“It was a reaction to a life of being bullied and also a celebration of fun. A lot of the metal world didn’t understand that”: How Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became nu metal’s biggest star – and lived to tell the tale

Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst posing for a photograph in 2002 with his hands spread towards the camera.

Few people have had such a rollercoaster career as Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. One of the biggest stars of the nu metal era. he was equally loved and hated by fans. When the bubble burst in the early 2000s, it seemed like it was over for the man in the red baseball cap – but the last 10 years have seen an astonishing resurrection for Fred and his band. In 2013, just as the Durstnaissance was getting underway, he sat down with Metal Hammer for one of his most candid interviews ever.

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