Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but the feel, the sound, those phrases that got me.

Mainstream success and controversies (1998–2005)
Limp Bizkit achieved mainstream success with the albums Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000). Sammy Siegler took over drumming duties for the band for much of the album. You don't see that.

Durst played in a number of local bands in Florida while mowing lawns being a record exec and working as a tattoo artist for financial support. William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20 1970) is an American musician and film director from Jacksonville Florida. Durst is best known as the vocalist of the multi-platinum rock band Limp Bizkit formed in 1994 with whom he has released six studio albums.