Borland's relationships with Durst, DJ Lethal, Sam Rivers and John Ottoweakened over the years not because of anything they had done, he said, butbecause of his growing misery in the band. Borland stressed that his reasonsfor leaving are entirely artistic — nothing personal.
Durst, however, can't help but think about the quarrels he had with Borlandbefore his bandmate left. There was the time they played Pink Floyd's "WishYou Were Here" at the "America: A Tribute to Heroes" telethon and Durstasked Borland if he was really going to wear casual Birkenstock sandals onthe somber show. "I think that upset him 'cause he started wearingBirkenstocks [often]," Durst said.
There was the time Durst was working on his remix of "What's Going On" andasked Korn's Brian "Head" Welch to play guitar rather than Borland. "Wes washaving writer's block for the new record and I told him, 'Hey, if you comeup with any sick riffs or anything, we need to save them for our record,' "Durst recalled. "I wanted to put together a medley band anyway. I'm notperforming on the song. I think that kind of made him unhappy."
And there were the times they disagreed about other bands' music. "I wouldalways be, 'Hey, man, don't dog those bands out,' and every once in a whilehe would dog one of those bands out," Durst said. "I could see that he wasagainst that, me trying to [tell him], 'Don't say that.' "
Borland's taste differences with the other members of Limp Bizkit have neverbeen a secret. Though he often talked about the metal music he loved, it waswhen he released his quirky side project Big Dumb Face that it becomeobvious he was not a poster child for rap-rock.
"Hip-hop is great for people who love that music, but I don't and I don'treally get anything out of it," Borland said. "Some of the guys in the band,I would notice them listening to hip-hop music and saying, 'Wow, that gaveme [goose] bumps right there when I heard that in that song.' And I wouldgo, 'Wait, rewind it, because I want to hear what you're hearing here thatI'm not hearing.' And then I would listen to it and they'd say, 'You don'tthink that's awesome?' And I'd go, 'No, I don't get it.' "[RealVideo]
Still, Durst always felt Borland, whom he calls "a creative person explodingat the seams," loved Limp Bizkit. Before Borland quit, the band had writtena new song he seemed to enjoy. "I thought he was so into it," Durst said.
Durst reminisced about Limp Bizkit's days with Borland, about getting readyto go onstage and being continuously shocked by Borland's eccentriccostumes, about watching him perform. "He really gets into [Limp Bizkit]onstage and he really seems to vibe off the energy and the crowd, so itseemed like he loved it," Durst said. "I mean, every show."
This Borland will not deny. "I always enjoyed the live show part of it, andFred's such a good frontman live, but the music got more and more to thepoint where I wasn't enjoying it so much. I wished I was doing somethingthat my good friends liked. Some of what Limp Bizkit was doing I liked, butthe stuff that I didn't like about the music was so much where I couldn'tlisten to our records."
After chatting in his studio, Borland showed off his impressive guitar collection and a few rooms of his house, where, he noted, he won't be living much longer. "This is a Limp Bizkit salary house," he said, almost proudly. Borland is prepared to leave a life of luxury behind. He's just excited to move on with his new project, Eat the Day.
"I definitely think that what [Limp Bizkit] are doing is what needs to bedone and making that kind of music is what they enjoy making, but for me Iwant to be in Eat the Day. I think they'll be better now that I'm gone. Ithink I held them back from being their best because I was so against allthe things that were going on."
Since Borland's departure, Limp Bizkit have been surprisingly active,releasing a remix album and launching the high-profile Put Your Guitar WhereYour Mouth Is Tour. Although there have been no announcements regarding anew guitarist yet, Durst said Limp Bizkit are forging ahead with their nextalbum.
"This is like losing someone in your family," he said. "It's been a realbonding experience for the guys left in Limp Bizkit to really get a lottighter and to just really be there for each other. We all have some greatideas for songs right now. We're gonna start jamming with a couple peoplethat we wanted to jam with. I'm very optimistic." 
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