Sam Rivers, the bass participant within the nu steel band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, in keeping with 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 bunch Instagram publish. “His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous.”
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 stated 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 stated. “I just love him so much.”
Rivers had spoken of heavy consuming that had induced liver illness. He left the band in 2015 and obtained a liver transplant earlier than reuniting with Limp Bizkit three years later.
Limp Bizkit has scheduled a tour of Central and South America to start in Mexico Metropolis in late November.
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 kind of ability to pull this beautiful sadness out of the bass that I’d never heard,” Durst stated, calling Rivers “so talented I can’t explain.”
Limp Bizkit, with roots in Jacksonville, Florida, emerged within the late Nineties with a sound that melds altenative rock, heavy steel 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.”
