Is the Rock World Ready for the Return of Limp Bizkit?

Back in 2001, Limp Bizkit had sold 14 million records and frequently clogged Rosetta Stone New Yorks Times Square with their appearances on MTVs Total Request Live. But by the time they put out 2005s The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), the band (without guitarist Wes Borland) was releasing albums without advertising pushes and SoundScanning 37,000 in the first week.In a joint statement released last Thursday, Fred Durst and Borland announced they were ready to get Limp Bizkit back together. But the question remains: Are we ready for Limp Bizkit? Its no industry secret that the landscape has changed in the eight years since this lineup was actively touring and releasing records. Heavy music comes with eyeliner instead of fitted caps, rap-rock bands like Linkin Park have traded beats for ballads, and Fred Durst is best remembered for his macho posturing and public tantrums instead of Rosetta Stone V3 a lasting music legacy. So will a reanimated Limp Bizkit work in the year 2009?"It depends if the statute of limitations is up on Limp Bizkit being the most hated band ever," says Tom Beaujour, editor in chief of metal magazine Revolver, who put Durst on the cover in 2000. "Like, is it acceptable to like them? Its okay for people to like Poison and Warrant again. Bret Michaels is a TV star. Is it okay to like Limp Bizkit again? I dont know. Hopefully for them it is."Whats certain is that rock radio isnt playing the Bizkit as much as the bands contemporaries. Rock stations like Q101 in Chicago and New Yorks 101.9RXP fill their playlists with 90s brooders like Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots and Bizkit cohorts like Linkin Park, Staind and Puddle Of Mudd. But rarely do they dive into "Nookie.""We played all Limp Bizkit," Rosetta Stone Hindi says Danni, assistant program director and music director for New York active rock station 92.3 KRock. "We had huge ratings. It was all about Limp Bizkit. And then there was sort of a shift and people stopped caring and stopped wanting to hear about the angry side of things. Nowadays, with people losing their jobs right and left, I feel like its more of a banding together. Even the stuff from the 90s, like some of the Pearl Jam stuff, that angst-ridden stuff, just doesnt really work as much brvbar; I think theres more of a positive spin on things with the new Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 president and people trying to be positive about the economy."

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