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How the Family Values tour started the nu metal revolution

20 years on, we revisit Korn's Family Values tour and how it brought nu metal kicking and screaming into the mainstream

The 1998 Family Values tour booted the door open for nu metal to become the dominant force in US rock for years to come. Classic Rock’s Ian Fortnam recalls his experience at the tour that defined nu metal.

The planets had been aligning for some time, from the crucible of Def Jam cross-fertilisation, through the industrial/funk fusions of Ministry, Rd Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Tool and Faith No More. Pantera brought the groove, Public Enemy and Anthrax combined to bring the noise, and with Ross Robinson officiating as production midwife, Korn, Deftones and Limp Bizkit ultimately begat nu metal. The word was out but needed spreading, and it was Korn’s inaugural Family Values package tour of autumn 1998 that ultimately saw nu metal hijack the US mainstream consciousness.

The startling State Of The Nation line-up initially allied scene leaders Korn and stars-in-waiting Limp Bizkit. They were joined by newly imported, pyro-heavy, Teutonic controversy magnets Rammstein, here-today-gone-tomorrow deathpop pretty boys Orgy and, most crucially, ex-NWA gangsta rap heavyweight Ice Cube. Family Values spread the gospel of cross-generic, hip hop-literate, groove-infused modern metal to an American constituency sick to death of grunge’s plaid shirt puritanism and the anonymous blurred uniformity of SoCal punk.

There was little doubt the sell-out crowd that caught the tour on its final Halloween date at the 10,000-capacity Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia (located within spitting distance of Washington DC) were fully intending to party. There ostensibly to catch the dildo-happy, spontaneously combusting mensch machine that was Rammstein, we were immediately struck by the audience demographic: there were way more women here than you’d usually expect to find at a 90s rock show. The bill, the very definition of the rising nu metal zeitgeist, was attracting a different kind of punter. By blending metal and rap, cranking up the underlying groove, and distilling the whole shebang into a decidedly more danceable and inclusive whole, Korn had stumbled upon a new evolutionary strand. Moreover, it was a strand that had mass appeal.

As Orgy preened, we battled our way through a language barrier into the Rammstein psyche. Recently pilloried in the British press, the band were incredibly difficult, then thawed to merely distracted. Unsurprising when you consider what was about to happen. As they took to the stage, Till Lindemann burst into flames – situation normal there then – but then he dropped his chainmail. Aside from tiny scraps of gaffa tape, Rammstein were completely naked, and before you could say ‘spurting prosthetic cocks’, a burly pair of gun-toting representatives of Virginia’s finest marched onto the stage and arrested the entire band for the second time on the tour. A riot ensued, but it was a good-natured one – the kind of riot where frisbees are thrown rather than Molotov cocktails, which in essence encapsulated the spirit of Family Values in a nutshell.

Since the date had been advertised and subsequently sold out, Ice Cube (committed to shoot scenes for the movie Next Friday ) had pulled out of this final leg of the tour and his place taken by the S.C.I.E.N.C.E. -era funk-fuelled Incubus. Cube’s non-appearance didn’t instigate insurrection or even empty seats in an arena almost exclusively populated by rock and metal fans, for while rock audiences seemed delighted to assimilate hip hop culture, traffic seemed distinctly one way.

Fairfax’s Patriot Center lapped up Incubus and warmed to the personality of Fred Durst (imagine that), before the Adidas-clad Korn absolutely creamed all comers, their Limp Bizkit-enhanced encore of All In The Family casually defining the imminent brave nu future of metal.

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The granddaddy of them all, Korn’s Family Values was the tour that helped nu metal take over the world. Jonathan Davis gave us the inside story on the shows that changed everything.

This idea started super early. For years, we always wanted to do a festival and put something together that was new. We went back and forth with our management and figured out what we were going for and how to do it. It was fun to do.

It was about showing what was going on at that time. We were at a turning point in heavy music and it felt huge and we wanted to put something on that showed what the fuck was going on. Everyone was given a full production so it felt like you were getting a headline show from all of the bands: Limp Bizkit with their big-ass spaceship, and we had the Korn Kage that put kids on the stage, rocking out with us. I think the cage was Fieldy’s idea and to this day, I still think it’s one of the coolest things we’ve ever done.

It served its purpose in the way it exposed people to what was going on at that time and what we were doing in Korn. It blew everything up. It was the first time we ever played arenas and it seemed everyone who was on that tour – except for Cube, who was already huge – blew up and were playing bigger shows after. It was a stepping stone to all of our bands and that scene taking over for a couple of years.

We were convinced we needed to have a hip hop act on there. We all listened to hip hop at that time and it was a big influence on us and the scene, and who better than Ice Cube? That was the shit. It was awesome. That guy is a legend and people had to respect that. I didn’t worry about the crowd not taking to him at all because he ripped it up every night and you can’t deny that. He was bringing old NWA into his set and the crowd loved it. The kids who liked us and Bizkit came from the same school of thought as us so having Cube on there made total sense to everyone.

We always tried to get Deftones on the tour but we could never figure it out. Other than that, it was the exact bill that we wanted to put on the road. Everyone hung out and it was a good time, but it was when I was dealing with anxiety for the first time so I spent a lot of time in my bunk. I remember everyone in the band had a great time and got along with every other band and there was no bitching – it was an amazing tour.

Family Values could definitely happen again. I’d like to bring out trap artists and things reflecting what’s going on right now in music, just like we did back in the day. There’s plenty of aggressive acts in all forms of music that could tour together and do a new Family Values so it’s definitely something we could look at doing again in the future.”

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Only two years ago this month, hard rock band Korn was playing at the small Sunset Strip club the Roxy. But in that relatively short amount of time, the Bakersfield-bred group has (with help from a profile-raising stint on Lollapalooza '97) shot to the top of the modern-metal heap, and was the headlining attraction at the Forum for the five-act "Family Values" tour, which in no way should be confused with the conservative political slogan of the same name.

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Only two years ago this month, hard rock band Korn was playing at the small Sunset Strip club the Roxy. But in that relatively short amount of time, the Bakersfield-bred group has (with help from a profile-raising stint on Lollapalooza ’97) shot to the top of the modern-metal heap, and was the headlining attraction at the Forum for the five-act “Family Values” tour, which in no way should be confused with the conservative political slogan of the same name.

Anger and unrestrained bravado were on full display throughout the event, both on stage and in the audience. Each of the evening’s performers tried, through invective-laced lyrics and macho posturing — and with varying degrees of success — to inspire rowdiness in the mostly young, white male ticketholders, who responded during the better musical moments with rough mosh pits and mass pushing and shoving.

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Surrounded by crazed fan club members in metal cages, Korn’s Jonathan Davis sang, screamed and growled about sex, hopelessness and societal oppression, while his four tattooed bandmates created charged, albeit repetitive, music that bore the rawest riff elements of rock and hip-hop, with shades of funk and electronic thrown in, as well.

Songs were performed from all three of Korn’s Immortal/Epic albums, including numbers that featured such surreal components as children’s nursery rhymes and Davis playing bag pipes.

German pyro-rockers Rammstein had many in the house laughing, but the joke was definitely on the band. Their dated and uninspired style (think of Nine Inch Nails meets a bad marching band), not to mention the buffoonish and pandering way they integrated fire, explosions and simulated sex acts into their set, left one wondering why the six-piece group from the former East Germany was second-billed, anyway.

In the middle slot was Compton’s favorite son, veteran rapper Ice Cube, who, along with sidekick W.C., made the most of his opportunity here, performing a rousing, old-school hip-hop set.

“I made it to the Forum, I’m on top of the world,” he exclaimed during an energetic program that was highlighted by such inflammatory tracks as “Natural Born Killers” and “F*** tha Police,” a fan fave from Cube’s time in pioneering rap group N.W.A.

Limp Bizkit (the name is best left unexplained here) engaged the assembling crowd with a rage-filled thrash and hip-hop hybrid, insisting — through songs from their Interscope debut, “Three Dollar Bill, Y’All” — that “nobody loves me” and “I’m sick of you, too.” An appropriate thematic set-up, if nothing else, for the mayhem that would follow.

Rock; The Forum; 15,500 seats; $28.50 top

• Production: Presented by Avalon/Goldenvoice. Reviewed Oct. 9, 1998.
• Cast: Bands: Korn, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, DJ C-minus.

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KORN's THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR Stages Triumphant Return With Sold-Out Shows

KORN 's The Family Values Tour is back — in a big way — as fans in the south are turning out in record numbers to see this summer's hottest tour.

Kicking off with a sold-out show of 17,000 rocking fans at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre, The Family Values Tour has gone on to set new numbers for the tour KORN created and headlined in 1998, as evidenced by shows in Atlanta, GA (17,900),San Antonio (17,000),Dallas (19,000) and Houston (18,000).

The tremendous response to The Family Values Tour comes on the heels of KORN 's platinum-plus selling album "See You on the other Side" , which has been in the Billboard Top 100 for 35 weeks, and is the first release of their ground-breaking new joint venture deal with EMI and Live Nation .

" KORN 's new deals are working for all involved," said Peter Katsis , senior VP of music at The Firm , co-owners of The Family Values Tour . "Through all of KORN 's new partnerships, we are able to blow up the KORN brand as well as being able to deliver a great bill and a great day for KORN fans."

"The fact that a fan can see an entire day of music — all great bands — and participate in other festival activities all for a value price has generated a groundswell of demand for this concert," said Live Nation Executive Vice President of Amphitheatre Programming, Jason Garner . "With the bulk of the tour dates still to come, we expect The Family Values Tour to become one of the most successful tours of the summer."

Along with KORN , this year's other main stage artists are DEFTONES , STONE SOUR , FLYLEAF and DIR EN GREY . With nine artists on the tour and a variety of attractions on the "Family Values Campus" — including 3-on-3 paintball competition — fans get even greater value from the Live Nation -produced The Family Values Tour , which also features 10 YEARS , DEADSY , BURY YOUR DEAD and BULLETS AND OCTANE .

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Family Values Tour 2001

Introduction.

The Family Values Tour 2001 was a tour that Linkin Park was a part of in late 2001. The Family Values Tour was originally started by Korn, but Korn wasn't always on the bill each year. The 2001 version of the tour was headlined by Stone Temple Pilots and also featured Linkin Park, Staind, Static-X and Deadsy. Spike1000 also performed at select shows of the tour.

The tour consisted of twenty seven shows across The United States and Canada from October 11th to November 17th. Linkin Park played as direct support for Stone Temple Pilots.

Before the tour

Before The Family Values Tour kicked off in October, the band came fresh off of a European Tour in September. Linkin Park played in many cities across Europe, and the most famous of them was the show at Docklands Arena in London on September 16th. The show was originally planned to be filmed for a live DVD, however the show was ultimately never released as a live album and the reasoning behind it is unknown.

Linkin Park played one show in Chula Vista, CA after the European Tour was over. Apparently at one point during the show, Brad was frustrated that his gear wasn't working properly so he kicked a large steel door, resulting in him breaking his foot. There is a demo written during the Meteora sessions entitled Broken Foot , likely named after this incident.

The tour kicked off in Cleveland, OH on October 11th. After a string of shows, the tour stopped in Toronto, ON for the only Canadian date of the tour. Starting with the East Rutherford, NJ show on October 24th, Forgotten was dropped from the rest of the tour and the band went down to eleven songs in the setlist instead of twelve.

The setlist was standard, with ten songs (eleven when Forgotten was played) from Hybrid Theory. To change things up, Linkin Park added Step Up from the Hybrid Theory EP to the middle of the setlist.

The show in Charlotte, NC was moved from the Charlotte Coliseum to Ovens Auditorium next door. This was a downgrade in capacity, meaning it was likely due to poor ticket sales. The new venue had no area for a pit and there were only seats. The tour wrapped up in Tacoma, WA on November 17th.

Memorable Moments

On the Atlanta, GA stop of the tour, according to pictures, Chester and Brad both wore animal masks on stage since it was Halloween. We don't know about the other bands members as there might be more pictures. Before the show, the band shot Frat Party DVD promos in the dressing room with those masks on.

The band played a short cover of Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses after Crawling at the Anaheim, CA stop of the tour.

The show in Portland, OR has gotten some rather interesting reviews from area reporters. It has been said that Scott from Stone Temple Pilots took off all his clothes by the end of his set and pulled his genitalia between his legs and started cussing wildly at the crowd. Then, Chester came out and started licking Scott's thighs.

Collaborations

Aaron Lewis of Staind came out on One Step Closer many times on the tour with the band. The best recording of this collaboration comes from The Family Values Tour 2001 Compilation CD.

On the final stop of the tour in Tacoma, WA, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit joined the band for Step Up, despite Limp Bizkit not being featured on the tour that year.

Rumor has it that Chester performed Outside with Staind at the beginning of the tour. However, there is no actual proof of this.

Chester frequently joined Stone Temple Pilots for Dead & Bloated on most shows of the tour.

On October 21st in Toronto, Total Eclipse and Mista Sinista from the X-Ecutioners came out and did a short DJ set after A Place For My Head. Forgotten was dropped from the setlist because of this.

Touring Bands

Stone Temple Pilots, Staind, Static-X, Deadsy, Spike1000

Stone Temple Pilots was one of Chester's favorite bands growing up. Chester later became the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 and quit the band in 2015. He is still good friends with the band.

Staind was another band that Chester and Linkin Park looked up to when they were starting out, and you can even see a poster for Staind at Mike's old apartment in Frat Party At The Pankake Festival. Joe Hahn kept in touch with Deadsy over the years, particularly Alec Puro, after the tour, and he collaborated with them for his movie MALL that came out in 2014.

A CD entitled Family Values Tour 2001 was released in 2002 and featured two live tracks from Linkin Park, as well as live tracks from the other bands on the tour. The Linkin Park tracks included Runaway from an unknown show and One Step Closer (feat. Aaron Lewis) from the Tacoma, WA show.

The CD also contained a track of Chester performing Wonderful with Stone Temple Pilots, labeled as a live track. Over the years, it has been confirmed that the performance is intentionally mislabeled as live, and was actually recorded in a studio.

An admin on Below Empty, a Stone Temple Pilots fansite says,

"As far as my records go, Wonderful was never performed live on the family values tour. There were a couple of acoustic pre-show or radio performances that STP did, but none of them ever featured Wonderful with Chester on additional vocals, according to fan reviews."

"I remember that at the time, the label wanted to release this song as a single. There was a lot of discussion about it in the fan community, because everyone thought this song was never performed with Chester. A lot of people will still say now that the recording was doctored in the studio. I am one of those people. I don't know if Chester's vocals were added later, but I definitely know that the crowd noise was added in the studio."

Our own LESTAT adds: "The song "Wonderful" by Stone Temple Pilots and Chester from the Family Values CD (released in 2002) is not a live track. It was completely recorded in the studio AFTER the Family Values tour and the crowd noise was added. It was confirmed by highly reliable source. I was hoping to get some more details on the subject, but no luck. During the interview with the Baltimore radio station in 2002 Scott said that the track was recorded during a pre-show acoustic set for radio contest winners. There were at least 3 acoustic radio sets in between Family Values shows, but none of them featured Chester. Interesting that during the Sacramento show Scott said that "Linkin Park and STP are putting a song together and it should be out fairly soon". It certainly doesn't sound like he was talking about releasing a live recording at that point. Also, there's not many recordings to confirm this as solid fact, but it looks like Scott first started to sing "Aaaahhh-Ahhh" over the solo somewhere in 2002 and it kinda confirms the fact that they came up with this version long after the Family Values tour. They planned to release the track as the lead single from the FV 2001 CD with some kind of music video, but the plans were scrapped."

Press releases from 2001 say...

- "STP's "Wonderful" will serve as the first single and will be sent next week to U.S. radio outlets for airplay consideration. A video treatment is being developed and may include live footage from the tour."

- "Although the group's "Wonderful" was originally scheduled to be the set's first single, Elektra has opted to send a sampler featuring various album tracks to U.S. radio outlets for airplay consideration."

- "STP decided to cancel the release of their single "Wonderful" which was going to feature a video w/ shots of Linkin Park. So sadly the video will be no more."

Itineraries

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Credentials

Family Values Tour

The Family Values Tour was an annual rock and hip hop tour held by the American nu metal band Korn since 1998 . The first tour took place in 1998 and the second tour in 1999, but the tour took a hiatus in 2000 due to heavy competition from the Anger Management Tour , the Summer Sanitarium Tour , and others. The Family Values Tour happened again in 2001 before taking another hiatus, this time for four years. The Family Values Tour returned in 2006 with Korn and Deftones as the headliners. Another tour occurred in 2007, before taking another hiatus until 2013. In 2013 the event took place for the final time as a one-day music festival instead of the traditional tour under the name "Family Values Festival".

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Korn , Limp Bizkit , Ice Cube , Incubus (who replaced Ice Cube on October 25, 1998 for the four remaining dates), Orgy , and Rammstein .

In one of the more infamous moments, Rammstein's band members were all dragged off stage by police and subsequently arrested during their Halloween performance. Each band decided to dress up while Rammstein were barely dressed at all, with most members performing in their underwear. Their lead guitarist Richard Kruspe was the only one decently dressed-he wore a wedding dress . The band had to spend the night in jail on charges of indecent exposure.

Ice Cube replacement

On October 25, 1998 due to the beginning of shooting the movie Next Friday , Ice Cube was replaced by alternative band Incubus for the remaining four dates. The band is featured on the Family Values Tour '98 CD release with the song "New Skin" and can be also seen during performance of " All in the Family " on the DVD release.

Feud with Rob Zombie

Initially Rob Zombie was to be one of the tour's participating artists, but he was dropped from the tour due to high production costs (each Rob Zombie concert would cost $125,000 in band fees and show production alone). Therefore, Rob Zombie was replaced by German industrial metal act Rammstein .

However, the official explanation was somewhat confusing. The Firm, Korn 's management, said Zombie continually expressed dissatisfaction over not wanting to work with a hip hop act on the bill and was supposedly lectured by Rob Zombie's management that "rock kids don't like hip-hop." Rob Zombie's manager Andy Gould said those comments were false. He explained that Zombie had never even spoken to Korn, so he could not have made those comments. [1]

Although the statement released by Korn's management resulted in anger, Rob Zombie shared no bad blood with the bands participating in the Family Values Tour. In 1999, both Rob Zombie and Korn got on good terms again and launched the highly successful "Rock is Dead" tour together. Korn also toured with Rob Zombie in the summer of 2016. [2]

Headliners:

• Limp Bizkit

On select dates:

• Korn (from October 5 to October 13)
• The Crystal Method (first part of the tour until the October 13 tour date)
• Mobb Deep (first part of the tour until the October 8 tour date)
• Run-DMC (started on September 24 as a surprise guest until October 3)
• Primus (second part of the tour, started on the October 13 tour date)
• Method Man and Redman (second part of the tour, started on the October 16 date)
• Sevendust (replaced Filter on the October 23 tour date)

Korn did not take a full part in the tour, instead making surprise appearances at a handful of dates. [3]

Insane Clown Posse and System of a Down were originally scheduled for the tour but did not make the final roster. Controversy arose over System of a Down's cancelled appearance, with speculation arising to believe Fred Durst had removed the band due to a falling out with the band Taproot after failing to negotiate them a record contract. After things had soured with Durst, System of a Down aided the band in securing a more satisfactory contract. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Methods of Mayhem was also offered to take part of the tour. [11]

DMX and Ja Rule were also on the bill for the first half of the tour, [12] but cancelled all the shows prior to the beginning of the tour. Mobb Deep and Run-DMC became their replacements on the tour.

Sevendust filled in for Filter on the Denver date while Filter took time off to film the video for " Take a Picture ". [13]

It was during this tour that Staind's frontman Aaron Lewis , alongside Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst , performed the emotional hit single "Outside" for the first time in Biloxi, Mississippi . This live version quickly found widespread radio play before being recorded in the studio for Staind's next album Break the Cycle . Footage of this on-stage performance also was used for the song's music video .

Cancellations and rescheduled dates

Bands taking part in the 2001 tour were Stone Temple Pilots , Linkin Park , Staind , Static-X , Deadsy , and Spike 1000 (replacing Deadsy on only first five dates). [15]

Korn , Deftones , Stone Sour , Flyleaf , Dir En Grey , 10 Years , Deadsy , Bury Your Dead , Bullets and Octane , and Walls of Jericho

Controversies

In 2006, a violent fight allegedly broke out in the mosh pit at the Family Values Tour in Atlanta , Georgia during the Deftones performance, resulting in the death of 30-year-old Andy Richardson on August 1, 2006. Lawyers representing Mr. Richardson's family said they may pursue civil actions against Korn and the show's promoters.

Andy's mother, Gloria Richardson, said in a statement to Fox News Service on August 1, 2006 that "It's not right that someone could go to a concert for a good time and wind up dead. There needs to be more security or they need to not have these concerts at all". One week later, 24-year-old Michael Scott Axley was arrested and charged with Richardson's murder. Witnesses claim Axley punched Richardson, causing his head to hit the concrete floor and suffer an injury that ultimately proved fatal.

Main Stage: Korn , Evanescence , Atreyu , Flyleaf , Hellyeah , Trivium , Neurosonic

Side Stage: Droid , Five Finger Death Punch , Through You, Invitro, Twin Method, and Bloodsimple

On August 30, 2013 Korn revealed to Billboard that they were bringing the tour back as a one-day event festival. On September 3, 2013, it was revealed that the Family Values Festival would take place in Broomfield , CO at the 1stBank Center . [16]

Korn , Hollywood Undead , Asking Alexandria , Machine Gun Kelly , Beware of Darkness , and Love and Death

• The Family Values Tour 1999
• The Family Values Tour 2001

The initial edition of Family Values Tour was highly successful and it was documented on separate DVD and CD releases, both put on sale on March 30, 1999 via Immortal / Epic Records . The CD release achieved gold record status in the United States while the DVD release went platinum .

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• ↑ "Korn to Play String of Family Values Dates" . MTV .
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• ↑ Basham, David (August 24, 1999). "Family Values Tour Announces Itinerary" . MTV News . Retrieved October 28, 2021 .
• ↑ Mancini, Rob (January 14, 2000). "Insane Clown Posse Eyes Early Return To Road After Onstage Incident" . MTV News . Retrieved October 28, 2021 .
• ↑ Mancini, Rob (October 15, 1999). "Limp Bizkit, System Of A Down Mend Fences For Post-Family Values Tour" . MTV News . Retrieved October 28, 2021 .
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Family Values Tour

by Skyla Feb 24, 2023

The Family Values Tour, a beloved annual rock and hip hop tour, was founded by the legendary American nu metal band Korn in 1998. This exhilarating musical journey was a melting pot of various musical genres, ranging from nu metal, rap metal, funk metal, alternative metal, industrial metal, hip hop, alternative rock, post-grunge, to post-hardcore, and metalcore. It was a grand musical feast for rock and hip hop lovers alike.

The Family Values Tour rocked the United States and Canada, leaving a trail of ecstatic fans in its wake. It was a gathering of diverse musical acts, but it was also much more than that. The tour embodied a certain family-like atmosphere that brought people together in a shared love of music, creating a bond between the fans and the performers. It was a place where people could come together to celebrate their shared passions and values, a place where the music was not just entertainment, but a way of life.

The tour was not without its challenges, however. In 2000, the Family Values Tour had to take a hiatus due to intense competition from other tours like the Anger Management Tour and the Summer Sanitarium Tour. Yet, the tour bounced back in 2001 with renewed energy, delivering yet another unforgettable experience for the fans.

In 2006, the tour returned with Korn and Deftones as the headliners, creating a musical spectacle that blew the minds of the fans. This was followed by another tour in 2007, which only added to the tour's legendary status. However, the tour went on another hiatus until 2013, when it returned for the final time as a one-day music festival called the Family Values Festival. This marked the end of an era for rock and hip hop fans everywhere.

The Family Values Tour was not just a mere music tour, but a community that brought people together from all walks of life. It was a place where people could come together, share their love for music, and create a bond that transcended differences. It was a celebration of life, love, and music, and it will always hold a special place in the hearts of its fans. The tour may be over, but its legacy lives on, reminding us of the power of music to unite and inspire.

The Family Values Tour was a music festival that took place in the United States in the late 1990s. The tour was organized by the band Korn and aimed to promote family values, hence the name. The 1998 tour featured Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Incubus, Orgy, and Rammstein. During their Halloween performance, Rammstein was arrested for indecent exposure after most members performed in their underwear. Their lead guitarist, Richard Kruspe, wore a wedding dress. Ice Cube was replaced by Incubus due to filming commitments for "Next Friday". Rob Zombie was dropped from the tour due to high production costs, which caused confusion as the official explanation was that Zombie didn't want to work with a hip-hop act, which was denied by Zombie's manager. However, there was no bad blood between Zombie and the participating bands, and they toured together in 1999.

The 1999 tour was headlined by Limp Bizkit, Filter, and Staind, with surprise appearances by Korn at a handful of dates. The Crystal Method, Mobb Deep, Run-DMC, Primus, Method Man and Redman, and Sevendust were also featured. Insane Clown Posse and System of a Down were originally scheduled to perform, but System of a Down's cancellation caused controversy, with speculation arising that Fred Durst had removed them due to a falling out with Taproot.

The Family Values Tour was known for its diverse lineup and unique atmosphere. It was an opportunity for fans of different genres to come together and enjoy music. Despite its name, the tour was not about pushing a specific agenda but rather about promoting unity and acceptance. The Family Values Tour was a highlight of the late '90s music scene and left a lasting impact on the industry.

CD and DVD releases

Music has the power to bring people together, and that's precisely what the Family Values Tour accomplished. This annual event, which ran from 1998 to 2006, was a showcase of musical talent that embodied the values of family, togetherness, and unity. The tour brought together some of the biggest names in the rock and metal world, and it was documented on CD and DVD releases that captured the energy and passion of these live performances.

The first Family Values Tour in 1998 was a resounding success, with crowds flocking to see the likes of Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Rammstein perform on stage. The tour was a celebration of rock and metal music, but it was also a celebration of family and community. The bands on the tour shared a common vision of what it meant to be a part of a musical family, and they brought that vision to life through their electrifying performances.

The Family Values Tour was so successful that it spawned two more tours in 1999 and 2001, both of which were also captured on CD and DVD releases. These releases showcased not only the musical talent on display but also the sense of camaraderie and family that was at the heart of the tour. Each release was a testament to the power of music to bring people together and to create a sense of community.

In 2006, the Family Values Tour returned for one final hurrah, and once again, the performances were captured on a CD and DVD release. This time around, the tour featured some of the biggest names in the rock and metal world, including Korn, Deftones, and Stone Sour. The CD release achieved gold record status in the United States, while the DVD release went platinum, a testament to the enduring popularity of the Family Values Tour.

The CD and DVD releases of the Family Values Tour are more than just recordings of live performances. They are a celebration of the power of music to bring people together, to create a sense of community, and to inspire us to be better, both as individuals and as members of a larger group. Whether you were lucky enough to see the tour in person or you're experiencing it for the first time through these releases, the Family Values Tour is a reminder that music is more than just entertainment. It's a force for good, a source of inspiration, and a celebration of what it means to be part of a family, no matter how you define it.

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Korn ~ Family Values Tour 98

If you missed 1998's Family Values tour featuring Incubus, Orgy, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Rammstein, and Korn, fear not: 15 tracks from the aforementioned bands, plus "interludes," add up to well over an hour of neo-metal-angst-rap that can be enjoyed without venturing into a mosh pit. The CD is a cool deal in that it contains the best songs from each lineup, including radio hits such as Orgy's cover of New Order's "Blue Monday," Limp Bizkit's breakthrough version of George Michael's "Faith," and Rammstein's incendiary Germanic ode "Du Hast." Korn's medley of older material and singles from Follow the Leader prove why they're the headliners. In fact, this CD--and the tour itself--was partly based on the accurate assumption that Korn have such a strong influence that any band they tour with must appear Korn-approved kool to the kids. Both Ice Cube and Rammstein seem out of place, though kudos to Korn for including them. Ultimately, Family Values '98 is a great sampler for a metal-rap neophyte. --Katherine Turman

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• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Legacy
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1999
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 8 minutes
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
• Label ‏ : ‎ Legacy
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000ICNX
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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