Editing Limp Bizkit (section)

=== Music ===
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Durst wanted Limp Bizkit to be a "megaband" which could cross over into as many different styles of music as possible.<ref name=Devenish21/> Limp Bizkit's music has predominately been described as {{nowrap|[[nu metal]]}},<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music |author2=Phillips, Cogan |author=William, Brian |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-313-34800-6}} (March 20, 2009). Retrieved on September 22, 2015</ref><ref name="BNW-limp">{{cite book |last=Udo |first=Tommy |title=Brave Nu World |publisher=Sanctuary Publishing |year=2002 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/67 67–81, 233–235] |isbn=1-86074-415-X |url=https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/67 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2136136.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Limp Bizkit consider gigs by satellite |publisher=BBC News |date=July 18, 2002 |access-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718010820/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2136136.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Apter |first1=Jeff |title=Never Enough: The Story of The Cure |year=2009 |publisher=Music Sales Group |isbn=978-0-85712-024-3 |page=468 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/06/album-review-limp-bizkit-gold-cobra|title=Album Review: Limp Bizkit – Gold Cobra|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|author=Buchanan, David|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110629095449/https://consequence.net/2011/06/album-review-limp-bizkit-gold-cobra|archive-date=June 29, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Langhoff |first=Josh |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/144574-limp-bizkit-gold-cobra/ |title=Limp Bizkit: Gold Cobra < PopMatters |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=September 12, 2011 |archive-date=November 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127063042/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/144574-limp-bizkit-gold-cobra |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PxWasD0U6pcC&pg=PA104 |pages=103–104 |title=Studies in Symbolic Interaction |editor=Norman K. Denzin |editor2=Christopher J. Schneider |editor3=Robert Owen Gardner |editor4=John Bryce Merrill |editor5=Dong Han |chapter=Music Genre as a Gendered Process: Authenticity in Extreme Metal |last1=Hutcherson |first1=Ben |last2=Haenfler |first2=Ross |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-85724-361-4}}</ref> {{nowrap|[[rap metal]]}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Lewis, Faye |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/limp-bizkit-gold-cobra |title=Limp Bizkit – Gold Cobra &#124; Reviews &#124; Rock Sound |work=[[Rock Sound]] |access-date=September 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701130132/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/limp-bizkit-gold-cobra |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/limp-bizkit-p213327/biography |title=Limp Bizkit |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=January 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101023338/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/limp-bizkit-p213327/biography |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunshineslate.com/2011/05/10/florida-bad-boys-limp-bizkit-set-to-release-new-album-june-28/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528084031/http://www.sunshineslate.com/2011/05/10/florida-bad-boys-limp-bizkit-set-to-release-new-album-june-28/ |archive-date=May 28, 2011 |title=New Album Gold Cobra For Florida Bad boys Limp Bizkit |publisher=Sunshineslate.com |date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/press_releases_210711 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724063254/http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/press_releases_210711 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |title=Sennheiser Worldwide: Press / Press Releases / Limp Bizkit Pushes the Limits of Sennheiser Mics |publisher=Sennheiser.com |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2012}}</ref> and [[rap rock]].<ref name=Legacy>{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2013/05/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-new-album-interview-2013/ |title=Fred Durst Answers for Limp Bizkit's Legacy |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=May 29, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2015 |author=Herzog, Kenny |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108014411/https://www.spin.com/2013/05/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-new-album-interview-2013/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470366/fred-durst-on-limp-bizkits-comeback-weve-got-to-own-who-we-are |title=Fred Durst on Limp Bizkit's Comeback: 'We've Got to Own Who We Are' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 20, 2011 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Graff, Gary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223041319/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470366/fred-durst-on-limp-bizkits-comeback-weve-got-to-own-who-we-are |archive-date=February 23, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rock.about.com/od/limpbizkit/p/LimpBizkit.htm |title=Limp Bizkit |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Grierson, Tim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922035010/http://rock.about.com/od/limpbizkit/p/LimpBizkit.htm |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/limp-bizkit-lean-into-the-backlash-on-gold-cobra-6620419 |title=Limp Bizkit Lean Into The Backlash On Gold Cobra |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Shipley, Al |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409090105/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/limp-bizkit-lean-into-the-backlash-on-gold-cobra-6620419 |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/limp-bizkit-signs-with-cash-money-records-pledges--69882 |title=Limp Bizkit signs with Cash Money Records, pledges to get "back in this ho!" |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=February 24, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Fetters, Ashley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302195245/http://www.avclub.com/article/limp-bizkit-signs-with-cash-money-records-pledges--69882 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/check-out-this-fred-durst-directed-eharmony-commercial-20140719 |title=Check Out This Fred Durst-Directed eHarmony Commercial |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 19, 2014 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Dionne, Zach |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202090320/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/check-out-this-fred-durst-directed-eharmony-commercial-20140719 |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Limp Bizkit have also been described as [[alternative metal]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Gulla|first=Bob|title=Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-313-35806-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL3I9qQWdeAC|author-link=Bob Gulla|access-date=June 10, 2012|page=5|format=Print|date=December 23, 2008|archive-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114113647/https://books.google.com/books?id=DL3I9qQWdeAC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/robert-durst-mixed-story-fred-durst-limp-bizkit-article-1.2152410 |title=Accused killer Robert Durst misidentified in AP story as 'former Limp Bizkit frontman' Fred Durst |work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Goldstein, Sasha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302032828/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/robert-durst-mixed-story-fred-durst-limp-bizkit-article-1.2152410 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/limp-bizkit-are-better-than-whatever-crap-youre-listening-to-right-now-5482304 |title=Limp Bizkit Are Better Than Whatever Crap You're Listening To Right Now |work=[[LA Weekly]] |date=April 14, 2015 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |author=Pell, Nicholas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221162436/http://www.laweekly.com/music/limp-bizkit-are-better-than-whatever-crap-youre-listening-to-right-now-5482304 |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{nowrap|[[post-grunge]]}}<ref name=Geffen>{{cite web|last=Geffen|first=Sasha|title=In Defense of Post-Grunge Music|url=https://consequence.net/aux-out/in-defense-of-post-grunge-music/|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=July 28, 2015|date=October 7, 2013|quote=He's right on all five (Bush, Hootie and the Blowfish, Limp Bizkit, Nickelback, and Creed) but I don't think the list stops there. That apparently self-explanatory loathing is focused on whole moment, a period of time around the turn of the millennium when post-grunge kept topping the alternative charts and people who felt they knew better than the masses kept hating it with every fiber.|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170725103548/https://consequence.net/aux-out/in-defense-of-post-grunge-music/|archive-date=July 25, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[hard rock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/500531/limp-bizkit-video-challenges-george-michaels-faith/ |title=LIMP BIZKIT VIDEO CHALLENGES GEORGE MICHAEL'S 'FAITH' |work=[[MTV]] |date=August 18, 1998 |access-date=May 3, 2022 |author=Vanhorn, Teri |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503062925/https://www.mtv.com/news/500531/limp-bizkit-video-challenges-george-michaels-faith/ }}</ref> In 2000, the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' labelled the band as "[[frat boy|frat]]-metal".<ref>{{cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/pearl-jam-hasn-lost-luster-rock-matters-group-new-cd-binaural-article-1.872145 |title=PEARL JAM HASN'T LOST ITS LUSTER Rock still matters in group's new CD, 'Binaural' |newspaper=NY Daily News |date=2000-05-14 |access-date=2017-06-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801234645/http://www.nydailynews.com/pearl-jam-hasn-lost-luster-rock-matters-group-new-cd-binaural-article-1.872145 |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Limp Bizkit's music is noted for its "kinetic, frenzied energy".<ref name=ErlewineThreeDollarBill/> Otto is adept in drumming in a variety of styles ranging from [[Music of Brazil|Brazilian]] and [[Afro-Cuban music]] to [[bebop]] and [[funk]].<ref name=Devenish21/> DJ Lethal functions as a [[sound design]]er for the band, shaping their sound. According to Lethal, "I try and bring new sounds, not just the regular chirping scratching sounds. ... It's all different stuff that you haven't heard before. I'm trying to be like another guitar player."<ref name=Devenish21/> Borland's guitar playing is experimental and nontraditional, and he is noted for his creative use of six and [[seven-string guitar]]s.<ref name=KittsTolinski/> ''Three Dollar Bill, Yall'' features him playing without a [[guitar pick]], performing with two hands, one playing melodic notes, and the other playing chord progressions.<ref name=Devenish21/> His guitar playing has made use of octave shapes, and choppy, eighth-note rhythms, sometimes accompanied by muting his strings with his left hand, creating a percussive sound.<ref name=HurwitzRiley>{{cite book |last1=Hurwitz |first1=Tobias |last2=Riley |first2=Glenn |title=7-String Guitar |date=June 1, 2002 |publisher=Alfred Music Publishing |isbn=0-7390-2807-3 |pages=30–32 |chapter=Rhythm guitar riffs in the style of Wes Borland}}</ref> Borland has also made use of unevenly accented syncopated sixteenth notes to create a disorienting effect, and hypnotic, droning [[Lick (music)|licks]].<ref name=HurwitzRiley/> The song "Stuck" uses a sustain pedal in the first bar, and muted riffs in the second bar.<ref name=HurwitzRiley/>

AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the band's album ''Significant Other'' contains "flourishes of [[neo-psychedelia]] on pummeling metal numbers" and "swirls of [[Strings (music)|strings]], even [[crooning]], at the most unexpected background".<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/significant-other-r421388/review |title=''Significant Other'' – Limp Bizkit |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=December 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113060953/http://allmusic.com/album/significant-other-r421388/review |archive-date=November 13, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The band did not employ [[Solo (music)|solos]] until ''Gold Cobra'' (except for the song "Underneath the Gun" from ''Results May Vary''), however, during the recording of ''Significant Other'', drummer John Otto performed an extended solo in the middle of the song "Nobody Like You".<ref name=Devenish95/> A drum solo can also be heard on "9 Teen 90 Nine" from the same album.