Limp bizkit artwork

Limp Bizkit

Tree logo from Limp Bizkit's "Three Dollar Bill Y'all" album cover

The intro is long. Nearly 50 seconds without tipping its hand. A new band should be terrified to open a record like this, worried that potential listeners will get bored with a lone ride cymbal and high, jangly guitar chord. And it’s certainly not something a discerning producer is going to throw on the radio. But then comes that growl—Are you reeeeeaaaady?!—and you hear a musical revolution being born... Which then died, less than a decade later.