| Aerosmith did that song with Run-DMC, Anthrax did a | | | | and POD are still around after coming into the limelight |
| few, 311 made it a little different by bringing in some | | | | around the same time. All of these groups have |
| groove, Faith No More blew everyone away with | | | | moved away from their original sound rather quickly |
| "Epic", and then Limp Bizkit dropped the standard with | | | | since 2000. |
| weak songs starting a trend of a lot of mediocre | | | | What about Bloodhound Gang? There is a group I can |
| rap-rock bands hitting the mainstream. | | | | enjoy because they didnt even come close to taking |
| What ever happened to Limp Bizkit anyway? I | | | | themselves seriously, and the music was decent. |
| researched this a little and it turns out they are still | | | | Maybe in a similar vein is Mindless Self Indulgence but |
| around. They has that strange guitarist quit on them, | | | | really, I doubt you could count them as Rap-Rock. |
| taking away a lot of their energy and probably | | | | But with all these groups I have mentioned, have any |
| anything remarkable at all about them. Eventually, they | | | | of them topped or equaled the quality of this fusion as |
| recovered and hired a new guitarist, only to bring the | | | | Anthrax (or Aerosmith) did? Why not? Maybe they |
| original guitarist back in 2003 and quit again in 2006. | | | | are just DIFFERENT, and not better or worse? Maybe |
| Korn was called rap-rock, but I just don't see it. They | | | | since it was a huge market in the 90s as compared to |
| had influences from rap obviously, but the vocals make | | | | the 80s, too many labels were influencing the types of |
| them simply a nu-metal band. I would say the same for | | | | songs released, making them a lot more mainstream |
| slipknot. However, Korn was very open to talking | | | | than the older stuff? |
| about their hip-hop influences, probably contributing a lot | | | | They're all valid questions and I after a great deal of |
| to the mid-late 90s trends. | | | | research I have not found the answer. This may not |
| You may remember Rage Against the Machine who | | | | be the huge trend now, but this is still and active genre. |
| debuted their first album in 1992, but they didnt have | | | | Where are the bands that are doing this right? I hope |
| major success till their second album released in 1996. | | | | we see someone bring the genre back to the quality |
| Certainly talented musicians, they made their mark by | | | | of the early attempts. |
| mixing a lot of different genres. Linkin Park, Kid Rock, | | | | |