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MTV Unplugged: Korn (2007)

Where the lyrics of MTV Unplugged: Korn take you, and where it was really made.

Korn recorded this acoustic set just after drummer David Silveria left the group that month, and it became their only live album as a three-piece band.

Key places

Times Square studio, December 9, 2006 (2006)

Live show MTV studios in Times Square — The MTV Unplugged performance was held in MTV studios in Times Square on December 9, 2006, before about fifty people. The location is given at city-centre level and the exact building is not confirmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• MTV Unplugged: Korn is an acoustic live album by American nu metal band Korn
• Released worldwide on March 5, 2007, and on the following day in the United States
• Recorded at MTV studios in Times Square, New York City on December 9, 2006
• Part of the MTV Unplugged series
• Performed in front of a crowd of approximately fifty people
• Recorded by Korn as a three-piece band

Background

• Drummer David Silveria departed the group earlier in December 2006
• The first and only live album recorded as a three-piece band by Korn
• Korn's second televised acoustic performance, after Jimmy Kimmel Live! on July 18, 2006
• Guests included The Cure and Amy Lee
• Additional musicians: guitarist Rob Patterson, backup vocalist Kalen Chase, keyboardist Zac Baird, percussionist Michael Jochum

Recording

• Richard Gibbs served as music director and arranger
• Gibbs added four celli, two basses, two cimbassos, two bass/contrabass trombonists, a saw player, a glass harmonica player, choir bells, and a six person taiko ensemble
• The Cure sat in for a mashup on Make Me Bad / In Between Days
• Amy Lee sang along on Freak on a Leash
• Gibbs wrote that the mixing was taking place at the Woodshed

Cover

• Not stated in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and David Silveria, former members of L.A.P.D.
• Name styled KoЯn; the backwards R was borrowed from the Toys R Us logo.
• Demo Neidermayer's Mind (1993) pioneered the nu metal sound.

Members

• Current: Jonathan Davis (vocals), James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar), Brian "Head" Welch (guitar, returned 2013), Ray Luzier (drums, since 2008).
• Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu (bass) departed in 2021; Silveria left in 2006.

Career

• Debut album Korn (1994); Life Is Peachy (1996) brought commercial breakthrough.
• Follow the Leader (1998) and Issues (1999) both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Over 40 million records sold worldwide as of 2021; two Grammy Awards from eight nominations.
• Fourteen official releases reached the Billboard 200 top ten; the band is credited as the originators of nu metal.

Reception

At release

• Debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 9
• About 51,000 copies sold in the first week
• Sales dropped 55% in the following week
• Released worldwide on March 5, 2007, and on the following day in the United States
• The show was broadcast online on MTV.com on February 23, 2007
• Television broadcast in America, Europe and Asia began on March 2, 2007
• The performance took place before about fifty people in Times Square
• Guest appearances by The Cure and Amy Lee were part of the exclusive acoustic set

Records

• Billboard 200 debut: number 9
• First-week sales: about 51,000 copies
• Second-week sales decline: 55%
• Track listing of 11 songs, including a cover of Radiohead's Creep
• B-sides: No One's There, Thoughtless, and Dirty (MTV Virtual Hills leak)
• Dirty also appears as a bonus track on the Japanese edition
• The booklet carried a special code for an exclusive preview of Korn's then forthcoming studio album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Chester Bennington of Linkin Park was a member of the audience, according to the Spanish-language article.
• The booklet's special code gave owners an exclusive preview of Korn's forthcoming studio album.
• The show was Korn's second televised acoustic performance, after Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Richard Gibbs described adding a six person taiko ensemble to the band's sound.
• The album's first credited recording engineer is John Harris, per Discogs.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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