Limp Bizkit: The Rise & Fall In 10 Songs
9. Break Stuff
RISE (AND FALL)
Arguably the band's best-remembered track and still a staple of their live act, Break Stuff is as amazing as it is catastrophic. This song, whose video contains myriad celebrities making cameo appearances further highlighting the popularity of the group at the turn of the millennium, was also the straw that broke the camels back.
During a performance of Break Stuff at the 1999 Woodstock festival, Durst had whipped the 100,000+ fans in attendance into a ferocious frenzy and urged them to will their negative energy for one final blowout during the song's breakdown.
What resulted, however, was mass vandalism of the stage and equipment, multiple fights, alleged rapes and several deaths. The infamy gained from this performance put the band on the map, but quickly (and rightfully so) left a bitter taste in many mouths.
Break Stuff is one of the greatest songs ever written by any band in the 1990s, but much like a nuclear bomb, its greatness is outshined by its negative effects.
Indeed, the Woodstock 99 performance of this song helped illustrate just how popular the band were becoming. However, its controversy was also the first indicator that Limp Bizkit might push the envelope too far.