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Limp Bizkit

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Limp Bizkit adalah sebuah band rock beraliran rapcore dari Amerika Serikat,dimana bersama Korn.sering disebut sebagai band-band yang memperkenalkan genre musik baru nu metal.Band ini sekarang tergabung dengan Geffen Records dimana sebelumnya bergabung dengan Interscope Records; kedua label adalah bagian dari label rekaman raksasa Universal Music Group.Nama asli band ini adalah "Lethal Injection." Dalam waktu singkat,nama band ini dilafalkan dengan tulisan lowercase ("limpbizkit").Album-album mereka telah terjual lebih dari 30 juta kopi di seluruh dunia Kadang-kadang,genre yang dimainkan dari band ini adalah apa yang dikenal sebagai rage rock,suatu genre musik yang dipromosikan secara khusus oleh Viacom, pemilik channel musik terkenal Amerika,MTV,untuk kalangan remaja.Istilah 'rage rock' pertama kali digunakan untuk menggambarkan beberapa aksinya di Woodstock '99[1]. Limp Bizkit terdiri dari Fred Durst di vokal,gitaris Wes Borland,basis Sam Rivers,drumer John Otto yang juga sepupunya Sam Rivers,dan DJ Lethal.Wes Borland telah bersama tiga album pertama mereka dan keluar pada di 2001,dan digantikan oleh gitaris Mike Smith (Sebelumnya gitaris dari band Snot),namun demikian pada Agustus 2004 Borland kembali lagi bergabung dengan Limp Bizkit. Walaupun Limp Bizkit telah menikmati kesuksesan besar mereka dan telah menjual jutaan kopi rekaman namun mereka diterka kecaman-kecaman yang kritis.Inilah yang juga membuat band ini terkenal.

Sejarah

Tahun-tahun awal

Berlawanan dengan apa yang populer dipercayai,Limp Bizkit bukanlah dinamakan dari game fraternity game "limp biscuit".Mereka memberi nama itu setelah seorang teman bandnya menggambarkan otaknya setelah mabuk (high).Band ini terbentuk pada tahun 1994 oleh Durst,Rivers,Borland,dan Otto,Kemudian mereka berkelana mengadakan tur disekeliling kota kelahirannya yaitu Jacksonville, Florida.Pada waktu itu,mereka menjadi teman-teman grup musik rap House of Pain,dimana termasuk DJ Lethal.Segere setelah House of Pain bubar,DJ Lethal bergabung dengan Band ini.Kemudian mereka dipertemukan dengan bassist KoЯn's Reginald Arvizu pada tahun 1995, ,dibelakang panggung konsernya KoЯn.Pada tahun 1996 mereka mengeluarkan tiga demo rekaman berisikan lagu Pollution,Counterfeith, dan Sour dimana Fred Durst memberikannya pada Ross Robinson yang pada waktu itu bekerja dengan Korn.

Three Dollar Bill Y'all

Jika kita melihat release dari album mereka di tahun 1997 yaitu Three Dollar Bill Y'all,album ini berjalan dengan lambat penjualannya,sampai Limp Bizkit membuat asosiasi dengan band Korn yang terlebih dahulu sukses besar,Terkait dengan kesuksesan asosiasi mereka dengan Korn,kemudian merekan mempromosikan musik mereka dengan kemunculannya di MTV,the Family Values Tour dan Ozzfest, dimana Kostum dan penampilan Borland membuat kesan yang menyita perhatian penggemarnya.Satu singel kejutan mereka menjadi soundtrack film "Very Bad Things"yang disutradarai Peter Berg yang dirilis pada tahun 1998 dibintangi oleh Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater dan Jeremy Piven.Limp Bizkit juga mulai menawarkan kepada stasiun-stasiun radio seperti KUFO di Portland's melakukan tindakan payola yaitu memutar musik mereka berkali-kali karena limp bizkit membayarnya.KUFO akan dibayar $5000 jika mereka mau memutar single "Counterfeith" 50 kali selama kurun waktu lima minggu

[2] seperti Ben Stiller menggambarkan hal itu (Pada track "outro" dari album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot-Dog Flavored Water"): "Jika mereka muncul di layar,saya tidak peduli dengan apa yang anda katakan,'Counterfeit' akan meledakkan orang-orang tengah kota itu."

Significant Other

Pada tahun 1999,Limp Bizkit merilis album kedua mereka,Significant Other.Singel Hit pertama “Nookie,” menjadi hit yang paling menghentak. Pada musim panas 1999,Limp Bizkit bermain di Woodstock '99.Selama penampilan mereka,para penggemar mulai merusak lapisan plywood dari tembok-tembok panggung dan papan reklame yang menutupi tempat konser.Dan juga ada beberapa kasus pemerkosaan dan kekerasan seksual selama band ini tampil.Emosi penonton semakin tinggi dan kekerasan semakin berlanjut,mencapai puncaknya seperti ledakan dan berlangsung hingga akhir pertunjukan.Beberapa penonton konser mengaku bahwa Durst memprovokasi kekerasan,walaupun Durst bersikeras tidak ada komentar-komentarnya yang menyebabkan kekerasan itu terjadi.Isu ini kemudian digambarkan dalam video single mereka "Rearranged',dimana ditambahkan band diadili dan dihukum untuk kejadian di Woodstack tersebut. Kontroversi segera menyelimuti dunia musik mereka.Di tahun yang sama,Durst terlibat pertengkaran dengan Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, dengan band Slipknot, guitarist Zakk Wylde, Creed frontman Scott Stapp, dan dengan rapper Eminem,dimana singel "Without Me' menggambarkan anggota boyband 'N SyncChris Kirkpatrick sebagai "seseorang yang lebih jelek daripada bangsat-bangsat Limp Bizkit mereka".Marilyn Manson dan Trent Reznor mengejek Fred Durst dalam video musik Nine Inch Nails yaitu “Starfuckers, Inc.”. Reznor kemudian mengeluarkan pernyataan bahwa "Limp Biskit menyebalkan dan semua orang tahu itu".Fred Durst bersikeras bahwa Reznor harus hati-hati,karena Durst sangatlah berpengaruh di Interscope Records (dimana Reznor juga menjalin kontrak dengan Interscope Records). Komentar ini menyebabkan suatu kekacauan,dengan banyak orang yang bilang Fred Durst menjalankan taktik bisnis gaya mafia Tuduhan ini mejadi lebih sering dibicarkan setelah pembela hukum band Taproot merilis sebuah pesan ancaman dimana Durst meninggalkannya di mesin penjawab telepon mereka.Durst mengaku secara sederhana mengatakan tidak paham dan mengatakan tidaka ada kekeliruan atau hal negatif lainnya.Durst kemudian kemudian mengalami perseteruan yang lebih pahit dengan Scott Stapp dari band Creed.

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

2000 saw the release of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. The first two singles “My Generation” and “Rollin’” were released at the same time. Durst claimed this tactic would generate a buzz for the album. His prediction was accurate, as both songs were hits. A remix of “Rollin’” featuring Method Man, Redman and DMX was a minor club hit. The album sold 1,055,256 copies in its first week, a record for a rock album. It has gone on to sell over 6.5 million copies.

The band supported the album with a headlining tour named "Back To Basics". The tour was touted as bringing the fans closer to the bands, as the only thing separating the stage from the fans was a tall metal fence. Moreover, the tour was sponsored by Napster, and fans received free admission.

The band again became mired in controversy in 2001 during a tour of Australia with the Big Day Out rock festival. At the Sydney concert, teenager Jessica Michalik suffered a heart attack when fans rushed the stage. It was claimed that Durst was urging the crowd on, or that he failed to attempt to calm the crowd. Jessica was apparently clinically dead when she was pulled out of the mosh by security guards, but regained consciousness after having air pumped into her lungs as well as an epinephrine shot to the heart from paramedics backstage. She was immediately rushed to Sydney's Concorde Hospital where she was pronounced dead a few hours later. Thirty additional fans were treated for minor injuries at the festival's medical tents.

Reports in the Australian press said that the inquest panel viewed footage of Durst telling a reporter for the American TV show Access Hollywood that he "visited the girl in hospital" and that he has kept in touch with her parents. However, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reports that according to Detective Inspector Gregory Bamford, the police officer leading the investigation into the tragedy, Durst made no such trip to Jessica's bedside [3]. Limp Bizkit's management denies this.

In an interview later that year, Borland, by now playing with his side project Big Dumb Face, expressed dissatisfaction with Limp Bizkit. He was tired of the constant feuding, and did not want to feud with or disparage Reznor, who Borland greatly admired. By the summer of 2001, Borland left the band. He told MTV news in an interview that Limp Bizkit was a "sell out band" and Durst had become an egomaniac. Borland's departure was seen as a major blow. He was often cited as a vital creative force in the group, due in part to his eclecticism.

With Borland's absence, Limp Bizkit held auditions for a new guitarist. The auditions were called "Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is" [4]. Thousands of hopefuls lined up for hours at record and guitar shops for a chance to audition. All participating guitarists were required to sign waivers giving Limp Bizkit ownership of any riffs or interesting guitar parts performed by those auditioning. Each guitarist had only 50 seconds to show the management and band how good they were before being sent back to the queue, or simply sent home. Some locations were so packed that not everyone who arrived on time was able to audition.

Later that year, Fred Durst refused to fly to Australia to appear in court for the Jessica Michalik trial, stating that he was a "fearful flyer" and choosing instead to appear by video link. Lawyers for the concert promoter scoffed at the prospect of televised testimony, claiming witnesses "weren't bound by perjury laws when testifying". A band spokesperson reported that several of Limp Bizkit's tour managers had made written statements and would testify before the court, but Durst allegedly claimed that he couldn't fit the trip into his schedule.

When the day for the hearing arrived, Durst claimed that he told concert organizers of the potential dangers of having little security, even telling them that Limp Bizkit would pull out of the show if these faults were not addressed. He also testified that he voiced his concerns to the concert's promoter, Vivian Lees. During cross-examination, Big Day Out attorneys attempted to pin the blame on Limp Bizkit because the music didn't completely stop when the band was alerted to the incident. Although the guitars, drums and bass ceased, DJ Lethal played a quiet computer-generated loop. While admitting that Lethal took it upon himself to play the interlude, Durst claimed that the quiet melody did have a soothing effect on the crowd.

On August 10, 2002 Limp Bizkit were found not guilty. The security practices employed by festival organizers Creative Entertainment Australia bore the brunt of the blame. After viewing videotapes and hearing witness testimony, Milledge, the coroner, said it was evident that the density of the crowd was dangerous at the time Limp Bizkit took the stage. [5]

The court decided that "though Limp Bizkit weren't found to be at fault for the death of a teenager crushed at a concert last year, they could've been more helpful in efforts to aid the girl".

On March 7, 2003, Limp Bizkit announced it would perform live again for the first time in two years, at the upcoming WWE's WrestleMania XIX taking place on March 30[6]. Not only that, Limp Bizkit had signed up for some live tours, despite their lack of a guitarist. The guitarists for the Wrestlemania tour were later revealed when Durst wrote in a post on the official website: "We are playing Wrestlemania this weekend. On the guitars will be Head from KoЯn and Mike Smith from Snot. We've been working with Mike for a while. He's dope." Two days later, Durst confirmed via the band’s official website that Snot's Mike Smith would be the official replacement guitarist.

Mike Smith then went on to tour with the band and helped contribute to at least five songs on ‘’Results May Vary’’. Durst, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, and a sound engineer known as Elvis also played guitar on the record.

Results May Vary

Results May Vary dirilis pada oktober 2003,dengan memberikan gaya baru namanya menjadi limpbizkit, terkait dengan bergabungnya Mike Smith dengan band dan perubahan didalam band sejak Wes Borland keluar. Walaupun album ini tidak menuai sukses seperti album sebelumnya,ia menerima sertifikat platinum di Amerika Serikat setelah selama empat belas minggu bertahan di tangga lagu.(Sebagai Perbandingan, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water teah terjual satu juta kopi di minggu pertama tangga lagu dan melaju menjadi nomer satu di tangga lagu Billboard Magazine Lagu "Build a bridge adalah lagu resmi (Official Song) dari seri WWE's Survivor Series pay-per-view even padaNovember 2003. Respon yang sangat kritis untuk album adalah kebanyakan negatif,dengan salah satu penilai berkata bahwa rekaman ini "menderita dari sebuah kekacauan bentuk dan arahan".[7] Sebuah versi Cover dari The Who's Behind Blue Eyes sangat sukses pada tangga-tangga lagu radio,namun DigitalDreamDoor.com menilai sebagai salah satu lagu Cover terburuk sepanjang waktu.Video musiknya,dibintangi Halle Berry,yang membintangi film "Gothika," di tahun 2003,dimana soundtracknya termasuk juga "Behind Blue Eyes." Tidak ada CD atau Video yang dirilis untuk "Almost Over" or "Build A Bridge" terkait keluarnya Mike Smith,dan tidak satupun singel yang dirilis dari "Results May Vary",terkait dengan kembalinya Borland ke dalam band.

The Unquestionable Truth

 
Limp Bizkit Logo

During July of 2004 various rumours began circulating on the internet claiming Mike Smith had left Limp Bizkit, and that Wes Borland had been playing with the band. By July 8, theprp.com made an official report that Wes Borland was recording with the band in London although however this was still regarded only as a rumor until August 13, 2004.

No official statement was released, but Limp Bizkit's website went offline and was replaced by a webpage that displayed large photos of the band. Smith was absent, but Borland was there, depicted as playing with the band with the date written beneath.

On August 15, two days after showing Borland playing with the band on their official site, Durst announced Mike Smith's departure from the band in an exclusive interview with thearmpit.net. He said, "We are very content with Mike being gone. We are the type of people that stay true to our family and our instincts and at any moment will act on intuition as a whole. Mike wasn't the guy. We had fun playing with him, but always knew, in the back of our minds, that he wasn't where we needed him to be mentally."

Two months prior to the release of their next album, The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), a homemade porn film featuring Fred Durst was leaked onto the internet. It was allegedly the work of the T mobile terrorist, although later Durst mentioned to MTV that it had been spotted by "a man who came to repair his computer" who then stole it and spread it about the net. [8] Later, Fred was approached by a company asking him if he wanted to sell his porn film as it "was going to be seen anyway". He declined and instead filed a lawsuit against the hacker.

With Borland back in the band, Limp Bizkit reverted to the old styling of their name. They then returned to the studio with producer Ross Robinson, who had worked with them on Three Dollar Bill Y'all, to create a seven track EP titled The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1). Drummer John Otto was only able to contribute to one track on the album due to personal matters, with Sammy Siegler providing percussion on the remaining tracks.

The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) was released internationally on May 3, 2005 with surprisingly little fanfare. The lack of media hype was said to have been a part of Durst's strategy, resulting in the extremely low first week sales figures of around 37,000 units [9].

Hit-hit terbaik

Limp Bizkit's greatest hits album, titled Greatest Hitz, was released on November 8, 2005. A DVD, which featured music videos for most of their major hits, was released in conjunction with the CD. The album and DVD were heavily endorsed and promoted by their record label, even to the point where Durst said he was forced to do interviews because the record label was "making him promote Limp's new Greatest Hitz, a compilation he's not too excited about".[10]

The compilation album featured 3 previously unreleased songs. "Why" and "Lean On Me" were leftover unreleased material from Results May Vary. They were recorded before Mike Smith joined the band, but later dropped in turn for heavier songs. [11]

Dimasa depan

There was talks of two new releases: The fan anticipated "The Unquestionable Truth: Part 2" and an untitled full Limp Bizkit album. Unfortunately, Fred's silence about Limp Bizkit for the past 8 months has had fans upset and confused, leaving guitarist Wes Borland to finally comment on the situation in his blog.

"I posted this in the other blog, but figured it might be getting lost there. So please read this carefully before jumping to conclusions about me "Fucking over LB" and "Quitting the band again" because I haven't done either. A lot of you were asking questions about what has been going on with LB, and here is the best report I can give you. It's all I know, so can we please just leave it at this. Thanks, now here's the post from earlier:

Alright, ready here it goes... When I originally left Limp Bizkit, it was because I was sick of it for various reasons, I made a few friends, Worked with a bunch of cool people, and tried to get a new project together. After a few different variations of this project (Eat the Day was one, which included three different vocalists, The Damning Well was the other) I realised that although some cool stuff had been written, it wasn't good enough for me, and I was irritated at myself for spending so much time on it because I had just turned down the guitar spot in A Perfect Circle. Drag, but it was probably for the best. Shortly after I started talking to Trent Reznor and started to work with him during the demo process for With Teeth, and was lined up to be the touring guitar player. This was great at the time, but the more I thought about it, the more I kind of missed playing with Bizkit, and I thought before I get locked into NIN, I want to go talk to Fred and see if we are still at odds. Well, we talked and it seemed like we weren't anymore. So I told Trent that I was going to go make a Bizkit record, and that I was sorry to bow out of Nails, and he was cool about it. We started writing, and ended up having to write three records. Finally we got to a place where Fred claimed to be happy with the music, and so then we recorded. TWICE!!! Once with Sammy and once with John. Fred did vocals on 6 songs out of 13, and stopped. We have tried to go back in 2 times since then with the same result. Lots of music, no vocals recorded. So it would seem that what I write now is not what Fred wants to sing over, and nobody wants to tour. Touring is also impossible at this point due to last summer's cancellations. Nobody will book the band currently because they are afraid that LB will cancel again. So I'm depending on only myself now, and the few people I work with. Hope this clears it all up for you."

While recently co-hosting Loveline with Dr. Drew, Fred stated that he is currently directing his 1st film and that he is only interested in doing "behind the scenes work" for the time being. He did not say if or when Limp Bizkit will collaberate again.

Sam Rivers is currently in the studio working with The Embraced on their first full length record which will be produced by Rivers. Although they are not currently signed to a record label, they intend to release the album independently.

Discografi

  • Three Dollar Bill Y'All, 1997 album #22 US
    • "Counterfeit", 1997 single
    • "Sour" 1997 single
    • "Faith", 1998 single
    • "Pollution", 1998 single (airplay-only)
  • Significant Other, 1999 album #1 US, #10 UK
    • "Nookie", 1999 single #80 US
    • "N 2 Gether Now", 1999 single #70 US
    • "Re-Arranged", 2000 single #75 US
    • "Break Stuff", 2000 single
  • Chocolate Starfish And The Hotdog Flavored Water, 2000 album #1 US, #1 UK
    • "Take A Look Around", 2000 single #3 UK
    • "My Generation", 2000 single #15 UK
    • "Rollin", 2001 single #1 UK, #65 US
    • "My Way", 2001 single #6 UK, #75 US
    • "Getcha Groove On", 2002 single (airplay-only)
    • "Boiler", 2002 single #18 UK
  • New Old Songs (remix album), 2001 album #26 US
  • Results May Vary, 2003 album #3 US, #7 UK
    • "Eat You Alive", 2003 single #10 UK
    • "Behind Blue Eyes", 2003 single #18 UK, #71 US
    • "Let Me Down", 2004 single (by KROQ only)
    • "Almost Over/Build A Bridge", 2004 unreleased single
  • The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), 2005 album #24 US, #71 UK
    • "The Truth", 2005 internet single
  • Greatest Hitz, 2005 (compilation album) #47 US
    • "Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony" a.k.a. "Bittersweet Home", 2005 single

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