ON THIS DATE IN 1999 AT THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR IN KANSAS CITY SOME ROCKER DUDE WHO HAD NOTHING TO LOSE WAS LOOKING TO GET HIS MUSIC IN FRONT OF SOMEONE WITH A RECORD LABEL. WES SCANTLIN WAS THAT ROCKER DUDE…HE GOT HIMSELF A FAKE BACKSTAGE ACCESS LANYARD AND SNUCK BACKSTAGE AND WAS SUCCESFUL IN GETTING HIS LAST REMAINING DEMO TAPE TO FRED DURST’S SECURITY GUARD, LIMP BIZKIT WAS PLAYING THAT TOUR YOU SEE…AND THE PROVERBIAL HAIL MARY ATTEMPT ACTUALLY WORKED! FRED LIKED THE TAPE AND SIGNED WES…BUT FROZE OUT THE REST OF THE BAND…WOMP WOMP WOMP…DURST’S LABEL, FLAWLESS RECORDS, PAIRED SCANTLIN UP WITH NEW MUSICIANS AND THE NEW PUDDLE OF MUDD WAS BORN….AND THE END RESULT WAS A DEBUT ALBUM, COME CLEAN, RELEASED 2 YEARS LATER…THE LEAD SINGLE, “CONTROL”…THAT IS TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X IN THE 5 OCLOCK FREAK OUT SPONSORED BY SIREN TATTOO STUDIOS
