Limp Bizkit's Sam Rivers dead at 48

[Lysander]

Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers Dies at 48

Limp Bizkit's members have shared a heartfelt tribute while revealing the death of longtime bassist Sam Rivers.

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[CorrosiveMatter]

Just saw them a few months ago... blah!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Saw that on Insta but waited to see if it was officially official. Terrible news Killer bassist and huge loss for the band

 

[Orvillain]

Absolutely gutted. It would be tragic enough, but the age.. the fucking age... 48!?

I'll be blasting some LB tomorrow with the bass cranked.

 

[Los-D]

RIP Legend

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Wow, this is sad. Nobody should die this young.

 

[BROCKSTAR]

And another... Love them or hate them but they were there at the front of the whole nu-metal scene! R.I.P. Sam!

 

[Lysander]

And another... Love them or hate them but they were there at the front of the whole nu-metal scene! R.I.P. Sam!

Much like the whole band sans Fred Durst, it's really hard to knock on Rivers for his skills. The guy was a monster of a bass player.

48 is just too young May he RIP.

 

[DISTORT6]

That dude could flat out play.
RIP Sam.

 

[Whizzinby]

When it’s members from bands of your youth it really drives home how fragile this whole thing is.

RIP

 

[Dave Lewis]

Has his cause of death been announced ?

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Has his cause of death been announced ?

Not yet anywhere.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Holy shit just learning about this. Been a LB fan since I was 12!

 

[DrewJD82]

Crazy shit.

I know the dude had a liver transplant a while back that turned out ok, but was due to a drinking issue. While it doesn’t really matter how he died, it’d be a bummer if dude got a second chance at life and wasn’t able to utilize it.

 

[JiveTurkey]

He looked great in Nashville and played flawlessly from all I could see. I am glad we saw them with the original lineup. I have no idea what they will do now as they are already very sparse with their activity. Much moreso than I would expect a huge band like them to be? It would be TOUGH to carry on without someone so integral. They tried that without Wes and it did not go well

 

[JiveTurkey]

Just saw where they called in a cardiac arrest while he was under medical care Wayyyyyy too young to go. I also read that LB are still doing South American tour this winter. I wonder who they'll get to play bass? I saw a clip of them here a while back with some other rando guy on bass. Can't remember who but I can't imagine it'd be a speck on Sam?

 

[Lysander]

I also read that LB are still doing South American tour this winter.

Yep, confirmed by the promoter running their Mexico shows:

I think they had a replacement lined up, for whatever reason - Limp Bizkit has played many shows with tour bassists in the past. It's a bit crass IMHO, but i guess the show must go on...

 

[JiveTurkey]

Yep, confirmed by the promoter running their Mexico shows:

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I think they had a replacement lined up, for whatever reason - Limp Bizkit has played many shows with tour bassists in the past. It's a bit crass IMHO, but i guess the show must go on...

I see both sides. I am not going to judge them especially given they don't seem to be near as active as you'd think they'd be? I saw Sam wearing a number of different F Cancer shirts so I wonder if that was part of things? Sucks either way.