and 1999's Make Yourself, and on the other side of the century, they'll still show up to cheer on their heroes. This may help explain why one of the major "bands with turntablists" acts, Incubus, is still on the road and has a significant fan following 20 years after they released their first album. But one thing nu-metal fans have in common with metal fans in general is their loyalty – even the most hapless '80s hair metal act can still bring out fans on the club circuit or as part of a package tour playing the sheds each summer, and second-tier New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands can still bring a small but hearty pack of admirers out when they come to the States. There isn't a reasonable answer to most of these questions, and most rock historians are still trying to pretend the whole nu-metal thing didn't happen, just as they tried to wish it away as it was happening. So when did metal bands decide it was a good idea to have a DJ? Who decided that since metal was cool and funk was cool, they would be twice as cool when you put them together? And why did so many angry young dudes relate to this thinking so strongly for a few years from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s? It's a question that's been puzzling people for years – how did the onslaught of nu-metal happen, and why did it take so long for us to realize it was just a bad idea?