Although they are often filed in the same rap-rock or rap-metal category, Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine are as close as you can get to polar opposites. One band specializes in juvenile jock jams, the other calls attention to police brutality, systemic racism, and other forms of social injustice. Similarly, you've got the former band releasing goofy videos with celebrity cameos, and the latter group putting out videos that are as thought-provoking as their music. At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the general feeling was that Rage Against the Machine was an overwhelming favorite for best rock video with their Michael Moore-directed clip for "Sleep Now in the Fire." Instead, they lost out to Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff," whose video followed the band's formula for mindless fun and random appearances from famous people.
Unhappy with Bizkit's unexpected win, Rage bassist Tim Commerford pulled off a wild stunt, climbing up a metal structure as Durst deadpanned, "And we got a madman" as he and his bandmates accepted their award. Commerford was soon arrested for disorderly conduct, later explaining to MTV that he "wanted to bring the whole thing down, but [the people in front of the structure] didn't move."
Appearing on Dean Delray's "Let There Be Talk" podcast in 2018, drummer Brad Wilk looked back on the incident, admitting at around the 1 hour, 53-minute mark that he and his bandmates weren't fans of Limp Bizkit and revealing that there was someone in particular who really wanted Commerford to climb the structure. "I think other people in the band were like, 'No, don't do anything.' Michael Moore says, 'Just go with it. Go with your heart,'" Wilk recalled.
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