Happy Birthday, Fred Durst

08/20/09 2:15pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Fred Durst turns 39 today.

The mere mention of his name usually makes people's skin crawl (or, alternatively, provokes ridicule), so I present to you, in honour of his birthday, a list of things for which he is responsible:

• Butterfly tattoos
• Crazy Town
• Being one half of the worst rumoured couple in history - seriously, can you even imagine him with Britney Spears?
• Fighting Scott Stapp, which turned into the most hilarious feud ever.
• Far too many white kids wearing pants sagged so low it looks like they soiled themselves
• Emo, which seems like a reaction against nu-metal but is really just the same thing, but minus the down-tuned riffs and Adidas clothes and with black eyeliner tacked on
• Woodstock '99
• Sullying the Chart top 50
  
• Universal hatred of backwards red New York Yankees caps
• This video, which may be the greatest thing Durst ever does:

Please feel free to leave your own suggestions below.