Following the death of Sam Rivers, the founding bassist ofLimp Bizkit who died on Oct. 18 at age 48, Thundercat says talking about it in an interview feels “necessary.” Rivers was just 19 when the band’s debut album, Three Dollar Bill, Y’all, was released in 1997, and was with the …
Read More »Fred Durst Honors Late Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers: 'What He's Left Us Behind Is Priceless'
Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst remembered Sam Rivers as “such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person” after the bassist died over the weekend at the age of 48. In a lengthy and emotional video shared on Instagram, Durst recounted the story of how he met and recruited Rivers for Limp …
Read More »How Limp Bizkit Ended Up On the Soundtrack for 'Battlefield 6'
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Battlefield 6 has been a major hit, with fans across all platforms rushing to game’s multiplayer mode for one purpose: break stuff. With a peak concurrent player count of over 747,000 users on Steam alone for the game’s Oct. 10 launch day, Battlefield …
Read More »Hardy Combines Country and "Country" on 'Country! Country!'
Hardy’s tough to pin down. He’s the Woodstock ’99 of country hitmakers, someone who screams as many choruses as he sings, someone who is as likely to collaborate with Fred Durst as Lainey Wilson, someone Nickelback and boygenius agree on. He’s headlining Madison Square Garden even though most of his …
Read More »Limp Bizkit Know How to Get Your Attention With New Song 'Making Love to Morgan Wallen'
It’s been four years since Limp Bizkit last released new music, and the rap-rock behemoths have returned with a song guaranteed to garner attention for its title alone: “Making Love to Morgan Wallen.” The track itself has nothing to do with the country star — or even really making love. …
Read More »Limp Bizkit's $200 Million Lawsuit Against UMG Faces New Hurdles
Limp Bizkit‘s lawsuit against Universal Music Group faces new hurdles as a federal judge has denied the band’s demand to void its contract with the company, months after the group first sued over allegations of hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid royalties. In decision filed on Friday, Jan. 17, …
Read More »Universal Music Group Calls Fred Durst's Fraud Claims a 'Fallacy'
Universal Music Group responded to Fred Durst’s fraud lawsuit for the first time last week, saying the Limp Bizkit frontman’s allegations against the company were “based on a fallacy” while motioning for the case to be tossed. “Plaintiffs’ entire narrative that UMG tried to conceal royalties is a fiction,” the …
Read More »Limp Bizkit Sue Universal Music Group for $200 Million Over Unpaid Royalties
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has sued Universal Music Group, accusing the world’s largest record company of withholding millions of dollars in royalties owed to the band. In the suit, filed in federal court on Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Durst and his attorneys claim that UMG “designed and …
Read More »Fred Durst Will Talk About Aliens, Billy Corgan Will Talk About… Something On New Podcasts
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst are both getting into the podcast game, with new shows on a podcast network led by Bill Maher. Maher revealed the deals in a new interview with Variety, noting how well he connected with the two musicians after they appeared on …
Read More »Jane Schoenbrun Made Sundance's Hottest Horror Movie About Their Trans Experience
In the fall of 2021, filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun found themselves back in their hometown, walking the streets of Ardsley in Westchester County, New York, with a disposable camera in hand. They’d taken a day trip up from Brooklyn in the hopes of revisiting the places that had once defined their …
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