Wes Borland

The Bizkit’s Back: Fred And Wes Kiss And Make Up

noah | February 12, 2009 9:00 am
noah | February 12, 2009 9:00 am

Limp Bizkit—the nu-metal poster children who, with the help of a George Michael song and a red baseball cap, captured the rage of a particular subset of baseball-cap-and-baggy-pant-wearing young men in the late ’90s—are going to record an album and head out on tour this spring, the first time the original lineup has been together in eight years. Did you know that the band’s first three albums have sold more than 20 million copies? I suspect the fourth one will not boost that total by a substantial amount, but I may be wrong, because there are a lot of angry people out there. (Although a lot of that general frustration does come from people having no money to buy frivolous things like Limp Bizkit albums. Hmm. Social experiment!)

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Marilyn Manson Breaks Up All Hopes Of A Limp Bizkit Reunion

noah | August 15, 2008 10:30 am
noah | August 15, 2008 10:30 am

1162074.jpgMarilyn Manson announced last night that he’d hired a new guitar player for his band, and that man is Wes Borland, late of Limp Bizkit and Black Light Burns. And from the way Manson referred to Borland’s previous musical exploits in the announcement, I wouldn’t expect Fred Durst to be invited backstage to any upcoming shows: “He used to be in a really terrible band that he left because he felt that it was a destructive force in art, and he has his own band, Black Light Burns, but now he is in Marilyn Manson,” Manson told a press assemblage in Seoul. “We don’t know how permanent that is, but starting tomorrow will be the first step. So this will be the most indestructible Marilyn Manson.” It can’t even be stopped by a horde of red-baseball-cap-wearing angry dudes, or even by people who think that Manson’s schtick is pretty tired by this point! Clip of Manson’s press conference after the jump.

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Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland To Sell Albini-Minded Cover Album Online

anthonyjmiccio | June 25, 2008 5:00 am
anthonyjmiccio | June 25, 2008 5:00 am

blb.jpgAh, Wes Borland. When you’re playing with Limp Bizkit, everyone talks about how you’re actually a good guitar player who listens to Portishead and Ween. But when you start your own band, nobody ever gives a shit. Ironically, the upcoming covers album from your Black Light Burns–which promises tributes to Fiona Apple, your old band Big Dumb Face, Swans, Lard, PJ Harvey, and Jesus Lizard-will probably bring you more attention than anything you’ve done before, especially once people hear the tracks. Judging by the covers of “So Alive” and “Lucretia My Reflection” on your MySpace page, it might actually be kind of cool. And thanks to your innovative pricing tiers, people may be more apt to check it out! The MP3s? Only five bucks. And if you only want his instrumentals? Free, homeslice.

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This Man Would Like You To Trust Him With Your Hair

Dan Gibson | March 5, 2008 11:00 am
Dan Gibson | March 5, 2008 11:00 am

petewentzeatingfries.jpgSometimes there’s news that hits the wire that seems like it merits some sort of bloggo remark or more appropriately, should be broadcast as widely as possible to warn the populace. So here, the first (and likely last) appearance of a “feature” entitled “Presented Without Comment”:

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