Editing Fred Durst (section)

==Feuds==
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[[File:13-06-09 RiP Limp Bizkit Fred Durst 1 (cropped).JPG|left|thumb|upright|Durst performing in 2013]]
=== Slipknot ===
Following [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] lead vocalist [[Corey Taylor]]'s (also known as "#8") publicly displayed distaste for [[Korn]] drummer [[David Silveria]]'s magazine photo campaign for [[Calvin Klein (fashion house)|Calvin Klein]], Taylor burned copies of the magazine issues during multiple Slipknot live performances, culminating in Durst taking offense to the gestures. It was rumored that Durst would later make retaliatory comments towards [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot's]] fans in the spring of 1999, referring to them as "fat, ugly kids".<ref>{{cite web |title=6 Times Musicians Continued Working Together After a Long Feud |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/6_times_musicians_continued_working_together_after_a_long_feud-118673 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=www.ultimate-guitar.com |language=en}}</ref> Durst has denied these comments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=242JiaZXhP4&ab_channel=haveitonVHS|title=MTV - Rock & Roll Feuds (2/3 - Love, Manson, Slipknot, Bizkit, LL, Dre, V-Ice)|website=YouTube |date=January 22, 2014 }}</ref> Slipknot singer Corey Taylor responded during a February 2000 appearance in Sydney by claiming that the fans of Slipknot "for the most part, enjoy all kinds of music, like Limp Bizkit… maybe." Taylor went on to claim that insulting fans of Slipknot could also be insulting fans of Limp Bizkit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1431271/slipknot-has-issues-to-discuss-with-limps-durst/ |title=Slipknot Feud |date=December 9, 1999 |website=MTV |access-date=February 11, 2016 |archive-date=April 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430123746/http://www.mtv.com/news/1431271/slipknot-has-issues-to-discuss-with-limps-durst/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> During an interview with [[VH1]] in October 2000, Durst praised Slipknot's music, expressing his desire to quell the tension between both sides, telling interviewers, "Man this band is super phat, man; we don't even know them. That's their whole thing, that's their chant, that's their thing, that's cool. Maybe all this hate that's going around the world, that's why I said 'It's all the world has even seen lately'". However, while Taylor responded with praise for Durst's financial ventures, he also attacked Durst's artistic motives and ability, claiming "Fred Durst is a great businessman, but he is not an artist".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKsvn3YLK1w|title=Slipknot Praises and Disses Fred Durst|website=YouTube |date=April 29, 2008 }}</ref> Despite the hostility between the two bands, they both shared numerous UK festival dates in 2000, with some reports of Durst supporting Slipknot's music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/music/reading-and-leeds-fest-2000-line-up-977498-20230822|title=People can't get over Reading And Leeds Fest 2000 line-up compared to this year|date=August 22, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/reading-festival--33|title=August 25, 2000 Reading and Leeds Festival}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/festival/2000/live-105-bfd-2000-43d6a7cb.html|title=Live 105 BFD 2000 Setlists|website=setlist.fm }}</ref>

The two would find themselves on friendlier terms in 2010, while Limp Bizkit was recording their album ''[[Gold Cobra]]''; Durst included lyrics on the album's song "90.2.10" as a shout-out to Taylor: "Corey Taylor got a harem chasin' him around / We ain't slippin' with his knot, then we goin' down".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Limp-bizkit-90210-lyrics|title=Limp Bizkit - 90.2.10 (lyrics)}}</ref> Taylor stated in a live interview in 2011 that Durst's children were allegedly fans of Slipknot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/slipknot-limp-bizkit-video-corey-taylor-fred-durst-2000|title=The Slipknot and Limp Bizkit bust up was one of the greatest feuds of the Early 00s|date=May 30, 2022 }}</ref> Limp Bizkit was later booked on the 2014 Japanese leg of Slipknot's [[Knotfest]] tour, along with Korn.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://loudwire.com/slipknot-knotfest-japan-2014-korn-and-limp-bizkit/|title=Japanese leg of Knotfest 2014 to include Korn and Limp Bizkit|website=[[Loudwire]] |date=April 24, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2021, after the death of ex-Slipknot drummer [[Joey Jordison]], Limp Bizkit paid tribute to him at one of their shows.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Watch Limp Bizkit and their fans pay tribute to Slipknot's Joey Jordison |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-limp-bizkit-and-their-fans-pay-tribute-to-slipknots-joey-jordison-3010728 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> On May 19, 2024, Limp Bizkit brought Slipknot turntablist [[Sid Wilson]] and a fan dressed as Slipknot lead vocalist Corey Taylor on stage during their live performance at [[Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/RUGcj-BSKnE?si=Pf8OCmRf4mwPLdrQ|title=Limp Bizkit - DJ Solo (feat Sid Wilson of Slipknot) @ Sonic Temple (May 19, 2024)|website=YouTube }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7LDWact59H/?hl=en|title=Columbus you guys were Amazing. You never know who you may see on our stage!#limpbizkit#sonictemplefestival#sidwilson}}</ref>

=== Britney Spears ===
Durst and [[Britney Spears]] were linked to have written numerous songs for her then-upcoming 2003 album ''[[In the Zone]]''. At the time Spears was making numerous headlines as reports surfaced of her fractured relationship with former boyfriend [[Justin Timberlake]] (with whom Spears had split from in 2002), later linking her with Durst as the two were spotted together on numerous occasions. In response to initial allegations that Spears had engaged in an affair with Durst, Timberlake released the track "[[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]" in November 2002, aimed at Spears. In January 2003, Durst claimed he and Spears were in a relationship stemming from their collaborations on three upcoming tracks for the album. Spears denied the two were in a relationship and said "I'm confused about that whole thing. We worked together for three days and he's a really cool guy, but there's no relationship...He's really sweet."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/65un1s/new-limp-bizkit-song-disses-dursts-fizzled-flame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611002319/https://www.mtv.com/news/65un1s/new-limp-bizkit-song-disses-dursts-fizzled-flame|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2023|title=New Limp Bizkit Song Disses Durst's Fizzled Flame|website=[[MTV]] }}</ref> Out of anger at Spears' denial of the affair; Durst scrapped his three songs for Spears' album and leaked the song "Just Drop Dead" on February 18, 2003, through Limp Bizkit's website. The song depicts Durst's vulgar recounting of their alleged relationship. Durst continued to expose numerous sexual encounters between the two during a later appearance on [[Howard Stern]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/limp-bizkit-s-durst-britney-is-playing-me-out|title=LIMP BIZKIT's DURST: BRITNEY Is Playing Me Out|date=March 2003 }}</ref> During a 2009 interview, Durst explained that "I just guess at the time it was taboo for a guy like me to be associated with a gal like her."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1607309/fred-durst-looks-back-at-his-relationship-with-britney-spears/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907004051/http://www.mtv.com/news/1607309/fred-durst-looks-back-at-his-relationship-with-britney-spears/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 7, 2014|title=Fred Durst Looks Back at His Relationship With Britney Spears|date=March 19, 2009|access-date=December 21, 2021|last=Jacks|first=Brian|publisher=MTV}}</ref> In 2013, Durst later made another derogatory reference aimed at Spears on Limp Bizkit's song "[[Ready to Go (Limp Bizkit song)|Ready to Go]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/limp-bizkit-new-song-ready-to-go-55005398-60231363|title=New Limp Bizkit Song with Lil Wayne Mocks Britney Spears, Hits On Jessica Biel|date=March 25, 2013 }}</ref>

=== Taproot and System of a Down ===
[[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] had been an up-and-coming band from [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]]. In 1998, the band sent their demo to Durst who quickly befriended them, often invited them to various press releases in Los Angeles and occasionally bringing them to Limp Bizkit's concerts throughout the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://100xr.com/artists/T/Taproot.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130154356/http://100xr.com/artists/T/Taproot.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 30, 2017|title=Taproot Biography|work=100 XR|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> During this time; Taproot were simultaneously receiving attention from other labels, notably [[Arista Records]] and [[Atlantic Records]]. Durst was impressed with the band's material and had initially lined up Taproot to land a record contract through [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]; however, executives from Interscope proved to be difficult to negotiate with as they wanted the rights to the 3 songs recorded by the band through their demo deal. The band eventually rejected the offer from Interscope and sought to sign with Atlantic Records through their new found friendship with [[System of a Down]]. Durst was enraged to eventually discover Taproot had defected to Atlantic, leading him to leave a threatening message on frontman [[Stephen Richards (musician)|Stephen Richards]]' mother's answering machine.<ref name="Taproot Laying Down New Album"/> Durst was later alleged to have personally removed System of a Down from the 1999 [[Family Values Tour]] as a retaliatory action.<ref>MTV.com, [https://web.archive.org/web/20010417210810/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431278/19991006/limp_bizkit.jhtml "Did Durst Dump System of a Down from Family Values Tour?"], Posted October 6, 1999.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Archive-Rob-Mancini |title=Fred Durst Sounds Off on System of a Down-Family Values Split |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1431276/fred-durst-sounds-off-on-system-of-a-down-family-values-split/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501070406/http://www.mtv.com/news/1431276/fred-durst-sounds-off-on-system-of-a-down-family-values-split/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |newspaper=MTV |language=en}}</ref>

=== Creed ===
In June 2000, Limp Bizkit performed at the [[WINS-FM|WXRK]] [[Dysfunctional Family Picnic]] in Holmdel, New Jersey, but arrived an hour late for their set.<ref name="Manning">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427590/limp-creed-trade-barbs-at-krock-show.jhtml |title=Limp, Creed Trade Barbs at KROCK Show |last=Manning, Kara |date=June 26, 2000 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213215454/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427590/limp-creed-trade-barbs-at-krock-show.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> An Interscope spokesman later stated that there was confusion over the band's set time.<ref name=Manning/> During the band's performance, Durst criticized [[Creed (band)|Creed]] and their lead singer [[Scott Stapp]] in a lengthy diatribe before the performance of 'Break Stuff', calling him "an egomaniac".<ref name=Manning/> Creed's representatives later presented Durst with an autographed anger management manual following the show, as described by Durst during an appearance on ''[[Total Request Live]]''.<ref name=Manning/>

=== Placebo ===
A feud between Limp Bizkit and [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] began at a show Durst was hosting at [[Irving Plaza]] in December 1998.<ref name="PureMoaning">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-184-1399152 |title=PURE MOANING |date=January 26, 2001 |website=NME.COM |language=en-GB |access-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503215941/http://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-184-1399152 |url-status=live }}</ref> A side stage spat with Placebo singer [[Brian Molko]] led to Durst asking the crowd to chant "Placebo sucks!" prior to Placebo's performance.<ref name="PureMoaning" /> Molko later commented that nobody had told him that Durst would be hosting the show and that Placebo would have to follow opening act [[Kid Rock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/placebo_int2.asp |title=Interview with Brian Molko of Placebo (NY Rock) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031213609/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/placebo_int2.asp |archive-date=October 31, 2016 |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> Prior to introducing [[Staind]] as a part of K-Rock's Dysfunctional Family Picnic in Holmdel, New Jersey in 1999, Durst once again encouraged the crowd to chant "Fuck Placebo".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/5lhYoFFF8o0|title=Staind – A Flat Live|website=YouTube}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The feud was reignited during [[Big Day Out]] 2001, on which Placebo were billed below Limp Bizkit.<ref name="PureMoaning" /> By 2004, the feud had supposedly ended.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/placebo-accept-no-substitute-545316.html |title=Placebo: Accept no substitute |date=October 29, 2004 |website=The Independent |language=en |access-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215182854/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/placebo-accept-no-substitute-545316.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson ===
[[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]] was noted by Durst as an influence during several interviews. Displeased by Durst's statements, Reznor repeatedly attacked Durst and Limp Bizkit to several interviews in response.<ref>Interview with Fred Durst by [[WINS-FM|K-Rock New York]]. 2000.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/hall-of-fame-limp-bizkit-chocolate-starfish-and-the-hot-dog-flavored-water |title=Hall Of Fame: Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812163837/https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/hall-of-fame-limp-bizkit-chocolate-starfish-and-the-hot-dog-flavored-water |url-status=live }}</ref> In a profile for ''[[Kerrang]]!'', Reznor mocked Durst saying "It's one thing if you know your place; like, 'Hey, I'm an idiot who plays shitty music but people buy it – fuck it, I'm having fun. But it's another thing when you think you're [[David Bowie]] after you've stayed up all night to write a song called 'Break Stuff'. I mean, Fred Durst probably spelt the word 'break' wrong the first couple of times. Fred Durst might be a cool guy; I don't know him. But his 'art' – in the word's loosest sense – sucks."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|date=July 1, 2000|page=14}}</ref> Durst in turn made several references to Nine Inch Nails in the Limp Bizkit song "Hot Dog", leading to Reznor earning a co-writer credit. Reznor said there was no issue, jokingly stating that "When his record was going to print, [Durst] realised 'Fuck, I'd better ask permission first or I might get sued!' I let him do it – I wasn't gonna hold his record up."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nine-inch-nails-182-1394215 |title=Reznor Nails New Record Down |website=[[NME]] |date=November 30, 2000 |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812163837/https://www.nme.com/news/music/nine-inch-nails-182-1394215 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, [[Marilyn Manson]] insulted Limp Bizkit and their fans, calling them "illiterate apes that beat your ass in high school for being a 'fag' and now sell you tuneless testosterone anthems of misogyny and pretend to be outsiders...".<ref name="NME">{{cite web|date=November 23, 1999|title=He's a Macho Macho Man...|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-206-1391770|access-date=October 31, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031082822/https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-206-1391770|url-status=live}}</ref>

Reznor and Manson once again took aim at Durst and Limp Bizkit during a 2000 interview when Manson was asked about his opinion of Nine Inch Nails' recent video for the single "[[Starfuckers, Inc.]]" in which the two take aim at multiple artists ranging from [[Billy Corgan]], [[Michael Stipe]], and notably Durst. Manson later exclaimed: "With this video, we didn't wanna seem bitching like about somehow that Limp Bizkit's doing better than we are, in their mind." Reznor later exclaimed; "I don't have to say Limp Bizkit sucks, you know it, I know it, I shouldn't have to say it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/8FGrVbtOHYg|title=Trent Reznor with Marilyn Manson (Starfucker comment)|website=YouTube}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Durst responded to Manson and Reznor's insults: "I understand that Marilyn Manson is very unhappy that his career has gone in a shambles and he's alienated his fans so if he has to say things like that because he's very mad at himself, I would forgive him. And Trent Reznor's in the fucking same boat. Trent Reznor is obviously unhappy with how he's alienated the world, how long he took to make a record, and how he thought he was immortal. We're just here doing what we do and we have nothing to say about anybody. I wish them both luck and I feel sorry that they're so jealous and mad at themselves that they have to talk shit."<ref name="NME" />

Durst's relationship with Manson had reportedly grown cordial as the two appeared on the cover of a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine issue in June 2003 alongside [[James Hetfield]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Durst-Osborne-Hetfield-Marilyn-Manson/dp/B003S1LRHS|title=Durst, Osborne, Hetfield, Marilyn Manson{{cbignore}}}}</ref>

Despite this, Limp Bizkit guitarist [[Wes Borland]] would join Manson's touring band in 2008. During a show in Seoul, South Korea on August 15, 2008; Manson would introduce Borland onstage and attacked Limp Bizkit, claiming to the crowd "Here's our new guitarist, he used to play for a really bad band…".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/wes-borland-denounces-marilyn-manson-as-a-bad-guy-who-needs-to-face-his-demons-2872467|title=Wes Borland denounces Marilyn Manson|website=[[NME]] |date=February 4, 2021 }}</ref> Borland would depart Manson's touring band after less than nine months.

=== Puddle of Mudd ===
Due to the notoriety surrounding [[Puddle of Mudd]] receiving a record deal through Durst in 2000, the band was often asked in regards to their relationship with him. Wes Scantlin criticized Durst in an interview in 2004 with Canada's ''[[ChartAttack|Chart]]'' magazine: <blockquote>"He doesn't write our songs, he doesn't produce our songs, he doesn't do anything for us. He doesn't do our videos anymore. He doesn't do anything for this band. I don't know what he's doing, I don't know what the guy's like. All I know is that he's like Mr Hollywood guy, Mr Celebrity. Like, 'I don't hang out with anybody except Hollywood celebrities'. Every single fucking interview I've ever fucking done, I get asked about that fucking guy... And for me to do interviews all the time and be asked about this certain individual... People think he writes music with me or something. He does not do that. I just don't get it. We have nothing in common. He doesn't even call us, he has his assistant call us to congratulate us on our record. Yeah, that's how pathetic he is."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=7614 |title=Wes Scantlin of Puddle Of Mudd Slams Fred Durst – in Metal News |website=Metalunderground.com |access-date=2010-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19253 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910075918/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19253 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-10 |title=Blabbermouth.Net – Puddle Of Mudd'S Scantlin Unleashes On 'Pathetic' Fred Durst |website=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=2010-11-23 }}</ref></blockquote>

On April 22, 2008, in an interview with Artisan News Service, Wes Scantlin retracted his previous criticism of Fred Durst: <blockquote>"Fred got our foot in the door and helped us out tremendously. I think nowadays he's doing a lot of directing and we don't really speak to him too much but we appreciate everything he's ever done for our careers."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artisannews.com/puddle-of-mudd-give-props-to-bizkit-vox-durst/ | title=Puddle of Mudd Give Props to Bizkit Vox Durst | work=Artisan News Service | date=April 22, 2008 | access-date=November 22, 2021 }}</ref></blockquote>