Limp Bizkit schlechteste Band 2003

Limp Bizkit, die zur Zeit nur mäßige Verkäufe ihres lang erwarteten neuen Albums verkraften müssen, wurden nun von den Lesern des amerikanischen Musikmagazins Guitar World als schlechteste Band des Jahres 2003 gewählt. Auf Platz zwei kamen Creed, The Strokes folgten. Der vierte Platz ging an "alle Pop-Punkbands".

"Results May Vary" von Limp Bizkit wurde innerhalb von 13 Wochen eine Million mal verkauft und stieg auf Platz 64 der US-Charts. Zum Vergleich, das Vorgängeralbum "Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water" wurde im selben Zeitraum 4 mal so oft verkauft und kletterte bis auf Platz 5 der Charts.

Das ebenfalls schlecht laufende Album "St. Anger" von Metallica wurde zur größten Enttäuschung des Jahres gewählt. Gleichzeitig erreichte es aber auch nach "The Blessed Hellride" von Black Label Society Platz 2 der Wahl zum besten Metal Album.


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Limp Bizkit, which suffered slow sales of its long-awaited new album, has been named worst band of the year by readers of Guitar World magazine.
Creed, another act that draws sharp reactions, came in at No. 2 even though the Christian combo took the year off. New York rockers the Strokes were No. 3, followed by "all pop-punk bands" at No. 4 and pop-punk band Good Charlotte at No. 5.

Limp Bizkit's "Results May Vary" has sold one million copies after 13 weeks, and ranks No. 64 on the U.S. pop charts. Its previous release, 2000's Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water," ranked No. 5 after 13 weeks with sales of four million copies.

Metallica's poor-selling new album, "St. Anger," was named biggest disappointment, but it also came in at No. 2 as the best metal album, ranking behind Black Label Society's "The Blessed Hellride."

Metallica's Kirk Hammett was named best metal guitarist, a possible consolation prize for having all his solos cut from "St. Anger," and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was named best rock guitarist, notwithstanding his initial claim to fame as the drummer with defunct rock band Nirvana.

Another long-gone band, Led Zeppelin, released the best rock album of 2003, the 3-CD live package "How the West Was Won," according to Guitar World readers. That category was rounded out by Audioslave's self-titled debut, the White Stripes' "Elephant," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Vicious Cycle" and Rush's "Rock in Rio."

The other big disappointments of the year were listed as "all new music," the break-up of Texas metal veterans Pantera, the continued absence of a new Guns 'N Roses album, and Marcos Curiel's departure from Christian rock band P.O.D.

Quelle: Reuters