In what has turned into a long-running joke for many in the Twitter world, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has informed alternative rock magazine Kerrang! that the band’s run is “over.”
However, there’s no clear indication that the band is completely done. Previously, guitarist Wes Borland (the guy that wore the face paint) indicated the group had signed a new deal with hip-hop label Cash Money Records for new material. These stories would indeed contradict each other, except for one specific detail in Durst’s reasoning.
In an interview with NME, Durst said:
“We don’t play back home. We’ve boycotted America for many years now. I don’t know, I just don’t wanna go out like that. We did a few radio shows in 2010 for a friend and that was it. We haven’t properly toured America since 2006.
The reason? We just don’t know what’s going on in America. It’s all about the new catchy thing and that’s always changing. America is driven by record sales. It’s the home of corporations. We’re just Limp Bizkit, so we don’t know how to do anything but Limp Bizkit.
But here’s the deal: say in 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were a moment in time and it’s over.”
The assertion, according to Forbes writer Leo Galil, is that the band is done working in the U.S. Whether that assertion is true remains to be seen.
Watch the music video for Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff” below:
