{"id":29688,"date":"2026-08-06T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29688"},"modified":"2026-08-06T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:54:07","slug":"wes-borland-relishes-limp-bizkits-bizarre-resurgence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29688","title":{"rendered":"Wes Borland Relishes Limp Bizkit&#8217;s &#8220;Bizarre&#8221; Resurgence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1607412\" data-title=\"Wes Borland Relishes Limp Bizkit\u2019s \u201cBizarre\u201d Resurgence After Years of Backlash\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/wes-borland-limp-bizkit-resurgence-interview\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/limp-bizkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Limp Bizkit<\/a> were once one of the most polarizing bands on the planet. At the height of their fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s,\u00a0they were selling millions of albums and topping MTV\u2019s <em>Total Request Live<\/em> countdown, yet were dismissed and even lambasted by skeptics and music critics.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, their fanbase dwindled as nu-metal\u2019s popularity waned, but in recent years, both the band and the once-maligned genre have experienced a rebirth that sees Limp Bizkit headlining major rock festivals as they recapture old fans and make new ones along the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=limp-bizkit%2Asuper-troopers-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Flimp-bizkit-tickets%2Fperformer%2F1159\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Limp Bizkit Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Heavy Consequence<\/em> recently caught up with Limp Bizkit guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/wes-borland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wes Borland<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/05\/limp-bizkit-wes-borland-signature-jackson-king-v-guitar-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discuss his new signature Jackson King V KV guitar<\/a>, but we couldn\u2019t let him go without asking about the band\u2019s recent resurgence after years of backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a great question,\u201d responded Borland, \u201cHow bizarre has this been? This has obviously come up before in the last few years \u2019cause we\u2019ve been talking about it. And my wife just usually goes, \u2018I think it\u2019s like you guys just are having fun finally. And people can see that. You don\u2019t take yourselves too seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cShe goes, \u2018You\u2019re all really good musicians, and you kinda have been through the ringer, and now you\u2019re just having fun with it, not taking things too seriously.\u201d So maybe that\u2019s it. There was a time where we had a lot of inner turmoil in the band and conflict, and I think people can tell that that\u2019s happening from the outside. I feel like our fans were, like, \u2018Ugh\u2026 some dark shit is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say, \u201cBesides the <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/06\/wes-borland-passing-limp-bizkit-sam-rivers-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tragedy of losing [bassist] Sam [Rivers]<\/a>, what else terrible can happen? We\u2019ve already been through all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last few years have seen Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst dressing up as goofy characters onstage, while Borland continues to wear out-of-this-world costumes. The band even poked fun at the past backlash by naming their 2021 comeback album <em>Still Sucks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That carefree attitude appears to be rubbing off on Limp Bizkit\u2019s former naysayers, with Borland noting, \u201cWhen people stop taking things so seriously and just relax a little bit, get a little older, realize how lucky we are to be here, you just go, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t care about this stigma so much. I like this band.\u2019 Instead of going, \u2018Oh, I have something to prove. I\u2019m tough. I don\u2019t like this \u2019cause you don\u2019t like this.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cI think people can tell that we\u2019re having fun with it again, or maybe <em>finally<\/em> having fun with it. \u2018Cause in the early days, I don\u2019t know how much fun we were having.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Limp Bizkit are among the headliners at the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/louder-than-life-2026-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louder Than Life<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/03\/aftershock-festival-2026-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aftershock<\/a> festivals in September and October, respectively, and also have a two-night stand set for October 11th and 12th at The Truth in Nashville. 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