Name: Fred Durst
Limp Bizkit: Vocals
Age: 29
Date of Birth: 20 August, 1971

Fred was born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina.His biological father left when he was only a few weeks old, and he was raised solely by his mother, Anita, during his infancy. The two were very poor, his mother having no house, job, or money. They lived in the top of a church, and people brought them baby food, which they both lived on. Anita eventually met Bill, a policeman, whom she married when Durst was 2.Durst liked the same music as his parents, and enjoyed dancing and showing off. When Durst was young, he and his half-brother Cory (son of Bill and Anita) became fans of Kiss.
Eventually, the family moved from Jacksonville, Florida. to Gastonia, North Carolina,where Durst attended Hunter Huss High School. Here, became interested in hip hop music, forming a break dancing group known as the "Reckless Crew".And when his mother got him his first mixer, it started his interest in rapping. He taught himself how to mix, and how to scratch using turntables, and then began practicing writing lyrics for rap songs.Soon, he began entering rap competitions. Later, as the break dancing scene was dying out, Durst and his friends became interested in skateboarding. Durst started listening to heavier music such as Suicidal Tendencies and Black Flag. Reflecting his change in scene, he started writing more lyrics that acted as a release for pent-up emotions.



"I was definetely not a good student in school" he confesses, "I was the teachers favorite dude, I passed because I was like kissing my teachers' a.., and pretty much I never did my homework I don't even know how I made it..it was like a social event for me it was a place to skateboard and rap and beatbox and break dance pretty much was school was for me.. but I did pass..I did graduate because they couldn't stand me..but that's it..I'm a loser.."

Durst graduated from Hunter Huss High School in 1988. After, he briefly attended Gaston College. He began working several small-time jobs at fast food restaurants, DJing, and working at skateparks to earn money, but was unsuccessful at keeping a job. He decided to join the United States Navy.

He moved to Jacksonville in his late teens and served time in the US Navy. Fred later married at age 20 and had a daughter name Adriana Durst. When Fred found his wife was cheating on him he filed for divorce, and after he physically abused his ex-wifes new lover spent a month behind bars.

Durst finally moved to Jacksonville where he became a tattoo artist. Durst created the tattoo of the Korn logo on the back of Korn's guitarist Brian Welch.


"I was living in San Francisco and I was married and I found out that my wife cheated on me. I got into a fight with the guy and her and I went to jail over it. I just spent a lot of time thinking in jail--it was the first time I had ever been in jail. It was terrible. I just said I gotta go start over again. So I went back to North Carolina to say good-bye to some friends and I worked at a skate-park for a while because I was a sponsored skate-boarder. Then I took my car and moved down to Florida and started all over again. I was working jobs doing art for people and I started tattooing and it was just getting nowhere."

"I've sinned so many ways it's unbelievable. I've robbed stores. I've had plenty of s.x. I've lied terribly. I've cheated. I've been greedy. I've lusted. Everything. I've done it all. I need some support and help from above now. I grew up as a rebellious kid who was always locked up in his room. When I got out, I wasn't bad--I just didn't know what was right or wrong. My dad was an adoptive dad--we didn't get along that killer. I have another brother that's his son. My mom and I were always confronting. It was real easy for me to snap on my mom and for her to snap on me. It was just a weird thing. " Fred came to Jacksonville Floridia five years ago. "I was trying to put together some bands mixing all of the styles I like. I've been rapping since 1982, DJ'ing since 1985. I've been a punk rocker since 1983.

The band thing was a side thing and I was way serious but nobody was because there was no music scene here. So I just went to see every band I could and found that there was nobody serious but I'd pick one person. Like Sam stuck out of his band--he was serious and go-hard. Wes stuck out of his band and John in his. I said, "hey, I'm really serious. I wanna do this. I wanna mix a lot of things and these are my ideas." I already had some songs written and we started playing those out and it caught on. Then we all started getting the chemistry and writing together and realized it was real. We gave a friend the demo and he passed it on to Ross , producer and people were vibing on us. I was acting like I was my own manager on the phone. I'd change my voice and I'd change my name and was talking sh.t to all these record companies. Everybody. Just bull - crap, not knowing a thing about the industry, but they were believing me because I'm a good bull-shitter. Then I really needed management because people were flying out too see us and there was no one here to talk to."

Some of Fred's favorite music includes Kiss, Blondie, Wu Tang, Suicidal Tendencies, Smashing Pumpkins, and Tool.


Q & A With Fred Durst:

Q:If you had to isolate the three records or songs or albums that inspired you, could you name them?

A:"The only hard-core punk album, I would say, is Suicidal Tendencies' debut album. I listened to that for so long when I was young. I felt like Mike Muir because I had parents telling me I was crazy for what I did. That song "Institutionalized" is a listened to that for so long when I was young. I felt like Mike Muir because I had parents telling me I was crazy for what I did. That song "Institutionalized" is a classic song. It's the same thing he said."

Q:If you had to pick a hip-hop record that defines it all for you?

A:"Back in the days, I would probably say Erik B. and Rakim, "Follow The Leader." The way he rhymed and would go into mind trips and move the crowd and just go crazy yet still is so monotone. He had so much power, I went and saw them in concert and I was like, "Oh my gosh, man." This guy Rakim is insane. He moved me so much, I used to listen to them non-stop."

Q:is there one metal album that would be indispensable?

A:"The new Deftones is amazing, as a matter of fact, and the Korn records. Back in them days I was listening to "Siamese Dream" by the Smashing Pumpkins--that was a big influence on me and so was Tool's "Undertow." Tool is one of my favorite bands in the world. Their new record is blowing my mind. They're not really metal, metal..."

Q:You’re always playing to the girls, signing breasts and carrying on.

A:"I play up the p..p thing on purpose. Like, when I’m on MTV, these chicks are fanning and massaging me. It’s not like I attracted them off the street. We f...ing hired them. I want everybody to be thinking I’m having the time of my life, but I’m single and miserable. I’m lonely. I’m experiencing the best things in my life, with no one there to share them. I’m a hopeless romantic. I’m not the stereotypical rock star. People are having a problem that I’m not fitting my image, and they’re obviously not listening to the lyrics."

Fred is definatly on his way in the music business and was recently apointed Senior Vice President of Interscope Records.

He has directed three Limp Bizkit videos - Faith, Nookie & Break Stuff, Korn's video Falling Away From Me.


Limp Bizkit Career
Durst formed Limp Bizkit in 1994 with Sam Rivers and John Otto. Wes Borland joined soon after, and DJ Lethal, formerly of the Hip-Hop group House of Pain, joined the band in 1995.

Limp Bizkit's first hit, a cover of George Michael's late '80s hit "Faith", gained traction due to heavy airplay on MTV, especially during the first year of Total Request Live. The band's other major hits include "Nookie", "Break Stuff", "Re-arranged", "Counterfeit", "N 2 Gether Now", "Take a Look Around", "Rollin'" and "My Generation." Durst has directed most of Limp Bizkit's music videos, as well as videos for Korn ("Falling Away from Me"), Deadsy ("The Key to Gramercy Park"), Cold ("No one"), Puddle of Mudd ("Blurry"), and Staind ("It's Been Awhile" and "Just Go"), among others.


In 2003, paparazzi photos were released showing Durst with pop star Britney Spears, and rumours began to spread that the two were dating. This struck a nerve with some fans on the Limp Bizkit website. Durst had not mentioned anything about it, and it seemed out of character for him to be dating a pop singer like Spears. It was revealed that Durst was hired to help write and produce tracks for Spears' upcoming album In the Zone, released later that year. The issue intensified when Spears appeared on TRL and denied the affair, saying she barely knew Durst, and that he wasn't her type.

Fred Durst, later appeared on Howard Stern's nationally syndicated radio program to set the record straight, and claimed that while they were never dating, they did have a sexual relationship while working with her on the album.He also mentioned that after Britney appeared on TRL, he decided not to allow her to use his contributions on the album, though a spokesperson for Spears directly contradicted him, saying that it was her decision not to use the material, not Durst's.

While Durst claimed he only came forward with details about the relationship due to the paparazzi photos spotting the two together, he went into great detail on the radio show, including intimate details about Spears' body, in response to Stern's continued prodding. Spears later claimed that she regretted ever getting involved with "someone like Durst."

Several songs from Limp Bizkit's Results May Vary were allegedly written about the affair and its aftermath, including the album's first single "Eat You Alive". Lyrics from the song include "Hey you, Ms. Too-good-to-look-my-way" and "I'm sorry, your beauty is so vain." Though Durst denies any of the songs being directly about Spears, he did leak a song titled "Just Drop Dead" onto the internet in retaliation to some of Spears comments, and its lyrics do pertain to events that happened during the affair.