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"It’s saying, ‘If I could smell you, if I could interact with you, I’d eat you alive.'" How a bizarre and controversial stalker video featuring two Hollywood heavyweights brought an end to Limp Bizkit's golden era

Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on Planet Earth by the end of 2000. Less than three years later, things had gone terribly wrong

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23 years after they pulled out of the first ever Download, Limp Bizkit finally headline the UK's biggest rock festival - and they absolutely smash it

Metal's biggest party band bring the ruckus to Donington on Friday night

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“It’s about time!” Wes Borland’s Jackson King V went from factory floor reject to Limp Bizkit icon – now it’s been released as a signature guitar

Borland’s Custom Shop V started out as a left-handed factory reject – and this signature reissue replicates it in all its glory

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"I never thought someone would actually run with that song title. I suppose it's all my fault." The story of the extremely silly but surprisingly poignant Limp Bizkit anthem that made them the biggest (and most hated) metal band of their generation

What seemed like a throwaway lyric tacked onto a catchy Bizkit banger actually had some profound meaning for Fred Durst

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"I had 20 kids on my doorstep looking in my windows. I couldn’t go to the grocery store." Tom Cruise, Eminem, the Twin Towers and a million sales in a week - the story behind the album that made Limp Bizkit the biggest rock band on the planet

For just a moment, this was the record that officially made metal the biggest genre in the world

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“We love you forever”: Watch Limp Bizkit pay tribute to Sam Rivers at their first show following the late bassist’s death

Rivers, who co-founded the nu metal band with Fred Durst and John Otto in 1994, died last month at the age of 48

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When I was 14, I thought Limp Bizkit were the coolest band in the world. At 38, I often still do

Love or hate them, you couldn't ignore them. Luckily, I loved them - and I still do

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“That bassline was the first thing that came out of my head. By the end of the soundcheck we had the whole song down”: Limp Bizkit remain one of the biggest nu-metal bands ever – but they wouldn't have taken those giant strides without bassist Sam Rivers

Limp Bizkit may be known for their planet-sized guitar riffs, but behind every monster moshpit there's a talented bassist

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"That means start jumping and singing. It doesn’t mean start burning the place down. That’s not what I meant." How a smash hit from some nu metal icons became intertwined with the most controversial music festival of the 90s

A classic of the nu metal era, this hit is also woven into the story of an infamous weekend of live music

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However many nu metal songs you think are in Battlefield 6, I promise you there are more

A premature peek at the game's credits reveals someone at Battlefield Studios is jonesing for a fix of that Limp Bizkit mix.

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Listen to Limp Bizkit's brand new single Making Love To Morgan Wallen, featuring nods to Chester Bennington, David Bowie, dolphins and Donald Trump

Limp Bizkit have dropped a brand new single, and it is about as Limp Bizkit as it could possibly be

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"A cocktail of pure fire and creativity." How Limp Bizkit went from nu metal's whipping boys to a beloved cultural force (again)

Limp Bizkit have proven time and again they can roll with the punches

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Watch this couple get engaged in the most romantic setting possible: covered in mud as Limp Bizkit play Break Stuff at Download Festival

Romance looks different to different people, and sometimes it looks like Fred Durst threatening to skin your ass raw in a mud swamp

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“We’ll lead our own pack!” The checkered story of Limp Bizkit’s Break Stuff, from festival chaos to a star-studded music video

Connected forever with the anarchy of Woodstock ’99 and a music video featuring Snoop Dogg and Korn, Limp Bizkit’s cathartic banger has the most complicated legacy of any nu metal song

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The 10 best cover songs by nu metal bands

Nu metal loves a cover song. From Limp Bizkit to Alien Ant Farm, here are the 10 finest examples

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As a millennial metalhead, I was laughed at for loving nu metal. In 2023 it's filling festivals and influencing more young bands than ever - and I couldn't be happier about it

Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

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“She didn’t even show up for the rehearsal." From a nixed red carpet date to an angry Playboy interview, inside the unlikely MTV VMAs duet between Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Christina Aguilera

Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on planet earth come the end of 2000. It resulted in one of the most unlikely duets in the history of awards shows.

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10 terrible nu metal albums with one classic song

Nu metal gave us countless rock club anthems...but many of the albums they came from just didn't cut it

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Limp Bizkit announce biggest UK headline show in decades, Pendulum to support

Limp Bizkit and Pendulum will play London's Gunnersbury Park in August!

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