This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Thank Fred Durst for Staind — or blame him.
The Limp Bizkit boy is this Boston-area grunge-metal outfit’s mentor: He got them signed. They’re on the same label. They even have the same producer. Thankfully, they don’t have the same sound. Mostly because Staind aren’t as limp as Bizkit. More metal than rap, their broodingly intense sound — think White Zombie meets Pearl Jam — comes with a heaping helping of dark, post-grunge guitar shredding, downwardly spiralling melodies and singer-songwriter Aaron Lewis’s self-loathing lyrics, which seldom get cheerier than, “Look at me, I’m so pathetic.” Geez, boys, if you think things are bad now, just wait till the Limp Bizkit backlash kicks in.
