| Big Dumb Face | |
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| Origin | USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1998–2001 |
| Labels | Interscope Records, Flawless Records |
| Associated acts | Limp Bizkit, Black Light Burns |
| Members | |
| Chris Gibbs Kyle Weeks Greg Isabelle Wes Borland Scott Borland |
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Big Dumb Face is a band formed by Wes and Scott Borland. The singles include Duke Lion, Kali is the Sweethog, Blood Red Head on Fire, and their Modern Rock Top 40 hit Rebel.
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Wes Borland set the project to the side once he quit Limp Bizkit in 2001 to start up progressive metal outfit Eat the Day, but once Eat the Day fell through and Borland briefly rejoined Limp Bizkit in late 2004, Borland recorded and wrote a new Big Dumb Face thrash/death metal song called "Darkness Becomes", which was available on Borland's website, but now is available on the Big Dumb Face website.
Big Dumb Face's primary musical style is humorous and diverse. The tracks on the album range from death/thrash metal (Burgalveist, Blood Red Head on Fire) to new wave (It's Right in Here, Kali Is the Sweethog), to speed country (Duke Lion). The album has many musical ideas loaded into each song, with keyboards, drum machines, live drums, guitars run through synths, bass guitar and trip hop beats thrown into songs.
Borland worked on the album in late 2000, released it in early 2001 and toured for BDF in early to mid 2001.
The musical style of Big Dumb Face was influenced by Ween and Mr. Bungle.[1] Wes Borland stated that the band's music is "really silly and idiotic and bizarre. [...] It's nothing but stupid [...] just all these retarded songs."[1]
Borland founded the band with his brother Scott and his best friend Kyle Weeks. On the record, Borland played everything, with help from Scott and Kyle on vocals and a drum machine.
Scott is Borland's younger brother. Kyle along with Borland was in Goatslayer before Big Dumb Face was formed. Scott has also played on many Limp Bizkit songs and was briefly a member of the band early on as keyboardist. He would later join Borland in his progressive metal band Eat the Day
Kyle Weeks is a longtime friend of the Borland brothers and was the third member of Goatslayer. He initially joined the Borland's in Eat the Day, but left early because his wife was about to have a baby.
The aforementioned members of the band went to highschool with Greg, which is how he managed to be a part of Big Dumb Face. Later he joined the Borland brothers in their progressive metal band Eat the Day
Chris Gibbs is another friend of Scott and Greg and was the touring bassist for Big Dumb Face. He is the only member of the touring lineup that did not contribute to Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!, as he was brought in just for live bass guitar.