“I remember my dad went round the corner and got this magazine with a DVD of music videos on it. Maybe it was even a cassette! Anyway, it had this on it, Spit It Out by Slipknot, and I think Korn as well. The first time I heard the chorus to this song, I was just glued to it, and I could not stop singing it. At that point, I couldn’t really sing, so I was just a kid yelling the chorus.
“But that song changed the game for me and that band. Without it, I don’t think I’d have got so into music. I’d listened to Fear Factory before, but with Linkin Park, it was more accessible. They were one of the first bands that really tried to bridge the gap. Some people loved it, and some people really hated it, but for me as a kid, it was a perfect balance. After that, they became the band that I would listen to all the time. It helped me learn to sing and scream.”