This is a story we didn't expect to be reporting. The original lineup of Limp Bizkit, the '90s nu-metal outfit that plagued the world with hits like "Nookie" and "Break Stuff," is getting back together together yet again.
We find this particularly strange because it was only a week ago that guitarist Borland announced that he would never return to the band. "I have no plans on working with Limp again," he told mlive.com. "It's better for me for sure. I'm having a great time doing [the band Black Light Burns]. I can write a song and know what it's about and tailor the music about the intensity of the vocals. It all makes sense together, instead of random lyrics on top of music that sounds cool."
Click "more" to read exactly what Borland once hated about the Bizkit. Read more...
Ex-Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland played his first ever show with Marilyn Manson on August 15 at the ETP Festival in Seoul, Korea. The move raised all sorts of speculation about Borland's future involvement with the theatrical shock rocker. The way we look at it, anyone who can endure Fred Durst for all those years can put up with an eccentric like Manson, but instead of following the rumors, we went straight to Borland to find out what possessed him to take the stage with the former dartboard for the religious right, and what this means for his other bands Black Light Burns and Fear and the Nervous System.
HeadbangersBlog: Are you Manson's new full time guitarist?
Wes Borland: For the foreseeable future, I'm gonna try to work in my band Black Light Burns and in Marilyn Manson simultaneously. I'm still very much in love with my project and I'm almost finished with another album. But I've been going to see Marilyn Manson since their very early days in Florida when I was 18. Getting the opportunity to work with them was something I didn't want to pass up. I've known [bassist] Twiggy [Ramirez] for a long time as well, and it was kind of a neat opportunity to work with him. So for the foreseeable future, I'm going to try my best to function permanently in two bands and go back and forth. Read more...
