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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Limp bizkit - What They Never Told You

"It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth

Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since

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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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Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveils his first Jackson signature guitar – and it’s a single-pickup King V with a headstock so reversed it’s “upside down”

Featuring one Seymour Duncan Invader, one Floyd 1500 Series vibrato, and one headstock that requires a double take

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"If you're looking for a killer soundtrack to summer 2026, you just found it." Genre-fluid disruptor Ecca Vandal fulfils all her promise on the swaggering Looking For People To Unfollow

The Limp Bizkit-endorsed Ecca Vandal smashes it on her second album

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Rail firm bans Download festival-goers from bringing wheelie bins full of beer onto trains: “While it might seem like a great idea, it just isn’t safe”

“Our teams will be on hand at stations to support customers and help them complete their journeys, without their bins or trolleys, as smoothly as possible,” says East Midlands Railway

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Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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MGK goes nu-metal on new single Fix Ur Face featuring Limp Bizkit legend Fred Durst

MGK has teamed up with Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst for the hard‑hitting new single Fix Ur Face.

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"If there’s one thing that we hate, it’s being compared to Korn or Tool. We’re far better than that.” The mystery of the 90s band that almost gave the UK an answer to Limp Bizkit - then vanished without a trace

Pulkas were beloved in the UK metal press and signed to one of underground metal's most illustrious labels - so what happened?

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"I've got a couple of ideas I've been working on for quite some time": Fred Durst wants to set up an alternative to Coachella for musicians who aren't invited to Coachella

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst wants to start his own "gathering"

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"They were doing something totally unique and otherworldly. It was mysterious and thrilling." 10 songs that Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland wishes he had written

10 songs which shaped Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland's life and music

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"Growing up, I noticed bands like Motorhead, Limp Bizkit and Drowning Pool were always part of it. Now I understand why." How heavy metal became a lifelong passion for WWE Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer

From her love of Iron Maiden and Megadeth to her fiery entrance, Stephanie Vaquer is one of WWE's most metal superstars ever

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"There’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years –he did what he had to do.” Did a televised protest against Limp Bizkit really force Zack de la Rocha to quit Rage Against The Machine?

In this archive interview, Tom Morello reveals the truth behind his bandmate's MTV Awards stunt, riots in the street and the original rage-quit

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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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My Chemical Romance, Tool, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil to headline Aftershock festival 2026; The Offspring, Queens Of The Stone Age, Babymetal and more than 130 other acts also confirmed

The Sacramento festival will return to Discovery Park from October 1 to 4

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Download Festival makes special announcement for 2026 lineup

Download Festival has announced a second wave of acts for its 2026 line-up, scheduled to run from 10th to 14th June. New additions to the bill include A Day To Remember, Daughtry, Hot Milk, and Creeper. These acts join previously confirmed headliners such as Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses, and…

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Slipknot, Papa Roach, The Offspring and more have been added to the Battlefield 6 videogame soundtrack

The online FPS is entering its second season, after debuting to much hype last October

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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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Limp Bizkit, Bad Omens, Papa Roach, Gojira, Poppy, plus more than 50 other bands announced for Inkcarceration Festival 2026

The three-day festival will return to Ohio State Reformatory from July 17 - 19

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“I didn’t expect him to get busted in that bathroom. But his misfortune actually helped us. We couldn’t have asked for more of a buzz!”: How an unexpected arrest accidentally gave Limp Bizkit their big break

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"I'm packing all my stuff and Courtney's like, 'Amy Lee wants to meet you.' We never expected any of this to happen." From getting arrested at BLM protests to hanging with Evanescence and Limp Bizkit icons, the story of rising metalcore stars Dying Wish

Dying Wish are one of the hottest bands in metalcore right now - and if you disagree, take it up with Courtney LaPlante, Amy Lee and Fred Durst

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"I thought it was terrible. I didn’t like it. Honestly, I thought it was stupid." The story of the song that turned a cult alt funk metal band into poster boys for a music scene they absolutely despised

With one song, they suddenly found themselves at the front of a music scene they truly hated

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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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Limp Bizkit in emotional tribute to late bassist Sam Rivers at first show since his death

Limp Bizkit have played their first concert since bassist Sam Rivers' death.

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"I found myself at 52, going through my third divorce and fourth financial collapse – from ‘I’m a millionaire’ to ‘I live in my car.'" J.K. Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, Limp Bizkit and the adult industry: the wild and unpredictable career of Evan Seinfeld

From shivving Oscar winners to being mates with Ozzy Osbourne, Biohazard's frontman shares the lessons he's learned

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Nu metal kids, rejoice! Full videos of classic Deftones and Linkin Park festival sets have just been released online

Dutch festival Pinkpop has released pro-shot footage of Deftones’ 2006 show and Linkin Park’s 2012 headline set

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