American rockers LIMP BIZKIT have split, guitarist WES BORLAND has
announced.
Following the failure of 2005 comeback LP THE UNQUESTIONABLE TRUTH,
the nu-metal band are unlikely to reunite - with Borland vowing to
concentrate on a new solo album.
He says, "We're officially on hiatus, maybe even officially over.
It's kind of up in the air. No one said, 'We're done as a band.'
Everyone's just doing their own thing, and (some members) don't have
time for this band anymore.
"I haven't quit, but I've also decided to stop thinking about Limp.
I'm not going to keep trying to breathe life into a dying animal. It
just ground to a halt.
"We just basically stopped talking. I feel bad for the fans that
(might) think something's actually going to happen with Limp. It's not
happening.
"The Unquestionable Truth (Part 2) is not coming out. If it does, I'd
be super surprised. But you can never say never. Anything's possible.
As of right now, none of my future plans include Limp Bizkit."
Limp Bizkit comprised of frontman FRED DURST, bassist SAM RIVERS,
drummer JOHN OTTO and DJ LETHAL. (IG/WNWCDM/ES)

As much as people trash them, they put out 2 or 3 great albums

What is this Limp BizLit?

never even botherd with them anyway, and I like alot of metal acts.

The fact that they're breaking up now - long after they have any real power or say in today's music - isn't as rewarding as it would have been about 4-5 years ago.

I enjoyed a few of their songs, but I never liked what the band stood for (or what they lacked to stand for). I can't say I fully disagree with those whose credit Fred Durst with burying rock for a few years, due to his influence on other artists.

I guess that all depends on what you consider great albums. I consider Who's Next, Blonde on Blonde and Exile on Man Street to be Great albums. YMMV.

I'm glad to read this; I hate 'em. No self-respecting metal/hard-rock act has a fucking DJ, sorry. Rob Zombie's acceptable ONLY because he uses horror and porno flix for most of his samples and does NOT have a DJ spin them. They're just pre-recorded, and the group plays over them.

THE TURNTABLE IS NOT --- AND WILL NEVER BE --- A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT!!!

Hey, I liked that so much, I'm making it my new signature....

absolutely...ymmv

Best of luck to everyone except for Fred Durst, who I hope we never hear from again.

I'm saying it...your done.

Borland's an interesting character and can flex some skill on the guitar ... he has a fighting chance at a decent future.

Good riddance! And they're not and have never been metal, btw. I listened to snippets of their last album on iTunes since I apparently like to hurt myself, and Fred Durst LITERALLY ripped off Rage Against the Machine. I mean theme, style of singing- EVERYTHING. I hope any fans they may still have take solace in the fact that Fred's a jerk and doesn't care about music anyway. I remember liking them for a short time when I was around 14 and saw them in concert at a festival. They were late, badly played only 3 songs, cursed at the audience then left. Even if I didn't hate their music, their attitude would kill it for me.

Zombie... what's with the hatred of the turntable? I mean yes, Limp used it terribly but some amazing music has been made on turntables (check out the documentary Scratch if you don't believe me.) Don't judge an entire way of making music on a group that abused it. I mean, have you ever heard Aphex Twin? Amazing stuff. But since you went so far as to quote yourself in your sig, I guess you're set in yours ways...

Yeah I agree. I was really surprised he decided to rejoin Limp after leaving.

There were 3 awesome instrumentals that was released when he was looking for a lead singer for Eat the Day. I can't believe I didn't save them somewhere. Anyone know where I can find a copy again?

Borland is cool. Fred is worthless. The others, I have no comment on. It doesn't matter much to me that they are done, other than the fact that Borland can concentrate on other projects now.

My problem with the "turntable as an instrument" thing is that they take music that's ALREADY BEEN MADE and tweak it/alter it with this mechanical device, and call it their own. It's not, it's just a bastardization. When you can strum it, blow into it, or strike it properly and make musical notes, THEN I will allow that the turntable (MAY BE) an instrument.

I suppose it depends on if they are using it more as a sample than scratching it. If the latter, than I don't have much of a problem with it, especially since a lot of groups will have their own vinyl pressed with what they need.

If the former, well, that's one of the reasons I never liked most rap/hip hop.

I take it you're not a fan of postmodernism.

I don't know about Rob Zombie's solo act, but White Zombie's live concerts were anything but live. They were almost completely miming to prerecorded material.

Limp Bizkit never had a great album. They had, at most, 2 or 3 OK albums for the genre, but they would never appear on my top albums list, even if it was My Top 1000.

I do too. But I also consider Significant Other to be a great album. Not in the same vein, but hell, you can only listen to Tumbling Dice so many times.

They don't call him "ROB" Zombie for nothing...

Yeah!

His first name is Robert.....so.....there you are.

Well, having seen both White and Rob Zombie MANY times, I can say that the drums, guitar, and bass are/were ALWAYS live, despite what anyone might say. There were, however, ADDITIONAL drum parts that were pre-recorded and/or electronically triggered by John Tempesta (and sometimes he triggered the samples/song intros via electric drumpads, too). Occasionally, guitar parts had pre-recorded rhythms playing underneath while leads were played live, or vice versa; the bassist (whether Sean Yseult or Blasko) was always live, no extra stuff. And, of course, Rob's vocals are always live, as well.

And as far as my prior statement about turntables goes, I also must admit to liking and owning CDs/DVDs by both the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. They are the exceptions to the rule, I guess, although they're nowhere near the greatest groups/performers of all pop-rock history, IMNSHO. I can't say I'd own anything else by anny rap/hip-hop "artists", though I hear the occasional funny/entertain "novelty track". I think that's what rap is/has become, anyway...novelty bullshit.

If the turntable plays back previously recorded sounds, the "turntablist" is not making music, he's playing it back, no matter how he moves his hands/the records/the CDs. ....LOL, "turntablist". Even the word sounds stupid.

Do you consider keyboards a musical instrument? Is it not the same situation, where the user is manipulating a pre-recorded sound?