Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary

It took a long, long time for Limp Bizkit to get their follow-up to Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water into the stores. First, guitarist Wes Borland, generally regarded as the band's musical force, up and left the band, and it took a long, long time to find a replacement guitarist. After a national talent search performed at Guitar Center stores, where candidates had to sign contracts that gave up their rights to anything original they played at their audition, Limp Bizkit settled on former Snot guitarist Mike Smith and recorded an album. Then scrapped it. Then they recorded another album. Then scrapped it. They were going through album titles, too -- it was called Bipolar and then, charmingly, Panty Sniffer. Finally, all the sessions and the turmoil were whittled down into one very long album called Results May Vary. Without Borland on the album, Limp Bizkit turns to frontman Fred Durst, who already dominated the band's personality and now must provide direction in addition to bravado. Durst doesn't come up with any new musical ideas, apart from slight hints of Staind and emo on the ballads, and he generally runs amuck, spewing bile at targets including Britney Spears, ranting about how she broke his heart. He complains about being picked on in high school and about radio and MTV playing the same old bands, and invokes icons like Kurt Cobain. Results May Vary would have been improved if the music had a fraction of Durst's anger (no matter how misguided it is) or had energy to match the clown jumping up and down and screaming in front. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Lepley Assistant Andrew Scheps Engineer Billy Bowers Engineer Brendan O'Brien Mixing Brian Humphrey Assistant Cory Durst Photography Dave Holdredge Engineer, Digital Editing DJ Lethal ?, Producer Fred Durst Vocals, Concept, Producer, Photography, Cover Design, Guitar, Art Direction J.D. Andrew Assistant Jason Carson Assistant Jason Dale Engineer Jason Spears Assistant Jim Marshall Photography John Morrical Assistant John Otto Beats Jordan Schur Executive Producer Jun Ishizeki Assistant Mark Valentine Assistant Michael "Elvis" Baskette Engineer Michael Patterson Mixing Mike Smith Guitar Neal Ferrazzani Assistant Rick Rubin Producer Sam Rivers Bass Sergio Chavez Assistant Stephen Marcussen Mastering Steve Robillard Assistant Stewart Whitmore Digital Editing Terry Date Producer, Engineer Ulrich Wild Engineer Zack Odom Assistant