When Wes Borland quit Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst welcomed audition tapes from other guitarists. Now Borland has done the same to find a vocalist for his new band Eat The Day. "We had originally planned on handling the vocal duties ourselves, but after much toil have decided that the quality of our voices does not match the quality of our music," Borland has written on his website. To that end he is welcoming demos – by mail or email – as we speak.
Talking about his new band's style, he warned he wasn’t interested in hearing from rappers. "We are looking more for a beautiful voice and not a Nu-Metallish type of vibe. Someone who is extremely dynamic. Someone who can sing as sweetly as Jeff Buckley and also scream bloody murder, but we are ready to be open minded to almost anything except for rap!"
Durst famously tried to lure Borland back in May by publishing his former guitarist's email address and asking fans to encourage him to rejoin the band. "I have to say that I immediately wanted to shut the account down, but ended up leaving it up for a while to see what kind of response I got," Borland said. "Although I did not read the hundreds of E-mails themselves, I took time to browse over the subject titles. 75% or more of all the E-mails pleaded for me not to return. I was amazed. Thank you all for the support.”