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:. limp bizkit .: |
limpbizkit has been one band that has changed alot over the years. This five-man assault crew has been bringing it to the masses like no one before.
The quintet from Jacksonville, FL, that has spent the past four years turning the rock world on its head and spinning it round and round, is back with a
vengence, taking the mainstream by storm. Limp Bizkit formed six years ago in Jacksonville, an assemblage of visionaries brought together by frontman Fred Durst, a former Navy plebe turned
tattoo artist who'd been writing raps since he was 14. The collision of sensibilities between Durst, Otto, Borland, bassist Sam Rivers and House of Pain's
DJ Lethal formed a synthesis that was entirely of its time, a sonic barrage of crunchy power chords, phat grooves and psycho-delic loops that was without
precedent - at least all under the same roof. The 1997 debut Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$ ushered Limp Bizkit into the platinum house, thanks to an irreverent
hit remake of George Michael's "Faith" and an attention-getting spot on the 1998 OZZFest bill, with its famous giant toilet stage prop. But Limp Bizkit really
ascended to the throne with 1999's Significant Other, a ranting, raging masterpiece that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. In Canada, Significant
Other has sold over 600,000 copies. As Durst notes on the new album, Limp Bizkit "crawled up your butt somehow/and that's when things got turned
around," and what followed was a torrent of activity and accolades that left scorched earth and happily spent mosh pits. With the hits - "Nookie,"
"Rearranged," "Break Stuff" - as a soundtrack, the band played at Woodstock '99 and headlined the 1999 Family Values tour. Durst was named a
Senior Vice-President at Interscope and started his own label, Flawless; he also signed on to direct two films. Rivers, meanwhile, was named the Best
Rock Bass Player at the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards. And as it set out to start work on what would become Chocolate StHrfish, Limp Bizkit
was also tapped to record the theme song for Mission Impossible 2, scoring a summer hit with "Take a Look Around" - which is also featured on the
that album. The keywords for Chocolate StHrfish were bigger, badder, harder, heavier, phatter, funkier... you get the idea. But even with its new layers
and textures, Chocolate StHrfish is unquestionably Limp Bizkit. Produced mostly by the band and Terry Date - with additional production by Stone Temple
Pilot frontman Scott Weiland, Josh Abraham and Swizz Beatz - the album blasts forth with us-against-the-world fury over the molten riffery of "Hot Dog,"
"My Generation," "Boiler" and the call-response grapple of "Full Nelson." Durst also teamed up with the likes of Method Man, Redman DMX, and Xzibit to add new flavors
to the the record. After all, Limp Bizkit knows how to win friends; it doesn't need to worry about its enemies. In 2002, Wes Borland left the band due to he and Fred not seeing
eye to eye on how the band should "take there next step". LB held a "Put your guitar where your mouth is" contest to find a guitarist, only to add Mike Smith, formerly of Snot, to
the band in April of 2003. Their new album, currently titled "Panty Sniffer" is set to debut in September. Where will limpbizkit end up? The world may never know!!
    
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