“We’re like proud parents,” he adds with a broad grin. “With this album, they’ve truly established that they’re Limp Bizkit,” he says. Now that he’s heard Significant Other, he views Limp Bizkit as peers, not poor relations. The connection has often landed Bizkit with unfavorable comparisons to Korn, but Davis thinks that’s in the past. It was Korn that lifted Limp Bizkit out of Florida, taking them on the road again and again, giving them music-business hook-ups. To add to the band’s euphoria, Korn singer Jonathan Davis has arrived in San Francisco for the Phantom Menace junket. The bands music is marked by Dursts angry vocal delivery and Borlands sonic experimentation. Its lineup consists of lead vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, turntablist DJ Lethal and bassist Sam Rivers. Somehow, between Dollar Bill and the new album, Limp Bizkit have managed to raise their game the way the Beastie Boys did between Licensed to Ill‘s frat jams and the boho freakdown of Paul’s Boutique. Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. The reviews are good, the summer tour is selling out, and when MTV isn’t playing the single “Nookie,” it’s reporting on the gridlock-causing guerrilla shows that Bizkit are springing on the nation’s major cities. Limp Bizkit’s second album, Significant Other, is expected to outstrip the 1.5 million sales of Three Dollar Bill Y’Alls, their debut, and sold 635,000 copies its first week alone. “A year ago we were begging for an extra bag of Doritos on our backstage rider, and now …” He gazes out at the panoramic view of the San Francisco sunset and shakes his head in wonder. “I can’t comprehend all this stuff,” says Durst, eyeing the Cantonese smorgasbord before him. Tomorrow, the Bizkit - Durst, guitarist Wes Borland, drummer John Otto, bassist Sam Rivers and DJ Lethal - will take in a special preview of The Phantom Menace at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, and Fred Durst is flying his new girlfriend up from L.A. Then again, where exactly do Limp Bizkit fit in?īeing a populist pariah has its compensations. (Durst gave his mom a similar timepiece on Mother’s Day.) Or the sight of Limp Bizkit chowing down at a pricey San Francisco Chinese restaurant, where well-heeled rubes ogle photos of former patrons like Sammy Davis Jr. The sight of Fred Durst Hollywood-schmoozing is as incongruous as the $8,000 Rolex Submariner that hangs off his tattoo-covered forearm. Durst has already seen the picture: “Man, I was about to cry at one point, I swear.” It’s Adam Sandler, all right - and he wants a Limp Bizkit track for his new film, Big Daddy. We’re from Florida - Jacksonville, the really shitty part.” Oh, kick ass - thanks, man!… Yeah, I know…. “Oh, uh, Adam … hey, how are you, man?” Durst says, sitting bolt upright. “Adam Sandler?” The Limp Bizkit leader has been chatting with producer Rick Rubin, his friend, and now he thinks his chain is being yanked. Who wants to speak to me?” Fred Durst regards his cell phone with suspicion.
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