Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000, Flip/Interscope) arrived as one of the most anticipated rock releases of its era, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with over one million copies sold in its first week, a record for the fastest-selling rock album in the United States at the time. Building on the breakthrough success of Significant Other, the album fused nu-metal, hip-hop, and hard rock into a mainstream-defining sound, featuring hits "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)," "My Way," and the Grammy-nominated Mission: Impossible 2 theme "Take a Look Around." It remains one of the best-selling rock albums of the 2000s, with over 17 million copies sold worldwide.
This pressing also marks the final studio album to feature the classic Limp Bizkit lineup until Gold Cobra in 2011, making it a pivotal document of the band's commercial peak.
For collectors, an encapsulated copy of Chocolate Starfish means owning a piece of nu-metal history exactly as it left the pressing plant, sealed and protected from the wear that 25 years of open-market circulation inevitably brings.
What Alliance Authentic Preservation Means: Every copy listed was moved directly from the pressing source into preservation: uncirculated, unhandled, and documented before it ever reached the open market. Each preserved copy includes an embedded NFC chip. Tap it with any smartphone to access your Certified Copy: verified authenticity, documented condition, and a full provenance chain from pressing source to you.
Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
