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Article: Rock's Hostile Takeover; These Days, Belligerence Sells. And Limp Bizkit Has an Endless Supply.
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 3, 1999
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Hundreds of kids are pressed so tight against the backstage
barricades at RFK Stadium that it's hard for some of them to
breathe. But they can shout: "Fred!" "Fred--what's up?" "Fred-Fred-
Fred!-Fre-e-ed!"
As Fred Durst approaches, the screams intensify. You'd think he's
one of the prettily lubricious Backstreet Boys, not the lumpy,
heavily tattooed front man of scruffy, metal-rap band Limp Bizkit.
Durst high-fives outstretched hands and signs a few autographs,
but the metal barricades are tipping dangerously close to the ground.
Security guards scramble to contain the crush as he reluctantly
retreats.
"That was intense," says his road manager. "It was like
Woodstock."
Durst corrects him. ...