“It was about smashing down walls”: How Adidas invaded nu-metal Arriving like a subculture from outer space, nu-metal shook up not just the sound, but also the style of heavy music. We sat down with Korn’s Jonathan Davis to look back on how sportswear infiltrated our traditionally denim-and-leather clad scene… Words: Sam Law Baggy-ass JNCO jeans. Fishnet shirts. New Era snapbacks. Three-foot wallet chains. Looking back, nu-metal fashion was fucking wild. Veering from the skate-obsessed frat couture of Fred Durst to the steroidal goth glam of Coal Chamber-era Dez Fafara, it was a wide church, too, full of artists out to forge an identity that was brighter, fresher and louder than anything that’d come before.