Regretting The Past: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water 

We should start a petition for an instrumental release of this album.

I just did that!!! XD

In other words: Sometimes, the lead singer should shut the everloving fuck up.

A bunch of u HQ original instrumental LB songs are available on RU-vid

came down here to make the exact same comment, not surprised someone beat me to it lol

At least that was cool

Amazing promo

And it was AMAZING

Best video that company has ever made to this day, IMO!

Yep only listen cause of Wes

Wes is awesome and very innovative just sucks his true talent was married up with Durst's posery.

Theyre still touring and very famous in east europe. I guess durst made the band. Look them up they got out of the rebelion phase, but still real cool about playing their hits for their people.

Hence why there's a big difference between Creed and Alter Bridge lol

And this is a perfect example of a frontman breaking the band. By being a huge whiner.

Demon Rantz Honestly

Demon Rantz maybe that's what they where inspired by

Except he's an even bigger dick.

Nowadays he calls the music critics 'DORKS'

DORK!

He should hook up with a front man of equal caliber, I bet they would make amazing music.

+anonymous dumbfuk1976 I highly suggest you listen to Black Light Burns, which is Wes Borland's other band. He is the lead frontman as well. They have a more industrial sound to them, but hey, worth a listen.

the whole band deserves better...and Fred knows it...(mic drop)

Imagine if he was in a band with Omar and Cedric from the mars volta.

mind blown!!!

Sounds like _he_ needed to get "some better rhymes."

I agree with you I'm one of the few people indifferent to Fred durst but he drags it down

grimfang999 I enjoy Fred Durt's ridiculous demeanor and attitude, but as he said, someone like De La Rocha would be beautiful to hear over some of these songs. Or just give the entirety of the instrumental tracks to Meth and the rest of Wu-Tang

I agree but I enjoy his lyrics a lot.

I'm 90% sure he's playing a character.

FD ran it like a business. All there is to it.

Was looking for this comment :)

Imagine how better we're these songs with Scott singing all of them!!!

Absolutely love LB

I feel your pain

Hey, it was relatable as a high school student

Still a fan of limp bizkit fuck what everyone else thinks

I feel this comment with all my heart haha

"Even as a huge Limp Bizkit fan for years and years" But you got better, right? "I'm slowly starting to grow away from them tho, but still love the music and listen to it from time to time. " Oh, you're not quite there yet. I'm sorry.

Your comment needs more exposure. I also used to jam to LB a lot as a kid and I will always have a soft spot for them, despite their (mostly Fred's) flaws.

JimmyKingster I am 36 and still enjoy this album. I remember when it cam out, right when I was out of highschool and me and my friends also got big into Significant Other. I agree that Durst is the kinda low point to this band.....but could you actually hear the same songs with someone else as the frontman? I can't. Besides that observation, it can go without saying that Wes, Otto and Sam are all incredibly talented musicians and along with DJ Lethal they bring a level of atmosphere to their songs that would just be standard NuMetal in the hands of anyone else. I have not heard anything past this album and I also have never heard their first album either but I think Significant Other and Chocolate Flavored Water.....were lightning in a bottle for that time period and for me, still hold up to this day.

I am not ashamed that the first time I grab the mic on stage was to do LB cover back in middle school with the baggy pants and red cap. Three Dollar Bill Y'all and Significant Others were great albums and I would argue for hours to defend them, sadly I can't say the same about Chocolate Starfish. This is probably their most known album and as a fan I lament that. The band released better material before (and arguably later). As a vocalist I learned a lot from Fred, especially about how to carry the crowd, to build energy, to sound convincing even though you can't sing to save your life. But the most precious lesson I learned from Fred is what things not to do and what lyrics not to write.

100% man. The band was meant to just have fun with. People like this, who analyze even line with scrutiny, are missing the entire point of this band.

😂😂😂 wow

Jax local myself.. 🤜🤛

904 Baby here too

I also imagined Chester on tracks like Boiler and Hold on ... thought I was the only one ...

With the help of ai this is now possible

He looks like a goofy keemstar

Lol

@@aljma6359 His speaking voice actually sounds like Keemstar aswell

True that. The way he acts as well.

Counterfeit on the Family Values tape... watching him jump around like someone trying to take a shit while their restless leg is acting up... just priceless

Name if only

Then it would just be a commie band

That would be interesting lol

Zach is more wack than Fred

@@billrobertjoe sounds rad

So accurate man 👍

Everyone except Fred Durst.

agreed

The High School classmates of Fred were right about him!!!! Ouch

I agree, DJ Lethal isn’t that great.

Amen to that

Lol

Honestly, same. But i do think Still Sucks is a legitimately decent album.

Christina Aguilera should've switched Eminem chairs

Cuz he was Fucking Christina and so was Fred and Em

I smoked pot as a kid when i heard this album

Well said bro!

Well said. This is the only comment that doesn't trash or insult Limp Bizkit, I'm glad you got the balls to say it.

fillitwithcheese I like you

This.

Amen brother

+Gregory House It's untitled for a reason.

+Gregory House Fred Durst couldnt sound whiny if he tried compared to that song.

@@ThePassingVoid Oh, they have much, much whinier songs.

Thanks to its meme status, I do have an ironic sort of liking to the song. x3

You can at least defend Take a Look Around with the fact that it first came out for the MI2 soundtrack.

@@marcohidalgo1101I personally enjoy most of Limp Bizkit’s music as dumb fun, but Take A Look Around is unironically awesome

+ajmaroudas completely agree. Im glad someone else thinks early bizkit is good (at least for nu metal) when I first listened to 3 dollar bill yall I was surprised that I liked most of it

I heard a snippet of Roots and it sounds really weird

Linkin park is good too

That's what separates good and bad nu-metal. Good nu-metal sound like actual metal-bands that happened to incorporate hip-hop and electronic elements. Shit nu-metal bands sound like boy-bands for fraternities.

I love early slipknot, funky and heavy

I like limp bizkit because of the instrumentation and even though their lyrics aren’t the best. They’re still fun and very catchy to me. Even though Fred is a douche, I don’t let a members action’s cloud up my thoughts of a band like a lot of other people do.

Hi Crash!

THIS IS THE NADIR OF ROCK HISTORY. LATE 90'S EARLY 2000'S IS JUST GARBAGE.

Brahms439 those were actually the last good days, now it's all hipster shit.

Nailed it.

I'd like to see someone do that. "Limp Bizkit, but I replace Fred Durst's singing and lyrics with my own."

I couldn't imagine buying anything just to spite my parents. Then again, I didn't have shitty parents, so perhaps that's why.

My dad thought the nookie music video was entertaining, my mom didnt 😂

Cesar Ramirez same opinion

If only we could go to a universe that happened in

What you talking about? Theyre a big thing in east europe. LB is still complete to this day.

thank you! i know exactly what he means by the whining and all but i honestly love this entire album excluding getcha groove on & urban vehicle but i love this album idc everythings great

He was pretty positive about Take A Look Around.

I see this is from a few years ago, but the guy said in these words "Wes Borland is an amazing guitarist. He made the riff of the Mission Impossible theme iconic!"

All tbe other members definitely have talent, but Fred Dirt ruins it

Lol, you’re not the only one. LB is one of the biggest and most original rock bands of all time. When you’re that big, of course you’re going to have detractors. For some reason it’s cool to “hate” Limp Bizkit, but whatever. I’m still Roll’n after all of these years! 🤘🏻🔥💵

Durst had to actually pay royalties to Reznor for using the amount of lyrics he did. What was originally intended as a "diss" ended up putting money in the targets pocket. That's how dumb Fred Durst is.

ciredark "That's how dumb Fred Durst is." Yeah do you know how much money the band probably made off starting controversy? The entertainment industry does stuff like this all the time. Sure they had to pay but they probably made a profit off of it.

That would be Wes Borland

No love for Lethal, Sam or John?

He definitely stands out from the other members

DJ Lethal made the band special along with Wes and Fred (yeah,this is the truth). He was a second guitar and made somekind of unique atmosphere in the band. Fred ,besides of lyrics and singing and rapping,was working his heart out to make his band famous and made a free tattoo for Korn Bassist just to bring him a demo. And he is a dope director

Miss if you don't know Borland have a pretty good band called Black Light Burns. It is more Industrial, more dark and atmosferic but it is cool.

That's one hell of an abbreviation

Daysleeper1990 I reviewed it on my channel, and I have to agree with u on taking the ferret

Korn is awesome

@@mr.jman101hauntspawn-inc.9 KoRn WAS awesome, Follow The Leader was the end of the road with them for me. I hated Issues and stopped listening to them after that

Spencer Ducato I love nu metal and I love korn and limp bizkit. Everybody hates on nu metal because it’s trendy to hate it. Everybody secretly likes nu metal

@@FirebirdCamaro1220 imo issues was one of their best albums

Issues is my favourite album from them

+absolutepsyvids4444 WHY?...Simple, it just got much more attention than it ever deserved.

Cause hate is all the world that has ever seen lately

The Black Keys were good now they suck. Brothers was their last good album.

You're not listening to the right rock, then.

Those are rock bands?

Mumford is folkish music not rock.

Rawk4Life ok, I love 70s stuff and generally hate modern stuff, but the black keys r pretty good

Puddle of Mudd, Creed and Nickelback are all post grunge so it makes more sense.

+Mr Red Good Charlotte is not thaaat bad, at least their most recent albums aren't. Also, Limp Bizkit is probably the most hated band in the world along with Nickelback, which is another reason to incluide them. They're way more relevant than Good Charlotte in that sense. Also, Fred Durst is a pathetic manchild, and Wes Borland is a douchebag as well

xHeavenHelpUsAll7771x But he puts on that guise by choice. Limp Bizkit is a mockery of the stereotypes that nu metal and rap bring to mind. Fred is a down to earth person, at least in interviews... He might not be one of the most amazing musicians out there, but I dare say that he has my respect, because he does believe in promoting music he sees as good. Plus, let's look at it this way: He says he isn't conforming, and on the surface he's definately conforming to a lot. But look at how much strange stuff they do. With not only the experimentation of Borland, but the repulsive and malignant lyricism of Fred. Fred is a provokator, and his way of not conforming is by making people hate his guts and by making music that very few people appreciate. So... You're letting Fred have the last laugh by hating on him.

Mr Red I don't really care about who has the last laugh, also he has it since the moment he became a millionaire. Also, I don't think his objective is to make music very few people appreciate. I mean, Limp Bizkit sold millions of records worldwide and play at sell out venues for thousands of people. If he wanted to make music very few people would appreciate, he would have turned into a harsh noise guy

xHeavenHelpUsAll7771x But listen to the pure, ironic vapidity of Chocolate Starfish's lyrics. His lyricism on those tracks is terrible, the first song on the album is just a bunch of swears. That deters the metal audiences, because it's - let's face it, it's stupid. And then there is the metal side of things, which is some pretty strong nu metal if you ask me. But it's still metal - Metal doesn't appeal to a mass audience, so the mainstream audiences don't like it all that much. Mean sure some might, but they're a minority. And so, it sorta... Sorta comes down to the minority who actually liked them, the kids. They were edgy, silly, mindless fun, just what the millenial doctors ordered. They bought the album, made Limp Bizkit famous, and even though they were a minority, they were still relatively large. And bam, new metalheads were created, as well as Fred's empire. I'm not saying they're good, because musical taste is based on what it makes you feel - its subjective. I like them, but I know they aren't liked. But lemme say that Limp Bizkit created new metalheads at a time when metal was starting to wane - the mid to late 90's. So they inspired legions of new people who listened to more metal. Like it or not, Limp Bizkit are an important part of metal. Then again, I'm probably rambling. You're probably right that they aren't a band about making music few people will appreciate... But I think they're a band about not conforming, not even to metalhead ideals. For that I have to respect them.

Well ... Three Dolla Billz Y'all was better

Austin Bouliane it’s a fucking good album fuck everybody’s opinion most of them just hate caus wits trendy to hate

Just because this guy hates the album doesn’t mean it’s true it was all his opinion. Like the album all you want man.

same to me this albums still fun to listen to just don’t take it too seriously

***** Bah, get that weaksauce out of my face. Back when I was attempting to be a music reviewer I listened though ALL of LMFAO's Sorry For Party Rockin'....the PTSD flashbacks still remain.

+DavidAtomic lol XD

+Rocked Reviews to be quite honest Limp Bizkit isn't so bad, sure they've really decreased in quality but there still pretty good

+Matthew Cool That's your opinion but I would say Limp Bizkit did way better than From Ashes to New. I really don't like this band and it's modern style.

+Rocked Reviews what are your thoughts on 3 DOLLAR BILL YALL and SIGNIFICANT OTHER (the other two limp bizkit albums before C.S.F.A.T.H.D.F.W)

oddly enough, vanilla ice did indeed go rap rock...it made limp bizkit sound like bob dylan

manifestgtr "Molten" is a pretty sonically brutal track

manifestgtr Vanilla Ice trying to recreate Ice Ice baby as a nu metal song was horrific and the album Hard to Swallow was hilarious not even Casey Chaos could save it.

Not exactly. Limp Bizkit is dumb fun. Vanilla Ice is just plain dumb

hell yeah, tame impala is incredible!

Tame Impala are so much better than Limp. "Elephant" is 100X better than anyone Fred wrote.

@Mecha9 Nu metal isn't just rap metal. It's formed of slow downtuned grooves similar to groove metal but less thrashy and more bass heavy. There's many different styles of Nu metal. Industrial, hip hop and funk styles.

metalmichew2 I'm looking past fred's awful lyrics and I'm finding that I'm really enjoying them like they are my new guilty pleasure.

Imagine Limp Bizkit with Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

Drop Therapy Cedric would be singing in a different time signature to the rest of the band

That could sound alright.

Its nostolga critic but for music and i love it!