About the band:
Limp Bizkit started in 1996, with
Fred Durst (lead vocals),
Wes Borland (6- and 7- string guitars),
Sam Rivers (bass) and
John Otto (drums) being the core band members.
DJ Lethal (scratches and turntables) joined the band at a later stage.
The band didn't make it big until
Fred Durst gave a demo tape of his band to
Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of
Korn, while doing a tattoo on him in 1997. This is when the band got signed up, and released their first album - "
Three Dollar Bill Y'All$". The album featured the singles "
Counterfeit", "
Faith" (a
George Michael cover) and "
Stuck", amongst others.
The album went multi-platinum, and
Limp Bizkit since became the definitive rock-rap band, releasing "
Significant Other" in 1999 (featuring songs like "
Nookie" and "
Rearranged"), and "
Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog flavoured Water" in 2000, as well as being featured on the
MI: 2 movie soundtrack. Between releasing studio albums,
Limp Bizkit were on tour promoting their music, starting from being one of the core bands in the original "
Family Values" tour (along with
Korn,
Rammstein and
Orgy), going to doing a tour sponsored by
Napster in 2000.
Discography:
Current line-up: