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Limp Bizkit Lambasted in Lawsuit
Limp Bizkit, lame concert?
Close to 200 angry fans filed a breach-of-contract suit Wednesday, accusing the band of instigating an uprising, then storming off the stage after performing only 17 minutes of a planned hour-and-a-half gig in Chicago this summer.
The incident stems from lingering bad blood between Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst and Chicago radio personality Mancow Muller, who dished out Durst barbs on his morning show.
The concert was sponsored by Muller's station, WKQX-101.1 FM. Attendees reportedly showed up with anti-Durst signs, in keeping with the disc jockey's diatribes.
Durst responded in kind, as he and his band mates "displayed obscene and profane messages to the crowd via four giant monitors," according to the suit, online at the Smoking Gun. "He immediately began to challenge and encourage the crowd," the suit continues, allegedly shouting "disgusting homophobic and anti-gay statements."
Concert-goers turned on him, pelting Durst with garbage, and booing him. Durst showed off his impressive knowledge of four-letter words before retreating to the garbage-free safety of backstage. But he took his microphone with him and continued to denounce both Muller and the crowd.
Chicago attorney Michael Young filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the 40,000 ticket holders for the July 26 Summer Sanitarium concert, which was co-headlined by Metallica and also featured Linkin Park. The suit to came to fruition after Young appeared on Muller's show following the concert.
"When I left the station I had no intention of filing a suit," Young told the Chicago Tribune, "but then people started to call and I realized how upset many of them were that they had paid a lot of money and felt ripped off." He has since signed up 172 attendees for the suit.
Each ticket cost $75; Young plans to seek a $25 dollar refund per patron. Damages could reach $1 million, should the suit succeed.
A similar suit filed against Creed earlier this year was tossed out by a judge last month. Four fans claimed lead singer Scott Stapp was too high to perform, however, their complaints did not hold legal water.
Should the Limp Bizkit-vs.-40,000 case go to court, it won't be Durst's first time before a judge. In 2001, he was forced to testify in Australian court after a teenage fan died in a stampede at a Limp Bizkit concert. Though the band was exonerated, Durst was criticized by Australian officials for continuing to perform during the chaos.
Last month, Durst was sued by a security firm that claims Durst kicked one of its guards in the head twice during a 1999 concert, then bragged about it onstage. The firm seeks to recoup the almost $50,000 it has paid the guard in worker's comp since the incident, and wants Durst to provide for any additional payments it may have to lay out in the future.
When not dodging garbage, balking on concerts or cussing out fans, Limp Bizkit makes some pretty popular music. The band's 1999 Significant Other debuted at number one, as did 2000's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. Bizkit's most recent album, Results May Vary, came out on September 23 and is currently number six on the charts.
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