1. You used to call it "crossover"....and still do

2. You were on the Loudside discussion list

3. You wanted to roadtrip to Cali no matter where you were from to see places like Bakersfield and Vacaville

4. You joined any street team you heard about because that was the only way of hearing new crossover bands

5. You used to get huge packages of (cassette!) samplers from teams you never even joined

6. You remember when Korn was only played on college radio or late at night

7. You remember there were days before theprp.com

8. You remember the day you found out that Brandon cut his dreads

9. You stayed up late to catch 120 Minutes, hoping they'd play one of your bands so you could tape the video

10. You watched the webcasts of Ozzfest featuring Snot, Limp Bizkit, and Incubus even if you had already been to one because back then Ozzfest bands were good

11. You remember when Coby exposed himself at shows and perhaps was even punched by him in the pit

12. Downset and Salmon were the "rapcore" bands to be.

13. You own System of a Down's demo with "Know", "War" and "Peephole"

14. You watched Limp Bizkit at Warped Tour with maybe 15 other people, who were waiting for the band after them to play

15. You remember exactly where you were when you found out Lynn Strait died, and still mourn every December...RIP Dobbs

16. There was no Adema, only Juice, mofo

17. You could trace the members of Snot throughout all their other projects

18. You can name at least 3 of Logan Madder's bands

19. You know what (hed)PE used to stand for.

20. You remember the Limp Bizkit payola scandal

21. You've seen Incubus in a venue that holds less than 100 and their set consisted of mostly Enjoy Incubus material

22. And they even did "Eye of the Tiger" with a certain special guest

23. You used to hear about this "Hot Topic" but never saw one until recently, unless you were in Cali

24. You remember Static-X when the "X" was silent

25. You've been the only girl at a Limp Bizkit show, even at Ladies Night in Cambodia

26. A band with numbers in the name was hard to think of offhand: Um....uh...hmm...oh! Powerman 5000

27. You equate haircuts with "selling out"

28. You go on and on about how amazing "Water and Solutions" was and mourn the loss of Far

29. You remember when Korn opened up for 311

30. You could spot another fan because he looked like Chino

31. ...or dressed head to toe in Adidas (and wasn't wearing big gold chains)

32. You had Nick Hexum on your buddy list

33. You had no idea who Glassjaw was unless you lived on Long Island

34. You heard about Slipknot every day from Eric instead of seeing 6 Slipknot shirts a day at the mall

35. You listened to Quicksand before everyone listed them as an influence

36. a band having a DJ was a privilege and a treat, not a right or a standard

37. You thought the band Clown was going to be huge

38. Nonpoint never left FL and you wished they would instead of wishing they'd go back

39. You liked Hoobastank when they still had the "u"

40. "Alien Ant WHAT?!" was a common response when you told people what you were listening to

41. The Urge was the only band with horns that was acceptable in your playlist

42. You could hear the Faith No More influence in bands instead of bands just crediting them to appear cool...and Mike Patton wasn't all pissed off about it

43. You have 35" Mudder mp3s

44. You know the lyrics to Pee Wagon and still request it at shows

45. POD? You mean VOD?

46. You followed the Slipknot/Mushroomhead war on messageboards

47. You remember seeing Reveille opening for Stuck Mojo who still existed

48. RoadRunner signing your band wasn't the kiss of death

49. You remember that the remix of Be Quiet and Drive was Chino covering it as if he were Jonah

50. You were able to bootleg your favorite bands because no one was there to stop you

51. Lemonade and Brownies wasn't just a snack

52. You remember when Vanilla Ice announced his new hardcore project

53. Max Cavalera is your god...if only you could understand what he's saying....

54. The only female in a band you could think of was Rayna. and DAMN was she hot!

55. You remember Chino talking constantly about Tinfed and you still havent heard them

56. They can't say "Stinkfist" on MTV?!?

57. You've seen Clutch...by accident

58. You've eaten breakfast with Jonah

59. You had to wait on the edge of your seat for an album to come out because there was no Napster (or you were lucky enough to get a cassette copy)

60. You had to send away for demos because the bands you liked would never be signed, much less put out an album in less than 6 months

61. You mullet watched long before it became a mainstream phenomenon

62. You've been invited to one of Happy Walter's BBQ's (or if you're REALLY cool, actually been there!)

63. You can name the locations of every band named "Livid" (though the only one that counted was from Cali, but of course)

64. You talked to members of at least 3 different bands and they're still on your buddy list even though they're too big for you now

65. You've been harassed by Wolfpac featuring former members of the Bloodhound Gang...(like that will ever stop)

66. You swear Jonathan Davis is saying something when he's spitting out jibberish in Twist

67. There were 2 kinds of people, those who thought Cold was brilliant, and those who were insane.

68. You still wretch at the thought of people calling it "pimprock"

69. Your roots are in rap but then you realized these things called 'guitars' aren't half bad

70. You traded videos with people on the opposite coast so you could see bands that never thought to come your way

71. You can name at least 3 different myths about the 'mustache mystic' on the Incubus albums

72. Finding another human who liked the same music was one in a thousand except by internet

73. There were no groupies, only fans

74. Your favorite bands broke up before rapcore was ever mentioned by mainstream

75. You didn't like Taproot then, and you still don't.