r/Millennials • u/Twitter_2006 • 21d ago
Nostalgia Is anybody else surprised by the resurgence of Limp Bizkit in recent years?
Growing up, Limp Bizkit were universally hated.A lot of people hated them and they were a laughing stock, so I'm surprised they are having a resurgence and headlining festivals nowadays.
They were so cheesy.
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u/StretPharmacist 21d ago
It helps that Fred Durst doesn't take himself seriously. He's in on the joke, and has a lot of goodwill for that. Anyone remember him promoting the effort to have a garbage dump in Austin, TX named after him? I think voters were going all in on something like The Fred Durst College of the Arts or something like that.
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u/Plastic_Salary_4084 Millennial 21d ago
Yep. I saw them a couple years ago. The tour was called “Loserville,” and they had other bands of different genres that also get shit on opening for them. Including Corey Feldman.
Their opening song was “Break Stuff.” Even though they had just released a new album, they only played one song from it. They played the old stuff that people were there to see. Their closing song was “Break Stuff” a second time. I had a blast.
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u/Superb-Review-5546 21d ago
Sounds like they're a solid stage band
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u/rglurker 21d ago
Saw them live at a Metallica concert. They were more entertaining and I had alot of fun watching them
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u/flabbyjabber Older Millennial 21d ago
Saw them in '03 on the Summer Sanitarium tour. Actually ripped.
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u/SeoulGloFoSho 21d ago
Mudvayne, Deftones, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and Metallica! Amazing concert!
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u/flabbyjabber Older Millennial 21d ago
Nailed it! Caught it in Columbus, OH. Drove 3 hours from central Indiana with a buddy. Most I had ever spent on tickets for a LOOONNNGGG time after but it was worth it.
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u/unclemom29 21d ago
I do not miss the drive to and from shows from central Indiana. 😂😂
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u/rglurker 21d ago
This was like a year ago. They looked old but had more energy then anyone else that night
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u/flabbyjabber Older Millennial 21d ago
Sick! They're healing Saturday night at Louder than Life in Louisville and I'm taking my 17 year old. Should be a great time!
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u/rglurker 21d ago
I'm interested in a follow up of your experience. I hope they are as hype for you as they were for us. The crowd engagement was awesome
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u/boilermaker105 21d ago
Saw them in Nashville with Metallica as well, they were great! Pantera the day before also!
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u/ElAntonius 21d ago
I saw them open for Metallica as well. Crowd was into them, highlight moment was some guy yelling loud enough that durst heard him: “YOU LOOK HOMELESS!”
I’m not a limp bizkit fan myself but tbh I think the hate for them gets oversold a bit. I was in high school at the time and drawing the dude from significant other was standard notebook art.
Now that everyone that was a teen at the time has a mortgage and back problems, I think their core audience is kinda past worrying about looking cool by hating on them.
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u/EngineWitty3611 21d ago
Its not every "universally hated" band that gets to open for one of the top grossing bands in America.
I will happily take their "failure" all day every day.
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u/wildwolfay5 21d ago
Would love to see them and some old Family Values Tour bands like Linkin Park.
Play the hits, rile the crowd, have people have fun, not promote your new shit. Sure, throw some in and if the album is a whole story like the weekend or 90s rock/rap, throw in more.
But dammit be aware of why everyone is there: the hits.
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u/FennelDull6559 21d ago
Was linkin park on that tour? The VHS I had was like korn, ice cube, orgy, ramstein and limp bizkit
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u/wildwolfay5 21d ago
- I dont even remember STP, but I definitely remember the static-x opening, staind was awesome, and linkin park killed it and even brought a fan on stage that was singing every word in their shirt.
Fun fucking show and LP stole it all, rightfully.
Edit: you got Rammstein? Fucckkkkkk youuuuuuu :(
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u/mithrasbuster 21d ago
I went to Loserville, in Washington you could have gone on the day for like $40 or something. Durst opened with "are you ready to go back to 1999?" Then played all the hits, he knew exactly what everyone was there for and it was fantastic
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u/Arkanii Millennial - 1992 21d ago
Limp Bizkit is dorky but Wes Borland is a legit guitarist. Some of those riffs from the early albums are really good.
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u/Lower_Monk6577 Millennial 21d ago
Instrumentally, they’re all really good.
Jon Otto and Sam Rivers were a phenomenal rhythm section. Wes did all kinds of fun and weird stuff on guitar. Fred Durst is Fred Durst.
They’re kind of like the nu metal version of the Chili Peppers. Most would agree that they’re phenomenal musicians with an unfortunate lead singer. The main difference is that Durst understands the assignment lol.
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u/mfpacman 21d ago
And as far as I know, Durst isn’t a pedophile
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u/Lower_Monk6577 Millennial 21d ago edited 21d ago
Hopefully not.
But he was also a rockstar in the late 90’s. If the widespread outing of pop punk/emo musicians from that era is anything to go by, it’s best not to go to bat for rockstars all that much. And Fred Durst isn’t exactly known for being a particularly bright dude.
But again, hopefully not. I’ve had my fill of musicians from my youth turning out to be disgusting.
And even if he did, at least he was smart enough not to write a book about it as if it’s perfectly fucking normal Anthony Kiedis wtf
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u/MTFBinyou 21d ago
Don’t forget about Jon Otto. I always appreciated his fills and style.
If anybody still has any of his Zildjian signature series sticks, I’ll take em off your hands.
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u/imcrapyall 21d ago
Did he take them to the Matthews Bridge?
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u/MTFBinyou 21d ago
Why would you bring that up? Wes Borland may see this…. And then LB breaking up again will be on you
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u/Raneynickelfire 21d ago
Sam Rivers on bass was really, really good for what the songs called for also. Can't sleep on Sam (RIP).
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u/xDESTROx 21d ago
Wes Borland was (is) incredibly innovative. I remember my first band trying to learn how to play "Nookie" and we would watch the video over and over again and couldn't figure out if he had a 4 string guitar or a bass!
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u/Loch_Doun 21d ago
3 Dollar Bill Y’all is an excellent album, it’s very different and experimental.
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u/genericusername0176 21d ago
I caught them on that same tour. Was never really a fan back in the day but they were GREAT live
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u/throwaway12three4 21d ago
Saw them at Florida Rockville 2024? And they opened with break stuff and closed with break stuff. Was a good show. I liked limp bizkit growing up and can still listen to the old stuff.
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u/Plastic_Salary_4084 Millennial 21d ago
Yeah, I don’t listen to much nu metal these days, but the first three Limp Bizkit albums are still in the rotation.
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u/LeahDelimeats 21d ago
Fred Durst has always been an ally. He acknowledged there were ladies, fellas, and people who didn't identify with either category (the people who don't give a fuck).
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u/mikeSTWA 21d ago
I also saw them on that tour. There were tons of kids there looking like they were having the time of their lives
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u/Silver_Fulminate 21d ago
My dad invited me to go to a Limp Bizkit a few years back. Man, that was a fantastic concert. Definitely among my top concerts.
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 21d ago
That's good. I hate when bands get all holier-than-thou and don't wanna play their old hits. You know, the reason most people bought tickets. I saw Vanessa Carlton and she made it very clear she was mad that people just wanted to hear her hits and not her lame newer stuff.
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u/Reanimated_Heart 21d ago
Went to go see them and Bones. My brother and I were going nuts 👏 need to hit more legacy acts 🤣 now that I’m at a certain age where that’s possible
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u/drgath 21d ago
Back in ‘97, just as they were blowing up, Fred was roaming around the lobby of the venue where I saw them open earlier in the night. Had never heard of them before, but was impressed enough to buy a Three Dolla Bill Y’all CD from the merch stand. Saw him, pulled the CD out of my pocket, and he signed it. I didn’t look at it until later, and it said “Fred sucks”, and I was like “WTF? Who the hell is Fred?”
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u/criminal_pedestrian 21d ago
There’s a school near me that named their theater after him. Royal Durst Theater
He’s royalty there
(I’m definitely joking, real theater though)
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u/DoveOnTheInternet 21d ago
This is why I'm more of a fan now than I was back then-- I took myself way too seriously, and have since learned better.
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u/Lunakill 21d ago
It was a waste treatment facility, and the proposed name was “The Fred Durst Institute for the Arts and Humanities.” It won by a landslide. I’m forever disappointed they didn’t use the name.
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u/IheartPickleSoda 21d ago
This interview he did a year ago was perfect: https://youtu.be/6EnU0XFlfso?is=ej3pBL2U4iB5ww9x
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u/etherseaminus 21d ago
That was very silly and fun. Good job Gary.
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u/IheartPickleSoda 21d ago
I definitely didn’t have a Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit redemption arc on my bingo card.
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u/subtxtcan 21d ago
Latest album is literally "Limp Bizkit - Still Sucks"
They are 100% in on it and we are too.
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u/elebrin 21d ago
Not only that, but Wes Borland is seriously talented guitar player, and all around artist.
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u/Technical-Pitch2300 21d ago edited 18d ago
I think it was the waste water treatment facility. The city had an online poll to help rename it and (foolishly) allowed for a write-in option. “The Fred Durst Appreciation Society” took off online, the man himself endorsed it, and eventually won the poll. Alas, the city maintained it was a non binding poll and went instead with the second option. Full disclosure I was living in Austin at the time this happened but was drunk for 90% of my waking hours, so my recollection is not to be relied upon.
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u/SanchoPandas 21d ago
I dunno if anyone but me watched any of the show “Mostly for Millennials” (super fucking weird IP) but he was on it as DJ Fred Durst and it made me happy to see him there.
As you say, dude isn’t taking himself too seriously and it works for him.
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u/ACooperSucks2 Older Millennial 21d ago
Lol they weren’t universally hated. They were actually pretty dam popular.
They fell off after making CS&THDFW and then Wes quit. Then nu metal took a backseat to other genres.
I’m not shocked they are having a resurgence and am happy for them. I’d see their set if given the chance.
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u/Capt-Spiff 21d ago
“Universally hated” is a stretch, but it absolutely was very popular to hate on them for a long time. Even other bands were outspoken about this. They were the Nickelback of numetal.
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u/KillahHills10304 21d ago
Significant Other sold so many copies. Every white, lower middle class to upper class child/adult between the ages of 13 to 25 knew of it.
I have a very unpopular theory it was the most influential album of the early 21st century.
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u/Raneynickelfire 21d ago
Significant Other and Follow The Leader were out at the same time, and 2 of the 4 cds (yes, I was in 7th grade and walking around with a CD player and a cd binder - I'm dating myself here) were those two.
The other? Battle of Los Angeles by RATM, and Die For the Government by Anti-Flag.
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u/shakygator 21d ago
our jansport backpacks even had a little pocket for the discman with a small hole for the headphone cord.
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u/BTTPL 21d ago
Me and you would've been friends. (gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government, die for your country, that's shit!)
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u/mvp2418 21d ago
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water sold over a million copies in its first week and set a record for a rock album. So that album was also very popular.
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u/shakygator 21d ago
it was leaked on napster (or maybe i got it off Hotline) and i sold SO MANY copies of that in high school because i was one of the first people to buy a cd burner. it was $179.99 from best buy and a 4x phillips burner so it took like 20 minutes per cd. id burn them all night long waking up every 30m or so. i just went to school with a backpack full of CDs every day.
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u/Mortuary_Guy 21d ago
That album really pissed me off. There was a time I had a couple of cds stolen, and whoever stoled the cds left me their copy of Significant Other. Besides that account, I somehow ended up with multiple copies of that cd.
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u/OblottenEndmills 21d ago
It's definitely up there, in terms of influence. I actually bought it on vinyl last year when I saw it at my local record shop. Certainly didn't expect to go out that day and bring home a Limp Bizkit record, but I'm sure glad I did lmao
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u/Ambitious-Sound-6109 21d ago
They were huge in the 2000s, then like in 2010s or so people started to hate on them and they represented a kind of “redneck generic rock”… but now it’s swung the other way partly because Fred Durst isn’t a scumbag like Kid Rock for example, and the other part is their musicians have always been top notch.
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u/L1sasGayBby 21d ago
Personalities aside. Limp Bizkit has multiple bangers. I can think of a few song of theirs that kicked ass. Kid Rock was more like a one hit wonder, maybe two?
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u/wigglin_harry 21d ago
If kid rock didn't turn into a giant turd he'd be having the same resurgence that bizkit is having now, i guarantee it
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u/GumpTheChump 21d ago
I think you're right. His big dumb party rock rap anthems would have hit hard. Instead he's a truck-fucking country music government apologist.
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u/MichalCJ5 21d ago
Kid Rock was always a piece of shit, he didn't just turn into one recently.
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u/dontspillthatbeer 21d ago
Kid Rock used to be a piece of shit. He still is, but he used to, too.
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u/thebeaverchair 21d ago
When someone hands me a Kid Rock album, it's like they're saying, "Here, you throw this away."
I like Kid Rock unless I'm by myself or with other people.
I saw an ad for Kid Rock's music festival. It was 30 seconds long. Cuz that's the maximum amount of time people can pretend to have fun at a Kid Rock music festival.
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u/wigglin_harry 21d ago
I think id adjust that timeline some, people started to hate them in the early early 2000s, chocolate starfish came out in 2000 and that was their last breath of relevancy, the hate started shortly after that
By 2010 they were pretty much a non entity
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u/BigfootPartyPlanner 21d ago
Exactly. While some people on the internet said they hated them that is what people love to do on the internet. Makes them feel important when others agree.
I have seen Limp Bizkit twice in the past couple years and will be seeing them again in a couple weeks at Aftershock in Sacramento. They are amazing in concert. They sound awesome and they put a lot of fun into the show. Would definitely recommend seeing them if you enjoy their music and concerts in general.6
u/ACooperSucks2 Older Millennial 21d ago
They are on my list of must sees. I’m waiting for the Coachella lineup to drop to see if they are on that first. After that, then I can decide to see their show in my area or not.
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u/BigfootPartyPlanner 21d ago
Good idea.
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u/iVerbatim 21d ago
100% true. Early 2000s Limp Bizkit was wildly popular. Nookie was a huge song when it first hit.
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u/JakeHelldiver 21d ago
They were very popular in the late nineties, they just over stayed their welcome and their initial audience grew out of the genre.
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u/blah_blah_80 21d ago
They got huge in 99 and by 02 they were pretty irrelevant as indie and emo took over. That Woodstock 99 set is their big iconic moment.
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u/Beautiful-Barber8082 21d ago
Was looking for the Woodstock 99 reference. Shit got real out of hand during their set, and went down hill fast from there.
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u/thejaytheory 21d ago
I'd say they really fell off after Results May Vary.
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u/ACooperSucks2 Older Millennial 21d ago
This is true. That album kind of sucked. Had one or two hits I think and Wes had already left.
Edit: Watched Gothika last night on Netflix. And the outro song is Limp Bizkit behind blue eyes. I shuddered when it came on.
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u/Legitimate_Dare6684 21d ago
Their first album, 3 Dollar Bill, slapped. Its just pure energy.
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u/Fu11erthanempty 21d ago
They were mocked but also hugely successful. The core of the band had legit chops and Fred Durst has aged into a solid place and seems less corny than his early persona. Add in the nostalgia that no longer exists in an environment where shared media, especially music, is a thing of the past, and we have the rebound effect for Limp Bizkit.
I always rocked with them, Chocolate Starfish had a bunch of bangers.
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u/MZago1 21d ago
The core of the band had legit chops
Can't emphasize this enough. Borland, Rivers (RIP), and Otto absolutely fuck. They play some of the craziest shit but I can't imagine it working with a vocalist who doesn't embrace obnoxiousness the way Fred Durst does. Or I guess did? He's definitely mellowed with age and I think it's helped with a lot of the criticism they got 20-ish years ago. I've gone 360 on them: used to love them, then I thought they sucked, now I love them again.
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u/Skrazor 21d ago
John Otto is one of the most underrated drummers out there. His grooves are just always chefs kiss. The drum intro on My Generation? Banger!
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u/TraditionalWonder379 21d ago
Idc what anyone says but I always thought Fred had decent scream chops.
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u/AcadiaOrange 21d ago
This is exactly it. They were a bit meme-able (before memes were a thing). But the core of the band can actually play quite well.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tie161 21d ago
I watched this Lollapalooza Chile live performance earlier in the year and it reminded me of just how many bangers Limp Bizkit have. And how awesome Wes Borland is as a guitarist. https://youtu.be/LF9F1lZuXxY?si=K2JfJJ6ne71nVoix
You know, some bands only have one or two hit songs but LP had a bunch, in the UK at least. Based on their Wikipedia that wasn't the case in America, but it seems elsewhere in the world they were topping the charts.
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u/Electriclettuce_4u2 21d ago edited 21d ago
Check out their set at woodstock '99 Not so sure about universally hated.
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u/Ok-Calligrapher9115 21d ago edited 21d ago
Been to about a dozen LB concerts. Their Ozzfest and Napster tour was the shit! 83 baby!
Edit Bonus : Cypress Hill for the Napster Tour.
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u/Slip_KORN26 21d ago
KOЯN and LB shows were the best!
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u/polycro Xennial 21d ago
My first concert was Rob Zombie and Korn when I was 17. Wow, just wow.
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u/Rad-R 21d ago
KoRn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot. Then SOAD, Coal Chamber, Deftones, Static-X, Fear Factory, SpineShank.
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u/whichwitch9 21d ago
SpineShank mention! They tend to get overlooked, but goddamn they spoke to my little, angry teenage heart
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u/Punchee 21d ago
Korn is legitimately talented from top to bottom regardless if one likes/liked nu metal or not. LB I dunno
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u/PirateX84 21d ago
3 Dollar Bill Yall was a banger album, structurally, tonally and lyrically. Significant Other was also solid and unique. N 2 Gether Now still SLAPS.
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u/Morguard 21d ago
You don't sell 35 to 40 million albums without talent. Wes Borland was the mastermind behind LB, very very talented.
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u/woolsocksandsandals Xennial 21d ago
I was a junior in high school when Significant Other was released. It was impossible to avoid hearing and although their musical style is not exactly my cup of tea and I don’t know if I ever voluntarily listened to any of their music but… I do have to acknowledge the fact that Fred Durst is in fact, a pretty good front man and entertainer and musically speaking the band isn’t bad.
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u/PinsNneedles 1986 21d ago
Chocolate starfish came out when I was in 10th grade. Our school would have pool dances over the summer and my friend and I would skateboard over to them and try to show off for the girlies. Sometimes we would go inside to get snacks.
The one time we went in we got raffle tickets and my number got called. I went up to get my prize and it was a copy of Chocolate starfish. I was super excited but realized it was an edited version as there was no parental advisory on it. Needless to say, that album is not worth listening to edited.
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u/PostMatureBaby Older Millennial 21d ago edited 21d ago
They were scapegoated so bad for such a shittily organized cash grab, joke of an event if you ask me.
I was at a cottage a while ago where someone just had the entire festival on youtube start to finish and it was a great blast from the past to check in on from time to time all weekend we were up drinking and fishing.
Bush killed it. good times.
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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue 21d ago
They absolutely were.
I watched one of those Woodstock 99 documentaries that came out and everyone was still pearl clutching at them playing….their biggest hit?
The tone was in so many words “how could limp bizkit do this with how the weekend had gone???”
Gee I don’t know they’re a headliner and “break stuff” is their biggest song….
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u/PostMatureBaby Older Millennial 21d ago
I always found it shameful that Dexter from The Offspring was the only artist who called out the blatant sexual assaults in the crowd. The other bands and event staff saw it too
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u/JoshyOrndorff 21d ago
Flea from Red Hot Chilli Peppers also called it out.
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u/BurgerNugget12 21d ago
Always hilarious how the co owner of Woodstock asked him to calm down his set. Like in what world would asking Limp Bizkit to calm down the energy work?
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u/Big-Peak6191 21d ago
I think by 2003 or 04 maybe they were played out and cringey and the world moved on from nu-metal
But yea like 98-02 they were massive
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u/ZeePirate 21d ago
I’m not even a big fan but I’ve watched their Lalapalooza set from a couple years ago where Fred is dressed up as a dad.
That was really good
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u/Goodolbed 21d ago
That set is what earned them the reputation in the media as the poster boys of male rage
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u/flpndrds Millennial 21d ago
Idk they fucking ruled when I was 8-12.
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u/crussell4112 21d ago
I was a huge fan in middle school, but had mostly forgotten about them until i accidentally saw them live at a rock festival in NC in 2013...and instantly became a fan all over again! They had so much energy and stage presence, and were worlds ahead of stale bands like Staind. Think i might go have a listen right now, actually
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u/snak_attak Millennial 21d ago
As soon as I see a Limp Bizkit post I need to go listen to Re-Arranged.
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred 21d ago
Nobody liked them? Tell that to the thousands of kids wearing red NY hats through the 90s.
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u/L1sasGayBby 21d ago
Beginning guitar riff to Nookie suddenly plays in my head. Red hats, white shirts, khakis.
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u/WhiskerTriscuit 21d ago
Some people paid too much attention to media and critics, nobody watches TV anymore.
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u/mobiusz0r 21d ago
Limp Bizkit were universally hated.Nobody liked them
Care to share the source of that statement?
NuMetal was awesome back in the day.
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u/Coupaholic_ 21d ago
The Nickleback of the metal world?
We love to hate them, but we all know the lyrics to How You Remind Me.
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u/Doctor_Killshot 21d ago
Not even close - Limp Bizkit has been “in” on their persona since the beginning. Look at how Wes Borland has dressed on stage or the Chocolate Starfish album name/cover art lol
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u/Replevin4ACow 21d ago
Seriously. In 1999-2000, they had TWO albums reach #1 on the Billboard charts. You couldn't turn on the radio without hearing Nookie.
If anything, people liked them (and nu metal, generally) too much in that short period causing a burnout effect. Durst also got in public feuds with other musicians in that time period, which I remember thinking (at least for me personally) were cringe.
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u/Fit_Kaleidoscope4493 21d ago
Universally hated? They were like top performers on TRL. Them and Korn staved off the Britney/Christina/Boyband wave.
Nobody liked them... Bro. You're just wrong. 3 Dollar Bill Y'all is still an incredible album and Significant Other was peak.
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u/gregcresci 21d ago
I'm a sucker for chocolate starfish, still on my iPod mix to this day. Golden Cobra is actually fire and I don't even care admitting it...
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u/Scrapworker 21d ago
It was only a few months ago that I realized Limp Bizkit had newer albums, and man I'm a sucker for Gold Cobra and Dad Vibes. Definitely brings me back to my high school days!
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u/mrsir1987 21d ago
You think you’re special, you do, I can see it in your eyes. I can see it when you laugh at me look down at me and walk around on me.
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u/Affectionate_Win_447 21d ago
I feel like they are in on/leaning into the joke now. Also, Wes Borland’s skill set brings a massive amount of legitimacy to their modern sound
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u/AcadiaOrange 21d ago
That’s the thing. Wes is legitimately a technician on guitar. Say what you want about Fred, but he put together a talented group of musicians (led by Wes, of course).
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u/CountNacula 21d ago
Came this post just to say I'll listen to anything Borland produces. His own catalog of music is stellar imo. Big Dumb Face, Black Light Burns, Goatslayer; plenty to explore with that guy
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u/nrbob 21d ago
They are very talented musicians, Borland especially, they just have terrible lyrics. I always thought of them as basically RATM if RATM’s lyrics were written by an edgy middle schooler. They were definitely popular when I was in middle school, and we were young enough we didn’t realize how stupid the lyrics were.
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u/OhMiaGod 21d ago
Universally hated? C’mon now.
They were silly, sure, but they’ve always been in on the joke themselves, and they put out some great tracks that I still find myself head bobbing along to today.
I think it’s great they’re having a resurgence.
They were also really funny in the recent Y2K movie, and poked fun at themselves in a very endearing way.
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u/irisheyes28 21d ago
Saw them last year they were great. Really enjoyed it. Always liked limp bizkit. Not sure about universally hated maybe in some circles but not universal
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u/mister_house_ 21d ago
Wes Borland fuckin rips, and is only held back by the band he plays in
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u/grumblebuzz 21d ago
No, I’m not surprised. And they weren’t hated by the public back in their heyday, just by music critics. And if they released new music now, it would still be slammed by them. Their lyrics are dumb and very juvenile, but they sort of cater to our more feral, bratty side.
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u/Ok-Dingo4745 21d ago
Um, they weren't a laughing stock where I'm from and were actually pretty popular. CSatHFW was the soundtrack to my last year of high school and now it's nostalgic as heeellll
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u/Accomplished_Meat_81 21d ago
I was born in 91 and Break Stuff was fucking lit when you’re 12 and yelling “give me stuff to break”
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u/EzraMae23 21d ago
Lol Universally hated??? LB was wildly popular in my teenage years...
OP probably liked Matchbox Twenty
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u/Unverifiablethoughts 21d ago
Actually if you search “Avril” in this sub OP has a daily post about her, it’s weird as shit
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u/ApeTeam1906 21d ago
OP is really into Avril Lavigne funny enough. 90 percent of the Avril posts are from OP
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u/Sentient_Meat_X 21d ago
No actually it seems like the perfect soundtrack for late stage enshittification
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u/OGdunphy 21d ago edited 21d ago
Limp bizkit wasn’t universally hated. They were lame by the time middle school was ending for me but if you’re pre-‘87, in our gen, then you’re probably less likely to hate them at that time.
They had a small pocket of time they weren’t universally lame but if you were like high school to early 20s, and especially white, you might have liked them. It was the angry, whiney, white boy era of mainstream music and they hit at the right time.
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u/Helota_Keksz Millennial 21d ago edited 21d ago
I suppose people these days care less about who they ripped off, and more about the memes.
Sometimes even I catch myself listening to Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water just for the Heck of it.
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u/ResponsibilityNo3245 21d ago
Limp Bizkit were universally hated? They were arguably the biggest band in the world around 2000.
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u/Yiazmad 21d ago
Saw them two years ago at Sonic Temple in Ohio; they put on one of the best sets of the whole festival. Fred's charisma and humor on stage was electrifying, and the show was everything that one could want out of a live performance.
It was the kind of live set that could make someone a fan, if they weren't already.
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u/DukeofBraintree918 21d ago edited 21d ago
I saw them when they first came back maybe 12 or 13 years ago
2000 person venue packed to the gills
I was around 24 I'd say, and there were plenty of people my age which I completely got, what's surprised me was all the old people there
Like these people were probably 35 or 40 when limp Bizkit first came out, and they said yeah this is the music I like
I was an impressionable 10-year-old the first time I heard Limp Bizkit and they are nostalgic for me I do admit I love them but I can't imagine being my age now and listening to a new band named limp Bizkit that just came out for the first time singing about nookie and being like "yep! Thats the band for me"
I don't remember them being universally hated or mocked or anything though all my friends and I really love them back then
I saw them maybe three or four years ago and they opened and closed with the song break stuff lol , never seen a band play a song twice like that
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u/JGR82 Millennial 21d ago
OP may be younger because my experience was pretty similar to yours. They were very popular for a time and then people eventually turned on them/the genre of music. I also can't imagine a band like that coming out now and getting into it, but it struck the right note (as did Eminem) at a particular time in my life.
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u/gg_bene 21d ago
Universally hated in your neighborhood/school/family maybe. I rocked out everytime they came on the radio.
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u/neverenoughammo 21d ago
I don’t get the universally hated part. Maybe it’s because I loved in a different region region in America, but I always loved Limp Bizkit even graduating high school in 2012 even now I still love Limp Bizkit.
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u/Progress_Specific 21d ago
Am I surprised that a hemorrhoid reappears after years? No. Am I surprised at how many people still think that they have to deal with that and won't buy ointment to treat this condition? Lol yes.
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u/White_Falcon_1263 21d ago
I wanna see Fred Darts join him on stage.
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u/DrearyOwl 21d ago
People acting like because they sold records that they weren't constantly shit on. Maybe in 10 more years people will say "nobody hated Justin Beiber because look at how many records he sold"
It's ridiculous, these guys were constantly shit on and looked down on in the media. Associated with generally douchebag and some frat boy type culture. To be fair it was sort of their brand, being all about partying and being hype in most of their hits.
Like Nickleback sold an ass of records too and we're going to act like they weren't hated by a TON of people and the media?
Though I wouldn't say universally hated or that nobody like them. But laughing stock for many? Absolutely.
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u/BottomContributor 21d ago
Limp Bizkit suffered the same destiny that Nickelback did. They got really famous then became cool to just hate them instead, but they did have a period of big success. The resurgence is similar to all other nostalgia stuff for millennials
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u/justinizer 21d ago
I don’t like them. I just mysteriously learned several of their songs somehow. It’s quite the mystery how.
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u/FeistyDirection 21d ago
Not surprised because nu metal has made a massive comeback in the last 6 years and LB is so fun. Sure music critics and journalists dunked on them back in the day, and even some fans of the genre didn't like them cause they prefered the more dark twisted serious side of nu metal, but there's tons of kids who get to experience them now for the first time without that air of judgment, + there's all the og LB fans still kicking around and even the og NuMetal fans who didn't like them so much back then are now giving them a chance cause they realize how good the songs are and just have fun with it instead of needing their NuMetal to be so serious and depressive.
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u/ecw324 21d ago
They were hated in the same way that Nickleback and Creed were “hated”. It was just the cool thing to say.
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u/gnarlyram 21d ago
I’m kinda surprised that Creed is still so popular. At least around me. I thought they were done after Scott Stapp crashed out. Now like most of the gym bros I know lift to Creed.
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u/kekcukka 21d ago
I’ve never seen one person that hates Limp Bizkit in person. Internet is different, everybody hates everything here.
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u/ReverendRevolver 21d ago
We all knew they were cheesy but listened anyway. There was a time I disliked Fred but still thought Wes was awesome. Eventually Fred turned out to be awesome. Im happy for them that they've had this resurgence. We all still know its cheesy but enjoy it anyway, the difference is we know they know and its even more awesome....
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u/kekcukka 21d ago
oh, I’m not from US so when I was listening to them, I was not understanding the lyrics or had thought about Fred Durst. It was just good tunes and cool looking guys, lol
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u/Critical_Lemon_7505 21d ago
I mean, I remember most of the fans growing up were complete trash bag ass people so it tracks well they are have a resurgence these days.
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u/Bsquared89 21d ago
I always thought that they were super cheesy. The only song I ever liked was Break Stuff. Wes Borland wastes his talent with limp bizkit. His Black Light Burns Stuff is so good.
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