Korn, ‘Korn’
Deftones, ‘Around the Fur’
Limp Bizkit, ‘Significant Other’
System of a Down, ‘Toxicity’
Slipknot, ‘Slipknot’
Mudvayne, ‘L.D. 50′
Papa Roach, ‘Infest’
P.O.D., ‘Satellite’
Linkin Park, ‘Hybrid Theory’
Where their peers dabbled in hip-hop, Linkin Park had genre credibility in MC/producer/designer/guitarist Mike Shinoda; they also had a singer, in the charismatic Chester Bennington, with genuine vocal chops. And it was his hooks on irresistible “Crawling” and “In the End” that made Linkin Park’s gazillion-selling debut such a smash.
Sevendust, ‘Sevendust’
