WES BORLAND Back On Track With BLACK LIGHT BURNS

March 28, 2007

Greg Prato of Billboard.com recently spoke to former LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland about his new band BLACK LIGHT BURNS. On June 5, BLACK LIGHT BURNS will release its debut, "Cruel Melody", which focuses more on Borland's musical quirks than the heavy rock of LIMP BIZKIT.

"There are remnants of what I used to do, but there are also new things that I've explored that I'm expressing now," Borland tells Billboard.com. "I would compare my previous work as 'knuckleheaded and immature,' and basically sort of really heavy party music. Which is never what I wanted to do. I was really behind [the debut BIZKIT album] 'Three Dollar Bill Y'all', and then because of how chaotic it was, was less happy with the music from there on. This is me 'redirecting'."

Produced by former NINE INCH NAILS member Danny Lohner (who also plays bass),"Cruel Melody" also finds Josh Freese handling drum duties and Josh Eustis playing keyboards, while Borland pulls double duty as lead vocalist. On a forthcoming tour, Borland will be flanked by second guitarist Nick Annis, bassist Sean Fetterman and drummer Marshall Kilpatric (formerly of THE ESOTERIC).

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