Korn gossip from the 9:30 Club

October 31, 2006 1:41 PM

at the decemberists' concert at the 9:30 club on monday, october 30th, lead singer colin meloy mentioned some terrifying story involving the band korn and some activities that had taken place backstage...on the couch cushions. he said it was too terrible to tell. now i'm dying of curiosity. anybody got the scoop?
posted by pablohoney to media & arts (10 comments total)

I would believe it. One of my friends lives in the house that Korn owned in Long Beach, CA. When they bought the house, there was one room that was entirely black -- black shag carpet, black walls, black ceiling. It had an interesting assortment of knobs attached with some serious hardware to the walls/frame of the house. The laborers that they hired to gut the room walked off the job after peeling the carpeting up.
posted by SpecialK at 1:56 PM on October 31, 2006

SpecialK, because? What was under the carpet? Help the dense among you.
posted by agregoli at 2:53 PM on October 31, 2006

Yeah, SpecialK, I'm on the edge of my seat.
posted by drleary at 3:23 PM on October 31, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]

I'm guessing that this is just an example of off-the-cuff storytelling, and Colin Meloy was just employing the old trope of paralepsis: omission for rhetorical effect. He left out the details, because the mystery is more interesting than whatever gruesome detail he might have supplied.

Sorry if I just ruined your own story, SpecialK. Unless it's actually true?
posted by synaesthetichaze at 3:30 PM on October 31, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]

You might want to try the Decemberists' very active message board for the best chance of getting an answer to this question.
posted by bcwinters at 4:12 PM on October 31, 2006

Damn you, specialK! Come out of your hole!
posted by Mr. Gunn at 4:47 PM on October 31, 2006

It's an old sci-fi and horror movie principle: if you never show the monster, the audience will imagine something way scarier than you could ever come up with.
posted by nebulawindphone at 6:10 PM on October 31, 2006

I think SpecialK's just makin' a point folks. You can finish that story with whatever you want under the carpet... (keeping in mind that whatever you make up, ironically Korn has probably done something different but equally disturbing :)).
posted by lorimer at 6:39 PM on October 31, 2006

Hey, sorry for the suspense, I had trick-or-treating and real life and drinking wine to deal with! Y'all should really try getting away from the computer once in a while...

The carpet was so soaked through with various crusty and probably body-originated fluids that the day laborers refused to touch it anymore, and wouldn't peel up the very, very visibly stained padding underneath the carpet. We're talking groaty, folks.

The pool equipment also had to be replaced because the pump had at one point gotten several condoms sucked into it and they were blocking some things and had wrapped around other things.

And yes, this is true... the guy who owns it is a custom software developer that works with my parents.
posted by SpecialK at 4:13 AM on November 1, 2006

"It's an old sci-fi and horror movie principle: if you never show the monster, the audience will imagine something way scarier than you could ever come up with."

That's one principle I wish horror and sci-fi directors would friggin' use more often.
posted by sablazo at 2:19 PM on November 1, 2006