Fred Durst and the art of public statement

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I know that THIS MAN
http://www.orsiitaliani.com/durstc45.jpg
Is the softest of soft targets, but does anyone else find his officially released statements absolutely hilarious? If ever further proof was needed that here is a total neanderthal chancer who has lucked onto some kind of foolproof formula to hook the confused youth of the globe (I'm looking at YOU, Miccio!), and make as much of a fool of himself before he is found out, then here it is:

"Enough already about the 'Fred and Britney' thing. I'm gonna do my best to put it behind me. Lets talk about 'Bipolar' coming out May 13. Lets talk about how its gonna fuck you up when you hear it. Let's talk about any motherfucking thing besides you know who anymore."

"Now there will be no more fuckin' around!! We are in the vocal stage on the new shit!! We will have a single out before the Summer Sanitarium tour and our new album 'PANTY SNIFFER' will drop, FOR SURE, the first week in September!!!!!! Sometimes you just have to go with the flow of creativity and we're doing just fucking that!! I love you and kiss my ass!!"

As you can see, Fred is thinking hard on the album title, which his changed from "Bipolar" to "Fetus More" (!) to "The Search For Teddy Swoes" (?), and has now settled on the estimable "Panty Sniffer". Ladies and gentlemen, Fred Durst.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

he's halfway to past tense anyway, so to regard him with anything but amusement and (maybe) affection is pointless. still - he's no cc deville (nevermind diamond dave). rock radio's moving on as we speak.

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Well that's put me right off my dinner.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 22 May 2003 09:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Looks a litle like Har Mar Superstar, doesn't he?

I don't mean to cast aspersions on Har Mar's talent .

― Jerry (Jerry), Thursday, 22 May 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, heaven forbid!

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 10:03 (twenty-two years ago)

He's an object of pity, really. Poor guy.

― maria b (maria b), Friday, 23 May 2003 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Panty Sniffer was my debut single in 2000! Fred, get out of my brain. You too Momus.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Friday, 23 May 2003 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

He is indeed hilarious, but the glory of his band's singles (in particularly "Nookie," "N2Gether Now," "Rollin'" and "My Way") should not be denied.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 24 May 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

rip wes

― James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 24 May 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Those songs are all terrible, Anthony.

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 25 May 2003 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)

...but the glory of his band's singles (in particularly "Nookie," "N2Gether Now," "Rollin'" and "My Way") should not be denied.
Um...what if I already denied them. I feel no compulsion to un-deny them. "Nookie" is repetitive and shallow; it probably took more time to record than it did to write.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 25 May 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

Is Austin weird enough to rename Solid Waste Services after Limp Bizkit lead singer?
Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts among several wacky names submitted by public.
By Sarah Coppola

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAF

Published: 8:37 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
Officials with Austin's Solid Waste Services expected to receive offbeat ideas when they asked residents to suggest a new name for the city department.
They didn't expect the top online vote-getter to be Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts , followed by, among others, Ministry of Filth , Hufflepuff , Lemon Party and Keep Austin Wasted .
"We knew we'd get some creative names, this being Austin," spokeswoman Jennifer Herber said. "Boy, (Austinites) did not disappoint."
The department wants a name that better reflects the variety of services it provides, which includes trash collection, recycling, street sweeping and litter abatement. It first held focus groups and settled on three rather plain finalist names: Austin Resource Collection & Recovery Utility , Austin Recycling & Waste Reduction Department and Austin Resource Recovery Utility .
Then it asked the public to vote for those names or add others to an online poll. A local college student suggested naming the department after Durst — lead singer of the rock group Limp Bizkit — and the online poll went viral, Herber said.
The Durst idea had more than 29,000 votes Thursday , the final day of voting. National media outlets, such as NPR and MTV, have picked up the story. Even Durst has weighed in on his Twitter account, saying: "I want to thank all of you who are helping me in Austin. I hope we win."

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/is-austin-weird-enough-to-rename-solid-waste-1246694.html?printArticle=y

― xhuxk, Friday, 11 February 2011 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

Even Durst has weighed in on his Twitter account, saying: "I want to thank all of you who are helping me in Austin. I hope we win."

That'll kill it.

― Mark G, Friday, 11 February 2011 16:28 (fifteen years ago)

Hahaha! Fantastic!

― NYCNative, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:19 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uCAcyvmTb8

― maura, Sunday, 17 January 2016 18:06 (ten years ago)

Lol

― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 17 January 2016 18:46 (ten years ago)

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