Nu-Metal Broke Into the Mainstream With a Vital Album Released on This Day in 1999
The seeds of nu-metal date back further than the 90s, but it was this era where the genre was truly defined. Korn is often credited with breaking nu-metal ground on their 1994 self-titled album. It was, however, Limp Bizkit’s sophomore album, Significant Other—released on June 22, 1999—that kicked down the doors so the genre could fully enter the mainstream. Limp Bizkit emerged on the scene a couple of years earlier, […]
