Birthdate:  February 07, 1975

Born:  Nashville, Tennessee

Favorites:  Yellow, pasta, coffee, Star Wars, truck stops, Ween.

Family:  Father (Presbyterian minister), Mother, Brother-Scott (keyboards; Vanilla Ice band member), Wife-Heather McMillan.

Background Information:  Wes has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, for which he used to take the drug Dexadrine for. He had taken it for years until recently, "It's a narcotic. It's basically like I was on speed for six years. I found out later on that one of the side effects is dry mouth. So I've had to have five root canals, just from being on that. Every single tooth in my mouth had to get a filling."

Wes started playing guitar at the age of 12, although he originally wanted to play the drums. After being rejected by his parents, he took up guitar lessons. Given the choice of blues lessons or classical, Wes didn't hesitate to pick the one that wasn't classical.

Brought up by good parents, his father a Presbyterian Minister, Wes developed interest in a book owned by a friend. He commented, "I remember in junior high, some kid had a copy of this occult book called The Necronomicon, which at that age was a really evil, exciting, weird thing to know about. And the kid was telling all these stories about it, all the weird things that he heard. So I went home and said, 'I want to get this book.' And my dad went, 'Okay, let's go get it.' We went to the book store and we got this horrible, evil thing, with a pentagram on the front. He said, 'When you're done with it, let me have a look at it.' And it was not a big thing. It was just research. When I said I wanted to go see Judas Priest and Megadeth and Testament, he took me to the concert. He said he had a great time, and laughed about somebody passing a joint to him."

These childhood experiences have made Borland a wise man, who believes "Parents these days let kids do whatever they want. Actual family values - disregarding the tour - have gone down the drain in this country. I'm by no means an expert on this, but I think parents need to get a lot more involved in their kids' lives."

Soon after that, Wes spent three years taking jazz lessons at a performing arts university, where he met John Otto. Working at a local coffee shop in Jacksonville, Florida, Wes eventually met the founding members of Limp Bizkit and was asked to try out. He got the job, but was soon kicked out of the band, since the band thought he was an "asshole". Wes and Fred constantly argued. This was because Fred is very bullheaded, and Wes's medication was begining to have negative effects on his mood and personality. It began to make constantly agitated and moody. Fortunately, over the next few years Wes weaned himself off of the medication which was a narcotic, aka legal speed. While Wes was gone, Rob Waters temporarily took Borland's place in the band, but it was an obvious step backwards, so Durst pleaded with the rest of the band to have Wes come back. It took more pleading, this time to Borland, to get him back in the band, and he finally agreed, and the final pieces of Limp Bizkit were set with the addition of DJ Lethal.

In those early days, Wes had already developed a penchant for bizarre on-stage costumes, dressing as a girl, to "piss off the crowd". Apparently, it also pissed off Durst, who thought the whole idea was ridiculous, but eventually allowed Borland creative freedom. He no longer dresses as a female, yet he does have extraordinarily creative costumes every show, which he makes himself on an antique sewing machine.

After playing shows relentlessly, Fred Durst got to meet the members of Korn, for whom he gave tattoos to Head. Asked to engrave the Korn logo on his back, the drunken Durst instead tattooed "Horn", after lying that he had been doing this for years. Eventually, the bands struck up a friendship, Korn helping Limp Bizkit sign a record deal, Munky and Head of Korn hooking Wes up with free Ibanez 7-string guitars, and several tours together, including the Family Values Tour.

With the tours came new costumes, including: "Burnt Match", a recurring persona during the Family Values Tour of 1998. The costume consisted of underwear, boots, and a ton of face paint. With the final touch of his over-sized black contacts, which cost $400 per pair, it is, to say the least, creepy. His everyday Halloween life isn't always a walk in the park, as the contacts tend to hurt after a mere two hours in the eye.

On April 10, 1998, Wes married high school sweetheart Heather McMillen. At the ceremony, Wes sported his infamous black contacts. Afterward, their honeymoon was a road trip across the country to different amusement parks, a delightful change of pace from the standard.

In 2000, Borland and wife moved to Los Angeles, in a big home in Griffith Park, home of RHCP's Flea and No Doubt's Gwen Stefani. In the home, Wes spends his time painting cartoon characters on the walls, working on music with his computer, doing computer graphics, and putting toys all over the house.

Also, in 2000, Wes made a change from Ibanez 7 string guitars to Paul Reed Smith 6 strings, a change that was made because he "got bored" with playing the 7 string. He claims that he wasn't good enough to play the 7 string how it should be played, and that if you can't burn on 6, why play 7? Since the extra string was just a drone, he can still play all Limp Bizkit songs on a 6 string, and even plays some on his 4 string guitars.

Looking ahead, Wes' solo album will be released around March 6th of 2001. The project is titled "Big Dumb Face" and the album will be titled "Duke Lion Fights The Terror". After the record's release, Wes plans on touring in support of the album, with an extravagant show planned, and his own band.