Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit (alternately spelled as limpbizkit) is a band from Jacksonville, Florida.

They are often credited, along with Korn (their discoverers), for creating the nu metal genre and starting to widen its popularity¹. Limp Bizkit was one of the most popular bands in the world during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and their albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

Limp Bizkit’s current members are vocalist Fred Durst, bassist Sam Rivers, drummer John Otto (Rivers’ cousin), and turntablist/sampler player DJ Lethal. The band’s guitarist Wes Borland departed in 2001 following the release of their first three albums to be replaced by Mike Smith for the band’s fourth release Results May Vary. Wes rejoined for The Unquestionable Truth only to quit once again in 2006 to work with other projects Black Light Burns and From First to Last.

Though Limp Bizkit has enjoyed major success and sold well, they are often critically panned, particularly in recent years. Critics have labeled the group’s hip hop-influenced rhymes gimmicks and heavily explicit content “cartoonish”[2] and “cotton candy”[3]. In addition, leading allmusic.com critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine accused Fred Durst of being the “worst frontman in the history of rock”[4] in a negative review of the group’s 2003 critical flop Results May Vary. (Wikipedia)