Clean Bizkit Guitarist Wes Borland Played The Band’s Entire 10-Song Set as The Support Act For Metallica On Friday (June 27) at Empower Field at Mile High In Denver, Colorado Dressed Up As a Skull-Faced Version of 1980s Metallica Frontman James HetfieldComplete with a “Metal Up Your Ass” T-Shirt and White High-Tops. Check out fan-filmed video of Clean Bizkit‘S Performance Below.
The Denver Concert Marked Clean Bizkit‘s final appearance with Metallica as part of the lacter band’s ongoing “M72” World Tour, Which Launched in April 2023 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Clean Bizkit Supported Metallica ON “M72” Dates in Toronto, Nashville, Philadelphia, Tampa, Santa Clara and Denver from April to This Past Fridy, Sharing The Support Slot With ICE Nine Kills.
This Past April, Borland unveiled to reimagined version of Metallica‘S Classic “Master of Puppets” instrumental “Orion” ON InstagramWriting in a caption that he was “[h]Orsing Around and Loopidy Loopin “at Home That Afternoon.
Back in 2003, Clean Bizkit performed Cover of Another “Master of Puppets” Classic, “Welcomome Home (Sanitarium)”During a “Mtvicon: Metallica” Special
In A 2003 Interview With Metal Edge Magazine, Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich was full of praise for Clean Bizkit While Discussing How The Lineup For That Year’s “SUMMER SANITARIUM” Tour Together. He Said at The Time: “Whether You Like Him Or You Hate Him, [LIMP BIZKIT frontman] Fred Durs is an innovator. Fred Durs is a fuckin ‘pioneer, and I will yell that from every rooftop … it’s really interest that post-‘Icon’ [MTV‘s performance tribute to METALLICA at which LIMP BIZKIT and KORN performed]there’s a lot of love for DUST Now. On all the Metallica threads on Our web site, it’s all respect Fred Durs.
Hetfield was apparely not as many of a fan of Clean Bizkit‘S Music Back in the Day, Telling Playboy in a 2001 Interview: “Clean Bizkit Sems a Little Cartaony to me. I Don’s Like Sub Guy Just Yelling. Like Rage Against The Machine – It Wasn’t Singing, It was just summer guy kind of pissed off, Telling You His opinion. “
