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1. Whose eponymous 1994 debut album is widely considered the progenitor of the nu-metal genre?
Though the band long tried to distance itself from the "nu metal" label, feeling that it lumped them in with the imitators, Korn eventually embraced the genre that they helped create.
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2. What nu-metal band gets name-checked in Bowling for Soup's Billboard hit "1985"?
Debbie, the song's protagonist, is a married mother of two who thinks about her "average life" and dreams about her halcyon days in the mid-1980s. According to the lyrics, Debbie "rocked out to Wham!, not a big Limp Bizkit fan."
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3. What touring showcase for nu-metal acts ran sporadically from 1998 to 2013?
Founded by Korn in 1998, the Family Values Tour was intended to be an annual rock and hip hop tour. Instead, the tour happened in 1998, 1999, 2001 (the only time Korn wasn't part of the lineup), 2006, and 2007, before ending with the Family Values Festival in 2013.
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4. Which of these nu-metal tracks charted highest on the Billboard Hot 100?
While all of these songs charted on the Hot 100, "Did My Time" (2003) only reached No. 38. "Scars" (2004) reached No. 15 and "Bring Me to Life" (2003) topped out at number five. Linkin Park's "In the End" (2000) was the first of the group's Top 10 singles, peaking at number two.
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5. What does the initialism P.O.D. stand for in the Christian nu-metal band of the same name?
The group used its full name, Payable on Death, as the title for its fifth studio album in 2003.
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