Limp Bizkit consists of Fred Durst.
Limp Bizkit is an American rapcore band who, with Korn, is often credited with the popularization of the genre sometimes dubbed nu metal. The band is currently signed to Geffen Records and was previously signed to Interscope Records; both labels are part of the Universal Music Group. The band's original name was "Lethal Injection." For a short time, the band spelled their name in lowercase ("limpbizkit"). Their albums have sold over 50 million copies worldwide.
Frequently, the genre the band plays is referred to as rage rock, a genre specifically promoted by Viacom, (owner of the American music channel MTV), for the teenage audience. The term "rage rock" was first used to describe some of the acts at Woodstock '99 .
Limp Bizkit consists of singer Fred Durst, guitarist Wes Borland, bassist Sam Rivers, drummer John Otto (Rivers' cousin), and turntablist/ sampler player DJ Lethal. Borland was with them for their first three albums but left in 2001, to be replaced by Mike Smith (formerly of the band Snot). However, in August 2004, Borland returned to Limp Bizkit.
Though Limp Bizkit has enjoyed major success and sold millions of records, they are critically panned. Detractors have said the group is “ cartoonish” and make “ cotton candy music.” .
Contrary to popular belief, Limp Bizkit was not named for the fraternity game " limp biscuit". They were named after the way a friend of the band described his brain after getting high. The band was formed in 1994 by Durst, Rivers, Borland and Otto, touring in and around their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. About this time, they became friends with rap music's House of Pain, which included DJ Lethal. Soon after House of Pain broke up, DJ Lethal joined the band. They were discovered by KoЯn's bassist Reginald Arvizu in 1995, backstage at a Jacksonville KoЯn concert. In 1996 they released a three song demo tape featuring the songs Pollution, Counterfeit, and Sour which Fred Durst gave to Ross Robinson who was at the time working with KoЯn.