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With Borland's absence, Limp Bizkit began a nation-wide audition in 2002 for their new guitarist called "''Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is''".<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451596/20011221/story.jhtml "Limp Bizkit Scouring 22 Cities For New Guitarist"]. [[MTV News]], [[December 21]] [[2001]]; retrieved [[May 31]] [[2006]].</ref> Durst announced at the outset that he was interested in recruiting a possible female or more than one potential new member into the band [http://www.kerrang.co.uk]. Thousands of hopefuls were said to queue up to participate. Some controversy occurred, when rumours came about that all contestants were required to sign a document giving Limp Bizkit the full ownership of any riffs they played. Fred Durst said on the band's website that what they signed was only a release form so that each person's likeness could be used in a documentary if the band were to make one.[http://www.ihatefreddurst.com/news/] Each auditionee was allowed only sixty seconds in the first round to prove themselves in the eyes of the band. The final contestants were '''Monte Lee Pittman,''' '''Anousch''' and '''Jonas Anderson.''' [[Christopher Arp]] of [[Psyopus]] auditioned in this guitarist search, as he later said in an interview with Terrorizer magazine, and [[Eddie Van Halen]] auditioned for fun due to his being friends with the band.

On [[March 7]], [[2003]], Limp Bizkit announced they would perform live again for the first time in two years, at the upcoming WWE's [[WrestleMania XIX]] taking place on [[March 30]].<ref>[http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2003/2003_03_28.jsp "WrestleMania® XIX this Sunday"]. [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] press release, [[March 28]] [[2003]]; retrieved [[May 31]] [[2006]].</ref> They also signed up for several live tours, despite their lack of a guitarist. The guitarists for the Wrestlemania tour were later revealed when Durst wrote in a post on the official website: "We are playing Wrestlemania this weekend. On the guitars will be [[Brian Welch|Head]] from [[Korn]] and Mike Smith from [[Snot (band)|Snot]]". This live lineup performed the song [[Crack Addict (song)|Crack Addict]], which was rumored to be placed on their upcoming album, although it was not.

During this time, Durst spoke of many collaborations with guitarists on songs for the album. Among them were [[Rivers Coumo]] of [[Weezer]], [[Page Hamilton]] of [[Helmet]], [[Al Jourgenson]] of Ministry, and [[Brian "Head" Welch]] of Korn. None of the songs with those guitarists would make it onto the album, except "Build a Bridge", which was written with [[Brian "Head" Welch]].

For whatever reason, the finalists from the "Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is" contest were rejected in favor of touring former [[Snot (band)|Snot]] guitarist Mike Smith, along with the band changing its logo to '''limpbizkit''' to promote their change of style.

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The band had already recorded an album's worth of material for their upcoming release, but with Mike Smith now in the band, it was decided that they would go back in the studio and record another album's worth of songs, and the best of all these tracks would make it to the final release. Fred refers to the tracks recorded during this period that didn't make it to the album as the 'Off The Record' tracks, as if it were an album in itself.

On September 23, 2003, ''[[Results May Vary]]'', their fourth album and last top ten recording, was released, with about half the songs featuring Mike Smith contributingon toguitar, atand leastthe fiveother ofhalf thehaving Limp Bizkit Sam Rivers on guitar. The album was considered a commercial flop, breaking the group's songsnumber-1 spree on the Billboard 200, and otherreceiving guestplatinum guitaristscertification including(1 [[Brianmillion Welch|Briancopies "Head"sold) Welch]]in ofthe [[Korn]]United States after fourteen weeks on the charts, [[Riversin Cuomo]]comparison ofwith their previous work [[WeezerChocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water]], andwhich asold studioone engineermillion knownalbums asin '''Elvisits Baskette'''first week.

The album was considered a commercial flop, breaking the group's number-1 spree on the Billboard 200, and receiving platinum certification (1 million copies sold) in the United States after fourteen weeks on the charts, in comparison with their previous work [[Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water]], which sold one million albums in its first week.

The album received generally poor reviews by critics also. [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/limpbizkit/resultsmayvary]. Although [[Rolling Stone]]'s review was generally positive, [[Playlouder]] called it 'fucking crap' [http://www.playlouder.com/review/+resultsmayvary/], '''Yahoo! Launch''' labelled it 'a frightening insight into the vacuous state of 21st century culture,' [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/30984.html], and another review stating that it 'suffered from an utter lack of form and direction.' [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:la9ks37wa3dg~T1]. Nevertheless, an acoustic cover of [[The Who]]'s "[[Behind Blue Eyes]]" was a moderate hit on mainstream radio, its video featuring actress [[Halle Berry]]. "[[Eat You Alive]]" was released as the first single off the album, cracking the top 20 of both American rock charts with an accompanying video that features actress [[Thora Birch]] being berated. The album's ballad "[[Build a Bridge]]" was the official theme song of WWE's [[Survivor Series]] [[pay-per-view]] event in November 2003, although it was never released as an official single due to Mike Smith's departure [http://www.thearmpit.net]. Another song from the album, [[Almost Over]], cracked the Rock Top 40, however it was also never released with a single or video.