Hybrid Theories: How Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park pushed nu-metal to the mainstream
It was not all that long ago that the likes of Creed, P.O.D., and Limp Bizkit frequently rubbed elbows with the likes of Christina Aguilera and Backstreet Boys on MTV’s Total Request Live. TRL coincided with album sales reaching a commercial peak (considering Napster and file-sharing were in their infancies, and on-demand streaming was a…