"Break Stuff" is a song by American
rap rock band
Limp Bizkit, released on May 2, 2000, as the fourth and final single from their second studio album Significant Other (1999). The song was released alongside "
N 2 Gether Now", and has remained a staple of Limp Bizkit's live shows.
It received its world premiere in February 2000 on the short-lived
USA Network music show Farmclub, alongside Korn's video for their single, "
Make Me Bad". Both groups made a guest appearance to introduce their respective videos.
Live performances
The song was noted for a performance at
Woodstock '99 in which violent actions have occurred. When the song played, Fred Durst encouraged the crowd to become rowdy, stating, "Don't let anybody get hurt. But I don't think you should mellow out. That's what
Alanis Morissette had you motherfuckers do. If someone falls, pick 'em up." In the mosh pit, fans tore plywood on the walls when the song played and numerous sexual assaults were reported to have occurred.[3][4][5][6][7] During the band's 2001 appearance at the
Big Day Out festival in
Sydney, Australia, teenager
Jessica Michalik was crushed by the unruly crowd near the front of the stage before dying to her injuries.[8]