Furthermore, the steady touring and the crowd's responses generated the band's punk rock "feel and attitude", resulting in dissonant guitar playing on Life Is Peachy; "We wanted to create a really angry album", said Shaffer.

[14] While working on the album, they consumed "mass quantities" of alcoholic beverages and were often so "high" that most nights, one of the band members passed out and therefore could not play his instrument, especially guitarist Brian "Head" Welch.

"[23] Davis said working with Robinson was essential as he was connected to the band since his involvement on the first album; he also knew how to capture their live energy and motivate them to focus in the recording studio.

[26] The band launched their first-ever internet webcast, called Korn Mangling the Web, through a partnership with QuickTime, allowing viewers to watch Life Is Peachy's development at Indigo Ranch Studios.

[22] Apart from the cover versions of "Lowrider" and "Wicked", the album's lyrics were entirely written by Davis, who found inspiration in a place called Magic Room in Los Angeles.

[22] Author Doug Small wrote that "the band's songwriting method—a sort of collective building process wherein four instrumentalists, with the input of Jonathan, develop each other's ideas until they've created a monster—is truly a group effort.

[24] To achieve an unequivocal result when recording vocals in the isolation booth, Robinson urged Davis to put himself back in the context that inspired his lyrics or used physical force.

[18] Excerpts from the album's recording sessions at Indigo Ranch Studios appeared in Korn's 1997 biographical video Who Then Now?, which was entirely filmed by the band's crew member and archivist Danny "Ham Cam" Hamilton.

[26] In 2015, Davis said even though Life Is Peachy was a "killer" record, it was not among his favorite Korn albums due to its rushed production, mentioning that the only reason was the pressure of constant touring.

The song is noted for its heavy use of vulgarisms throughout all the lyrics; because of this, Shaffer said that the band had intended to jokingly submit it to rock radio stations because they "knew they wouldn't play it, then follow up about a week later with the real thing".

"[55] They later stated that Korn channeled an "atmosphere of pure dementia" into the record, which showcased "more tales of child abuse, insecurity, betrayal of trust and general hatred for the world".

[29] Arvizu proudly described Life Is Peachy as having a rhythmically aggressive style,[56] while MTV's Kyle Anderson expressed a converging opinion, saying the album "really belongs" to the bassist.

[60][61] Author and music journalist Jean-Charles Desgroux wrote that Davis displayed all his "organic versatility" on Life Is Peachy and achieved "heights of rage that are difficult to bear".

[54] On November 5, 1996, The New York Times critic Jon Pareles wrote that throughout Life Is Peachy, "the band applies hip-hop's noise esthetics to a hard-rock lineup".

"[18] Life Is Peachy's black and white front cover depicts a little boy with neatly combed blond hair straightening his tie in a gilt mirror while a taller, shadowy presence looms behind him.

[35] Korn resumed intensive touring immediately after recording sessions for Life Is Peachy ended, performing notably at the UK Monsters of Rock festival in Donington on August 17, 1996, where they headlined the second stage and played songs from the upcoming album.

[85] The CD album version includes a bonus multimedia section that features live video footage of "Good God" recorded at London Astoria in the summer of 1996.

[90] The tour encompassed twenty-six shows and began on January 21, 1997, in Germany, visiting Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, and ended in London on February 24.

[91] On February 20, 1997, Korn made a television appearance as the musical guest of the day on Nulle Part Ailleurs (NPA), performing "No Place to Hide" (live broadcast) in prime time on Canal+ in Paris.

[107] Writers Katia Kulawick of Rock Sound and Manuel Rabasse of Hard 'N' Heavy magazine reviewed a Life Is Peachy Tour's show at Seattle's Mercer Arena on November 30, 1996.

[111][66] The show started with a video projected on a screen onstage, which was a nonsensical animated cartoon with "grimacing characters", then Davis, dressed in a purple sequined tracksuit, "belched out" "Twist" under a dim spotlight, the opening song, followed by "Blind" from the 1994 debut album with the whole stage lighting.

"[46] Kulawick wrote that the animated cartoon, supplemented by dismembered dolls scattered behind and hung on two large grids above the band members, gave a "tragic dimension".

Of the guitar playing, Rabasse wrote, "Dirtiness, approximation, confusion are inherent elements of the sound" of Shaffer and Welch, "at the head of a panoply of pedals, all more tinkered the ones than the others".

[115] During the 1997 tour, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst began to appear as a guest vocalist on "Wicked" and did the rapped vocals segments of the song, taking the role of Deftones' Chino Moreno.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "Korn add enough elements of alternative rock song structure to make the music accessible to the masses, and their songwriting has continued to improve.

[55] Dominic Hilton of Guitarist wrote, "Life Is Peachy shows no let-up in the psychotic style, and is safely tipped to establish Korn as the new standard" in metal.

They wrote that although Korn retains its trademark elements showcased in the 1994 debut album, the band "radicalizes its discourse" on Life Is Peachy, making it harder to pin down.

"[64] Entertainment Weekly said the album was a "primal scream" and left the "impression that frontman Jonathan Davis is turning his well-publicized childhood traumas into a cheap marketing device".

Praising Davis' vocal performance on "Good God", Bird said its powerful chorus would be a pivotal moment on the album, thus becoming an important influence for "legions of down-tuned wannabes" who "ripped off" this singing style.

Gulla gave a laudatory assessment, writing that he "seethed his way through the recording in helping to define himself as one of the most compelling and troubled voices in all of rock", and praised the creative partnership, stating that "the manic guitars and rhythm surrounding him only enhanced the final product".