Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I would never book Limp Bizkit
I guess Limp Bizkit was good enough when they were selling out Fall Edition HFStivals but now that the worm has turned there is no band (not even Creed or Nickleback) that get as much scorn as Mr. Durst's crew.
For about three years in the late 90's/early 00's no band mattered more than Limp Bizkit. They meaned more then than Wilco or Arcade Fire do now. The only people who care about them is persons refined who have heard every track on Pitchfork's year end top 100.
"Significant Other" is owned by a lot of people who only own about fifty CDs. More people indentified with Fred Durst and felt what he was saying then ever will with Jeff Tweedy. What can you feel with Jeff Tweedy? Righteous anger that they screwed up your order at Starbucks, that your new retro "kicks" have been scuffed and your librarian glasses aren't ironic enough?
Finally, Dave Grohl is a far bigger a-hole/douchebag and has far less talent than Mr. Durst. Two monkeys in a room for about fifteen minutes could bash out the entire Foos oeuvre.
You may not admit to it, but Limp Bizkit weren't the great Satan everyone says they were. They've just become the easiest punchline. The leaders of tommorow will be Bizkit fans who bought "Results May Vary" the day it came out. Not people who get visibly erect at a Jens Lekman concert.
Good luck with Stone Temple Pilots.
Brian
