“Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat.”
— Limp Bizkit on bassist Sam Rivers

REST IN PEACE — More sad news to report in the rock n’ roll world as we report on the death of Sam Rivers.

Rivers was the bassist for the Florida based LIMP BIZKIT since the band’s inception in 1994.

According to a social media post from the band, Rivers apparently died today.

The band wrote on their Instagram earlier today, “Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat.” and shared an image of Rivers.

TMZ has reported the unfortunate news as well and we have shared their article below.

Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers Dead at 48

Sam Rivers — the bassist for the rock-rap group Limp Bizkit — has died … according to an official statement posted to the band’s Instagram.

The group announced the news Saturday evening … revealing Sam passed away earlier in the day and calling him their “heartbeat.”

Sam wasn’t just a bass player, the group say — he “was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.”

Outside of the music, the band writes that Sam was a once-in-a-lifetime person and a legend among legends.

The message ends, “Rest easy, brother. Your music never ends.”

Rivers grew up playing with Limp Bizkit drummer John Otto … and, he met Fred Durst while working at Chick-fil-A in the early 1990s.

Originally, Rivers, Otto and Durst made up all of Limp Bizkit … then, they added guitarist Wes Borland and DJ Lethal to complete their group in 1996.

Over the next three decades, Limp Bizkit rocked stages all over the world … dropping six studio albums — including the critically-acclaimed “Significant Other” and “Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water” in 1999 and 2000 respectively.

Rivers temporarily left the group in 2015 … later revealing it was because he developed a liver disease due to excessive drinking. He received a liver transplant and rejoiend the group in 2020.

Rivers was 48.

RIP

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The above courtesy of TMZ.

Metal Sludge sends Sam’s family, friends, along with the entire Limp Bizkit band and crew, our condolences.

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