02/23/00:
Grammy Awards
Limp Bizkit did not win either of their two Grammy's they were nominated for [even though they deserved to]. They lost to Metallica in the Hard Rock Performance category and Santana in the Rock Album category.
Britney, Limp, Others In "Class Of 2000"
Poster
In a bit of last-minute business before the Grammy
Awards are handed out on Wednesday night, many of
this year's bumper crop of Grammy nominees got
together on Tuesday in Los Angeles for a unique
photo op.
Britney Spears, 'NSYNC, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer
Lopez, Puff Daddy, and Limp Bizkit were among the
artists who joined "Total Request Live" host Carson
Daly for a "TRL Grammy Class of 2000" portrait
snapped by noted fashion photographer David
LaChapelle.
Tyrese, Destiny's Child, the Goo Goo Dolls, and
numerous others also sat for the portrait, which will
be featured as a poster available at MTV.com. Sales
of the $6 poster will benefit various charities, including
NARAS' music education initiatives and groups
working with MTV's anti-violence campaign "Fight For
Your Rights: Take A Stand Against Violence." The
poster is available at the MTV store at
www.whatshotnow.com.
02/02/00:
Limp Bizkit Defy MTV
Limp Bizkit are squaring up
to MTV and challenging them
not to play the video for their
controversial track 'Break
Stuff'.
The song was attributed with
sparking the mayhem that
blighted last year's Woodstock riots and,
consequently, the influential music station
refused to play it. The band, whose high-energy
stage show was singled out as the catalyst
which led Woodstock 99 to disintegrate into
rioting, arson and rape were warned that if they
made a video to support the track, they'd be
wasting their time and money.
Nonetheless, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst
has gone ahead and filmed a video.
Durst has apparently already shot a skate
culture-styled promo for the track which insiders
claim will be irresistible to MTV programmers and
fans alike. The question is, will MTV stick to
their guns and play Republican moral guardians
or bend to overwhelming public demand and air
the 'Break Stuff' promo?
Meanwhile, the band has been confirmed to
record the theme track for the forthcoming Tom
Cruise film, Mission Impossible 2. In competition
for the job with eight other acts, including
Metallica, Limp Bizkit are said to have been
the favourite of the film's star, Tom Cruise.
The resulting track will be released in Europe,
though not in America where executives fear
that it would take the heat of the band's
phenomenally successful album, 'Significant
Other'.
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