Scott Borland | |
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Born |
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
February 14, 1979
Origin | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Genres | Alternative rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar, bass, keyboards |
Associated acts | Big Dumb Face, Limp Bizkit, Eat the Day, Vanilla Ice |
Scott Borland (born February 14, 1979) is an American musician.
From 1998 to 2001 he was a guitarist for Big Dumb Face, a band he co-founded with his older brother Wes Borland. Scott Borland also contributed to three albums by his brother's band Limp Bizkit.
Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Scott went to middle school and high school in Jacksonville, FL, and took an interest in bass guitar, starting to play together with his brother Wes. The Borland family later moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where Scott attended college. Borland provided arrangements and played keyboards for the albums Three Dollar Bill, Yall (1997), Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) by Limp Bizkit, the band Wes joined in the mid-1990s. He also played bass on Vanilla Ice's 1998 album Hard to Swallow.
In 1998, Scott and Wes Borland formed Big Dumb Face, a band influenced by Ween and Mr. Bungle. The group released their only album Duke Lion Fights the Terror!! in March 2001.
In 2002, Scott was also part of Wes's short-lived side project Eat the Day.