Scott Borland (born February 14, 1979) is an American musician. Borland is the co-founder, along with his older brother

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, of the American

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band Big Dumb Face. Scott Borland also contributed to the first three albums by his brother's band Limp Bizkit.

Biography

Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Scott went to middle school and high school in Jacksonville, FL, and took an interest in

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, starting to play together with his brother Wes. The Borland family later moved to

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, where Scott attended college. Borland provided arrangements and played keyboards for the albums '' Three Dollar Bill, Yall'' (1997), ''

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'' (1999) and ''

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'' (2000) by Limp Bizkit, the band Wes joined in the mid-1990s. He also played keyboards on

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's 1998 album ''

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'' and bass on the

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album '' 5:30 Saturday Morning''. In 1998, Scott and Wes Borland formed Big Dumb Face, an American

band influenced by

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and Mr. Bungle. The group released their debut album '' Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' in March 2001, followed by ''Where Is Duke Lion? He's Dead...'' in October 2017 and ''Christmas in the Cave of Dagoth'' in December 2021. In 2002, Scott was also part of Wes's short-lived side project Eat the Day. Also in 2002, Borland contributed additional keyboards to the self-titled debut album of the American nu metal band Stepa.

References

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