The one that propelled the band into stardom. Oh yeah and the music is pretty good too. Is this the ‘Thriller’ of Nu Metal? Like it or not, it is. That’s a hell of a lot of hit singles on one record. Defining Nu Metal tracks like ‘Rollin’’, ‘My Way’, ‘Take a Look Around’, ‘Boiler’ and ‘My Generation’ make up a bulk of the album. Still, this is a fun album and one crammed with back to back hits. The band clearly knew too, judging by the atrocious title and completely ridiculous tracks like ‘Hot Dog’, the remix of ‘Rollin’’ and the 10 minute outro which primarily consists of a loop of Ben Stiller laughing. What a title, eh? Released at the height of the band’s popularity, Chocolate Starfish feels almost like a deranged joke at times. But the thing is, they’ve always been self aware and self degrading, it’s just that everyone else caught upĬhocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Stuff like ‘Dad Vibes’, ‘Dirty Rotten Bizkit’ and ‘Turn It Up, Bitch’, as well as the extremely tounge in cheek ‘Love the Hate’ are not just great party tracks, but also cue in that the band are fully aware of their image. While the tracks themselves are fairly short and there are some notable cases of filler, there’s a strong sense of self awareness and fun that move through these tracks. As the disorientating guitar work of ‘Out of Style’ kicks off the album, with Durst yelling “DJ LETHAL!”, it almost feels like they never left. The ensuing album is a short, but energising burst of fun with a surprisingly wide variety of sounds. It’s actually genuinely funny and well madeĪfter a decade of very little new material, LB suddenly returned with their 7th major release. If you can, watch the short film, ‘The Truth’ that the band produced around this time. Still, I have to applaud them for doing something different, and the varied sound of the record is appreciated, as well as the return of Wes (at the cost of John Otto who is filled in well by Sammy Siegler). Still, you can’t help but feel the band are maybe out of their comfort zone with this one. The deliberately rough production matches well with the more mature songwriting, with the group tackling organised religion, political manipulation and mental health. Taking a much more experimental, raw approach, the resulting record is one of the band’s more unusual outings. It doesn’t help that a number of actually good songs were relegated to B-Sides or left off the album entirelyįor an album (or EP I guess) that was released with zero promotion, and by a band now widely ridiculed, TUT did surprisingly well for itself.
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With Wes and his insane guitar trickery out and a revolving door cast of guitarists (including Fred himself) working on the album, LB lose a vital part of their sound, resulting in an album full of soppy, boiler plate ballads, a bloated runtime and a basic sound that which made them like what their detractors had always said they were.
An album like this couldn’t have helped things. Results May Vary was released just as Limp Bizkit’s popularity imploded on itself and the band went from one of the biggest on earth to everyone’s favourite musical punching bag.
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