In February, all seemed good in the Limp Bizkit camp. The '90s rap-rock band signed a new record deal with Cash Money Records, and was poised to get "back in this ho" that we call the record business. But it appears that things are not all red baseball caps and passed-out college girls after all. TMZ reports that Durst wants to fire two of the band's original members, drummer John Otto and DJ Lethal, because they do not fit with his "new vision" for Limp Bizkit. What that means isn't entirely clear, but Durst apparently is also upset ...
- 4/3/2012
- avclub.com
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst is reportedly planning to fire two original members of the band. The frontman is said to be looking for a "new vision" for the group since they were signed to Cash Money Records. Original bandmates DJ Lethal and John Otto have been warned by Durst that their partying lifestyles do not fit in with Durst's plans, reports TMZ. DJ Lethal said: "We've worked together the last four years to bring Limp Bizkit back to where it is today, and to just be thrown out on the street after the band gets a new deal and a new chance at life isn't cool." He added: "You can't push away the people who helped you get there. The fans should know that if two-fifths of the original band are not playing at the concerts, it wont be truthful to them." He had previously tweeted on Friday (March...
- 4/1/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
The Limp Bizkit comeback might be over before it begins ... because TMZ has learned Fred Durst is gunning hard to axe two of the original members. The "Nookie" band recently signed a deal with Cash Money Records ... and had been planning to put out a new record in the very near future. But we're told plans came to a grinding halt recent;y ... when original members DJ Lethal and drummer John Otto were informed that...
- 4/1/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Limp Bizkit have confirmed that they are reforming to tour and produce new material. The original lineup of Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and DJ Lethal will reunite to work on the band's first album since 2005's The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1). "We decided we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other," said the group in a joint statement. "Regardless of where our separate paths have taken us, we recognize there is a powerful and unique energy with this particular (more)...
- 2/12/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Everyone else is doing it, so why not Limp Bizkit? After eight years being broken up, Limp Bizkit has decided to give it another go and get the band back together. They’ll be reunited for a new album, and hopefully another tour, according to Interscope Records. The band was made up of Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and DJ Lethal. The last time they played together was in the fall of 2001, after which Borland left the band to focus on his own music. During that dormant period, Fred Durst was supposedly focusing on his acting...
- 2/12/2009
- Hollyscoop.com
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