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I was Thorngrub on KS: welcome to my blog.
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+It's been 3 years since there was activity on this blog.
I'm now reconstructing it in the wake of The Nothing.
The way this will work is simple.
Step 1: Subscribe by email (it's free)
Step 2: You will be notified by email when a new post goes up
Step 3: Leave comments under the posts (or just lurk I guess)
Step 4: Keep hitting the REFRESH button to see if anyone
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Step 5: Rinse...repeat. It's just that simple.

The more fans uv koRn who voluntarily participate here,
the more fun we will all have. See you around, in real time...
~Thorngrub

P.s:
Feel free to leave comments on old posts.
Gotta stir things up here in order to get a response...

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Path of Totality



   You can only imagine how excited I was when I finally got home, ripped the shrink wrap off both the Regular and Special Editions - and began examining the liner notes. Fieldy having bowed out of the Thank Yous stood out-- and was kinda funny (in a "HA!ha" way) -- considering it was (I think) Munky who bowed out of the Thank Yous, for Untitled (wasn't it?). Although many will only interpret this as both of them being kinda "butt hurt" respectively about the direction each album took, I have to say I'm not one to leap to such conclusions myself, and instead respect Fieldy's decision to remain silent. Moving on:

   The very first thing I did after reading the Thank You notes was check to make sure there was no printed lyrics in the booklet. Thank the gods there weren't any. Jon has made it a point in the past to have never provided the 'official' lyric sheets with their albums, and it's something I take very seriously with KoRn: I've always said the Day when they Print their Lyrics, is the day their Heads swoll up too big...or Something is lost. May that day never come. I was actually getting a tad nervous about the possibility that Jon would "throw caution to the wind" and go ahead and print his lyrics, this time out. (Considering its the 10th album, 'a new direction, yadda yadda'...I was extremely satisfied last night when I found no fukking lyrics in the liner notes; you just can't know how important it is to me. Jon stated (rather beautifully) long ago that he didn't like the idea of kids actually reading the correct lyrics while listening to their albums, because that would distance the listener from paying attention to the music and vocals, and if they couldn't make out what he was saying--he probably wasn't saying anything at all. That stuck with me. *[It's in their first video WHO THEN NOW, or else it was in an online interview from back in the day.]

   Before the album dropped today, I for one did not listen to either Get Up! nor Narcissistic Cannibal more than, say, eight or nine times each, or so. I know some kids on KS who spun both those tunes well over a hundred times, and consequently (when they got their copy of the album finally) they necessarily skip those tracks, from having outworn them. This is not a trap the Thorngrub will allow himself to fall into, ha. Good thing, too -- cuz both those tracks, however good they may be, don't seem to have as long a shelf-life as a song like Sanctuary, for instance--altho' Narcissistic Cannibal is my favorite of the two, and may never wear out its welcome, to be honest (that remains to be seen).

   While I'm on the subject of the two Skrillex Singles -- the Album Versions reveal themselves to be longer edits than the singles made available on iTunes, and although I think the album version of NC is great despite a different bridge in the middle that I'm not certain is better--just different--Jon's vocal track on the album version of Get Up seems buried in the mix a wee too far back, like he's in the other room or something. Not sure if anyone else has really noticed but it kinda bugs me. While I'm on the subject of what bugs me about Get Up, let me descend into a harmless lil' bit of mockery here, and suggest that it isn't even Jonathan who sings the chorus (!) but rather--Lil Wayne. Okay okay we all know Jon has certain particular ways of enunciating, we'll say. I understand the song Get Up--like the entire album--is in its element and designed to be heard live.

   What I love about KoRn songs, is they are like photographs of places you've been to--assuming those places are having witnessed the songs in their natural element--live and tripping out onstage! KoRn albums are just something you keep in your wallet as memorabilia to having witnessed the titanic eruption of their live show, if you wanna know my honest opinion on the matter of their music. Not many bands can make that claim; quite the reverse, actually. Most bands' studio recordings sound better, richer, deeper, with more sonic detail and rewards for the listener, on their albums, and when you happen to see them live--in most cases, despite it being louder and "in your face"--the songs suffer a bit by contrast to the more focused studio tracks. Not so with KoRn and any true rock band worth their salt performing live. And need I remind you kids--that is the standard by which we should  measure all bands' inherent merit--their ability to translate their songs live onstage in a manner equal or superior to their studio versions.

   That having been said, it is necessary to keep it in mind when considering their tenth studio album, The Path of Totality. The scatting he performs on Tension is masterful. In my opinion, the best scat he's done yet. Also, I've come to realize that Tension is the perfect album closer, after all. For this tenth studio offering -- it's the Special Edition with the two bonus tracks that comprises the essential album.

   So once again, I am just...wow. Amazed...yes. Blown away...naturally. But after watching The Encounter, and digesting all the implications, both of that performance, and tonight's (Dec 6 Hollywood) show, I'm quite prepared to state that this 10th Studio Album is Far Above and Beyond more important than even all the Hype you read about them having 'creating a new genre' stuff -- it's deeper, or should I say more significant than that. It's just a plain new fashioned rock album I can't stop listening to.  I mean, it's really a superb collection of songs that may be described as a fusion between electronica and KoRn...which is to say, something they can still call their own because if anyone else dares to attempt such a thing they are bound to fall short of the major sonic accomplishment this Bakersfield band has managed to capture on...two inch tape?  Oh wait that was their penultimate album (also relevant and overlooked) KoRn III: Remember Who You Are .   When it comes to recording an album, this band has been all over the map covering some of rock's highest peaks and deepest valleys.

   This tenth album represents another upgrade for the band as musicians - - between the Encounter Jam Sessions, and this new Electronica Fusion they've pulled off - - they have all grown yet again as musicians by this, yet another leap and bound.   Bravo, gentlemen...an interesting crossover experiment I enjoyed very much.  Now I hope for your eleventh album you pull out all the stops, let Ray do something supremely radical and tear his third album with you guys to itty bitty little pieces, while Fieldy finds his old equipment from FTL days and plugs in his bass back into a seismographic stack & munKy attacks with Head at his back just like in the bad old dayz only this time, it's all good, no matter what--even if Head's just a guest starring in one helluva Reunion album of sorts Hell, we don't care cuz the true fan of this band are like honey badgers, get David in for some cowbell, whatever but we all know if we aren't having fun then what is the point...I can feel the fun coming back to KoRn & that is what I am most excited about.

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The Path Of Totality...

....this album rules.


That is all.




d^_^b


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Thorngrub Is Seeing BHC Live Tonight!

WAKE UP GET UP STAND UP COME ON WAKE UP WAKE UP GET UP STAND UP COME ON WAKE UP
WAKE UP GET UP STAND UP COME ON WAKE UP WAKE UP GET UP STAND UP COME ON WAKE UP FUKK!


For those fukkers out there who've never heard of nor listened to boy hits car, they are an amazing band with unstoppable love passion fury and energy. Lead singer Cregg has been known to take 68' stage dives into the crowd, I myself caught him dead center when they played what was supposed to be their "Final Live Show" eight years ago in Hollywood at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go. That was one of the most amazing shows I've ever witnessed.

Tonight boy hits car brings their unparalleled rock fury to Liquid Joe's, in Salt Lake City. Cover fee is $10. There are three other bands on the support bill. The song above is from their new album (released last year) STEALING FIRE...which I don't even have, lol. Looks like I'm gunna have to break down and get that shit.

Here is the debut track off their legendary major - label self titled release from 2001:

THE REBIRTH





If you're in the SLC area . . . do not miss out on this rare performance tonight!
Thorngrub out|




Monday, October 8, 2012

imkorny: 12th FukKeR: Official Title: Mosphit Moderator

imkorny, you are the lucky "12th FukKer" on Staff at KSbs, welcome to the Pit. I know everyone is confuzed about WTF is going on here on this ridiculous site, but no worries, all I want in life is 4U to be HapPy ! So here's your Official Theme Song:

Rare Studio Version


Rare LIVE Version



Turn it up. Your duties as Official Moshpit Moderator is to make sure Pits are started when things get goin', but also -- to keep a good Look Out, that no one starts gettin' out of hand. See you all next post !

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Lorele Featherstone: 11th Fukker: Official Border Patrol

Lorele Featherstone, you are the lucky twelfth fuKkeR which makes you 11th in the hierarchy of the KS Fallout from the CatBox landing here. Side effects may include nausea, or extreme phobias. I dedicate the following song to you and I do mean so with all the greatest respect, because it just so happens to be one of my favorites.



CYBERGOD

That's Amy Nausea singing the femme vox.

You are now baptized.
You are now chastised.
You are now the bottom line.

His omnipresent power is felt in every home
feel his warm static embrace, you'll never be alone
his flickering gaze emanates the divine light
that bathes his worshippers each and every night
"don't worry, be happy", you'll never have to choose
he will show you how to win and show you why you lose
you know without his guidance you surely would be lost
so feed him your compassion to defray the cost
you are now...baptized
you are now...chastised
you are now...desensitized
you are now...lobotomized
praise the cybergod...for the pound of flesh you ate
praise the cybergod...for the gift of hate
praise the cybergod...to show what's right and wrong
praise the cybergod...you will make him strong

with his illusion you will be king of your world
he will show you uses for those naughty little girls
as for women, you can own the ones you'll never find
just sit back and leave the real world behind
with all your money and fast cars, you'll surely lead the race
you'll sit at cybergod's right hand and never fall from grace
in your imagination you'll be the one to rule
but in the harsh reality, you're a media tool
praise the cybergod...for the fools you put in power
praise the cybergod...liar, usurper
praise the cybergod...for a false reality
praise the cybergod...for a world of misery.


You may use the COMMENTS section here for people registered to create a thread. I figure that's how most KSbs members post stuff while waiting for me to put up an actual CHAT box. You are now baptized. You are now chastised. You are now desensitized. You are now THE BOTTOM LINE!

C.Foley: 10th FuKkeR: Official Security Officer

Christine Foley, you are the lucky 10th FUkKeR, which means something really special I have yet to figure out, and you need a title and theme song.

*Got It*

Since we've been to a korn show or two together, you as 10th KSbs fukKer will actually get an official KORN theme song! Here it is:

You and me we have no faces

Soon our lives will be erased

Do you think they will remember

Or will we just be replaced?


As 10th KSbs Fukker, you are designated OFFICIAL SECURITY OFFICER. I'm confident you can handle it. You have a Badge that grants you the freedom to do anything you want.

Assuming I figure out how to get the CatBox II up and running here, and furthermore

assuming anyone registered here even bothers to "jump in" and actually chat

more or less regularly (something which remains to be seen), then you can

feel empowered knowing you're pretty much the Sherrif around here.

I know it's time to leave KS far behind...

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

AD Glasgow: 9th FukKeR ! Official Agent Of Chaos



 kILL yOUR iDOLS Welcome AD Glasgow into the nine. What nine, you say? Why the Top Guard of KSbs, by having stumbled upon (so to speak) the ninth position, this moment in time, this moment defined, you are hereby dubbed the Official Agent Of Chaos for Kornspace Bullshit! This exciting package could expire at any minute, thank you for taking the time to enroll here, this is a friendly reminder to KILL YOUR IDOLS and keep living a happy and productive life! Just tryin' to do the right thing...it's all right.

S.Kwiecinski: 8th Fukker: Official Last Living Soul

Welcome, Stephen Kwiecinski, you are number eight (enjoisk8ing5 on KS), welcome to the fold of unfolding fukkers who sign on here during the fallout from the shutdown of the legendary kornspace. Eventually, I'll figure out how to get the simple CHAT function going here, and that is all that this place will ultimately become....and then some. You are the Last Living Soul. Free to roam these cyber thru ways and let us know about your experiences relating in any fashion whatsoever to the Bakersfield quartet known as KORN formerly a quintet but ever happened to Head and DAvid? We'll leave that for another time, another place, and another chat session. Meanwhile, here is your OFFICIAL THEME SONG: Every other KS member who is registered here can look to SK as their Field Marshal over lost matters of the soul. I'm making up your automaticavatar now....here it is:

Bethany R: 7th FukKeR: Official Heavy Metal Officer

Welcome Bethany (formerly Lorien_eve, known as the KS moderator with the best taste in music) to the fold of Kornspace.bs, also known as "Kornspace Bullshit", otherwise intended to be nothing but a primitive extension of the legendary KS "CatBox", after the fallout from the demise of aforementioned site. Times change, things pass, and what's in our rearviewmirror often gets lost in the haze. But not this time. This time, we are going to try and hang on to the core KS community of fukkers who've frequented the CatBox for so many years. A place to stay together, and leave comments. So start leaving comments cuz that's the only real way for you guys to interface, here, until I get a ChatBox up and running: the CatBox II. "Heavy Metal Officer", or "HMO" is your Official Title here, Bethany. Your OFFICIAL THEME SONG is the ultimate in Deathmetal: MorteM "De Natura Daemonum", the title track from their 2005 release.

SVH: 6th Fukker: Official Panopticon

Six is the first number which is neither a square number nor a prime number.

Six is the second smallest composite number (its proper divisors are 1, 2 and 3).

Since six equals the sum of its proper divisors, six is the smallest perfect number.

YOU are officially the sixth fukker, SVH! Congratulations. Your official title is being designated even as we type this out.

Here it is, "Panopticon". Here is your sigil:




Here is your OFFICIAL THEME SONG:



Bonus Image: Here is what my vinyl edition of ISIS's album PANOPTICON looks like:



As Panopticon of Kornspace.bs, you will be the All Knowing Eye, aware of the furthest tricklings and most distant lurkings here. You have unmitigated authority to relay whatever your third eye may scan along these peripheries. Meanwhile, don't forget to turn up the volume real loud when listening to ISIS!

THIS ALL RELATES DIRECTLY TO KORN DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY !

IndigoFlow: 5th Fukker: Official Indigo Child

You've made it into the Upper Echelon of KOrnspace.bs. Congratulations!! 5 is a mystical numeral. YOU get to be officially designated as Indigo Child, and on that note, we bring you your special prize, your OFFICIAL THEME SONG:


EyeHateGod (Owen Riley): 4th FukKeR Official Oracle

Owen Riley, you are the fourth (4th) (Numero Cuatro) I repeat, FOURTH FUKKER to enter the "Sweeping the world over" Stakes of the new KORNSPACE.BS (which also stands for bullshit). Considering your former moniker of EyeHateGod, I designate you the Official Oracle to kornspace.bs. Subject to down- or up-grade at anytime. May cause genital warts and soft tissue disease. Call an experienced pharmacist if side effects persist such as oozing tar from the nostrils, growing pure white hair around the knees, or suffering from automatic catalepsy. User discretion advised.
 Enjoy your OFFICIAL THEME SONG

Pray: 3rd Fukker and Official Troll Ambassador

Austin YOU have won the coveted # 3 Spot in the newly designed kORNSPACE.bLOGSPOT.cOM sweepstakes that is sweeping this tiny insignificant corner of the world wide web. Your duties are to remain yourself and to try as hard as you might to dispell the overkill of fanaticism inherent to all fukkers worldwide. You have a tough job, but yOU CAN DO eET! I have every bit of confidence in you. Here is your OFFICIAL THEME SONG:



Weep not for roads untraveled
Weep not for paths left lone Cause beyond every bend is a long blinding end Its the worst kind of pain I've know Give up your heart left broken. And let that mistake pass on Cause the love that you lost wasn't worth what it cost And in time you'll be glad it's gone. Weep not for roads untraveled Weep not for sights unseen May your love never end and if you need a friend, there's a seat here along side me.






ADandelion 2nd fukker ! Official Deputy

Congratulations to ADandelion! YOU are the Second Place Winner of the No-Contest sponsorship for the new Kornspace.BLOGSPOT.com, KornGratulations! *YOu may keep this memory indefinitely. Memories such as this are subject to disintegration at any time* As Official Deputy of Kornspace.bs, here is your OFFICIAL THEME SONG \m/

1st fukker, Fourstar! : Official Mascot ★

*Wild applause from the crowd* Sebastian El Postre, YOU are the official 1st FukKeR to be picked 4 the re-constRuKcted Kornspace.bs! (the "b.s." stands for bullshit (as well as blogspace!))

As the Official Mascot, you get to do as you damn well please...and it's free. *gasp*.
 For your Official Theme Song, I grant you the following anthem: YEAH-eeyuh!! \m/

 ONCE UPON A TIME








Serenity

SERENITY (JDevil KoRn Intro): Click To Play. Leave your Comments Below, Fukkers!