When you’re trying to make it big in the nu metal era, turning down an opportunity from a figurehead as massive as Fred Durst is certainly… brave. Not only was the man who now possesses dad vibes the leader of Limp Bizkit but, at one point, he also headed a record label: a subsidiary of Interscope called Flawless. He did a pretty solid job of it too, getting Puddle Of Mudd and Wes Borland solo band Big Dumb Face onto the roster.
The one band that Durst couldn’t get a hold of, though, was Taproot. The frontman and the nu metal up-and-comers (today best know for the song Poem) had an intense love-hate affair. When the Limp Bizkit frontman first heard them, he fell hard, spending plenty of time with lead singer Stephen Richards and wearing their merch. But then the band turned down what they deemed to be an unfair Interscope record deal and the relationship soured at phenomenal speed.
