Sam Rivers, bassist with nu metal band Limp Bizkit, has passed away, according to a statement issued by his bandmates yesterday.
The remaining members of Limp Bizkit described Rivers as the band’s “heartbeat” in a statement posted on Instagram.
They said Sam Rivers wasn’t just their bass player, he was pure magic, the pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.
Rivers was one of the founding members of Limp Bizkit from 1994 onwards and through the peak of the band’s noughties success with albums like 2000’s Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water and 2003’s Results May Vary, and hit singles like “Nookie” and “Rollin’.”
Rivers left the group for several years in 2015, returning to the fold in 2018.
He later revealed that his prolonged absence was because he had developed liver disease due to excessive drinking.
He rejoined the band after recovering from a 2017 liver transplant.
