Limp Bizkit is an American nu metal band. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst (lead vocals), Wes Borland (guitars, backing vocals), Sam Rivers (bass guitar, backing vocals) and John Otto (drums, percussions). Their work is marked by Durst's abrasive, angry lyrics and Borland's sonic experimentation
and elaborate visual appearance, which includes face and body paint,
masks and uniforms, as well as the band's elaborate live shows. The band
has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, have sold 50 million records worldwide and won several other awards.[2]
Formed in 1995, Limp Bizkit became popular playing in the Jacksonville, Florida underground music scene in the late 1990s, and signed with Flip Records, a subsidiary of Interscope, which released their debut album, Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$ (1997). The band achieved mainstream success with their second and third studio albums, Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000), although this success was marred by a series of controversies surrounding their performances at Woodstock '99 and the 2001 Big Day Out festival.
Borland left the group in 2001, but Durst, Rivers, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. Following the release of their album, Results May Vary (2003), Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005) with Durst, Rivers, Lethal and drummer Sammy Siegler
before entering a hiatus. In 2009, the band reunited with Borland
playing guitar and began touring, culminating with the recording of the
album Gold Cobra (2011), after which they left Interscope and later signed with Cash Money Records, but DJ Lethal was asked to leave the band soon after. They are currently recording their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants.
Durst wanted Limp Bizkit to be a "megaband" which could cross over into as many different styles of music as possible.[4] Limp Bizkit's music has predominately been described as nu metal[84][85][86][87] and rap metal.[88][89][90][91] Their music is noted for its "kinetic, frenzied energy".[9] Otto is adept in drumming in a variety of styles ranging from Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music to bebop and funk.[4] DJ Lethal functions as a sound designer
for the band, shaping their sound. According to Lethal, "I try and
bring new sounds, not just the regular chirping scratching sounds. [...]
It's all different stuff that you haven't heard before. I'm trying to
be like another guitar player."[4]
Borland's guitar playing is experimental and nontraditional, and he is noted for his creative use of six and seven-string guitars.[92] Three Dollar Bill, Yall features him playing without a guitar pick, performing with two hands, one playing melodic notes, and the other playing chord progressions.[4]
His guitar playing has made use of octave shapes, and choppy,
eighth-note rhythms, sometimes accompanied by muting his strings with
his left hand, creating a percussive sound.[93]
Borland has also made use of unevenly accented syncopated sixteenth
notes to create a disorienting effect, and hypnotic, droning licks.[93] The song "Stuck" uses a sustain pedal in the first bar, and muted riffs in the second bar.[93]
AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that their album, Significant Other, contains "flourishes of neo-psychedelia on pummeling metal numbers" and "swirls of strings, even crooning, at the most unexpected background".[94] The band did not employ solos until Gold Cobra (except for the song "Underneath The Gun" out of Results May Vary), however, during the recording of Significant Other, drummer John Otto performed an extended solo in the middle of the song "Nobody Like You".[14] Durst's lyrics are often profane, scatological or angry.[25][45] Much of Durst's lyrical inspiration came from growing up and his personal life.[4] The song "Sour", from the album Three Dollar Bill, Yall, was inspired by Durst's problems with his girlfriend.[4] His breakup with her inspired the Significant Other songs "Nookie" and "Re-Arranged".[13] The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) focuses on darker lyrical subject matter, including Catholic sex abuse cases, terrorism and fame.[40]
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