Huge noughties rock act looks unrecognisable - guess who it is? (2024)

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He was part of a huge rap rock act back in the noughties and released one particularly famous song which topped the charts for two weeks.

But this music star, 53, looks unrecognisable 23 years after reaching number one with a bushy silver beard and slightly more mature face.

When the hit song went to number one back in 2001, the frontman's distinctive goatee and backwards cap were almost as famous as the band's very sweary songs.

Other top 10 hits included My Way and Nookie, whilst their number one album which sold over one million copies was titled, Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog.

The band founded in Florida 1995 and features bassist Sam Rivers, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, and DJ Lethal -but can you guess who is pictured?

It's Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit, whose voice was behind all those belters including the huge hit, Rollin'.

The American rapper and singer, looked worlds away from when he first found fame as he performed at Download Festival.

He thrilled fans as he took to the stage and belted out some of the group's biggest hits - still wearing a trademark hat.

This time, there was no backwards baseball cap and instead the rapper opted for a pale blue bucket hat, which he paired with a striped baseball shirt and white trousers.

Limp Bizkit attempted a comeback when they released The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) in 2005, but it failed to reignite their previous level of success, causing the band to then take a hiatus.

Since then, Limp Bizkit have continued to tour on and off and perform at festivals.

They have hinted at new music a number of times, and in 2021 released an album titled, Still Sucks.

In 2022, Fred secretly tied the knot for the fourth time with a much younger woman named Arles in LA.

The blushing bride flaunted her diamond wedding ring in her Instagram profile picture and changed her bio to Mrs. D aka Arles Durst.

The rap-rocker was first pictured with Arles in may of that same year when he brought her onstage during a concert at Mohegan Sun Arena in Pennsylvania.

Arles sported an orange hoodie and blue jeans as she slow danced with Fred to George Michael's 1984 hit Careless Whisper before the band performed their 1999 banger Nookie.

The brunette beauty is now stepmother to Fred's daughter Adriana, 34, from his three-year marriage to first wife Rachel Tergesen, which ended in 1993 and his sonDallas, 23, — from his two-month fling with Jennifer Thayer in 2000.

Fred's third marriage to Crimean make-up artist Kseniya Beryazina ended in 2019 after six years and a scandal, which led to him getting banned from visiting Ukraine for five years.

In 2015, Durst (born Frederick Mayne III) wrote a letter appealing administrators for a Russian passport in which he allegedly called President Vladimir Putin 'a great guy with clear moral principles and a nice person.'

As well as touring and performing with the band, Fred has directed a number of films including The Education of Charlie Banks and The Longshots.

Five years ago, he directed the film The Fanatic, which starred John Travolta.

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