7. Limp Bizkit
How you remember them: Although nu-metal was at its height in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Limp Bizkit’s existence predates that, as the band formed in 1994. Still, they didn’t hit it big until 1999’s Significant Other, which featured the mega hit “Nookie.” So far, people have snatched up more than 40 million Limp Bizkit records across the planet. The 2000 follow-up,Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, sold quite well, but by this time Limp Bizkit’s star had already begun to fall.
How you don’t want to remember them: Although people cared less and less, Fred Durst and company kept churning out albums, including 2003’s Results May Vary, 2005’s The Unquestionable Truth (Part I), and 2011’s Gold Cobra, which did decently at best. It only ever hit the 16th spot on the Billboard 200, and you have a feeling that the album had to scratch and claw its way to get there. Still, despite that everyone but Fred Durst understands that Limp Bizkit’s heyday has come and gone, the band is releasing another album called Stampede of the Disco Elephants sooner rather than later.
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