Limp Bizkit
Results May Vary

THE REVIEW

"I'm like a limp biscuit", "I feel like a soaked biscuit". These were the words uttered by Wes Borland to the rest of the band on a somewhat peculiar morning, after a night party full of strong alcohol and drugs. All of this happened during the mid-'90s.

In just a few years, "limp bizkit" became the term most used by American teenagers to describe something dirty and negative. After the release of their debut album, "Significant Others" and "Chocolate Starfish..". Millions of fans went crazy for the band's sound, apparently nu-metal. A good portion of critics and others wondered how five rough and crude guys could conquer the charts with songs that were certainly catchy but, in the end, stupid, monotonous, and filled with anthems to racism and against homosexuality. This was the first part of Limp Bizkit's career, in 2003 something changed, Fred Durst, the leader of the band, decided to become serious, and the band supported him, except for Borland, flashy and rude, still too attached to that way of acting and playing filled with a lot of stupidity and transgression, driving forces as well as vital characteristics for the band until then. After this necessary introduction, here we are at "Results May Vary."

Following the gritty " Eat You Alive," it is necessary to linger on the sweet " Underneath The Gun"; maybe it's for maturity, maybe for a pinch of depression, the fact is that the track is the first step toward the universe of normalcy and seriousness. It seems spontaneous to believe that " Down Another Day," is a mockery of Madonna's hit " Die Another Day," nothing could be more false, Durst is being serious, talking about life accompanied by Joesy Scott's warm voice. So, while old fans are desperately looking for a free insult to some celebrity, Durst duets with Snoop Dogg in " Red Light-Green Light," placing a veto on everything he deems wrong and emphasizing everything he believes is right (red light/green light). Probably many old admirers snubbed the CD, and there are striking data to confirm this, the 12 million of "Chocolate Starfish.. " against the 3 million of "Results May Vary." It is amusing to listen to Fred Durst's mea culpa, his desire for redemption, the fear for a career that might be on the edge. While he ponders the mistakes made, " Let Me Down" and " Lonely World" slide slowly, but remembering to be a nu-metal band, the biscuits have fun performing the stupid " Phenomenon," probably many enjoyed " Creamer (Radio Is Dead)," even colleagues Wesley Scantlin and Aaron Lewis, the leaders of the two groups launched by Durst (Puddle Of Mudd and Staind), must have been astonished.

Their "dad" is also capable of moving, of surprising, and he does it with a piece that, later used in advertisements (Bacardi), will definitively make Limp known to the masses. During the listening, old fans must have pulled out their hair, but the best is yet to come, the finale is even sweeter, delicate, and filled with melancholy and unease. Taken from the Who, " Behind Blue Eyes," represents the journey inside himself, the analysis of mistakes, and facing demons (arrogance and vulgarity), with which Durst had fueled his career. The album comes to an end, the plea is launched, "Save me before I drown", save me before I drown; this is the refrain as well as the message of the closing piece "Drown". Unfortunately, you will drown, along with your companions, sucked into a vortex fueled by the record company that will force the band into a new LP with no ideas in 2005, dragged down as well by Wes Borland's return, the clumsy, irresponsible child who never wants to grow up and has now lost all inspiration, dragged down by the old fans, or supposed such, who will mercilessly demand a slew of explicit lyrics in Fred's new works. But the latter is now tired, he's grown up, and he's drowned.

Thus, after having walked the bizarre path of this band, you understood what the finale is; it's inevitable, the resounding and schizophrenic career of Limp Bizkit has come to an end.