Sam Rivers, the bassist and backing vocalist of the US nu-metal group Limp Bizkit, has died on the age of 48, the band has stated.
Limp Bizkit introduced the demise in a social media submit, describing Rivers because the band’s “heartbeat” however not disclosing the place Rivers died or the circumstances. “At present we misplaced our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the band wrote.
“Sam Rivers wasn’t simply our bass participant – he was pure magic. The heartbeat beneath each tune, the calm within the chaos, the soul within the sound.
“From the primary be aware we ever performed collectively, Sam introduced a light-weight and a rhythm that might by no means get replaced. His expertise was easy, his presence unforgettable, his coronary heart huge.”
Fred Durst, the band’s frontman and lead vocalist, posted a video Sunday morning that recounted how they met at a membership in Jacksonville Seashore, Florida, and went on to music stardom and performances across the globe. Durst stated he has shed “gallons and gallons of tears since yesterday”.
“He actually did have an effect on the world and his music and his present is the one which’s going to maintain on giving,” Durst stated. “I simply love him a lot.”
The reason for Rivers’ demise was not revealed.
Rivers, 48, had spoken of heavy consuming that had triggered liver illness. He left the band in 2015 and acquired a liver transplant earlier than reuniting with Limp Bizkit three years later.
Durst stated 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 type of capacity to drag this lovely unhappiness out of the bass that I’d by no means heard,” Durst stated, calling Rivers “so gifted I can’t clarify.”
Limp Bizkit shaped in Jacksonville in 1994 and rose to fame within the late Nineteen Nineties with their eclectic and heavy sound that blended metallic, hip-hop and punk influences.
They achieved mainstream success with their albums Important Different (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Scorching Canine Flavored Water (2000), which topped the charts within the US.
Their off-the-wall humorousness is mirrored within the titles of their mega-selling 2000 album, “Chocolate Starfish and the Scorching Canine Flavored Water,” and a single launched final month, “Making Like to Morgan Wallen.”
Rivers was one of many founding members of the band, together with vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland and turntablist DJ Deadly.
“Relaxation simple, brother. Your music by no means ends,” they stated within the Instagram submit.
DJ Deadly added in a remark beneath the band’s submit: “We’re in shock. Relaxation in energy my brother! You’ll stay 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.”
Limp Bizkit has scheduled a tour of Central and South America to start in Mexico Metropolis in late November.
