Eddie Van Halen could have taken the life of Fred Durst according to photographer Andrew Bennett in his new photobook, Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days & Nights With the Genius of Eddie Van Halen,
Eddie was jamming with Durst and his band Limp Bizkit in 2001 in a house in Beverly Hills, California when suddenly someone lit a joint. Not a fan, Eddie up and left, leaving behind his gear.
He called Durst the next day to arrange a pick-up time, but Durst didn’t return his call. That’s when Eddie decided to pay a visit, driving over in an assault vehicle he’d bought at a military auction — with an illegal gun mount on the back.
Bennett writes, “Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A., into Beverly Hills, then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in. He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand.”
Eddie explained to Bennett, “That [a-hole] answered the door. I put my gun to that stupid red hat of his and I said, ‘Where’s my [crap], mother[effer]?’ That [stupid] guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my stuff… Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars.”
