Editing Limp Bizkit (section)

=== Departure of Borland and ''Results May Vary'' (2001–2003) ===

In October 2001, Durst released a statement on their website stating that "Limp Bizkit and Wes Borland have amicably decided to part ways. Both Limp Bizkit and Borland will continue to pursue their respective musical careers. Both wish each other the best of luck in all future endeavors."<ref name=CMJ>{{cite journal |title=Borland bids adieu to Bizkit |journal=CMJ New Music Report |volume=69 |issue=737 |page=6 |publisher=CMJ Network |date=October 29, 2001 }}</ref> Durst also stated that the band would "comb the world for the illest guitar player known to man" to replace Borland.<ref name=CMJ/> When asked why Borland quit the band, Ross Robinson stated that he quit because "He doesn't sell out for money anymore".<ref>{{cite web|title=Borland quit Bizkit over 'integrity': producer|date=October 23, 2001|url=http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsL/limpbizkit.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020619083329/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicArtistsL/limpbizkit.html|archive-date=June 19, 2002|access-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref>

Durst held a nationwide audition for a new guitarist called "Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is."<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451596/20011221/story.jhtml "Limp Bizkit Scouring 99 Cities For New Guitarist"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823041057/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451596/20011221/story.jhtml |date=August 23, 2007}}. [[MTV News]], December 21, 2001; Retrieved May 31, 2006.</ref> However, Mike Henderson, who was one of the guitarists who went for the audition, revealed that the event was nothing more than a publicity stunt. Durst had no intention to recruit a new guitarist and the whole thing was intended to sell [[Guitar Center]] products. This caused an uproar amongst the guitarists who had been waiting for hours.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rock N' Roll True Stories |title=Limp Bizkit's Disastrous Guitar Center Contest To Replace Wes Borland |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAygiVB7J2Y&t=15m37s |website=YouTube |date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219032755/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAygiVB7J2Y&t=15m37s |url-status=live }}</ref> The band eventually recorded with Snot guitarist [[Mike Smith (guitarist)|Mike Smith]], though they later scrapped the initial recording sessions with Smith.<ref name=ErlewineResultsMayVary/> In May 2002, Durst posted Wes Borland's personal email address online and told fans to ask him to rejoin the group. Borland stated that 75% or more of all the emails pleaded for him not to return to the band.<ref>{{cite web|title=Borland rebuffs Durst's invite to rejoin Bizkit|date=May 28, 2002|url=http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsL/limpbizkit.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017220349/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicArtistsL/limpbizkit.html|archive-date=October 17, 2002|access-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref>

During the album's production, the working title changed from ''Bipolar''<ref name=ErlewineResultsMayVary/> to ''Panty Sniffer'',<ref name=ErlewineResultsMayVary/> and was completed under the title ''[[Results May Vary]]''. Under Durst's sole leadership, the album encompassed a variety of styles<ref name=Sullivan>{{cite news |author=Sullivan, Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/sep/26/popandrock.shopping |title=Limp Bizkit, ''Results May Vary'' |work=The Guardian |access-date=October 7, 2011 |location=London |date=September 27, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031060844/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/sep/26/popandrock.shopping |archive-date=October 31, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and featured a cover of [[the Who]]'s "[[Behind Blue Eyes]]", which differed from the original's arrangement in its inclusion of a [[Speak & Spell (toy)|Speak & Spell]] during the song's [[bridge (music)|bridge]].<ref name=ErlewineResultsMayVary/> ''Results May Vary'' consisted of various recording sessions, some of which included Smith on guitars and some without; however, Smith continued to play live shows with the band.<ref name=ErlewineResultsMayVary>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/results-may-vary-r657916/review |title=''Results May Vary'' – Limp Bizkit |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=January 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829163437/http://allmusic.com/album/results-may-vary-r657916/review |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Limp Bizkit performed at [[WWE WrestleMania XIX]], with both Smith and Korn's [[Brian Welch]] on guitars. In the summer of 2003, Limp Bizkit participated on the [[Summer Sanitarium Tour]] headlined by [[Metallica]].<ref name=Kaufman/> At the tour's [[Chicago]] stop, concert attendees threw items and heckled Durst from the moment he walked on stage. With the crowd chanting "Fuck Fred Durst" and continuing their assault on him, Durst threw the mic down after six songs and walked off stage, but not before heckling the crowd back. He repeatedly said, "Limp Bizkit are the best band in the world!" until a roadie took his microphone away.<ref name=Kaufman>{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1474912/20030728/limp_bizkit.jhtml |title=Limp Bizkit Walk Offstage After Chicago Crowd Gets Hostile – Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV |date=July 28, 2003 |access-date=July 21, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210105747/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1474912/20030728/limp_bizkit.jhtml }}</ref> An article in the ''Sun-Times'' stated that the hostility was started by radio personality [[Mancow]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Susman |first=Gary |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/07/29/chicago-concertgoers-boo-bizkit-stage/ |title=Throw Stuff |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 29, 2003 |access-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022054444/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,471517,00.html |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

''Results May Vary'' was released on September 23, 2003, and received largely unfavorable reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/results-may-vary |title=Results May Vary Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com |access-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130000518/http://www.metacritic.com/music/results-may-vary |archive-date=January 30, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine panned the album, writing, "the music has no melody, hooks, or energy, [and] all attention is focused on the clown jumping up and down and screaming in front, and long before the record is over, you're left wondering, how the hell did he ever get to put this mess out?"<ref name=ErlewineResultsMayVary/> ''[[The Guardian]]'' reviewer Caroline Sullivan wrote, "At least Limp Bizkit can't be accused of festering in the [[rap rock|rap-rock]] ghetto ... But Durst's problems are ever-present – and does anybody still care?"<ref name=Sullivan/> Despite criticisms of the album, it was a commercial success, peaking at No.&nbsp;3 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name=AllmusicCharts/> Smith departed from the band in August 2004. Durst later told a fan site that he had a falling-out with Smith, saying "We are the type of people that stay true to our family and our instincts and at any moment will act on intuition as a whole. Mike wasn't the guy. We had fun playing with him but always knew, in the back of our minds, that he wasn't where we needed him to be mentally."<ref name=DAngelo/>