Limp Bizkit

About Limp Bizkit

Nu metal poster boys Limp Bizkit practically defined the genre, blending heavy skatecore riffs with turntable breakdowns and a deliberately immature and angry sensibility. Lead singer Fred Durst cites his duel high school interests in skateboarding and rap music as both inspiration for the band and a constant source of unpopularity for him in high school. The way Durst puts it, skating was for burnouts and rap "black music" was still new and scary in his Florida suburb. Durst met drummer Sam Rivers in Jacksonville and the two found they shared musical ambitions. After trying out several guitarists, they recruited the talented and flamboyant Wes Borland, who fans often consider a key part of the Limp Bizkit sound. Borland's thick riffs and exotic stage makeup often performing in Day Of the Dead corpse paint or opaque black contacts were just what the band was looking for and, with DJ Lethal, they attracted interest from nu metal elder statesmen Korn. Korn took them on tour, giving them prime spots on the Family Values Tour and Ozzfest, where they commanded attention by climbing out of a giant toilet bowl. Their first disc, Three Dollar Bill Y'AllS, started small, scoring a single with their pummeling take on George Michael's "Faith" but, backed up by their intense touring schedule, the disc took off. Limp Bizkit also tried the novel promotional approach of letting women in free to their tour, which secured them a devoted core female fan base. The follow-up, Significant Other, was Limp Bizkit's commercial breakthrough, featuring the hits "Nookie," "Break Stuff" and "N 2 Gether Now." The disturbingly titled Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water, followed that and is the band's biggest selling disc to date, including their fan favorite cut "Rollin'" Wes Borland left the band and Limp Bizkit are currently on hiatus, but they continue releasing new songs to fans on MySpace.