This is just korny

What the hell has happened to Korn? It's just been announced that they are to headline Day 1 of the Dubai Desert Rock Festival next year. Hang on, that's surely a good thing you must be thinking. An iconic band who spawned ranks of imitators, and indeed, an entire musical movement should be awarded for their prowess in the musical field and have suitable accolades bestowed upon them.

BULLSHIT! Korn have been on a slippery slope down the slide of mediocrity ever since Brian 'Head' Welch gave up the crystal meth, realised that he loved Jesus instead of three chord, bouncy nu-metal riffs, grew an impressive amount of facial fuzz and jumped ship to live in a commune, dedicating his life to ol' JC. And he even wrote a book, pretty much with the same title as the line above. In the words of Al Gore, he's super serial.

This was quite a shock to the rock world at the time, as Welch, with his boundless energy and love for hard partying wasn't the ideal candidate for a life of humbleness and prayer, but there you go. Anyway, the point is that ever since he, and his considerable talent quit, Korn have quite franky, sucked balls. Their last two releases; 'See You On The Other Side' and 'Untitled' were both mundane in the extreme, the creative spark that inspired so many back in 1996, had finally flickered out.

And don't get me started on their live performances. As 'professional' as they may appear. There is now only three members of the original band (the drummer is out with exhaustion apparently) and five 'backing members' who are forced to stay in the wings of the stage and wear masks! Quite simply, Korn just aren't a band anymore. They're a faded dream desperately trying to cling onto the glory days of old, and giving them a headline slot will only further inflate their egos and lead them further down the path of disillusionment (Christ I sound like Head) that they've been treading for far too long. So Korn, please, quit while you still have some dignity left.