They were all over MTV and a massive success, but that success turned to hate really fast thanks to the controversial Fred. The band was labeled as Nu-Metal and they brought in elements of hip hop, rap, metal, funk and rock.
Well back in the late 90’s, there was another reason to hate the “Red” hat and that was because people loved to hate the backwards “red” hat wearing lead singer of Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst. Nowdays, a person wearing a “Red” hat is labeled a racist, Trump supporting pig. I will admit to liking a few songs, but I don’t actually own anything by them so thanks to Apple Music for giving me the means to do a fair assessment without spending any more money that my monthly Apple Membership fee.
I am not a huge fan of the band by any means, I am trying to shake things up a little and try different things with my posts and I thought why not really stretch it and tackle Limp Bizkit. Before the bullshit, before the overexposure, before everyone pretended to hate them, Limp Bizkit were a brilliant nu metal band churning out raw, primitive music that kicked arse.I know what you are thinking, all their albums should be labeled the Worst. Three Dollar Bill, Y’all$ serves as Durst’s finest vocal showing and, come to think of it, Limp Bizkit’s apex. On Indigo Flow and Pollution, you’ve got material actually reminiscent of rapping he rides Stuck’s lounge/ Korn combo as easily as something like My Way would come later. Before he eventually became the caricature the press painted him as, Durst was a heartbroken, angry young man – just listen to Stalemate. Over the album’s duration Sepultura’s Roots is evoked through Otto’s drumming, Borland’s fretwork is at its most unhinged and Lethal’s scratching is, er, lethal. The cover of George Michael’s Faith is goofy, yeah, but it still rocks. Pollution and Leech are the angriest, filthiest ditties Bizkit ever recorded, setting the scene for their Ross Robinson-produced debut. It’s not got Chocolate Starfish’s silly swagger or singles, but Three Dollar Bill, Y’all$ makes up for that in sheer fucking venom.
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Between poking fun at haters ( Love The Hate), schmaltzy pop cover Don't Change (originally by INXS) and the decidedly club metal flavoured Barnacle (the perfect song for a year that saw Code Orange drop Out For Blood), Still Sucks managed to be everything we expected of a new Limp Bizkit album whilst simultaneously surpassing all expectations. Ultimately none of this ever came to fruition, with singles Ready To Go, Endless Slaughter and Ministry cover Thieves not making the final cut when the album - now titled Still Sucks - was surprise-released on Halloween 2021.ĭad Vibes (and Durst's bizarre new look) might have acknowledged the passage of time, but Limp Bizkit hadn't matured in the intervening decade between releases, still toeing the line between daft and irreverence like the 2000s never left.
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Coming a full decade after Gold Cobra, Bizkit had teased material for their upcoming album several times over the years, suggesting the title was set as Stampede Of The Disco Elephants and would see them reunite with nu metal production king Ross Robison. It makes perfect sense that Limp Bizkit's long-awaited sixth album should arrive amidst the stirrings of a nu metal revival. The hits still rule – even a guy in a Darkthrone hoodie knows Break Stuff – and the Jonathan Davis/ Scott Weiland guest spots on Nobody Like You have aged gloriously. The ‘ Realised that I’m worth more than that’ in No Sex is essentially Stacy’s Mom by Fountains Of Wayne but 10 times better, Don’t Go Off Wandering’s got gorgeous strings courtesy of Borland’s brother Scott and the nasty, full-frontal riffing of I’m Broke is an unused gem from Three Dollar Bill, Y’all$. The Durst-isms came thick and fast, our red-capped hero saying “yeah!” and “bab-eh!” instead of rapping, enlisting Method Man to take care of that on N 2 Gether Now. Taking Three Dollar Bill$, Y’all’s abrasive racket and mollycoddling/expanding it (delete as appropriate to your bitterness), Bizkit transformed into a juggernaut. How Korn’s Family Values tour blew up the 90s.Every Slipknot album ranked from worst to best.
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