{"id":223506,"date":"2025-10-19T01:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/223506\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T01:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:27:07","slug":"sam-rivers-limp-bizkit-bassist-dead-at-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/223506\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Rivers, Limp Bizkit Bassist, Dead at 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sam-rivers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sam-rivers\" data-tag=\"sam-rivers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Rivers<\/a>, the founding bassist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/limp-bizkit\/\" id=\"auto-tag_limp-bizkit\" data-tag=\"limp-bizkit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Limp Bizkit<\/a>, died on Saturday. He was 48. The band confirmed the news on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cToday we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,\u201d Limp Bizkit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DP-BwbbCQdT\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>, sharing a photo of Rivers. \u201cSam Rivers wasn\u2019t just our bass player \u2014 he was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRivers and Fred Durst met while in Jacksonville, Florida and first played together in the short-lived Malachi Sage. In 1994 after that band fizzled, they teamed up with Rivers\u2019 cousin and drummer John Otto to form Limp Bizkit. Shortly afterward, guitarist Wes Borland joined them, rounding out the original lineup that expanded to include DJ Lethal.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cFrom the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced,\u201d the band continued in its statement on Saturday. \u201cHis talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThey released their first album, Three Dollar Bill Y\u2019all in 1997. But it was their 1999 sophomore album Significant Other, powered by its single \u201cNookie,\u201d that shot the band to Number One on the Billboard 200 and solidified their trajectory as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-woodstock-99-podcast-1211013\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rap-rock behemoths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shared so many moments \u2014 wild ones, quiet ones, beautiful ones \u2014 and every one of them meant more because Sam was there,\u201d the surviving members of Limp Bizkit wrote in their statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of human. A true legend of legends. And his spirit will live forever in every groove, every stage, every memory,\u201d the band continued. \u201cWe love you, Sam. We\u2019ll carry you with us, always. Rest easy, brother. Your music never ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story\u2026<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Rivers, the founding bassist for Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday. He was 48. 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