Fred Durst

William Frederick “Fred” Durst (born August 20th, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American musician and film director. Durst is best known as the vocalist of American nü metal band Limp Bizkit.

Durst’s family soon moved to Orlando, Florida and had later moved to Cherryville, North Carolina before Fred had reached the age of 1. Durst would then move to Gastonia, North Carolina in the 5th grade, which was where he spent his adolescence.
In 1988, Durst had enlisted in the U.S. Navy, but would leave in 1990.

After leaving the Navy, Durst moved back to Jacksonville to live with his father. He worked as a landscaper and tattoo artist before forming Limp Bizkit in 1994 with Wes Borland, John Otto, and Sam Rivers.

Durst had invited American nü metal band Korn to his place while they were in town and convinced Fieldy, the band’s bassist, to listen to a demo. After liking what the band had to offer, Korn signed Limp Bizkit on for two tours, which helped grow their popularity and the band signed with Flip Records in 1997. The band would record 6 albums as of August 2020: Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$ (1997), Significant Other (1999), Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000), Results May Vary (2003), The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005), and Gold Cobra (2011).

Durst has also dabbled in film directing, directing the music videos for Korn’s single Falling Away for Me and Staind’s single Just Go as well as a commercial for American dating website eHarmony and 3 feature-length films. These films are: 2007’s The Education of Charlie Banks, 2008’s The Longshots, and 2019’s The Fanatic.