The first part of the title is a slang term for the human anus. Hot Dog Flavored Water is an in-joke started by Wes Borland at a truck stop while the band was on tour, where Borland saw bottles of Crystal Geyser flavored water, and made a joke about having meat or hot dog flavors.[8]
Durst himself refers to the album name in three songs. First, "Livin' It Up", where he declares that, "The chocolate starfish is my man Fred Durst." (Wes Borland has stated in an interview when questioned on the naming of the album that, "Fred calls himself Chocolate Starfish, because people call him an asshole all the time."[8]) Second, "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to, "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish," and "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" where he mentions "Chocolate Starfish" in the introduction.
The album's name was actually a backup option, as its long-time working title Limpdependence Day was abandoned after the band failed to meet their original July 4 deadline. "Chocolate starfish" is a slang term for the anus, and "hot dog flavored water" was an inside joke started by the band's guitarist Wes Borland at a truck stop while the band was on tour, where he saw bottles of Crystal Geyser flavored water and joked about them tasting like meat.
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