Rock im Park 2001

Production and content

Limp Bizkit's set at the Rock im Park festival in Nuremberg, Germany was filmed and recorded. The video portion of the album featured one of the band's last performances with Wes Borland before he left the band in 2001. The band performed some of their best known and hit songs, accompanied by a dancer dressed as one of the creatures on the cover of their album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. During the performance, Borland wore body paint, and Durst performed a portion of the set in the audience.

Music and lyrics

The music of Rock im Park 2001 has predominately been described as nu metal and is noted for "kinetic, frenzied energy". On this compilation, DJ Lethal functions as a sound designer for the band, shaping their sound. According to Lethal, "I try and bring new sounds, not just the regular chirping scratching sounds. [...] It's all different stuff that you haven't heard before. I'm trying to be like another guitar player."

Wes Borland's guitar playing in this performance is experimental and nontraditional, and is noted for creative use of a seven-string guitar. His guitar playing makes use of octave shapes, and choppy, eighth-note rhythms, sometimes accompanied by muting his strings with his left hand, creating a percussive sound. Borland's guitar playing also has unevenly accented syncopated sixteenth notes to create a disorienting effect, and hypnotic, droning licks.

Durst's lyrics are often profane, scatological or angry. Much of Durst's lyrical inspiration came from growing up and his personal life. His breakup with her (who?) inspired the songs "Nookie" and "Re-Arranged".

Reception

Allmusic writer Greg Prato panned the release. Prato in particular was critical of Durst's performance on the set, writing, "[he] seems not all that interested in working the crowd or putting his heart into the performance at hand." Prato concluded, "Perhaps it's best to look at Rock in the Park 2001 as John Waters-esque footage that, years from now, will either become an underground hit due to its absurdity or an inadvertent "time period relic" à la Heavy Metal Parking Lot."

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