Judging a book by its cover is not such a good idea, but rockstars are usually judged by their music and outlook. While they are often considered to have an ‘angry’ image, musicians can show a softer side in interviews. ‘People call Limp Bizkit ‘jock rock,” is what Fred Durst recently said to Club Random, but he rejected this nickname because his band is not for the bullies.
People often use rock and roll to express their frustration or sadness towards personal or social problems, but in the end, it’s just music sung by mostly good people inside a studio or a designated concert area. However, Limp Bizkit has somehow gotten the nickname ‘jock rock,’ and Fred Durst recently stated that he is not happy about it at all.
He said that he has always wanted to use Limp Bizkit’s music to fight bullies back with words and sounds instead of physical assault. But to his surprise, the bullies he suffered from throughout his life started to listen to his music and look up to him, which he finds very ironic.
Fred Durst said:
“I was bullied my whole life. Tortured, bullied… I was really this peon kid in my city, at school, and ultimately the vehicle I used to put behind Limp Bizkit was, ‘Oh, man, I’ll use this microphone to fight these guys back!’ But the irony was: the bullies that tortured me were dressing like me in the audience.
So this massive art project turned into the most ironic thing and here I am 25 years later going, ‘Wow, this is unbelievable!’ People call [Limp Bizkit] ‘jock rock.’ I mean, I despise jocks ’cause those were the guys beating my ass all the time.”
When you put on your headphones and play ‘Rollin” by the band, you can sense the anger in the lyrics and the music. It’s up to you how to interpret it, but if you listen to it as an anthem for bullying, then you might have to figure a few things out in your life before you go around and bully people with it because, it was created as a reaction to the action of bullying.
