Fred Durst has “been by way of gallons and gallons of tears” for the reason that dying of his bandmate Sam Rivers.
Sam Rivers handed away on October 18
The Limp Bizkit bassist handed away on Saturday (18.10.25) on the age of 48. And, a day later, the frontman of the legendary nu-metal band shared a shifting tribute.
He first recalled being “blown away” from the second he noticed Sam play bass whereas assembling the group within the ’90s.
Fred started his prolonged video tribute on social media: “Sam Rivers, the legend, actually. Such a gifted, unbelievably candy and fantastic particular person.
I had this concept and imaginative and prescient for this specific sort of favor and sound and I simply couldn’t get it collectively proper. So I made a decision I’m going to exit and discover the precise gamers to do that and produce this factor collectively.”
He continued: “I went, oh my gosh, this man is superb.
“I noticed Sam play, and I used to be blown away.
“He was enjoying a five-string bass too, I’d by no means actually seen somebody utilizing a five-string bass. He was so clean and good and he stood out. I may hear nothing else however Sam, every little thing disappeared apart from his reward.”
The Break Stuff hitmaker stated Sam can be “smiling” figuring out he achieved his “dream”.
The tearful singer stated of his passing: “It’s so tragic that he’s not right here proper now, and I’ve gone by way of gallons and gallons of tears since yesterday. And I’m considering, gosh, Sam’s a legend, you already know? He did it, he lived it.”
Fred stated: “We rocked stadiums collectively, we’ve been around the globe collectively, shared so many moments collectively, and I do know that wherever Sam is true now, he’s smiling and feeling like, man, I did it.
“And man, did he do it.”
He continued: “What he’s left us behind is priceless, he’s such a particular particular person. And Sam’s a really non-public particular person too, so the few folks that have been in a position to be shut with him know what I’m saying to be true.
“Sam was the primary man that basically got here in and helped make this dream come true. And he didn’t suppose twice about it, he simply went, ‘Yeah let’s go, let’s do it’.”
Fred concluded that the “overwhelming assist and love” from followers around the globe exhibits the “influence” he had.
He added: “I used to be very, very lucky to have him in my life, and I’m so extremely grateful to have shared a part of this journey with Sam Rivers, an enormous a part of my journey. I’m tremendous, tremendous grateful and I miss him terribly already. All of the assist and love I’ve seen on the market on-line is overwhelming, he actually did have an effect on the world. His music and his reward is the one which’s going to maintain on giving. I simply love him a lot.”
Limp Bizkit’s DJ Deadly additionally posted his personal private tribute and highlighted how his bandmate’s influence went past music, highlighting Sam’s charity work.
He wrote: “We’re in shock. Relaxation in energy my brother! You’ll reside on by way of your music and the lives you helped save along with your music, charity work and friendships. We’re heartbroken [broken heart emoji] get pleasure from each millisecond of life. It’s not assured.”
On the time of writing, no explanation for dying has been disclosed.
The award-winning musician left Limp Bizkit for quite a lot of years in 2015, as a consequence of liver illness from “extreme consuming”.
He informed writer Jon Wiederhorn for the e book Elevating Hell: “I give up consuming and did every little thing the docs informed me.
“I bought remedy for the alcohol and bought a liver transplant, which was an ideal match.”
