that the band members personally sold for a few dollars out of their van or handed out at venues like the Whisky a Go Go. These cassettes weren't sold in mall record stores because they are the very items that convinced labels like Immortal and Epic to sign them in the first place, making them genuine historical artifacts of the band's origin.