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Waaay back when LB first hit the big market with "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all", they were really cool. They sounded great, success hadn't taken over yet. I remember seeing them at a Warped Tour in MA, they played very last, after the headliner act Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I had seen them when they were touring with Korn and really dug what I had heard so instead of flocking to the main stage, I got right up front at the side stage with about 30-40 other people. They started out the same way they did at the Korn show, pretending to cover "Blind" by Korn. Right when the song was about to bust out (right after "ARE YOU READY?") they just stopped playing, exactly when the crowd started going insane and moshing. Quite amusing.... then they played a great set. Their original material was really good. Of course, they followed the Nu-metal mantra of "Make an 80's cover, release it as your single"... and yes, instant success.

Everyone heard of them, they were on MTV, Fred Durst became an egomaniac, and now they're a terrible terrible joke. Even their second CD, "Significant Other" was overproduced hype garbage, "Nookie" was the only real decent track, and it quickly became overplayed... It's a shame that things like this happens to some bands.

~mo_dep.s
 
I was never really a LB fan......I thought the "Give me something to break" song was awesome! But.......God, its really hard for me to say this.....but I like their new album. Not alot, mind you...but its a decent listen. 😱
 
Wes Borland was the only one in the band with a remote spec of talent and seeing how he bailed he was the only one with a remote spec of intelligence.

The Fred Durst wigga-raps got played from day one. He still walks around with that backwards red hat like he is a parody of himself. If it wasn't for the fact that some backwater Eastern European countries still like that crap, Fred would be working at Wal*Mart these days.
 
Originally posted by: dwell
Wes Borland was the only one in the band with a remote spec of talent and seeing how he bailed he was the only one with a remote spec of intelligence.

The Fred Durst wigga-raps got played from day one. He still walks around with that backwards red hat like he is a parody of himself. If it wasn't for the fact that some backwater Eastern European countries still like that crap, Fred would be working at Wal*Mart these days.
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DJ Lethal (from House of Pain fame) brought a lot to the band as well. I honestly havent been following them enough to know who's left (if Lethal is still there or not) but I did hear about Borland.
 
Look, the band can never stay the same, many grow up eventually and members go their separate ways. Once a band hits the scene with a new sound, you only get 15 seconds of fame before everyone starts to copy your style and you have to come up with something new or the industry will label your next effort as "the same old sht". Look at Wu Tang, GNR, Van Halen (with DLR), Smashing Pumpkins, most boy bands like 98 Suckgrees or F@$street Boys. Most hit the scene and were initially great or fulfilled a need in society(case of boy bands at the time, there were none). Eventually, egos/different priorities got in the way and they had to split off to do solo careers. Or, the bands just matured and have changed their sound (think Kid Rock and Metallica) and now people are saying they suck b/c they liked the "old sound" better. It's all a part of the ebb and flow of the music industry.
 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Look, the band can never stay the same, many grow up eventually and members go their separate ways. Once a band hits the scene with a new sound, you only get 15 seconds of fame before everyone starts to copy your style and you have to come up with something new or the industry will label your next effort as "the same old sht". Look at Wu Tang, GNR, Van Halen (with DLR), Smashing Pumpkins, most boy bands like 98 Suckgrees or F@$street Boys. Most hit the scene and were initially great or fulfilled a need in society(case of boy bands at the time, there were none). Eventually, egos/different priorities got in the way and they had to split off to do solo careers. Or, the bands just matured and have changed their sound (think Kid Rock and Metallica) and now people are saying they suck b/c they liked the "old sound" better. It's all a part of the ebb and flow of the music industry.
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Bands definately evolve. Look at how raw Tool was back in the day and how polished they are today. Every album is still great though. But as the OP states, success killed LB. There you go!
 
3 dolla bill ya'll is def a great album, more than i can say for the rest of their records, i just popped it in and realized how much i like this album
 
i think its progression that "old school" fans of new bands dont like... most people that liked metalica when kill em all came out stopped likeing them after the justice album... its just how things go...
 
a limp bizkit show was the first place my young mind witnessed two lesbians dykin' it out live onstage

i think that was before they released there first record
 
Originally posted by: sonambulo
a limp bizkit show was the first place my young mind witnessed two lesbians dykin' it out live onstage

i think that was before they released there first record
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thanks for contributing.
 
Originally posted by: dwell
Wes Borland was the only one in the band with a remote spec of talent and seeing how he bailed he was the only one with a remote spec of intelligence.

The Fred Durst wigga-raps got played from day one. He still walks around with that backwards red hat like he is a parody of himself. If it wasn't for the fact that some backwater Eastern European countries still like that crap, Fred would be working at Wal*Mart these days.
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amen, brother dwell! :beer:

i'll be interested to hear what borland does with himself in the future.
 
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: dwell
Wes Borland was the only one in the band with a remote spec of talent and seeing how he bailed he was the only one with a remote spec of intelligence.

The Fred Durst wigga-raps got played from day one. He still walks around with that backwards red hat like he is a parody of himself. If it wasn't for the fact that some backwater Eastern European countries still like that crap, Fred would be working at Wal*Mart these days.
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amen, brother dwell! :beer:

i'll be interested to hear what borland does with himself in the future.
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Maybe he'll join up with audioslave! or um... something else!
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I always thought it was the lack of talent that destroyed that band
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Yup. Go back and look at Woodstock '99 videotape and see how LB basically incited the crowd to riot and set vendors' tents on fire.

The combination of overpriced food, intense heat on a blacktopped airport runway venue, an evening of headlining rap-rock bands including Rage Against the Machine and Limp Bizkit, and general anger at how much LB sucks (😉) started the riot.

But LB's song "Break Stuff" I think was the turning point.
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I always thought it was the lack of talent that destroyed that band
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Yup. Go back and look at Woodstock '99 videotape and see how LB basically incited the crowd to riot and set vendors' tents on fire.

The combination of overpriced food, intense heat on a blacktopped airport runway venue, an evening of headlining rap-rock bands including Rage Against the Machine and Limp Bizkit, and general anger at how much LB sucks (😉) started the riot.

But LB's song "Break Stuff" I think was the turning point.
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That "festival" isn't even fit to carry the Woodstock name. Henceforth, it will no longer be refered to as Woodstock and only be refered to as The Abomination. Please make a note of this.

As far as Les, I think he has another band right now but I can't remember it for the life of me. Off to do some searching 🙂
 
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