<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/G_limpbizkit_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Fred Durst and Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit perform live onstage during day two of Reading Festival 2025 at Richfield Avenue on August 23, 2025 in Reading, England. (Simone Joyner/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Limp Bizkit</strong> frontman <strong>Fred Durst</strong> has shared a <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/freddurst/reel/DP_mMorDgZz/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>video tribute</a> to his late bandmate, bassist <strong>Sam Rivers</strong>.</p><p>”Sam Rivers, the legend, truly,” Durst begins. “Such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person.”</p><p>Durst co-founded Limp Bizkit with Rivers, and tells the story of how he saw the bassist play in a local bar and decided to form a band with him.</p><p>”I saw Sam play and I was blown away,” Durst recalls. “He was so smooth and good and he stood out, and I could hear nothing else but Sam.”</p><p>Rivers and Durst would end up playing on every Limp Bizkit album together.</p><p>”What he’s left us behind is priceless,” Durst says. “He’s such a special person.”</p><p>Limp Bizkit <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/limpbizkit/p/DP-BwbbCQdT/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>announced</a> news of Rivers’ death on Saturday. He was 48.</p><p>Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.</p>
