There aren’t a lot of drummers who bring aspects of rap and hip hop, rock and metal, and strong doses of jazz and swing to their drumming, but John Otto does. His time feel is the special sauce that makes Limp Bizkit what they are. And after 30 years as a band, that special sauce has found its way into the ears of millions of music lovers. Yes, Fred Durst’s frantic rhymes are engaging and (often) hilarious, Wes Borland’s raunchy guitar riffs are hypnotic, and DJ Lethal brings an essential musical texture to the mix. But the groove that bassist Sam Rivers and drummer John Otto lay down in Limp Bizkit, brings everything together and makes it all groove! That groove is what makes people move and smile. That groove is what makes Limp Bizkit like no other band in the world, and what makes John Otto like no other […]

January 2026 Issue