Vocalist recalled his first meetings with the bassist and thanked him for his friend’s lasting impact on music
The vocalist of Limp Bizkit, Fred Durstpublished a video on his social networks this Sunday, the 19th, in honor of his bandmate and longtime friend, Sam Riverswho passed away last Saturday at the age of 47. In the video, recorded in an intimate and emotional tone, Durst remembers the first meeting with rivers as a youth in Jacksonville, Florida, and describes the instant connection he felt with the bassist:
“I saw the Sam on stage and I was impressed… He was so smooth, so good. Everything around disappeared, and all we could hear was him.”
In the report, the singer also detailed the initial formation of the band. Limp Bizkitsaying that it was himself Sam who suggested the entry of John Ottohis cousin and future drummer of the band.
“John He was a jazz drummer, which brought that balance that we wanted… When the two played together, it was something magical.”
Durst also highlighted the sensitive and musically sophisticated side of Sam Riversrevealing the passion that the bassist had for grunge and bands like Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone and Stone Temple Pilots.
“He could extract a beautiful sadness from the bass. He played chords with a depth I had never seen.”
Visibly moved, Fred said he had cried “buckets of tears” since the news of the death. “Sam was a legend… He lived. We shared so many moments — wild, beautiful, chaotic. I know that wherever he is now, he’s smiling and thinking, ‘I did it’. And he did it,” he concluded.
Life and career of Sam Rivers
In summary, Samuel Robert Riversbetter known in the music world as Sam Riverswas born on September 2, 1977, in Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States.
His relationship with art began early, in childhood: he learned to play the tuba, but became interested in the guitar as a teenager — until, at the suggestion of a teacher, he adopted the bass, an instrument that would define his career, in which he also joined the group Sleepkillers and acted as a producer, collaborating on albums by bands such as Burn Season and The Embraced.
During youth, rivers he knew Fred Durstvocalist and leader of Limp Bizkitwhile they both worked at a fast food chain in a Jacksonville mall. The partnership resulted in the creation of the band Malachi Sageembryo of what would later become the iconic nu metal band, with the arrival of the drummer John Otto. Already DJ Lethal and the guitarist Wes Borland they would complete the training at another time.
Finally, as a bassist, Sam participated in all six studio albums Limp Bizkit. In Results May Vary (2003), recorded guitar parts during the period in which Borland was outside the group’s formation. In 2015, his temporary departure from the band was announced due to an alleged back problem. It was later revealed that rivers He faced liver disease caused by excessive alcohol consumption — a condition that led him to undergo a liver transplant.
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Source: Rollingstone
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