Limp Bizkit Bass Player Sam Rivers Dead at 48
Sam Rivers, the founding bassist for Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday.
Today we lost our brother. Our heartbeat... Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player — he was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.
Limp Bizkit released a joint statement announcing the loss of their “brother” and remembering Rivers as the one who brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced since the first note they played together.
Rivers was a founding member of Limp Bizkit in 1994 after befriending the band’s vocalist, Fred Durst, and playing together in the band Malachi Sage.
The cause of death has not been specified at this time.
Author's summary: Limp Bizkit's founding bassist Sam Rivers dies.