- Has denied rumors of Limp Bizkit's impending split. (May 5, 2004)
- Was hit so hard in the face with an unidentified object on November 21 while performing at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, it took seven stitches to close the gash. (December 3, 2003)
- Close to 200 angry fans filed a breach-of-contract suit Wednesday, accusing Limp Bizkit of instigating an uprising, then storming off the stage after performing only 17 minutes of a planned hour-and-a-half gig in Chicago this summer. (October 10, 2003)
- Durst is being sued by St. Paul-based security company Azzone Security-Investigation Agency Inc. for kicking one of its guards in the head during a 1999 concert in the Twin Cities. (September 25, 2003)
- Limp Bizkit filmed a video earlier this week for their cover of the Who's Behind Blue Eyes, the second single from Bizkit's upcoming new album, Results May Vary -- The clip, directed by lead vocalist Fred Durst, featured what Durst called the greatest kiss you'll ever see between himself and Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry. (September 20, 2003)
- Durst announced Limp Bizkit's next single will be a cover of the Who's Behind Blue Eyes. (September 10, 2003)
- Durst directed and stars in the video for Eat You Alive, the first single from Limp Bizkit's upcoming album -- In the clip, Durst takes the art of courting to a new level, kidnapping his crush (actress Thora Birch) and spiriting her deep into the woods. (August 13, 2003)
- Limp Bizkit's still-untitled follow-up to 2000's Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water will be released on September 23. (August 12, 2003)
- Heckling fans threw Durst garbage when his band Lim Bizkit was performing on their Summer Sanitarium tour in Chicago -- At first, Durst encouraged the abuse, then offered to fight anyone within earshot while yelling curses and sexual putdowns. (July 30, 2003)
- Will have until the next Summer Sanitarium tour stop in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday (July 25) to rest his injured back -- According to a source close to the band, Durst injured a vertebrae on Friday (July 18) during the band's Summer Sanitarium set in Landover, Maryland. (July 24, 2003)
- Limp Bizkit's long-percolating new album has been retitled and rescheduled yet again -- According to a post from Durst on the group's official Web site (http://www.limpbizkit.com), the Flip/Interscope set is now called 'Panty Sniffer' and will be out 'for sure the first week in September.' (May 9, 2003)
- Durst took time out to tell fans that he's getting comfortable working with his new guitarist, former Snot member Mike Smith, and that fans will be treated to a free tour from the band next month. (April 8, 2003)
- After a nationwide talent search failed to yield a replacement for guitarist Wes Borland, Limp Bizkit has chosen former Snot axeman Mike Smith as his successor. (April 5, 2003)
- Limp Bizkit, Korn, Sum 41, and Avril Lavigne have signed on to take part in MTV's Metallica mtvICON special -- The event, to be broadcast May 6 by the music network, will find artists performing Metallica's songs and saluting the group's influential career. Metallica will perform during the finale of the taping. (April 4, 2003)
- Is writing and playing the guitar parts on the forthcoming May release Bipolar in place of departed guitarist Wes Borland, but the extra work doesn't bother him -- He says that he's always done the lion's share of the songwriting anyway. (March 15, 2003)
- Was widely mocked after he deviated from the script at the Grammy Awards to offer an anti-war sentiment that grated on the ears of grammarians: I just really hope we're all in agreeance that this war should go away as soon as possible -- Barry Koltnow of the Orange County Register called him illiterate and The Atlanta Journal Constitution said its copy desk was in agreement that 'agreeance' isn't a word. (March 11, 2003)
- Durst has announced intentions to help out Great White and the members of the Rhode Island community that lost loved ones in the blaze at local club the Station on February 20. (February 27, 2003)
- Limp Bizkit is set to release its first album without guitarist Wes Borland on April 1 -- Band leader Fred Durst feels he has a lot to prove with Lessismore, and he says he also feels he has something to prove with the band's live show. (February 14, 2003)
- Limp Bizkit joins Linkin Park, Mudvayne, and the Deftones for Summer Sanitarium 2003 -- One would think that Bizkit and Metallica would be strange bedfellows, considering they were at opposite ends of the spectrum regarding Napster, but Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst said both he and Metallica have put the Napster issue in the past, and he talked about how the band was approached for Summer Sanitarium 2003. (February 8, 2003)
- Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit are finishing up their forthcoming album, Less Is More, with the first single Crack Addict slated to hit radio in the next few months -- Durst is still looking to impress Wes Borland, his former mate, with the first complete original album since the guitarist's departure. (January 30, 2003)
- In a surprisingly long, emotional stream-of-consciousness rant on his band's Website, www.limpbizkit.com, Durst blasts the media and his fans for criticizing his relationship with Britney Spears -- he also calls their love simple, honest and pure. (January 22, 2003)
- Lighting technician Connie Paulson, the woman who sued Durst for $5 million, claiming he threw a microphone at her in a fit of rage during the band's Anger Management tour has settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum. (November 27, 2002)
- Durst will accompany Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz for his Ultimate Fighting Championship bout against Ken Shamrock at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas -- Durst will sing a new version of Break Stuff, which will include new lyrics promoting Ortiz, at the November 22 UFC: 40 bout. (November 15, 2002)
- Limp Bizkit were cleared in an official inquiry over an Australian girl's death in a mosh pit at their performance in Sydney two years ago, but the coroner said the band and Durst could have done more to calm the moshing crowd. (November 12, 2002)
- Apent his childhood in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
- He has a dog named Bizkit.
- He is the Vice President of his record label Interscope Records.
- Some of Fred's favorite music includes Kiss, Blondie, Wu Tang, Suicidal Tendencies, Smashing Pumpkins, and Tool.
- He has an ongoing artistic feud with Nine Inch Nails frontman and Nothing Records' head producer Trent Reznor.
- His mother works at a church and his father is a retired police officer.
- He has directed three Limp Bizkit videos - Faith, Nookie & Break Stuff, Korn's video Falling Away From Me.
- Got out in jail for physically abused his ex-wife new loverspent a month behind bars
Quotes- "Being in the navy was like being in prison. I made the biggest mistake of my life."
- "Sometimes I just wish I was born a woman, that way it would be okay to feel about men the way I do now!"
- "It's good to be a rock star, dude. You get into restaurants dressed like crap when you're supposed to have a suit on."
- "I've sinned so many ways it's unbelievable. I've robbed stores. I've had plenty of sex. I've lied terribly. I've cheated. I've been greedy. I've lusted. Everything. I've done it all. I need some support and help from above now. I grew up as a rebellious kid who was always locked up in his room. When I got out, I wasn't bad--I just didn't know what was right or wrong. My dad was an adoptive dad--we didn't get along that killer. I have another brother that's his son. My mom and I were always confronting. It was real easy for me to snap on my mom and for her to snap on me. It was just a weird thing. "
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