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DARK SECRETS: Limp bizkit - The Real Truth

"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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Here's who I'd put on my Mount Rushmore of nu metal (three spots were easy, one was excruciatingly hard)

Nu metal has produced some of heavy music's biggest bands - and here are the four artists I'd hold up as the genre's Big 4

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Limp Bizkit show in Estonia cancelled after Fred Durst's previous support of Vladimir Putin resurfaces online

Fred Durst had plenty to say about Russia and Putin in the past –and it appears to have come back to bite Limp Bizkit

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Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, The Offspring, Deep Purple, Sabaton, Volbeat, Bad Omens and more sign up for stacked Hellfest 2026 lineup

Hellfest has announced another epic lineup for next year

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Download Festival lineup revealed with Limp Bizkit and more as headliners

Limp Bizkit will headlined Download Festival for the first time in 2026.

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Download Festival 2026: Keanu Reeves and Cypress Hill join Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park in line-up

The John Wick and Matrix actor will perform with his band Dogstar at the UK’s biggest rock and metal event, joining hip-hop heavyweights Cypress Hill and a trio of blockbuster headliners

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Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park to headline Download 2026: over 90 bands confirmed for next year's lineup

Next year's Download lineup has officially been revealed and it's packing rock icons, nu metal legends and a lot more

Guitar World

“Me and Chino rowed a lot when we were working on it. It was a really abrasive process”: Deftones' White Pony was one of the first metal masterpieces of the new millennium. Its creation was anything but smooth sailing

Resident riffmaster Stephen Carpenter minced no words in this 2000 interview, rolling his eyes at “our friends” Korn, and even – before walking it back – calling his bandmate's guitar-work “awful.” Still, though, he was proud of the band's “really awesome record”

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Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers, 48, was ‘found dead in a pool of blood’

The 48-year-old passed away earlier this month

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"I dug the record 'cause it was incorporating hip hop into rock. I was like, 'This is cool!'" How one rap legend joined the unlikeliest tour ever to help bring hip hop to the nu metal generation

The idea of Ice Cube and Korn sharing a bill might not seem strange now, but in the 90s, it was a thrilling novelty

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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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Battlefield 6 locks the best radio station behind a $25 Pro battle pass paywall

Limp Bizkit, Bob Dylan, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers, they don't come cheap—for EA or you.

Guitar World

“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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