"Family Values 1998," the "Korn" inspired hard-rock tour that serves as
a sort of unofficial counter-part to the highly successful OzzFest
tours, even claiming two previous OzzFest alumni in the forms of Limp
Bizkit and Incubus. There has been talk of the "Family Values" tour
continuing in 1999 with Limp Bizkit acting as headliners, and LB
putting out the call for an unsigned band to open the tour, so the
tradition might see a longer life. What we've got here is a sort of
live soundtrack to the tour with selected tracks offered from each
band. There's also some fairly interesting DJ work by C-minus between
each band's tracks, which is how the live show played out.

The players: Incubus, Orgy, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Rammstein and the
muscle behind the tour Korn. For a live album, the tracks are all
recorded expertly with maximum sonics apparent. The disk starts with a
bit of the aforementioned DJ trickery before launching into the lone
Incubus track, "New Skin." Incubus may be one of the lesser known names
on this tour, but in my opinion, are probably the most creative, and I
listen to their disk more than any of these bands. The Orgy songs all
sound really thick, and since their live set is pretty boring, the
recorded version is livelier. As played out as it is, their New Order
cover of "Blue Monday" is great.

Limp Bizkit included "Faith" in their 3 songs here. I hate that song
(both versions), and when you consider that "Jump Around" (originally by
House of Pain - which makes sense since Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal used to
be in HOP) is another cover, only one song out of three, "Cambodia," is
an original LB tune, I think they could've been better represented.
Sounds rippin' though.

Ice Cube comes correct with some of the newer Ice Cube material, but
pleases old schoolers with the combo hit of NWA's "Straight Outta
Compton/Fuck Tha Police," and it's the energy those two tracks generate
that lets the straight up rapper hang with the metal crowd. German
industrial metalists Rammstein only have their (over) radio'd song "Du
Hast." They are best live with lots of fire.

Korn logs in the longest playing time with their "Shot Liver Medley"
which blends parts of their more recognizable tunes ("Shoots and
Ladders," "Justin," "Predictable," "Ball Tongue," "Divine" and "Kill
You"). Two of the other three Korn songs are their singles "Freak On A
Leash" and "Got The Life," so nothing really new for the fan.

If you saw the tour, this should allow you to reminisce easily.
Including all the bands singles doesn't do much for the faithful, since
they most likely would already have versions of these songs, and in
Korn's case, are sick of those songs due to overexposure. But, if you
want a live fix, the recording is above average and the lineup is worth
the price.