2. Limp Bizkit
Twitter/SonisphereIt's been a long time since Limp Bizkit troubled the charts, but having turned a lot of surprised heads with a very strong second stage set at Download last year, the Californian nu metal band (who Fred Durst seemed to consciously avoid labelling thus preferring rap rock) again showed that they are a legitimately great live band. Even at the top of the bill (only topped by The Prodigy) on Friday, the band felt completely at home, playing through their greatest hits, with a brief opening cameo by The Lounge Kittens. There was also a nod in there to rap rock Gods Rage Against The Machine with a rousing, crowd-friendly rendition of Killing In The Name Of that proved the band's aptitude for playing music other than their own. Fred Durst is a supremely under-rated front-man, no matter how much we're all supposed to not like him, and Wes Borland adds the exotic X-Factor that all great bands need. But then, regardless of how you feel about the individual talents in the band, when the performance is as good as Nookie and Break Stuff, it's very easy to forget everything and just go with it. Which is probably why they ran over.