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Fred Durst

Fact Sheet

OccupationSinger  
BandLimp Bizkit
Birthday20 November 1970 (37)
SignScorpio
Birthplace  Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Fred Durst (born William Frederick Durst, on August 20, 1971, in Jacksonville, Florida) is the lead singer of the rap-metal band, Limp Bizkit.

The son of a policeman, Durst was raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, where he lived until his teens. After high school, he returned to Jacksonville for brief service in the United States Navy, and later married at age 20. He and his wife had one daughter, Adriana, but the couple was divorced soon after Durst discovered that his wife had a sexual affair during their marriage. He later spent time in jail for assaulting his wife's partner.

After jail, Durst spent a short while in North Carolina as a sponsored skateboarder, and later in Jacksonville as a tattoo artist. Together with Sam Rivers, Wes Borland, and John Otto, Durst formed the band Limp Bizkit in 1994.

Durst also chairs his own record label, Flawless Records, a division of Geffen Records. It has signed such bands as Puddle of Mudd, The Revolution Smile, and Ringside.




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