Name	Fred Durst
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	William Frederick Durst
Born	August 20, 1970Gastonia, North Carolina
Origin	Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Occupation	Singer, rapper, songwriter, guitarist, director, businessman
Instrument	Vocals, guitar
Voice type	Tenor
Genre	Nu metal, rap metal, rapcore, rap rock, alternative metal, alternative rock, hip hop
Associated acts	Limp Bizkit, Korn, Methods of Mayhem, DMX, Method Man & Redman, Cold, Staind, Puddle of Mudd, Kurupt, Xzibit, Snoop Dogg, Snot, Eminem

William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American musician, director and actor, known primarily as the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit.

Early life

Durst was born in Gastonia, North Carolina. After graduating from Hunter Huss High School he moved to suburban Jacksonville, Florida in his late teens. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy to impress his girlfriend and his father, but after he found that Recruit training (Boot camp) was too strenuous for him, he was chaptered out. Upon returning to Jacksonville at age 20, he pursued a career as a tattoo artist. Durst later confessed, "Being in the Navy was like being in prison. I made the biggest mistake of my life."

Limp Bizkit

Durst began Limp Bizkit with Sam Rivers and John Otto in 1995 which then led to Wes Borland joining shortly thereafter. DJ Lethal, formerly of the hip hop group House of Pain joined in 1996 which marked the final line-up for Limp Bizkit, they would then go on to record their debut album, Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ to see a release in the following year.

Limp Bizkit's first hit, a cover of George Michael's late 1980s hit Faith, gained traction due to heavy airplay on MTV, especially during the first year of TRL. The band's other major hits include "Nookie", "Break Stuff", "Re-arranged", "Counterfeit", "N 2 Gether Now", "Take a Look Around", "Rollin'", "My Generation" and "My Way." 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," "Just Go," and "Home"), among others.

Durst was ranked 71 in the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalist of All Time.

Personal life

Durst has two children, a teenage daughter, Adriana, from his first marriage, and a 7-year-old son, Dallas, from a previous relationship. Durst married Esther Nazarov in July 2009, but divorced after three months. He is currently engaged to an Ukrainian woman named Kseniya.

Controversy

Live performances

In 1999, certain media pundits chose to portray Limp Bizkit's performance of "Break Stuff" during Woodstock 1999 as a contributing factor in instigating the violence and vandalism which occurred at the festival. When asked to help defuse an already volatile situation by concert promoters, Durst told the crowd, "I don't think you should mellow out. This is 1999, motherfuckers - stick those Birkenstocks up your ass!" According to reports by certain media pundits, in response to the song, concert-goers committed acts of vandalism, tearing planks from the stage and throwing garbage at an MTV crew. At least four women were raped at the concert; one rape was reported by many witnesses to have been committed right in front of the stage during Limp Bizkit's performance.

At the K-Rock (WXRK) Dysfunctional Family Picnic concert in 2000, Limp Bizkit and Durst were criticized on stage by Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots for taking to the stage an hour late. At the same concert, when Durst took the stage, he erupted in a furious rant about Creed singer Scott Stapp, saying:

"I want to dedicate this next song to the lead singer of Creed.... That guy is an egomaniac. He's a fucking punk, and he's backstage right now acting like fucking Michael Jackson. Fuck that motherfucker, and fuck you too.... And if you want, there's going to be a booth with pillows and blankets for when Creed comes on."

During Creed's set, Stapp responded by saying "It takes a lot more guts to say something to somebody than from behind their backs." Durst was videotaped telling the crowd "Safety first, if someone falls down pick them up", but was later criticized by the coroner for "alarming and inflammatory" comments during the rescue effort.

For a week leading up to Limp Bizkit's supporting role in Metallica's Summer Sanitarium 2003 concert in Chicago, Mancow Muller mocked Fred Durst on his radio show, inviting fans to attend the concert with anti-Durst placards. These suggestions from Muller were stated in response to Durst's behavior at a Guitar Center competition where hundreds of people showed up to audition for the spot of Limp Bizkit's new guitarist, wherein Durst arrived late, displaying a gesture with his finger to the awaiting crowds, before quickly leaving. When Mancow Muller's fans arrived at the Summer Sanitarium concert event with the suggested placards, therefore openly taunting the singer while booing him and hitting him with refuse, Durst erupted into a profanity-laced tirade, leaving the stage after only 17 minutes of the show. Due to Durst not completing the show, he was eventually sued for breach of contract.

Eminem/D12

In the early 2000s, Eminem was notified while on the Anger Management Tour that former House Of Pain member Everlast had mocked him on a song. Everlast claimed that while passing by Mathers in a hotel lobby, Mathers gave him a "weird look." Taking offense to this, Eminem and D12 quickly began work on a retaliatory song, "I Remember." This prompted Everlast to record "Whitey's Revenge." Eminem and D12 then responded with the song "Quitter." It was reported that long-time friends of Eminem, group Limp Bizkit, were meant to be featured on the song, but Fred Durst canceled at the last moment. The record continued its release without featuring Limp Bizkit, causing the Everlast-Mathers dispute to continue. In a TRL interview, Limp Bizkit member, DJ Lethal, made a statement that if Mathers and Everlast were to fight in real life, Everlast would win. This angered Eminem to the point of rage, and an insulting track aimed at both Everlast and Limp Bizkit (namely Durst and Lethal) appeared on D12's mainstream debut, Devil's Night, as the track "Girls." Recently, things seem to have settled, and Eminem has no longer been heard insulting Everlast or Limp Bizkit. It is currently unknown if the dispute is resolved.

Christina Aguilera

At the end of Christina Aguilera's performance at the 2000 VMAs, Durst entered onstage and performed part of his band's song "Livin' It Up" with Aguilera, surprising the audience due to the differences between their music styles and also because Eminem previously accused in his song (The Real Slim Shady) that Aguilera and Durst had had a sexual relationship (denied by both Durst and Aguilera). After eliciting charged reactions from his fans, Durst stated: "I already told you guys before, I did it all for the nookie, man." The feud died weeks later. Aguilera denied Durst's statement: "He got no nookie."

Britney Spears

Durst stated in 2010 that "It was just a piece of life that I lived, and I guess I'm going to be asked that question (about Spears) for the rest of my life".

Sex tape

In early 2005, a sex tape featuring Fred Durst and young fashion model Niki Coyne was released on the internet. According to Durst, the tape was stolen from his computer.

Works

Music

Limp Bizkit

Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ (1997)

Significant Other (1999)

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)

New Old Songs (2001)

Results May Vary (2003)

The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005)

Greatest Hitz (2005)

Rock Im Park 2001 (2008)

Gold Cobra (2011)

Other appearances

Bleed from the Soulfly album Soulfly (1998).

Go Away & Blame from the Cold album Cold (1998).

Human Piñata from the Videodrone album Videodrone (1998).

All In The Family from the Korn album Follow The Leader (1998).

Get Naked from the Methods of Mayhem album Methods of Mayhem (1999).

Outside (Live) with Aaron Lewis from The Family Values Tour 1999 album (2000)

Bring the Noise from the compilation album (2000).

Our House from the Eminem unreleased album Off the Wall (2000)

Forever from the Snot tribute album Strait Up (2000).

Them Girls from the Run-DMC album Crown Royal (2001).

N 2 Getha Now from the Method Man & Redman album How High - The Soundtrack (2001).

Lay It On Back from the Kurupt album (2001).

Famous from the Rock album Veteran dayz (2004).

Rock Away Remix from the Lazee album Setting Standards (2008).

The Incredible from the DJ Honda album IV (2009).

Filmography

Films

Zoolander (2001), cameo

Pauly Shore is Dead (2003), cameo

Be Cool (2005), cameo

Revelations (2005)

Population 436 (2006)

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

The Longshots (2008)

Play Dead

Music videos

All Limp Bizkit music videos

Cold - Give (1998), cameo

Soulfly - Bleed (1998), sang verse in song and appeared in video

Kid Rock - Bawitdaba (1998), cameo

Korn - Got the Life (1998), cameo

Methods of Mayhem - Get Naked (1999), sang chorus and appeared in video

Lil' Bow Wow - Bow Wow (That's My Name) (2000), cameo

Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (2000), cameo

Strait Up - Angel's Son (2000)

Aaron Lewis of Staind - Outside (live) (2000)

8-Ball - Stop Playin' Games (2001), cameo

Puddle of Mudd - Control (2001), cameo

All Stars Tribute - What's Going On (2001)

Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park (2002)

Television

Fastlane (2002), cameo

House M.D. (2008), guest star

Family Guy Episode Saving Private Brian (2006) Name Cameo Only

As director

Limp Bizkit - Faith (1998)

Limp Bizkit - Nookie (1999)

Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff (1999)

Limp Bizkit - Re-Arranged (1999)

Limp Bizkit - N 2 Gether Now (1999)

Staind - Just Go (1999)

Staind - Home (1999)

Korn - Falling Away from Me (1999)

Cold - No One (2000)

Limp Bizkit - My Generation (2000)

Limp Bizkit - Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) (2000)

Limp Bizkit - My Way (2001)

Limp Bizkit - Boiler (2001), co-director

Cold - Bleed (2001)

Puddle of Mudd - Control (2001)

Staind - It's Been Awhile (2001)

8-Ball - Stop Playin Games (2001)

Puddle of Mudd - Blurry (2002)

Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park (2002)

Staind - Epiphany (2002)

Limp Bizkit - Eat You Alive (2003)

Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (2003)

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

Dwight Yoakam - Close Up the Honky Tonks (2007)

The Longshots (2008)

Pawn Shop Chronicles (2011)

In media

Durst is included as a hidden playable character in the WWE video games SmackDown! Just Bring It and WWE Raw in exchange for the use of "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", the theme song of the Undertaker at the time.

Durst is a playable character in the Fight Club video game.

References

External links

Official Limp Bizkit website

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Name	Staind
Landscape	Yes
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Genre	Alternative metal, alternative rock, post-grunge, nu metal (early)
Years active	–present
Label	Flip, Elektra, Atlantic, Roadrunner
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Current members	Aaron LewisMike MushokJohnny April
Past members	Jon Wysocki

Staind ( ) is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki (who left in May 2011). To date, the band has recorded six studio albums: Tormented (1996), Dysfunction (1999), Break the Cycle (2001), 14 Shades of Grey (2003), Chapter V (2005), and The Illusion of Progress (2008). They recently completed a seventh album, entitled Seven, which is due for release on September 13, 2011. The band has also had multiple chart topping singles and has sold over 15 million records worldwide.

History

Early days and Tormented (1995–1998)

Staind formed on September 23, 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The band met through friends and started covering KoRn, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Tool, and Alice in Chains, among others, in smalltime clubs for a year and a half. Staind self-released their debut album, Tormented, in November 1996, citing influences Pantera and Machine Head. Until recently, the album was difficult to obtain, as only four thousand copies were originally sold.

Dysfunction (1999–2000)

On April 13, 1999, Staind released its major label debut Dysfunction on Flip Records. The album, which was co-produced by Fred Durst and Terry Date (who also produced acts like Soundgarden, Deftones, and Pantera), received comparisons to metal giants Tool and Korn. In particular, Aaron Lewis was lauded for his vocals, which were likened to those of Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

The album achieved slow success, with the album reaching the #1 spot on Billboard's Heatseaker Charts almost six months after its debut. In the same week, the album jumped to #74 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Charts.

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Break the Cycle (2001–2002)

Staind toured with Limp Bizkit for the Family Values Tour during the fall of 1999, where Aaron Lewis performed their first mainstream hit "Outside" with Fred Durst. Staind released their third studio album Break the Cycle on May 22, 2001. Propelled by the success of their first single "It's Been Awhile", the album debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Album charts, selling 716,000 albums in its first week. The album's first week sales were the second highest of any album that year, a significant achievement for a hard rock band at a time when music charts were largely dominated by hip hop and teen-pop acts.

The album saw the band move away from the nu metal sounds of their previous album and turn to an alternative metal sound. The album spawned five hit singles: "It's Been Awhile" (which hit the Billboard Top 10), "Fade" (which has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks and television shows), "Outside", "For You", and the acoustic ballad "Epiphany". It also included a track called "Waste", devoted to two teenage fans who committed suicide shortly before the album was released. "It's Been Awhile" spent a total of 16 and 14 weeks on top of the modern and mainstream rock charts, respectively, making it one of the highest joint numbers of all time. On 2001, Break the Cycle sold 4 million copies worldwide making it one of the best selling albums that year. Break the Cycle would go on to sell 7 million copies worldwide, making this Staind's best selling album.

14 Shades of Grey (2003–2004)

In early 2003, Staind embarked on a worldwide tour to promote the release of the follow-up to Break the Cycle, 14 Shades of Grey, which sold two million albums and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The fourteen-track collection was the band's most mainstream yet, and showed Aaron Lewis writing songs about his daughter, as well as moving on with his life and forgetting his past, hence the title representing uncertainty for the future and forgiveness. The album provided two mainstream hits: the lead single "Price to Play", and "So Far Away" (which spent 14 weeks on top of the rock chart, and was featured on an episode of Smallville); in addition, two other singles failed to crack the Hot 100—"How About You" and "Zoe Jane"— but "How About You" was a fairly popular song on modern rock radio. Their song "Price to Play" was the official theme song of WWE's Vengeance pay-per-view event in July 2003. As well, their song "So Far Away" was featured on an episode of WWE Raw as part of a video tribute to hardcore wrestling legend Mick Foley. The band's appearance at Reading Festival during the 2003 tour had another impromptu acoustic set, this time due to equipment failure. The singles "So Far Away" and "Price to Play" came with two unreleased tracks, "Novocaine" and "Let It Out", which were released for the special edition of the group's Chapter V, which came out in late 2005. In 2003, Staind unsuccessfully sued their logo designer Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court for attempting to re-use the logo he had sold to the band. They re-opened the case in mid-2005.

Chapter V (2005–2006)

After extensive promotions, including an appearance on Fuse TV's 7th Avenue Drop, Staind's newest album, titled Chapter V, was released on August 9, 2005, and became their third consecutive number one. The album opened to sales of 185,000 and has since been certified platinum in the U.S. The first single "Right Here" has been the biggest success from the album thus far, garnering much mainstream radio play and peaking at number 1 on the mainstream rock chart. "Falling" (the video of which does not feature the band members at all) was released as the second single, followed by "Everything Changes" and "King of All Excuses". Staind have been on the road since the album came out doing live shows and promoting it for a full year, including participating in the Fall Brawl tour with P.O.D., Taproot and Flyleaf, a solo tour across Europe and a mini-promotional tour in Australia for the first time. Recent live shows have included a cover of Pantera's "This Love", a tribute to Dimebag Darrell. Staind appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 10, 2005, to promote their new album Chapter V. They performed acoustic renditions of the single "Right Here" and Beetlejuice's song "This is Beetle". Their rendition of "Beetle" is immensely popular with fans and listeners alike and became a staple of the show. Staind also performed a version of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd. Kevin Lofton, who does all the animation for the Howard Stern website, created a black-and-white animated video for the song. During a January 2006 episode of WWE RAW, a tribute video to then WWE Champion Edge featured the band's song "Right Here". In early November 2005, Staind released the limited edition 2-CD/DVD set of Chapter V. The set included several rarities and fan favorites— music videos; a complete, 36-page booklet with exclusive artwork; an audio disc with an acoustic rendition of "This is Beetle"; the original, melodic rendition of "Reply"; the previously released B-side singles "Novocaine" and "Let It Out"; and live versions of "It's Been Awhile" and "Falling", among many others.

The Singles: 1996–2006 (2006–2007)

In 2006, Staind performed an acoustic show in the Hiro Ballroom, New York City on September 6 and the songs played were recorded for their "Greatest Hits" album. They played sixteen songs including three covers: Tool's "Sober", Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" and Alice in Chains's "Nutshell".

The title was later renamed to The Singles and finally . The album had most of Staind's singles (including "Everything Changes" which was recorded at the New York show), the three covers performed at the New York show and a remastered version of "Come Again", from Staind's first independent release Tormented. It was released on November 14, 2006.

The Illusion of Progress (2008–2009)

On August 19, 2008, Staind released their sixth album, The Illusion of Progress. A limited edition of the album was also made available to fans, which included 3 bonus tracks and a year membership in the Staind Fan Club, along with other items (the first 200 fans who pre-ordered the album through Atlantic Records received a signed copy of the album by the band). Prior to the album's release, the track "This Is It" was available for download on the iTunes store, as well as for Rock Band. The album debuted at #3 on US Billboard 200, #1 on the Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums Chart, #1 on the Top Digital Albums Chart, and also #1 on the Top Internet Albums Chart, with first week sales of 91,800 units. The first single on the album, "Believe", topped Billboard's Top 10 Modern Rock Tracks on September 5, 2008. The band has also been supporting Nickelback on their 2008 European tour. The second single was "All I Want", and came out on November 24. The video continues the story of first single and was available on Staind's MySpace on December 12. The single also became Staind's 13th top 20 hit on the rock charts. In Europe the second single was "The Way I Am", released on January 26, 2009. The final single released from the album, "This Is It", was sent to radio stations across the country on May 4, 2009. The single was also included on the successful released in late June, 2009. Aaron Lewis stated in an interview that he has begun writing for his upcoming solo album later set to be released this year. Staind embarked on a fall tour with the newly reunited Creed.

Seven (2010–present)

In March 2010, Aaron Lewis stated the band would start working on their seventh studio album by the end of the year. Lewis had finished recording his country-tinged solo album and has recently started a nonprofit organization to reopen his daughter's elementary school in Worthington, Massachusetts. Lewis was able to get her school reopened thanks to the benefit concert Aaron Lewis and Friends, which featured performances by Seether, 3 Doors Down, Lo-Pro and more. Guitarist Mike Mushok stated in a recent question and answer session with fans that the band is looking to make a heavy record, but still "explore some of the things we did on the last record and take them somewhere new for us". In a recent webisode posted on the band's website, Lewis stated that eight songs are written and that "everyone of them is as heavy or heavier than the heaviest song on the last record".

In December 2010, Staind posted three webisodes from the studio, which feature the band members discussing the writing and recording process of their new album. They announced that as of April 20th, the band had completed the recording of their untitled seventh album and will release it later this year.

On May 20, 2011, Staind announced that the band and long-time drummer Jon Wysocki had parted ways. Evanescence and Eye Empire drummer Will Hunt will join the band for their upcoming shows. Three days later, it was reported that Staind's new album would be called Seven. It is slated for release on September 13th, 2011. The first single "Not Again" will be released to active radio stations on July 18th.

A new track titled "The Bottom" appeared on the soundtrack.

Trademark infringement

In November 2003 Staind attempted to sue Ohio musician Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court over his 1980 trademark of "The Stain". Staind was unsuccessful in their suit prompting Stainbrook to pursue litigation against the band for including false statements in their application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. If Stainbrook's suit was successful, Staind would have had to change their band name and forfeit all trademark claims.

In 2005, guitarist Mike Mushok claimed during a deposition in Toledo, Ohio that Staind avoided any contact with Stainbrook because they were not made aware of promises a Geffen Records Executive made to Stainbrook on their behalf during a 1999 licensing negotiation. After several legal confrontations, the parties settled their claims in 2006, partially re-negotiating the 1998 licensing agreement, which allows Stainbrook and Staind the right to use the trademark in certain areas.

Recognition

In 2006, frontman Aaron Lewis was listed in metal magazine Hit Parader's Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists list at #49.

Band Members

Current members

Aaron Lewis – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1995–present)

Mike Mushok – lead guitar (1995–present)

Johnny April – bass, backing vocals (1995–present)

Former Members

Jon Wysocki – drums, percussion (1995–2011)

Touring Members

Will Hunt – drums, percussion (2011)

Discography

;Studio albums

Tormented (1996)

Dysfunction (1999)

Break the Cycle (2001)

14 Shades of Grey (2003)

Chapter V (2005)

The Illusion of Progress (2008)

Seven (2011)

;Digital albums

(2008)

DVDs

MTV Unplugged (2002)

(2006)

References

External links

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