Generally I’d say it’s perfectly great for friends not to care about what Fred Durst is up to, but after Matt sent me the link to this Tom Green interview, I found myself forwarding it on and begging others to just stick with it because seriously it’s worth it, and I ask you to do the same because:

  1. OMG his hair
  2. Why is he talking like Sling Blade?
  3. He offers the secret of Limp Bizket’s success (red Yankees hat obvs)
  4. Somewhere along the way it all shifts from pathetic to sorta endearing to just mesmerizing because
  5. he seriously might have some holes in his brain and
  6. OMG his hair

Watch at tomgreen.com.

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Comments (74)
  1. dano  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    this is unquestionably the lamest thing i’ve ever seen

  2. Skip  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    This can’t be him. For serious?

    All those years wishing he’d die, and now I’m much happier he ended up this way.

  3. Stephen B  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    I’m gonna say more Larry the Cable Guy than Sling Blade, but damn that is bizarre.

  4. While I am saddened to find myself in the unenviable position to have to defend Fred Durst… he’s joking. It’s a “character.” He was dancing to “I Melt With You” in the streets just last year. This is what he does now. (And directs movies apparently)

  5. “I pack a chainsaw! I’ll skin your ass raw! And if my day keeps going this way I just might BREAK YOUR FUCKIN’ FACE TONIGHT!”

    How the mighty have fallen.

  6. Super Douche  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    Where can I get someone to give me that haircut? Do they do that at Astor Place?

  7. Alex  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    Yea, it was a joke for the show.

  8. “We’re musicians at heart”

    This is great!

    So many great quotes!

  9. Wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be a joke. Hope it isn’t. Durst sounds like he just came from a hoedown.

  10. kate  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    i almost bought into it until he showed the Albert Einstein tattoo a second time. and the part about drinking yoohoo.

  11. I assume this was a joke, because I’ve heard him speak before. But it is still worth watching. Because you love Love Bizkit.

  12. That’s not Fred Durst, it’s Philip Seymour Hoffman

  13. Stephen B  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    I guess I could feel dumb for having been had by this ruse, or delight in the fact that I don’t know Fred Durst’s personality well enough to know when he’s using a fake one. I choose the latter.

  14. That was equal parts “boring” and “who cares?”

  15. After actually watching the clip (and not just looking at the picture), I have to say that this is a good move for him. And he reminds me of Billy Bob’s character from “U-Turn” and not “Sling Blade.”

  16. “Shit, I manifested my own damn destiny…”

  17. Evan  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    yeah, this has to be some kind of stupid joke…

  18. will  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    almost too much irrelevancy to handle.

  19. Stereogumisdumb  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    Wow, who paid Stereogum more to link to this? Tom Green or Fred Durst? Great quality guys. Remind to take a $hit and pay you to act like it must be seen. Now bring us the good music like you used to!

  20. he did the show “in character for a movie he’s working on.” turds.

  21. This is just hilarious…the next Axl Rose…

  22. It breaks my heart to hear that Fred Durst got beat up by all the “Titesterone guys” and “treated like shnit.”

    Whether it’s a joke or not, it’s an awesome little window into what has become of the MTV of yesteryear. Soulsucking monstrosity that it is. Both of those fellas are just dead behind the eyes now.

  23. This was a put-on. I mean, if it’s not…..

  24. f fred d  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    its called a bit.

  25. Jack  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    I like that the link took me to a real music blog.

  26. This has got to be some kind of sick joke…. hahahahha. hot damn dude is jacked up.

  27. This is what Wes Borland’s stage make-up has evolved into.

  28. He is acting as his character in the movie ‘Play Dead’.. there are photos on imdb

  29. migue  |   Posted on Jul 7th, 2008

    Tom Cruise? Is that you?

  30. What no one seems to want to acknowledge is how excruciatingly normal Tom Green comes off in this clip next to the grizzled hick that is Durst–ploy or no ploy. Sure Green has maybe completely fallen off my radar for the past, oh, ten years, but is it me or did he used to be known for being batshit crazy?

    I mean, on a sliding scale of 1 to Tom Hanks, I can’t believe Durst is good enough an actor to be that thoroughly lame for like 15 straight minutes without much of it coming naturally. Maybe the accent and tattoo bit were put on, but he sounded kind of sincere at certain parts, namely the ones where he displayed tendencies towards attention deficit, acknowledgment of having “sold out” (not that I would ever claim to be a Limp Bizkit purist), and of course illiteracy.

    Currently contemplating: Which is lamer, this video, or the fact that I’ve written the longest comment yet re: this video?

  31. French Theater  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    OK, here’s the thing…YES, he sounds like a redneck asshole. YES, he was in a horrible fucking band that maybe you listened to and jumped around to when you were a kid. And YES, he is Fred Durst…who most of us have been trained to hate over the last few years.
    BUT…he isn’t necessarily fake. I’d be willing to bet that the hair is real, and the voice is real, (possibly a result of a tooth related injury?). Either way, he is fairly coherent, and frankly…honest. I mean, how much can you hate one man, for all these reasons…forever? I’m not saying he deserves to be praised. I’m not saying he deserves to be respected…anymore than any of the rest of us do.
    There is obviously an element of a “bit” going on in this interview, but I doubt that it’s much more than you would expect. He is fairly candid, and I can respect that. I’m not going to lie…I used to like some Limp Bizkit shit. So the fuck what! There are tons of bands that are bad that we all like for whatever reason, and that’s not anything worth investigating. All I’m saying is this: Don’t hate Stereogum for making this post! It’s interesting, and it’s entertaining…and that’s their business!
    Fuck yourself and listen to DAUGHTERS!!!!!!!!! New album coming soon!
    http://www.myspace/daughters1.com

  32. no kidding  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    A lot of you are fucking idiots.

  33. MariaVictoria  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    wow. has he got new teeth that make it hard to talk? maybe some novelty dentures that make you speak like a hill-billy on sleepers?

  34. kevin  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    he did it all for the nookie, i think. seriously.

  35. He’s turned into bubbles from Trailor Park Boys…

  36. Jimmy James  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    Forget Fred Durst, what the hell happened to Tom Green? Why isn’t he sucking cow teats and singing about his balls? That’s the great stuff I remember. This is just lame. Your living room is a set? Really?

    Ugh.

  37. lou dog  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    this is the raddest thing i have ever seen

  38. Fred Durst is the next Diablo Cody.

  39. This is definitely an act. It’s sort of just another stupid gimmick that Durst would try to revamp his career– act retarded so that the bloggers would talk about it. What’s remarkable to me is that this is a character that he’s trying to play but i almost buy it because the idiotic blogs from the “real” Durst are exactly what this character would write.

  40. Dude, is this for fucking real? He has to be puttin’ on y’all!

  41. Thierry  |   Posted on Jul 8th, 2008

    Wow. Fred Durst has become Tom Petty. Or rather, Lucky, from King of the Hill.

  42. Apparently he said it’s his “alter ego” on his Myspace blog. Funny.

    http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4242694&blogID=409581335

  43. This has to be a fake. You don’t go from hip hop dudebro to this level of redneck in a couple of years. Remember, it’s Tom Green. He’s made his career out of messing with people. If you look deep beneath the beard, it could be Durst. I’m skeptical…but part of me wants to believe it’s true.

  44. daffyphack  |   Posted on Jul 9th, 2008

    Here’s a question for you:
    Which has aged worse? Fred Durst or his music?

  45. nyds  |   Posted on Jul 9th, 2008

    pwned!!!1

  46. The Z Man  |   Posted on Jul 9th, 2008

    This is hysterical imo.

  47. sword  |   Posted on Jul 9th, 2008

    ‘don’t you understand, this is korn with a k’

    ‘this success thing, there is no such thing as selling out…’

    ‘we never thought we would sell records or have a record deal’

    ‘absinthe, i accidentally drank some, it was crazy, so that’s why my vocals sounded like they did’

    ‘we’ve got a new album we want to put out, but we’ve got to finish recording some it first’

    ‘i got an albert einstein tattoo recently, it’s insane’

  48. yeah that einstein repeat bit was definitely the highlight. i was bummed to read after the fact that it was all a ruse. oh well.

  49. he looks like my 50 year old father. haha.

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  51. An-D  |   Posted on Jul 10th, 2008

    I’m absolutely dumbstruck that there’s even the slightest bit of debate as to whether or not he’s in character. The world has degraded into a sludge puddle of dumb. Fred Durst looks like a fucking Rhodes Scholar compared to some of the single-celled organisms on this board.

  52. wait wait wait….some of you watched this whole thing? gah.

  53. Whoa! dude finally lived up to his calling; to be a total loser before society forgets him

  54. Fred Durst is silly

  55. dannygutters  |   Posted on Jul 11th, 2008

    It’s funny because fred durst is more likeable in this character than his natural one.

  56. Incognito  |   Posted on Jul 12th, 2008

    According to Wikipedia: “In a recent interview on the Tom Green Show [23], Fred Durst (who was playing an alter ego character who was southern and was at least seventy years old) replied to a fan who was wondering when the band would be back on the stage again….” Since Wikipedia is infallible, it must be true.

  57. I was more surprised that Tom Green still makes a show. Does it air somewhere or does he just make them for himself because he can’t let it go? Man he is fat as fuck now. He went from Drew Barrymore to…that.

    As for Fred Durst, I’m not surprised he talks like a brain dead hick now. All of those drugs do things, not to mention rock-rap.

  58. bugler  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2008

    i just thought his redneck ass went on a 3 year crystal meth binge

  59. bugler  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2008

    i just thought his redneck ass went on a 3 year crystal meth binge

  60. Michael  |   Posted on Jul 14th, 2008

    It very well may be a “bit” or a “joke” but between the actual verifiable stories and the career path of his actual band, it’s not THAT much of a stretch, so don’t imply he’s actually a Mensa genius with perfect diction.

  61. Fred Durst had sex with Halle Berry. Game over, he wins, you lose.

    Anyway, who do you think are the most underrated emcees of all time?? The answers are here-

    http://www.pocketmeyo.blogspot.com

  62. Townhall  |   Posted on Jul 15th, 2008

    lol u guise he was bein IRONIC lol

    like when he recorded Behind Blue Eyes

    oh wai-

  63. Sinakiyani  |   Posted on Jul 28th, 2008

    Weather it’s a joke or not… He looks like an old fuck and obviously he is slow in the head.

  64. Brad  |   Posted on Aug 8th, 2008

    CHOCOLATE STARFISH…..KEEP ON ROLLIN BABY

  65. FullNelson85  |   Posted on Aug 15th, 2008

    Limp Bizkit Frontman “Fred Durst” Joins New Side Project / Band?
    Durst Assumes New Alter Ego in the Side Project?
    By Dennis Ordiway
    Fred Durst, best known as the front man for Nu-Metal act “Limp Bizkit” has taken a break from the music scene recently to pursue several film projects, including his latest film “The Longshots” starring Ice Cube. Although he has been absent to the music world lately, it appears he has decided to return.

    On June 26th, 2008 he appeared on the Tom Green Show, where he introduced his new “Alter Ego”, a southern elderly character, with memory loss, and an Einstein tattoo. Durst will assume this alter ego character, in the new musical side project, but as a guitar player, and not as a vocalist.

    He has decided to perform in the back of the spotlight this time around, and has recruited a vocalist who’s identity is unknown at this time. However, there are several tracks from Durst’s new side project that have been leaked online.

    The new side project is listed on myspace under the name “Somebody you have never heard of” from Gastonia, North Carolina, which is the birth place of Durst.
    The information on this new side project was leaked by Durst in an online video interview, which was later removed by Youtube.com

    Durst has promised his return to the music world, and has promised to introduce his new alter ego to the world again. Maybe sooner than we thought?

    You can view the myspace page for this side project, which has 3 tracks posted already at: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=404701888

  66. dude looks like a bum

  67. MommaT  |   Posted on Oct 23rd, 2008

    Um people can’t you tell this is just an alter ego, Fred likes to do this on occasion like getting away from just being himself. We all need to get away from being ourselves and make fun of ourselves some times

  68. Kristelle  |   Posted on Jan 19th, 2009

    THIS
    IS
    A
    JOKE
    YOU
    MORONS!

    HOW THE HELL CAN YOU BE SO DENSE NOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT?!

    LB for life.
    Rock on Fred, you’re the man.

    xoxo Kris

  69. they took this link down cuz some movie he pretended to direct got picked up for distribution, DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS VIDEo?

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