Limp Bizkit founding member Sam Rivers has died, based on an announcement from the band. He was 48.
Rivers’ bandmates Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto and DJ Deadly launched a joint statement on Saturday, October 18, asserting the lack of their “brother.” They didn’t specify a reason for dying.
“In the present day we misplaced our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” Limp Bizkit’s assertion learn. “Sam Rivers wasn’t simply our bass participant — he was pure magic. The heart beat beneath each tune, the calm within the chaos, the soul within the sound.”
They continued, “From the primary word we ever performed collectively, Sam introduced a lightweight and a rhythm that might by no means get replaced. His expertise was easy, his presence unforgettable, his coronary heart huge.”
Rivers based Limp Bizkit with vocalist Durst, 55, and drummer Otto, 48, in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1994 and he grew to become a mainstay on all of their studio albums. (The trio added guitarist Borland and turntablist DJ Deadly to finish the basic lineup in 1996.) Nevertheless, the bassist introduced he was taking an prolonged hiatus from the group in 2015 to take care of well being points.
Rivers subsequently revealed in Jon Wiederhorn’s ebook Elevating Hell (Backstage Tales From the Lives of Steel Legends) that the long-term results of ingesting alcohol brought on his departure from Limp Bizkit.
“I acquired liver illness from extreme ingesting … I needed to go away Limp Bizkit in 2015 as a result of I felt so horrible, and some months after that I spotted I needed to change every thing as a result of I had actually unhealthy liver illness,” Rivers acknowledged. “I stop ingesting and did every thing the medical doctors instructed me. I acquired therapy for the alcohol and acquired a liver transplant, which was an ideal match.”
Rivers finally rejoined Limp Bizkit in 2018 and remained with the group till his dying. Of their memorial assertion, Durst and his fellow bandmates seemed again on Rivers’s legacy.
Fred Durst and Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit in November 2024. Medios y Media/Getty Pictures
“We shared so many moments — wild ones, quiet ones, lovely ones — and each one in all them meant extra as a result of Sam was there,” they wrote by way of Instagram. “He was a once-in-a-lifetime form of human. A real legend of legends. And his spirit will dwell eternally in each groove, each stage, each reminiscence.”
The band concluded, “We love you, Sam. We’ll carry you with us, at all times. Relaxation straightforward, brother. Your music by no means ends.”
Limp Bizkit’s turntablist DJ Deadly, 52, subsequently inspired followers to present the band and Rivers’ household privateness as they grieve.
“We love you Sam rivers,” he responded by way of Instagram. “Please respect the household’s privateness at this second. 🕊️ give Sam his flowers and play Sam rivers basslines all day ! We’re in shock. Relaxation in energy my brother ! You’ll dwell on by way of your music and the lives you helped save together with your music , charity work and friendships. We’re heartbroken 💔 get pleasure from each millisecond of life. It’s not assured.”
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Borland provided his personal tribute with throwback footage of Rivers shot in the course of the Vans’ Warped Tour again within the day, together with a “damaged coronary heart emoji” by way of his Instagram.
Limp Bizkit are at present scheduled to kick off their Gringo Papi Tour of Latin America at Mexico Metropolis’s Explanada del Estadio Banorte on November 29. The seven-date tour can also be anticipated to characteristic Yungblud, 311, Ecca Vandal, Riff Raff and Slay Squad.
