Nu-Metal: Influences

Nu-metal ruled the charts and stirred mosh pits in the '90s and '00s, but the roots of the scene reach back to Run-D.M.C. and The Clash, who mashed up rap and rock before anyone else. Later on, the thrash of Slayer, the funk metal of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Faith No More, and the industrial sounds of Ministry and Nine Inch Nails laid the groundwork for the nu-metal explosion.