Editing Limp Bizkit (section)

=== ''Significant Other'' (1999–2000) ===

[[File:DJ Lethal 2011.jpg|left|thumb|Beginning with ''[[Significant Other (album)|Significant Other]]'' (1999), DJ Lethal expanded his role as [[sound design]]er for the band.]]
Following the radio success of "Faith", the band was determined to record the follow-up to its first album in order to show that they were not a Korn soundalike or a cover band; the band began writing an album which dealt with issues deriving from its newfound fame.<ref name=Devenish79/> [[Terry Date]], who had produced albums for [[Pantera]], [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] and [[Deftones]], was chosen to produce the album.<ref name=Devenish95>{{cite book |last=Devenish |first=Colin |title=Limp Bizkit |year=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |isbn=0-312-26349-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/95 95–113] |chapter=Chapter 4 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/95}}</ref> The band allowed Durst and Lethal to explore their hip hop origins by recording a song with [[Method Man]]. The song was originally titled "Shut the Fuck Up", but was retitled "[[N 2 Gether Now]]" for marketing purposes.<ref name=Devenish95/> Durst also recorded with [[Eminem]], but the collaboration, "Turn Me Loose", was left off the album.<ref name=Devenish95/> The album also featured guest appearances by [[Stone Temple Pilots]] singer [[Scott Weiland]], Korn's [[Jonathan Davis]], [[Staind]] singer [[Aaron Lewis]], and interludes by [[Les Claypool]] and [[Matt Pinfield]].<ref name=Devenish95/>

''[[Significant Other (album)|Significant Other]]'' saw Limp Bizkit reaching a new level of commercial success; the band was featured on the covers of popular music magazines including ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' and now found themselves repeatedly mobbed for autographs; the band was allowed to interact directly with its fans on a website established by Dike 99.<ref name=Devenish115/> Durst also moved from Jacksonville to Los Angeles. ''Significant Other'' was seen as an improvement over its debut and was generally well received by critics with mixed-to-positive reviews. However, the band also continued to be criticized by the media; an article profiling the band in ''Spin'' and discussing ''Significant Other'' claimed that "Limp Bizkit had yet to write a good song", and musicians [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[Trent Reznor]] criticized the band.<ref name=Devenish115>{{cite book |last=Devenish |first=Colin |title=Limp Bizkit |year=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |isbn=0-312-26349-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/115 115–125] |chapter=Chapter 5 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/115}}</ref>

The band promoted the album by playing unannounced concerts in Detroit and Chicago as radio stations received a strong number of requests for the album's first single, "[[Nookie (Limp Bizkit song)|Nookie]]".<ref name=Devenish127>{{cite book |last=Devenish |first=Colin |title=Limp Bizkit |year=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |isbn=0-312-26349-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/127 127–153] |chapter=Chapter 6 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/127}}</ref> ''Significant Other'' climbed to No.&nbsp;1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|200]], selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=Devenish127/> In its second week of release the album sold an additional 335,000 copies.<ref name=Devenish127/>

On the opening night of the band's Limptropolis tour with [[Kid Rock]], Sam Rivers smashed his bass in frustration over the venue's poor sound, cutting his hand. After his hand was stitched up at a hospital, Rivers returned to finish the set.<ref name="Devenish127" /> On July 12, Durst allegedly kicked a security guard in the head during a performance in St. Paul, Minnesota and was later arrested on assault charges.<ref name="Devenish127" /> Further criticisms of the band appeared in ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="Devenish127" /> ''New York Times'' writer Ann Powers wrote, "DJ Lethal used his turntables as a metal guitar, riffing expansively and going for effects instead of rhythm. John Otto on drums and Sam Rivers on bass never even tried to get funky, instead steering hip-hop's break-beat-based structure into a backbone for power chords. This makes for a hybrid that would be more interesting if the band did not constantly mire itself in boring tempos, and if Mr. Durst had any talent as a singer".<ref name="Devenish127" />

In the summer of 1999, Limp Bizkit played at the highly anticipated [[Woodstock 1999|Woodstock '99]] show in front of approximately 200,000 people. Violent action sprang up during and after the band's performance, including fans tearing plywood from the walls during a performance of the song "[[Break Stuff]]". Several [[sexual assault]]s were also reported in the concert's aftermath .<ref name="amg" /><ref name="Devenish127" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Police Investigate Reports of Rapes at Woodstock |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock29.htm |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 29, 1999 |access-date=July 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219071649/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock29.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Durst stated during the concert, "People are getting hurt. Don't let anybody get hurt. But I don't think you should mellow out. That's what [[Alanis Morissette]] had you motherfuckers do. If someone falls, pick 'em up. We already let the negative energy out. Now we wanna let out the positive energy".<ref name="Devenish127" /> Durst later stated in an interview, "I didn't see anybody getting hurt. You don't see that. When you're looking out on a sea of people and the stage is twenty feet in the air and you're performing, and you're feeling your music, how do they expect us to see something bad going on?"<ref name="Devenish127" /> Les Claypool told ''[[The San Francisco Examiner]]'', "Woodstock was just Durst being Durst. His attitude is 'no press is bad press', so he brings it on himself. He wallows in it. Still, he's a great guy."<ref name="Devenish127" /> [[Jonathan Davis]] of [[Korn]] also defended the band: "I think Bizkit is being blamed for it because they were the heavy band … I don't think it was their fuckin' fault".<ref name="Herman">{{Cite web |last=Herman |first=James Patrick |date=2019-08-23 |title=Fred Durst Has No Woodstock '99 Regrets: 'Limp Bizkit Is an Easy Target So Bring it On' |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/limp-bizkit-woodstock-99-fred-durst-no-regrets-1203312851/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901101348/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/limp-bizkit-woodstock-99-fred-durst-no-regrets-1203312851/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  "It's easy to point the finger and blame [us], but they hired us for what we do — and all we did is what we do. I would turn the finger and point it back to the people that hired us," said Durst in reference to [[Woodstock Music and Art Fair|original Woodstock]] co-founder [[Michael Lang (producer)|Michael Lang]].<ref name="Herman" />

Durst saw the band as being scapegoated for the event's controversy, and reflected on the criticisms surrounding the band in his music video for the single "[[Re-Arranged]]", which depicted the band members receiving death sentences for their participation in the concerts. The video ended with angry witnesses watching as the band drowned in milk while performing the song.<ref name="Devenish127" /> Durst later stated that the promoters of Woodstock '99 were at fault for booking his band due to their reputation for raucous performances.<ref name="Devenish127" />

Despite this controversy, ''Significant Other'' remained at No.&nbsp;1 on the ''Billboard'' charts, and the band headlined the year's [[Family Values Tour 1999|Family Values Tour]].<ref name="Devenish127" /> Durst directed a music video for "N 2 Gether Now" which featured Method Man and [[Pauly Shore]], and was inspired by [[Inspector Clouseau]]'s fights with his butler [[List of The Pink Panther characters#Cato Fong|Cato Fong]] in the ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' film series.<ref name="Devenish127" />