LIMP BIZKIT: New Audio Interview Available

A new audio interview with LIMP BIZKIT members DJ Lethal, John Otto and Sam Rivers conducted by Radio Z in Sofia, Bulgaria, can be heard on Metalhead.ro.

U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine recently featured a world-exclusive interview with LIMP BIZKIT conducted in late April in Los Angeles, California as the band was gearing up for its 2009 world tour. Regarding the group's first meeting in over three years, which took place in December 2008 at their manager's Los Angeles home, frontman Fred Durst said, "I was excited when [guitarist Wes Borland] walked in the room. We were laughing, talking, having a blast. It felt like family. Families have their disputes. We just moved forward and picked up like we never had a problem. It wasn't like a therapy session at all.

"Wes and I have a very powerful presence and both of us being that way, quite controlling... Two lions in the same cage is a bloody mess. That's why it works. There's something about it."

Wes Borland added, "We said that we were sorry about things in the past, but didn't really get into specifics. I said that I was only going to base my feelings towards him and the band on current behavior, not on past behavior.

"I've eaten my words a lot when it comes to our relationship. I ended up realizing that I've been an ass in a lot of ways and I sort of put all the blame on [Fred] in the past.

"We have a lot of differences, but we are more alike than I would have liked to think. I'm 34 now and am finally realizing that you get a lot more out of people if you're willing to give. I wasn't ready to compromise before."

When asked about his reluctance to play with LIMP BIZKIT again prior to the group current reunion, Borland said, "This band has had so many bumps in the road. We weren't on the same page when it came to how people's lives were working out, what people were interested in and what they wanted to do. And then there was mine and Fred's relationship being at odds for so long, and I said, 'I'm never gonna work with those people again.'

"I just didn't want to be disappointed again. In the past, we always started off on a good note — we've broken up and made up so many times. We'd always come back with the best intentions and we'd always fall apart."

"I really missed that larger-than-life feeling that playing large festivals and arenas brings. And I thought, 'I could do it with KORN or NAILS, but if I'm going to do that, why don't I do that with my own band that I'm a part of, instead of being a hired person?

"Jordan [Schur, manager] just happened to call me at a time when I was debating what my 2009 was gonna look like. A lot of the things that I wanted to achieve by leaving LIMP BIZKIT I accomplished and I was ready to come back and give it a real go.

"Part of it was the thought of what could be before it's too late. I'm at the beginning of my mid-30s and Fred's in his late 30s and we're not going to be able to do this for much longer without looking ridiculous. I really wanted to do this one more time and end on a positive note."