WTF Occurred to Fred Durst?

When you got here of age within the late nineties/early 2000s, you knew Limp Bizkit. You could have liked them or hated them – they have been that sort of band…however regardless of the case, you for certain knew who they have been. Led by frontman Fred Durst, they have been the faces of mainstream Nu Metallic at a time when the style was taking off. The band undoubtedly by no means acquired the respect of a band like Korn or Rage In opposition to the Machine – for a great motive in all probability. Whereas Rage was all about non-conformity, Limp Bizkit’s lyrics have been extra about breaking stuff (to the purpose that considered one of their best-known songs is actually known as “Break Stuff”), which led to the band getting a whole lot of ire from critics and even throughout the trade. Who may ever overlook the sight of Fred Durst accepting an MTV award whereas Rage’s Tim Commerford climbed the present’s set in protest of Limp beating them for Greatest Rock Video?

As the last decade went on, Nu Metallic started to fall out of trend, and so did Limp Bizkit. They have been by no means in a position to recapture the zeitgeist the best way they did round 2000, however to his credit score, Fred Durst branched out in attention-grabbing methods. He grew to become a film director, serving to to find Jesse Eisenberg with The Schooling of Charlie Banks, directing the first rate sufficient Ice Dice automobile The Longshots, and making a John Travolta horror film known as The Fanatic, which is both unimaginable or one of many worst motion pictures ever relying on who you speak to (like his music, Durst’s motion pictures are divisive). On this episode of WTF Occurred to this Movie star, we look at Durst’s rise to fame with Limp Bizkit, the controversial fall from grace and his makes an attempt at a comeback.

This episode is written (with Brad Hamerly), edited, produced and narrated by Taylor James Johnson.

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