Limp Bizkit's guitarist Wes Borland ruffled a few feathers last week when he posted to his Instagram stories that "if any of [his] followers voted or support Trump or are still friends with anyone who supports the Trump administration[,] you're out. Fuck you. Never contact me again."
And yesterday evening, Borland made an Instagram post addressing the inevitable backlash that followed his original story, with the caption reading: "I guess if you’re mad at me say whatever you want to here. I just want everyone to be happy. Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. Democrats are without leadership except Bernie. Love AOC. So call me a Libtard here. Hail Satan. It’s also my birthday so you can wish me a happy birthday if you want.”
Following up on the post with another Instagram story on the same day (6th February), Borland went on to say that "y’all hating [him] for not wanting hatred in the world is wild. Fine, keep voting against your best interests and telling [him]: stick to playing guitar. Never heard that one before.”
Wes Borland has been notoriously critical of the current president, ever since his first election in 2016, and he is far from the only alternative musician with something to say about it. The alternative genre will always be inherently political, regardless of the band's intentions – there's an entire editorial that could cover the argument – so, it really should be unsurprising that artists that deviate from the status quo have something to say about the current state of socio political affairs. At the end of the day, they're artists. And art is a reflection of our society, and our society is currently going through a massive transition in which the richer are getting richer while our grocery bills steadily climb week after week.
Check out the Limp Bizkit guitarist's Instagram posts and stories below.
