SOMEBODY SHOOT ME IN THE FACE: MARTY FRIEDMAN JOINS LIMP BIZKIT
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 10:10am by Axl Rosenberg
Fuck me naked with a spoon.
Last night we got what looked like a mass e-mail from someone claiming to be Wes Borland, announcing that he was, once again, out of Limp Bizkit. Upset that Fred Durst has apparently committed to direct another movie in August instead of touring North America with Bizkit, sissy cry baby face Borland complained in the e-mail that “Fred has once again proven that he does not view Limp Bizkit as a legitimate artistic endeavor but, rather, as a commodity… I will spend my summer touring with Marilyn Manson instead.”
We dismissed this e-mail as a terrible April Fool’s joke, as I’m assuming any other media outlets that received it have as well, as it I’ve yet to see it reported anywhere. And I wouldn’t have thought twice about it… if not for this series of tweets from one Mr. Frederick Durst:
wes couldn’t hang… out with the old, in with the new.
new guitarist is da bomb! yesterdayTwitterBerry
ever wonder what break stuff sounds like with an awesome shred solo? yesterday
let the countdown to egstinction [sic] begin! yesterday
Well, Durst’s horrific spelling aside, I was now more than a little nervous about all the classic Megadeth references and talk of “shred solos.” Since we get a press release every time the Japanese go ape shit because Marty Friedman farted or whatever, I shot his publicist an e-mail basically asking if she knew what the hell was going on. I honestly thought I’d get an e-mail back telling me she had no idea what the crap Durst was talking about and my pot-addled brain was reading way too much into the mindless ramblings of the mentally deficient.
But here is the absolutely horrifying response I got instead:
APRIL FOOL’S MOTHERFUCKERS!
I seriously hope none of you made it this far without assuming I was full of shit.
And if you did take me seriously, well… you got took.
-AR
Nice.
OH NOES!
APRIL FOOLS.
Good one.
I new you couldn’t be serious but I read on anyway.
Best April fool i’ve heard all day
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!1111
Oh my gosh… my heart…
Axl, you have just stolen a couple of years of my lifetime
you guys fooled me. i almost just threw up the food i was eating as i read this article
HAHA! Wow You had me for a second. But then i realized wait There still a band or whatever the fuck they are. They havent been relevant since ‘98. Then i realized oh yeas april fools.
You bastard.
Uncool……
UNCOOL!
I knew it couldn’t possibly be real…..but then again, look what the great Vivian Campbell of Dio fame went and did….joined as second guitarist of Def Leppard. That’s definitely in the What the Fuck category.
Ok that was freaking good.. I was trying to think in my mind how shredding solo’s would fit into these songs.. Then thought it would be cool that Borland was going out with Manson… Ya Ok got me.. lol
psh. good one. i only believed you because i didnt know who marty friedman was. fuck megadeth.
You had me for a minute. Good one.
NOT.
FUNNY.
That is so fucked up part of me wishes it was true.
I wish, limpdipshits reunion was an april fools joke too…
As soon as Friedman left Cacophony, I could give 2 shits what he decides to do. Cacophony is his only work that I like, and it’s mostly just because of Becker.
^^^^^^ Fail.
Thanks God, it’s April Fool!
I don’t like MD nor Cacophony, actually, but Friedman’s reputation of course is maaany times bigger than Limp Bizshits.
I had a shotgun in my mouth before the jump, thank god I waited to pull the trigger.
Can’t believe i felt for it…for about 5 seconds, but fell i did. If true, this would be reason enough to nuke Japan.
Again.
By far thee best April fools joke that pulled my leg today
Cheers.
I was about to shit bricks
ehhehe nice AF
is the offer with the spoon still open?
I C WUT U DID THAR!!! LOL!! All bullshit aside, best April Fools joke I’ve been had with today. Nice, you fuckers. Shalom.
lol Pretty good. Ya got me.
wow, you actually got me. Only one I fell for all day too…
The fucking band name puns have got to stop. Yes, calling them limp dickshit may have been funny the first time it was printed back in ‘94, but at this point its just so fucking lame. Pun police signing off.
terrible joke
good 1 fuckers….lol
BLZBUB: pwn3d.
Dark Lord is mads now… I eatz your unbirthed childrenz solz.
Bad for u. LOL for me.
When i read this i thought yeah its april first i get it,but then i thought this is just so fucked up and unbelievable that no one would even try this as an april fools joke.I had to know so i clicked the link and…Touche you bastard
At this moment in time, Limp Bizkit would be a step up for Mr. Friedman.
Hahaha because it’s actually April 2nd where I am, it didn’t even occur to me that it could be an April Fool’s joke. I need to stop being so stupid.
You totally got me!
Holy fuck, almost brought me to tears. Well done! I woulda shit if fucking Freidman woulda done that!
And Datrick you can go fuck yourself? How the hell can you NOT know who Marty Friedman and say fuck Megadeth?! Go back to your fucking Limp Bizkit records you moron.
You Bastard!!
Good fucking one man, you got me all the fucking time!