Wesley Louden Borland (born February 7, 1975 in Richmond, Virginia), better known as Wes Borland, is an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit.
He has been in several other bands, including The Damning Well, Goatslayer and Big Dumb Face. He also recorded on From First to Last's Heroine album in 2006, and served as bass guitarist for the band's subsequent tour. Borland was well known for his bizarre stage appearanc...
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Wesley Louden Borland (born February 7, 1975 in Richmond, Virginia), better known as Wes Borland, is an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit.
He has been in several other bands, including The Damning Well, Goatslayer and Big Dumb Face. He also recorded on From First to Last's Heroine album in 2006, and served as bass guitarist for the band's subsequent tour. Borland was well known for his bizarre stage appearance, and for his fondness of musical artists that differed greatly from the musical tastes of his bandmates in Limp Bizkit. Borland performed in Black Light Burns, in which he wrote most of the music and sang. As of 2009, Borland has rejoined Limp Bizkit.
Borland's family moved from Virginia to Jacksonville, Florida where his father took a pastoral job at a Presbyterian Church. In Florida, Borland met bassist Sam Rivers, but the two did not get along due to rivalries between local bands. He went to school with John Otto. He spent his summers in...
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