<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Iowa @ Aug 31 2006, 03:26 AM) [snapback]251995[/snapback]</div>
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I know what you mean by it getting annoying listening to people talk about it, believe me, I experience the same thing at my school with System of A Down and Nickelback (both bands i've barely heard any music from).
What I can't seem to figure out though, is exactly how they became so mainstream. I mean, one listen to their title album and Iowa can surely tell you that it isn't exactly "casual listener" friendly...did they by any chance happen to go mainstream with their new album?
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I think it's because they were around at the height of Nu-Metal when bands like Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit were doing quite well in the charts, but Slipknot are much heavier and more 'metal' than either of those bands.
I remember that Iowa was a number 1 album here in the UK, (where the number 1 album is usually some form of pop or some singer/songwriter thing). Although I think Limp Bizkit might have got a number 1 album with the Chocolate Starfish one, and I remember Staind's 'Break the Cycle' got there too.
So I believe that it was to do with the fact that Nu-Metal had brought rock and metal music back into the mainstream eye at that time, and bands like Slipknot were able to enjoy success off the back of that. My local radio station even played their songs a few times! They don't usually play anything heavier than the Goo Goo Dolls, heh.