Music Limp bizkit

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Best live performing band still around from the 90's? I'm ashamed to say that it's become a guilty pleasure looking up Limp Bizkit live performances on youtube

Also, Fred Durst looks fecking fantastic.

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I saw them at Download this year and they were fecking amazing. Criminal they didn't headline. They know how to put on a show and Fred Durst is an icon.

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I saw them for the second time in Belfast this Summer and it was great craic. Opened and finished off with Break Stuff, but you know what you're getting, just brainless fun for an hour and a bit.

They did the same at Download, rated it because there would have been plenty of people who either arrived late from other bands or wanted to leave early for another band and they both got the song that 99% of people want, they know how to give the people what they want.
 
Limp Bizkit's credibility-cycle is pretty wild. They went from getting super popular very quickly, to then immediately acquiring a Nickelback-like reputation as a joke band which they seemed to hold on to for about a decade, and now they've gone full circle and seem cool again, as well as acquiring a new fanbase who weren't even alive when they were originally cool. Once you lose street cred, you don't usually get it back. Fair play.

I used to love 3 Dollar Bill Y'all back in my "it's not a phase, mum!" phase, which was definitely a phase. Pollution is still a banger of a track.
 
Limp Bizkit's credibility-cycle is pretty wild. They went from getting super popular very quickly, to then immediately acquiring a Nickelback-like reputation as a joke band which they seemed to hold on to for about a decade, and now they've gone full circle and seem cool again, as well as acquiring a new fanbase who weren't even alive when they were originally cool. Once you lose street cred, you don't usually get it back. Fair play.

I used to love 3 Dollar Bill Y'all back in my "it's not a phase, mum!" phase, which was definitely a phase. Pollution is still a banger of a track.
Pollution is so good, along with Counterfeit I have to turn them off if I'm driving before I turn into a psychopath on the roads
 
I saw them a few years ago at Brixton academy and it was arguably the most fun I've had at a gig ever and I am no fan of theirs, they put on an amazing show and the energy in the room was incredible
 
Limp Bizkit's credibility-cycle is pretty wild. They went from getting super popular very quickly, to then immediately acquiring a Nickelback-like reputation as a joke band which they seemed to hold on to for about a decade, and now they've gone full circle and seem cool again, as well as acquiring a new fanbase who weren't even alive when they were originally cool. Once you lose street cred, you don't usually get it back. Fair play.

I used to love 3 Dollar Bill Y'all back in my "it's not a phase, mum!" phase, which was definitely a phase. Pollution is still a banger of a track.
Saw that live at Pukkelpop last year and Graspop this year and am a bit surprised that you say that bolded bit. Felt to me like Durst has finally accepted that he's just not cool and young anymore but fully embraces that "meme / gimmicky" image now. Maybe you mean that that's exactly what makes him cool again that he seems to realize it himself?

Their big hits are still perfectly performed though and they know how to get the whole crowd along in those moments. But the talking in between, some of the lesser known stuff, ... certainly doesn't have the energy anymore that it had when they were super popular (which I was too young for to actively realize, have mainly seen things about them like the performance at Woodstock 99 and stuff like that to realize how big they were back then).
 
Limp Bizkit's credibility-cycle is pretty wild. They went from getting super popular very quickly, to then immediately acquiring a Nickelback-like reputation as a joke band which they seemed to hold on to for about a decade, and now they've gone full circle and seem cool again, as well as acquiring a new fanbase who weren't even alive when they were originally cool. Once you lose street cred, you don't usually get it back. Fair play.

I used to love 3 Dollar Bill Y'all back in my "it's not a phase, mum!" phase, which was definitely a phase. Pollution is still a banger of a track.

Let's hope Nickeback don't come full circle.

Limp Bizkit were fine 20+ years ago, I don't think it's music that has aged well. Although I still hit play on counterfeit and break stuff every now and then.

Still wouldn't be arsed to see them live.
 
Saw that live at Pukkelpop last year and Graspop this year and am a bit surprised that you say that bolded bit. Felt to me like Durst has finally accepted that he's just not cool and young anymore but fully embraces that "meme / gimmicky" image now. Maybe you mean that that's exactly what makes him cool again that he seems to realize it himself?

Their big hits are still perfectly performed though and they know how to get the whole crowd along in those moments. But the talking in between, some of the lesser known stuff, ... certainly doesn't have the energy anymore that it had when they were super popular (which I was too young for to actively realize, have mainly seen things about them like the performance at Woodstock 99 and stuff like that to realize how big they were back then).

Yeah, I think it is partly to do with that, he looks like he doesn't care about being cool, which seems to have the opposite effect. And just the band in general, they seem to have re-acquired a fanbase who are fanatical about them. After the Chocolate Starfish era, it felt like they became a guilty pleasure sorta band. I think if you told people you liked Limp Bizkit 15 years ago, it'd probably get a chuckle.

They're not my thing anymore, but I'd be intrigued to catch them live at their own headline show, rather than a festival.
 
Let's hope Nickeback don't come full circle.

Limp Bizkit were fine 20+ years ago, I don't think it's music that has aged well. Although I still hit play on counterfeit and break stuff every now and then.

Still wouldn't be arsed to see them live.

Nickelback are already back, as are Creed, divorced dad rock is cool again
 
I know they used to insult Britney or Eminem sometimes, but I was never aware of how much hated they were by the bands inside the genre.

I found these digs funny:

Marilyn Manson was known to be overly vocal against Limp Bizkit's music; in 1999, he attacked the band's artistry and their fans, referring to them as "illiterate apes that beat your ass in high school for being a 'fag' and now sell you tuneless testosterone anthems of misoginy and pretend to be outsiders..."​

Reznor: "I don't have to say Limp Bizkit sucks, you know it, I know it, I shouldn't have to say it"​

In response to reports that Fred Durst, lead singer of Limp Bizkit, is a big fan of Tool, the latter's vocalist Maynard James Keenan said, "If the lunch-lady in high school hits on you, you appreciate the compliment, but you're not really gonna start dating the lunch-lady, are ya?​

I actually bought Significant Other along The W (Wu-Tang Clan) when I was a kid, good times. these days I can't really listen to such bands anymore, but at least Fred will never be as bad as that baldie from Disturbed.

I also never bothered to check Korn post 2003.
 
Was The Nickelback hate ever justified in The UK?

Didn't Americans hate them because they were overplayed on the radio? I can hardly remember Nickelback getting heavy radio play except their top 2-3 singles. The hate for them seemed imported and not actually based on the quotidian experiences of the common British person.
 
They're not my thing anymore, but I'd be intrigued to catch them live at their own headline show, rather than a festival.
Yeah fair enough. Timing plays a part too imo, last year was at a time when it was still sunny (think 6-7pm ish) and the vibe wasn't really there, this summer they played at dusk before the headliner Bring Me The Horizon (not my thing), and that was much better.

They have some absolute classics in the genre though, that can't be denied by anyone.
 
Was The Nickelback hate ever justified in The UK?

Didn't Americans hate them because they were overplayed on the radio? I can hardly remember Nickelback getting heavy radio play except their top 2-3 singles. The hate for them seemed imported and not actually based on the quotidian experiences of the common British person.

I don't know if it was ever justified, the hate seemed excessive for a relatively bland rock band, regardless of how overplayed they may have been. But the meme caught on, as memes do.

I remember Rock Star getting played to death, and I thought that was a pretty awful song, but the rest of their catalogue sounds middle of the road and inoffensive to me.
 
I saw them for the second time in Belfast this Summer and it was great craic. Opened and finished off with Break Stuff, but you know what you're getting, just brainless fun for an hour and a bit.
I love them, always have. I saw them at that same Belfast gig and also in Halifax last year.

My only complaint was Break Stuff twice from that Belfast show. Felt a bit lazy considering they have lots of other songs that fans would know. Didn't happen at the Halifax gig the year before, so that was better experience overall even if the Belfast crowd was better energy.
 
Saw them at Finsbury park when they basically did a free gig (well £1)
Always liked their sets and their music is still part of my workout routine

My Way is legendary as a wrestling fan but really like a lot of their older stuff when it feels kinda mindless fun
 
Seen them a few times. Once at Download way back and most recently at Brixton a few years back. They've always put on a good show.
 
I know they used to insult Britney or Eminem sometimes, but I was never aware of how much hated they were by the bands inside the genre.

I found these digs funny:







I actually bought Significant Other along The W (Wu-Tang Clan) when I was a kid, good times. these days I can't really listen to such bands anymore, but at least Fred will never be as bad as that baldie from Disturbed.

I also never bothered to check Korn post 2003.

I'm not surprised that Maynard doesn't like them. I suppose it's a bit like going to Italy and ask for ketchup on your pizza.

Hardly much of a fan of their music, remembering listening to some of the Limp Bizkit stuff when I was in my teens in the late 90's early 2000's, just mildly fascinated by the overall quality on their live gigs in 2024, with durst being 54. Looks like he takes himself a bit less serious and it's all about the show.
 
Mental, I thought they were universally hated so much so that it was almost embarrassing to say you was a fan of them as they got mocked for their style of music etc.

I’ve always loved them. Probably helped that I grew up in that era and was a teenager when they became big plus a huge wrestling fan at the time.
 
I know they used to insult Britney or Eminem sometimes, but I was never aware of how much hated they were by the bands inside the genre.

I found these digs funny:







I actually bought Significant Other along The W (Wu-Tang Clan) when I was a kid, good times. these days I can't really listen to such bands anymore, but at least Fred will never be as bad as that baldie from Disturbed.

I also never bothered to check Korn post 2003.
The Manson one is great because of how wrong it is. Two of the members studied jazz music and Durst has been very open about how much he was bullied when he was a kid. It's also funny now that we know what we know about Manson's own past

Anyway, Results May Vary was a great album. Fight me.
 
Their cover of Behind Blue Eyes was quite excellent. Rest average to meh.
 
Saw them at Download this year. They were the band I was most looking forward to seeing and they didn't disappoint.

Fred Durst has changed in more ways than one. He even stopped mid way through Nookie to ensure a guy in the crowd got 'medical assistance'. Turns out the guy had just fallen over in the mud and was struggling to get back up. Quite the contrast from his Woodstock 99 performance!

His voice is a lot deeper now as well. I assume that's from all the shouting. Also, he looks like Santa Claus at a rave.