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Listen: Audio Leaks of LIMP BIZKIT's Fred Durst Cursing Out TAPROOT After They Passed on His Offer

Remember Taproot?

Remember Taproot?

I guess Fred Durst in the late 90s and early 2000s had a pretty big ego. His band was selling millions of records and he was named Senior Vice President of A&R at Interscope in 1999. Durst was looking to sign the next hot nu-metal act. Eventually, he found Staind, which was a big success, but there was another band he was betting on that ended up giving him the cold shoulder.

That band was Taproot. Actually, Taproot sent Durst a demo and Durst was working on signing them. I guess the negotiations took too long and the band weren't feeling it and they eventually signed with Atlantic Records. The rumor was that System of A Down helped facilitate the Atlantic deal and because Durst was so mad, he got SOAD kicked off the Family Values tour in 1999. Durst also left a very angry voicemail to a member of Taproot's cellphone. Said cellphone voicemail surfaced not too long ago:

Oh, Fred.

Also, if you're still wondering which band was Taproot (so did we), we looked it up:

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