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3%% As much hatedom as this band has, PLEASE! Don't engage in Complaining About Shows You Don't Like.
4%% That goes against the focus of this wiki. Thank you.
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7[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tvt-limpbizkit_1668.jpg]]
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9->''"You wanted the worst... you got the worst. The one... the only... Limp Bizkit."''
10-->-- Intro to ''Music/SignificantOther''
11
12[floatboxright:
13Influences:
14+Music/{{Korn}}, Music/BeastieBoys, Music/FaithNoMore, Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/TheSugarhillGang, Music/PublicEnemy, Music/RunDMC, Eric B. & Rakim, Grandmaster Flash, Music/DeLaSoul, Music/{{Kiss}}, Music/{{Suicidal Tendencies}}, Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, Music/NineInchNails, Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Primus}}, Music/{{Snot}}, Music/HedPE, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Deftones}}, Music/TheWho, Music/GeorgeMichael, Music/{{Metallica}}
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16Influenced:
17+ Music/ProyectoEskhata, Music/{{Emmure}}
18]
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20[floatboxright:
21Related Acts:
22+Music/BlackLightBurns (Borland)
23+Music/HouseOfPain (DJ Lethal)
24+La Coka Nostra (DJ Lethal)
25]
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27[[XtremeKoolLetterz Limp Bizkit]] is a rock band from from Jacksonville, Florida credited for being a TropeCodifier of the NuMetal genre. They're also known for being one of the most divisive bands of their time; while they have a large fanbase as well as 40 million albums sold worldwide, they have an equally passionate {{Hatedom}} derived largely from HeavyMetal fandom. The band, particularly their frontman Fred Durst, play into their reputation by acting as {{heel}}s of the rock world to a certain extent, but there is actually a fair amount of SelfDeprecation in their lyrics and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/limp_bizkit_1195.jpg live performances]], not to mention the heavy amount of StealthParody in their lyrics. This snarky, ironic sense of humor maintains to this day.
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29The band formed in 1995, and recorded a demo consisting of material Durst wrote for a pair of previous bands. Original guitarist Rob Waters left the band after recording the demo, and the final line-up was solidified with the introduction of Wes Borland. The latter's role in the band also played a part in the band getting ahead in the music industry: Through Durst's job as a tattoo artist, he was able to get the band Music/{{Korn}} to listen to Limp Bizkit's first demo, but they were unimpressed. After they recorded a second demo with Borland, however, Korn responded more favorably, leading to Ross Robinson working with the band and a record deal with Mojo, and eventually Flip Records (and later Interscope).
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31Their debut album ''Music/ThreeDollarBillYall'' initially sold poorly, but sales increased via active touring. Participating in the Family Values and Ozzfest tours gave the band mainstream recognition. Memorably, the band's live set included a giant toilet which [[SelfDeprecation Fred Durst emerged from]] during performances (Durst would frequently yell "I'm a piece of shit, and my band is a piece of shit!" and inform audiences they were coming "from the sewer"). Also noteworthy was a tour in which the band allowed women to attend their concerts for free, which successfully increased their female fanbase. The band did this because their concerts were formerly attended largely by males.
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33Their next album ''Music/SignificantOther'' was a crossover hit that sold well on both rock and HipHop charts but was followed by a controversial appearance at Woodstock '99, where the band was blamed for the audience's bad behavior, which included sexual assaults and rapes. Durst also got into quite a few feuds with other musicians.
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35The band's next few albums were generally poorly received by critics, and despite some media appearances (including one of their songs being used as the theme for ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''), the coverage of the band focused less on the band's music and more on controversies surrounding their concerts. A 2001 tour in which teenager Jessica Michalik was crushed in a mosh pit and died of asphyxiation during Limp Bizkit's performance was the subject of lawsuits; it was generally determined, however, that the death was the fault of poor security, and not the band.
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37The relationship between Wes Borland and the rest of the band, particularly Durst, also suffered, to the point where Borland left the band to form Music/BlackLightBurns. The rest of Limp Bizkit released an album, ''Music/ResultsMayVary'', without him; it was the band's worst-reviewed. Borland rejoined for ''Music/TheUnquestionableTruth, Part 1'', released on Creator/GeffenRecords, which was better received, but left the band again. He eventually rejoined again, because it was decided that "we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other." During the band's comeback, they released their most critically acclaimed album, ''Music/GoldCobra''. As of 2012, the band signed with Cash Money Records, but this partnership only lasted as long as it took to do a standalone single called "Ready to Go" with Music/LilWayne.
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39The band wound up on Suretone Records, but still spent the better part of a decade with a new album stuck in DevelopmentHell. They resurfaced with a well-received set at 2021's Lollapalooza, which was the first public debut of an infamous new look from Durst, containing a handlebar mustache, giant shades and shaggy white hair, which Durst referred to as giving "Dad Vibes." This was also the name of the first single of their new album, ''Still Sucks,'' which was released on Halloween 2021 to mostly positive reviews.
40
41!!Members:
42
43%% Please, don't pothole The Scrappy here. This is not about Complaining About People You Don't Like.
44
45* Fred Durst - vocals
46* Wes Borland - guitar
47* Sam Rivers - bass
48* John Otto - drums
49* [[Music/HouseOfPain DJ Lethal]] - turntables
50
51!!Former Members:
52* [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Terry Balsamo]] - guitar
53* Rob Waters - guitar
54* [[Music/{{Snot}} Mike Smith]] - guitar
55
56!!Discography:
57[[index]]
58* ''Music/ThreeDollarBillYall'' (1997)
59* ''Music/SignificantOther'' (1999)
60* ''Music/ChocolateStarfishAndTheHotDogFlavoredWater'' (2000)
61* [[/index]] ''New Old Songs'' (2001) [[index]]
62* ''Music/ResultsMayVary'' (2003)
63* ''Music/TheUnquestionableTruth, Part 1'' (2005)
64* ''Music/GoldCobra'' (2011)
65* [[/index]] ''Still Sucks'' (2021) [[index]]
66* [[/index]] ''The Unquestionable Truth, Part 2'' (TBA) [[index]]
67[[/index]]
68----
69!!"All right, partner. Keep on tropin', baybeh. You know what time it is."
70[[foldercontrol]]
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72[[folder:Music tropes]]
73* AtomicFBomb: In nearly every song.
74* BreakingTheFourthWall: "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" as a whole is this.
75* CarefulWithThatAxe: Fred's guttural, throat-shredding scream is a frequent offender.
76* ClusterFBomb: Fred Durst has quite the potty mouth on him. Nowhere is this more evident than "Hot Dog," which proudly proclaims a whopping 46 uses of "fuck" by the end of its second verse.
77* CoverVersion: [[Music/GeorgeMichael "Faith"]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"]], [[Music/DavidBowie "Fame"]], [[Music/HouseOfPain "Jump Around"]], [[Music/TheWho "Behind Blue Eyes"]], [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine "Killing In The Name"]], [[Music/{{Ministry}} "Thieves"]], [[Music/{{Prince}} "1999"]], [[Music/{{INXS}} "Don't Change"]].
78** They even covered [[Music/MotleyCrue "Home Sweet Home"]] and [[Music/TheVerve "Bittersweet Symphony"]] as part of a medley.
79** TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: "Faith" and "Behind Blue Eyes", which even add new verses.
80* FreeHandedPerformer: Fred Durst is unfortunately known for not being a good guitarist since he usually only writes and raps lyrics for the band. Rare footages of him playing solos on stage have been mocked, and he has stuck to the mic since.
81* GenreMashup: The band's fusion of NuMetal and RapMetal. Some songs also dip into {{Jazz}} and PsychedelicRock influences.
82* GreatestHitsAlbum: "Greatest [[XtremeKoolLetterz Hitz]]".
83* GriefSong: Quite a few.
84* HiddenTrack:
85** Their first two albums feature either a hidden nameless jam part or thrown in StudioChatter after every song actually ends, but they're counted as part of the actual song length.
86** [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]] and Matt Pinfield have two of these on ''Significant Other''
87** A skit featuring Creator/BenStiller and some phone messages appear at the end of ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water''.
88* IHateSong: "Break Stuff" is about someone having a bad day where they hate everything.
89-->''It's just one of those days, where you don't want to wake up\
90Everything is [[PrecisionFStrike fucked]]! Everybody sucks!\
91You don't really know why, but you want to justify rippin' someone's head off!\
92No human contact, and if you interact your life is on contract.\
93Your best bet is to ''stay away'', motherfucker!\
94It's just one of those days!''
95* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: The name "Limp Bizkit", after a slang term for a really gross masturbation activity, was explicitly chosen to drive non-fans away. In the words of frontman Fred Durst, "A lot of people pick up the disc and go, 'Limp Bizkit. Oh, they must suck.' Those are the people that we don't even want listening to our music." A few of their album titles also invoke this, namely ''Music/ChocolateStarfishAndTheHotDogFlavoredWater'' and ''Still Sucks''.
96* MetalScream: Common on their first album, and occasionally used elsewhere.
97* MinisculeRocking: The entire ''Still Sucks'' album. It contains 12 songs clocking at just under 32 minutes in total with the longest "Snacky Poo" being just 4 minutes long - and the whole final minute of it is just a skit of a disastrous interview with Wes Borland.
98* NuMetal[=/=]RapMetal: TropeCodifier, as they became infamous enough to be the public face of both.
99* SelfDeprecation: ''Still Sucks'' was purposely titled so that the cover and music listings read "Limp Bizkit Still Sucks".
100* StealthParody: A lot of their songs are this.
101* TakeThat:
102** Durst, to Trent Reznor in "Hot Dog" from ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water''. Specifically, the whole chorus is made up of Music/NineInchNails references: ''You [[https://youtu.be/PTFwQP86BRs wanna fuck me like an animal]]/You wanna [[https://youtu.be/dsM4FM3MiK0 burn me on the inside]]/You like to think that I'm a [[https://youtu.be/pa5YJRcfCfM perfect drug]]/Just know that nothing you do will bring you [[https://youtu.be/PTFwQP86BRs closer]] to me''. (This was enough for [[https://www.nme.com/news/music/nine-inch-nails-182-1394215 Trent to be credited as a co-writer]].)
103** Also on "Livin' It Up", from the aforementioned album, clearly referencing the diss Reznor made in the music video for "Starfuckers, Inc.":
104--->"Now who's the Starsucker?
105--->I'm the Starfish
106--->You silly motherfucker"
107** "Let It Go", a bonus track from ''Results May Vary'', is addressed to then-absent guitarist Wes Borland. This song even lampshades Wes' side-project Big Dumb Face in the lyrics.
108** [=DJ=] Lethal recorded a diss track entitled "Crack Your Skull" towards Joe Hahn, [[Music/LinkinPark Linkin Park's DJ]]. This is in addition to some postings on his Soundcloud and Twitter accounts. Odd, considering he recorded "State of the Art" with Chester Bennington a few years ago. He did later recant his statements concerning the rest of the band a few weeks later.
109---> "Pro Tools is my favorite member of Linkin Park"
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Misc tropes]]
113* AffectionateParody: Of them by ''Series/MadTV'' with (Creator/WillSasso) playing Durst and singing "Keep on Posin!" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrDcpqr_dqY&ab_channel=Sub-Ciro]]
114* AnonymousPublicPhoneCall: Inverted in the video for [[Film/MissionImpossibleII "Take a Look Around"]], where Fred and the guys are called to a payphone from an anonymous source that gives them a mission to complete.
115* BodyPaint: Wes likes to take the stage wearing it.
116* DeathByMusicVideo: In the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QWOc0HnItM Re-Arranged]]" video, the band is made a scapegoat for causing a riot at their concert. They're convicted and sentenced to death by drowning.
117* GhostReunionEnding: The video for "Re-arranged" ends with all the band members floating in Heaven after being executed in the flood chamber.
118* GuestFighter: Fred is a playable character in ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It!]]'' and ''WWF Raw'', as well as an unlockable character in the [[LicensedGame fighting game adaptation]] of ''Film/FightClub''.
119* HongKongDub: The "Gold Cobra" video has Wes Borland doing a deliberately poor redub of his own voice in the intro, which very obviously doesn't match what he originally said on-camera:
120-->''"We just took the p-time out of our busy schedules and busted asses all over... this city, to t-take you on an adventure, that... may be the best... thing you've ever seen in your entire life."''
121* LongRunnerLineUp: Despite Wes Borland leaving the band a few times, the band still had the same line-up for a decade and a half. This ended when DJ Lethal split from the band.
122* MinimalisticCoverArt: ''{{Greatest Hit|sAlbum}}z'' has a white cover with a pink MindScrew icon which could be a keyhole, or a turntable, or a ladies restroom sign.
123* SelfDeprecation: They indulged into making fun of themselves on occasion, as the quote atop this page shows.
124* SurrealMusicVideo: "Boiler" has one full of disturbing imagery, as well as an animated segment featuring [[CoverDrop the creatures from its album's cover]].
125* XtremeKoolLetterz:
126** [[MyspeldRokband The name of the band]]. It was originally spelled "Limp Biscut" on the band's early demos.
127** Their compilation album is named ''Greatest Hitz''.
128[[/folder]]

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