“I have no place to run, so come and follow me.”
30 years ago today, Korn released the single “No Place to Hide.”
Korn basically invented nu-metal on their 1994 self-titled debut, and while it was a smash success, they didn’t quite recognize their creation’s full commercial potential until later in the decade. Their second album, ‘Life Is Peachy,’ is in many ways creepier, more mangled and even less accessible than their debut, beginning with a head-spinning shot of deranged scatting (“Twist”) and punctuated by psychotic expletive-prone explosions like “Chi” and “K@
#0%!”
Yet, amid such madness, Korn offered up some of their catchiest songs to date, including the iconic “A.D.I.D.A.S.” and the album’s Grammy-nominated lead single “No Place to Hide,” foreboding radio-ruling things to come.