By MARK SCOLFORO
Sam Rivers, the bass participant within the nu metallic band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, based on social media posts by his band mates.
The band didn’t disclose the place Rivers died or the circumstances, however praised him as “pure magic” and “the soul in the sound.”
“From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced,” they wrote in a gaggle Instagram submit. “His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous.”
Rivers, 48, had spoken of heavy consuming that had prompted liver illness. He left the band in 2015 and acquired a liver transplant earlier than reuniting with Limp Bizkit three years later.
Fred Durst, the band’s entrance man and lead vocalist, posted a video Sunday morning that recounted how they met at a membership in Jacksonville Seaside, Florida, and went on to music stardom and performances across the globe. Durst mentioned he has shed “gallons and gallons of tears since yesterday.”
“He really did have an impact on the world and his music and his gift is the one that’s going to keep on giving,” Durst mentioned. “I just love him so much.”
Durst mentioned he and Rivers shared a love of grunge music, naming the bands Mom Love Bone, Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots.
“He had this kind of ability to pull this beautiful sadness out of the bass that I’d never heard,” Durst mentioned, calling Rivers “so talented I can’t explain.”
Limp Bizkit, with roots in Jacksonville, Florida, emerged within the late Nineteen Nineties with a sound that melds altenative rock, heavy metallic and rap.
Their off-the-wall humorousness is mirrored within the titles of their mega-selling 2000 album, “Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water,” and a single launched final month, “Making Love to Morgan Wallen.”
Limp Bizkit opened for Metallica on a current tour that included a June date at Levi’s Stadium, in Santa Clara. It has scheduled a tour of Central and South America to start in Mexico Metropolis in late November.
Initially Printed: October 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM PDT
