About this episode

The episode explores the cultural and musical impact of Nu Metal in the 1990s, reflecting on societal issues and media of the time.

When I first discovered Nu Metal, I was 13. It was 1996, the world was different. Suddenly the aggressions of the early 1990’s “Peace in the Middle East” campaign where schools would have you recite the pledge of allegiance every morning and then a prideful listen to a song by Lee Greenwood, “Proud to be an American”. What was there to be proud of? In that time there were riots in the streets where angry musicians looted and sang about it, where the police brutality raged on in the major metroplexes. When you look back at it, it really seems like something of a movie, from time period staples of the day like “Falling Down”, “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” in the overtly west coast scene along with other films based in a post apocalyptic Los Angeles in “Demolition Man” & “Judge Dredd”. However there were just as many cop revenge story films from New York and Miami as well, if it was a way to exploit it, it was to be done. The music that comes into play where people realized that the only warfare was class warfare. It’s us vs. them… a manifesto where we can all get together and make a difference. The rage of the 1990’s fallout of the Reagan Administration in the 1980’s where…

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