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ROB FLYNN DIRECTS AESTHETICS OF HATE AT LIMP BIZKIT

 Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at 10:07am by

rob flynnUncle Vinnie is back; under a moon-lit sky at Saturday night’s Tool show in New Jersey, Axl and I had “a moment” and kissed and made up.

Seriously though, folks, I was just on vacation at the MetalSucks Mansion Kentucky Korner. Did some of you ninnies actually believe I quit?

Wouldn’t be surprising given all the feuding that’s gone down in metal this summer already, though, and we haven’t even reported on the tummy-tickling beef between Machine Head and Limp Bizkit.

The short version: Machine Head got all pissy when Limp Bizkit were announced as a late add to the UK Sonisphere festival, appearing directly after Machine Head, and subsequently pulled out of the event. Days before the event, a “secret guest” was announced by the festival which Rob Flynn confirmed to be Machine Head via a post on MH’s message board in which he also promised to “crush” Limp Bizkit. LB’s DJ Lethal struck back via Twitter and things have since escalated into a Dillinger vs. Disturbed-esque war of Internet words. Fun!

Anyone who’s even glanced at MetalSucks before knows where our allegiances with the aforementioned bands lie; but seriously, are Machine Head being complete dicks or what? If it’s really all about the fans, as Rob Flynn claimed, then he wouldn’t have thrown a hissy fit and pulled out of the festival in the first place. Be it as it may that Limp Bizkit sucks absolute donkey balls I can understand his anger at their higher billing, but guess what? Limp Bizkit has sold more records than Machine Head. WAY more. So be a professional, be a man, and just suck it up and go play your show. The fans will make their choice. No drama necessary.

Did I just side with Limp Bizkit? Woah. DJ Lethal is a complete putz for adding fuel to the fire, but otherwise you really have to say that Limp Bizkit’s taken the high road here. Fred Durst said he’s a fan of the band and Lethal even wore an MH shirt on stage. Rob Flynn is still talking smack. Hmmm.

-VN

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  • Ja5oN

    Who even listens to Limp Bizkit? It’s like 7up for me, never have & never will!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Logan-Holloway/1100588308 Logan Holloway

      this is just an odd analogy

    • Urban Outdoorsman

      Actually its a pretty good analogy. Kids drink 7UP……Limp Bizkit is 7UP, kids love it.

      ……AND Korn is Tang.

      …..AND ICP is urine.

      …..AND Hollywood Undead is urine after eating asparagus.

  • Fufkin

    Not a fan of Machine Head, respect what they do musically but wow, Rob Flynn really is a frequent goon.
    But then again this is the man that was surprised to find out on the Burn My Eyes tour that the UK is an island…

  • http://www.myspace.com/beneaththesoil1 porterpotty

    microphone chipped teeth in my book is definitely metal. i’m trying to decide if the unibrow is too. i guess so if you consider oscar the grouch, not so much if you consider burt (& ernie)?

  • Metal Fuckin’ Dave

    I hate to side with Limp Bizkit. Therefor I won’t. You go Robb.

  • http://spinelanguage.wordpress.com/ spinelanguage
  • Ziltoid

    Both bands have played shitty nu metal for an extended period of time, so neither should be talking shit about each other. Even Machine Head’s non nu metal material is crappy. But that picture of Rob is priceless! He looks like a moron. For more fun reading on Rob Flynn, go here: http://metalinquisition.blogspot.com/2008/03/robb-flynns-disease-pathology.html

    • jason

      RFD is a sad thing indeed.

    • prives

      Yeah, well done Ziltoid. Your band is obviously heaps better, that’s why you’re such a huge success in the metal scene. Even some of your favourite bands, like Kamelot, don’t suck at all. Gee, you’re so smart, and clever, and strong, and everybody really really likes you.

      • Ziltoid

        You could have at least been funny with your sarcasm. And don’t even bother messing with good power metal like Kamelot–even the fruitiest power metal of questionable sexual orientation like Sonata Arctica (which I hate) is infinitely better than Machine Head and their bro-magnon ways.

      • Attic

        You have to be a chef to know food tastes bad in your world I guess.

        • Fong Chung

          Oh my! Okay really bad nu metal vs really bad mosh metal. Take your pic! I’ll accept all bets, because this fued is pretty fucking funny. Kind of like this site in alot of ways…..

    • Jewbit

      Machine head isnt even nu metal and dude seriously power metal sucks balls so bad listen to real music

  • Shinaain

    You pretty said it all, so I’ll just take the opportunity to welcome you back, Vince.

    Wait, back up: You and Axl kissing under a starlit sky at a Tool concert? Whether you were joking or not is irrelevant. I must get a mental picture of this….

  • ceth

    I do like me some Machinehead but I gotta say, after that hot mess of an album Supercharger i think Robb’s rights to talk shit should still be on suspension for a few more years.

  • bearbomb

    Hey Rob, if you limit your set to shit from Burning Red and Supercharger, MH and LB would sound pretty comparable back to back.

    Thank god you’re back Vince! Axl overload last week.

  • http://richarddawkins.net/ RICHARD DAWKINS

    FUCK ALL THESE NU-METAL GAYBOYS

  • jason

    Leave it to Robb fucking Flynn to make Fred Durst look like LESS of a douchebag. How is that even possible? When Limp Bizkit is taking the high road on you, you know you have become completely fucking irrelevant.

  • tom

    limp-bizkit took machine-heads original slot, not the one after them. Machine head were then offered a slot on a smaller stage. I can understand perfectly why Flynn was pissed off, sonisphere broke their contract.

    • Shinaain

      If that’s true, it would make more sense than any other explanation offered thus far AND would appear to justify Flynn’s position. Thank you for clarifying.

    • jason

      Again, I feel weird for siding with them, but how is this Limp Bizkit’s fault? If this is true, wouldn’t the show promoters be a better target for Flynn’s comments?

      • tom

        I think the agression was targeted to limp bizkit because A) They’re limp bizkit (’nuff said) and B) because they havent really done anything to credit them being there apart from playing what was essentially a sentimental show at download.

  • http://www.themetalreporter.net TMR

    this is one of the times, that Rob’s dickness paid off … I mean I gotta hand it to fred durst for not firing back, but again could it be that he’s got enough trash talk from the presses that he cant afford another one?

    I watched a little bit of their performance at download, fred needs like 20 red bulls to get back up to his usual stage persona, dude looks real old, too old for his baseball cap…

    End of the day, Rob did ride the waves of assholicness to the fullest on this one! and DJ Lethal just gave Machine Head fans something to thrash them about all the time!

  • Canvas Of Flesh

    Wow, Limp Bizkit taking the high road. Never though I’d see that. I can’t stand either band, but I don’t get why MH would be bashing LB when, in the 90s, they were ripping them off.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Kurtz/1493586117 Matthew Kurtz

    There was a time about ten years ago when Machine Head would have given their collective left nut to open for Limp Bizkit. Like everybody else, I’m surprised to be siding with Bizkit on this one

    • David

      Agree ^^

      • http://raiseyerfists.wordpress.com raiseyerfists

        Yup thirded

  • Dysenteric

    This whole hissy fit is proof that Robb Flynn is a total dick. I’m no fan of Limp Bizkit, but I do applaud them for taking the high road and getting on with the show.

    Flynn also accused Lethal of being an ‘Internet tough guy’ (Lethal was just telling the truth), when he’s the one that’s doing all the shit-talking over the web, and his band was the one riding on LB’s coattails during the rap-metal period. What a hypocritical fucker.

  • groverXIII

    You know you’re a dick when people are picking Limp Bizkit’s side over yours.

    Of course, Fred hasn’t gotten involved in this, so that could change. I mean, he’s a Class-A douchhose.

  • Porkspam

    uhm rob flynn wore an adidas track suit, rapped and covered message in a bottle for that a burning red cd. or whatever it was called..
    then nu-metal was gone and it’s back to the roots and being tru-metal… hopefully MH’s guitarist didn’t fall asleep on stage again.
    and I don’t even need to bother discussing LB

    • Damotello

      To be fair to The Police, message in a bottle is a great song.

  • snotty morning

    Man, RF is really tough! And cool! Wow, he’s pretty tough, and strong, an’ full of respect! And super short! But tough though….and he says fuck all the time! Like a hardcore superstore!

  • rayray

    I have to say being a huge fan of Machinehead I am not happy with how Rob Flynn handled this situation. I do not love Limp Bizkit but I did grow up listening to them. With that being said Limp Bizkit apparently are big Machinehead fans. Regardless of how he feels about LB he should have kep this mouth shut. LB have wealth Rob can only dream about and have been gentlemen about the whole situation. Vince is right though the fans will decide who should have played before or after.

    • tom

      They did indeed, they started a “fuck limp bizkit” chant before MH went on stage, and were chanting “machine fucking head” inbetween limp bizkit songs, thats the word on the street anyway….

  • John

    Sweet, two bands that both blow talking shit about eachother on the internet. If I cared about shit like this I’d go to lambgoats message board.

  • Timmay!

    I went to Warped Tour back in July, and saw Gallows. Awsome band, awomse performance. The only thing that sucked was that they were playing a smaller stage, and 3 oh 3 (I don’t even care enough to spell the name right), were playing the main stage. Gallows whipped through a good selection of songs, but between the songs the entire band tore 3 oh 3 a new asshole the size of a black hole, and had fun with the crowd doing it. Gallows could’ve just refused to do Warped Tour, and did their own with a more preferable lineup, but instead of disappointing their fans, the put on one of the best fucking shows at Warped.

    The moral of the story is you don’t have to be a dick and piss all over your fans just to show how upset you are over your spot in the lineup.

  • shit sandwich

    i know its been said, but i clearly remember 10 yers ago when MH would be giving Fred Durst some machine head to open up for them. Burning Red? Supercharger? haha fuck MH

  • http://twitter.com/SchenkelTown Daisy May Tinklepants

    considering that death core shit is big now, i’m sure the next machine head album will have some heavy breakdowns with growling vocals. i like machine head a lot, but they do kind of follow what ever is the big thing in heavy music. they jumped on the nu-metal bandwagon in the 90′s and then jumped right off as soon as it faded. “from this day” sounds like it could be a limp bizkit song.

    i give limp bizkit credit for sticking with that they do. regardless if it’s good or not. they chose a style and have stuck with it…unlike machine head

    • tom

      I love machine head, but would be inclined to agree with some of what you are saying. However i think it was easy for flynn to jump onto the nu-metal bandwagon because he’s always been into hip-hop (he had corn rows for christsake), so tbh i don’t think there’s gonna be a whole load of trend following from them anymore especially considering how hard they nailed their sound on the blackening.

  • Mynamesucks
  • Frampler

    I was pretty chuffed when MH pulled out of Sonisphere as A. I hate Limp Bizkit B. I couldn’t go because of a wedding and C. I really, really hate Limp Bizkit

    However, having made a stand on Sonisphere’s breach of contract, MH look spineless for playing as Special Guests. I also know a number of their fans who sold their tickets after they pulled out and are now very pissed off. One suspects the nefarious hand of Ulrich in all of this.

    One more thing. Download Festival>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sonisphere

  • prives

    Fuck you all! Machine Head fucking destroy. Nu-metal? You stupid cunts need to get a new set of ears.

    Now, take a big step back…and go fuck your own face!

    • gibberish

      The Burning Red is all I have to say to you.

  • Chelle

    FUCK LIMP BIZKIT, FUCK LIMP BIZKIT, FUCK LIMP BIZKIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • dlux

    machinehead has always been terrible in my opinion. they flirted with nu-metal more than a little bit. and it’s hard for me to take their “new” metal stuff seriously. this dude will forever be the douche that said something about bleeding on stage and not even noticing because they smoke “hugiferous” amounts of weed in a guitar world interview.

  • Fong Chung

    LOL @ half of you defending Limp Jizkit, and the other half defening Machine Head LOL. I’m sure SOME of YOU have some skeletons in your closet. Oh come you all know, without listening to the first Limp Jizkit cd, and Korn cd you know you wouldn’t find out about “More extreme bands.” LOL Goddamn…

  • T-Rocket

    FUCK LIMP BIZKIT

  • check wikipedia

    does any1 kno what a limp biscuit is? its a soggy biscuit… check wikipedia:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soggy_biscuit
    SICK (not in a good way)

  • Dodge

    I honestly have no respect for lb haters who cant give me a good reason for the hate, and ive never heard anyone give me a better reason than the likes of ‘cus there shit’

    It is so ironic that even people who love MH and hate LB are taking LB’s side. The music industry are backing lb, the tabloids are, these pathetic feuds are, and the haters are also bring fuel to the fire of lb’s comeback, the band have alot to thank you for. Seriously, if you dont like a band, why waste your life typing how bad they are on the internet, for ten years after the time you claim that they were relevant? Seriously, in that time you could have joined a club, met some friends, learned guitar, learned spanish, traveled a lil, lost your virginity, got married…the list is endless. But, you chose to sit at your computer bitching about limpbizkit, and somehow you know the words to every song, funny that. I wish i had such a fun life as you.

    Regardless of the lyrics, lb musically are amazing, fred can rap, scream, and sing (to an extent on early records, and really well on later records). Mabe some of the more fun songs have silly lyrics, but those songs dont take themselves seriously and neither should you. Fred is capable of amazing deep heartfelt lyrics, although you have to look past the singles to learn that. Limp bizkit are a diverse band, howeve their problem, which is or was also always their strengh, is that the music is comprised of opposite poles. Metalheads will be put off by the rap, chavs will be put off by the rock. That results in alot of e-tards going to places like this and typing ‘pimp dickshit r shit’ and never be able to justify that more inteligantly than ‘cos there shit’ or ‘freds gay’. Ha, fred is married to a woman who is fit as fuck and you’re a virgin at 24. Fred is rich, you take orders on a drive-thru, fred has the best scream in the metal music industry, you have a burnt copy of a machinehead cd. Now, who’s the ‘gay’ one, hmmm?

    • Frampler

      “fred has the best scream in the metal music industry” – lol x 1000000000000000000000

    • http://www.ulrlfc.co.uk Fionnbharr

      “Intellegantly”

      That’s ironic.

      Also, this place is turning into fucking blabbermouth with the arguing in the comments section.

  • RobotScythe

    Fuck Robb Flynn for making me side with Limp Bizkit on anything.

  • DecrystallizingReason

    How quickly Flynn & Co. seem to have forgotten about the Burning Red/Supercharger days. I mean, really…look at those fucking music videos…the hair, the pants. The Blackening is great, but Rob, fuck off.

  • HJD1996

    Machine Head had been on the bill since day 1. They were first promised the slot NIN had, then got chucked to the spot A7X had, then got back on the main stage, then the shittest band ever, Wimp Bizkit were placed above them. They had a right to be pissed.

  • Cobrainyourface

    This site pretty much defending limp bizkit against a band they have more respect for supposedly is just another proof that they actually like the BIZKIT! youre a count er fit …….FAKE!

  • B-Dub

    Wow, I just read this and it’s completely not true. The song Aesthetics of Hate is a rebuttal to the article “AESTHETICS OF HATE: R.I.P. DIMEBAG ABBOTT, & GOOD RIDDANCE” written by William Grim. It has nothing to do with Limp Bizkit.

    • Shinaain

      I’m still subscribed to this. Huh.

      B-Dub, in the event you’re new to this site, the MS writers often title blog posts with ironic plays on the pertinent bands’ song titles. I don’t think Vince intended to assert that the actual song “Aesthetics of Hate” was written ABOUT Limp Bizkit. In fact, I would say that the way the title is worded and the fact that the song clearly pre-dates the 2009 Sonisphere debacle indicate that was not his intention.

      Hope that helps.