A RANDOM THOUGHT ABOUT KORN’S LOGO

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:03pm by Axl Rosenberg

So yesterday I posted the Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week, as I’m prone to do, and readers’ entries started pouring into my inbox, as was bound to happen.

And someone guessed that the band logo in question belonged to Korn.

At least once a week, someone guesses “Korn” or “Slipknot” or “Atreyu.” This baffles me to no end for the following reasons:

  1. Korn, Slipknkot, and Atreyu all have very readable logos.
  2. Presumably the people who guess these bands are familiar with their respective logos and should therefore feel pretty confident that, no, that logo they are currently trying to read does not belong to Korn, Slipknot, or Atreyu.

ANYWAY, this all got me thinking about Korn’s logo, and how monumentally stupid and un-metal it is. I mean, it has a backwards letter “r.” You know who else uses a backwards letter “r?”

So, there you have it. A completely random thought about Korn’s logo.

-AR

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32 COMMENTS on “A RANDOM THOUGHT ABOUT KORN’S LOGO”

  1. Senior Swanky says:

    That’s it?

  2. Jesse says:

    You mean you don’t think it’s hilarious that people guess Korn and Slipknot? I thought that was a sure fire knee slapper if there ever was one.

  3. hater says:

    This one time when i took a crap, i looked in the bowl and sure enough, it spelt ‘Slipknot’. that’s how shitty they are.

  4. Senior Swanky says:

    Oh I chuckled plenty but I was hoping for more, but I guess that why it was just a random though and not a full blown essay on the matter.
    I just always gets my hopes up.

  5. o0Stacey0o says:

    hahaha, good call.

  6. Sammy says:

    Axl, here’s my random thought about your random thought: You’re obsessed over Korn the way evangelicals are way too concerned with homosexuals. I always suspect they are hiding some repressed homosexual feelings and using their bully pulpit to mask their hidden desires.

    This begs the question (and I’ll paraphrase Meet the Parents): Are you a Kornhead, Axl?

  7. Kevin says:

    I don’t know if you noticed, but not only is the “R” backwards, but “corn” does not have a “K” in it. Furthermore, either “Korn” or “Corn” is a ridiculously stupid name for a band. It is, however, delicious.

  8. vman says:

    I saw a dude at the Warped Tour in ‘01 with that logo tattooed on his neck, we laughed at him for an hour. So far, nothing I’ve seen has ever topped it.

  9. ian says:

    I’d just like to point out that TOOL starts with “TO”.
    Do you know what else starts with “TO”?
    Toys R Us.
    So there.

  10. Senior Swanky says:

    During this past CMJ I met a fella who went by the name Korn, His ID even had Korn down as his name except the R was not backwards.

  11. Completely Irrelevant Comment Man says:

    I had Korn in my poop this morning.

  12. The Mighty Fucking Quinn says:

    Irrelevant Comment Man – How does Jonathan Davis actually taste?

    I agree with Kevin, although I’m more of a potato man myself.One day Dan Quayle will make his way into metal.

  13. amy says:

    um wow i actually know the answer to this. KORN (with backward R) were the call letters (like KNAC) of the radio station on the horrid redneck variety show Hee Haw.

    Buck Owens was the house band on Hee Haw, and among the ranks of Owens’ band is Jonathan Davis’ dad or uncle or something.

    Also, later in life, Owens bought radio KUZZ in Bakersfield, CA, home to Korn HQ.

    SORRY!

  14. Sammy says:

    In other news, commentor Amy was officially banned from Metalsucks at 3:37PM, November 18, 2008.

    ;)

  15. Kye says:

    oomdakdaoomdakdaeena

    That is all

  16. Anthony says:

    I’m sure if Gojira used a backward “R” in their logo we’d get a post from Axl saying “OMGZ I LOVEZ JOE FROM GOJIRA S000000 MUCH!!!111!!! THEYZ HAVE THE BEST LOGO!!!!!!!111. AND THEY USE A BACKWARDS “r” Omgz THAT’S SO PROGRESSIVEZ!!!!”

  17. Crunch says:

    Yeah you are right man! well… after all Korn isnt metal in my book

  18. earth2tom says:

    I don’t know is this is the thread where we guess about the unreadable logo, but my guess is Korn.

  19. Chris says:

    ahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahah

  20. Johnny Death says:

    Hey, the Toys “R” Us / Babies “R” Us banner is a great addition to the site! However, It’s too bad you had to bring Korn into it as well. They are soo not metal. Thanks for the knee-slapper!

  21. shut ur mouth b4 if fuk it says:

    maybe toys r us owns korn?

  22. get over yourselves says:

    I understand Korn are not the most talented hand full of musicians but give me a break. I’m so sick of seeing comments like “Korn is sooo not metal”. Who gives a damn? Something HAS to be metal or you won’t listen to it? Learn to think for yourself. Listen to whatever you want and if people give you shit for it, so fucking what? If you honestly don’t like a band, that’s fine…but saying “they aren’t metal so they suck” is just plain close minded. I completely agree with Anthony when he says if Gojira had a backwards R in their name, you people would be drooling about it because they are “sooo metal.” Bias queers. And save yourself the trouble of typing something back to me accusing me of being some hardcore Korn fan because you couldn’t be any farther from the truth.

  23. Are you serious, korn isnt even metal. even though metal is in fact VERY awesome. Korn rocks and you just cant denie that, i bet most of you have never even heard any song from Korn. I challenge you all to download lime wire at limewire.com then download another brick in the wall. i found this site when i was in fact looking for the Korn logo, you people must be illiterate hicks if you cant read this.

  24. DUSTIN says:

    YOUR AN IDIOT. KORN’S MUSIC IS FOR THE KIDS. THE MUSIC IS FOR THE KIDS THAT GET PICKED IN SCHOOL OR HAVE NO WHERE TO TURN.

  25. Twist says:

    OMG is there seriously a website about metal sucking?? you fags need to get fuckin hobbies! WTF?

  26. kornage1277 says:

    fuck you all..pricks who know fuck all

  27. KoRn fan says:

    This post is retarded xD I don’t even know why I responding to your post..

    but come on.. xD There are much more things to badmouth on the bands and this random thought is just so stupid xD

  28. Toni says:

    of course it’s Korn u dumbasses! Korn is one of the best bands out there! along with other METAL bands. Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, Godsmack, Ozzy Ozzbourne, Slayer, Aerosmith. WTF is wrong with u ppl? just jealous that they sound better than the shit u probably listen to?

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