It's been two days since I've opened my socials and seen that Sam Rivers from Limp Bizkit passed away. I thought that it was a nightmare, or a bad hoax. Now I think I will never get over the fact that he is gone. Cannot process it. Over the last two days, I cried whenever I saw a clip or a picture of him and/or the band. When an artist whose energy I’ve “absorbed” over the years passes away — it feels as if a part of my own world has disappeared. It happened to me when Chester Bennington died, and now when Sam died, I feel the same. For me, Limp Bizkit equals my childhood, my teenage years, my essence; I am from a small country of Serbia and you can only imagine how stumbling upon Significant Other when I was 14 changed my world. Endless hours & days listening to pure magic, from the first to the last song - it shook me to the core, I was living and breathing this album & this band, dreaming of attending their concert someday. Talked about LB with my friends, my best friend loved them too, so we'd play Rollin', Nookie or Break Stuff and jumped around in his or in my room, we collected posters and talked about how everyone wanted to be Fred Durst at that point. Although Significant Other was my own religion, I adored all the albums; and though I was listening to other stuff and altering my music taste to heavier bands throughout the years, I would always come back to LB. From Sour, Re-arranged, Just Like This, Nookie, to Boiler, My Way, It'll Be OK, Almost Over, Bring it Back, the list is endless, those riffs captivated my mind and my soul for eternity. I can say that LB was the starting point of my musical journey and I actually realized I was always looking for Sam's groove in every other band later on. Sam's bass lines were and still are the key and they are and will surely be an inspiration to many; got to mention that his ideas on Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (Counterfeit, c'mon, isn't that bass genious?!) are insane - that is why this album is the foundation of the nu metal genre. He was a beast live, his energy and pulse unmatched. I am 39 and I still watch concerts of Limp Bizkit on youtube, and they just pull you in every time. I always loved their stage presence, Sam was absolutely crazy jumping and playing at the same time, especially in his early days. Their energy was endless. He seemed like a very nice guy, too. I never got to see LB with him (he was ill and not touring when I attended their concert in Prague in 2023), and I wanted to travel abroad and see them in full original line-up in 2026. It will never happen and I am absolutely devastated. The world lost a real gem. Just incredibly sad...As I've already said, I feel like something has been ripped away from me. My friend said, "part of our youth goes away when they go away from this world". I will never accept it completely. My memories are my most treasured possession, and my memories are colored by the bass lines in Re-arranged and 90 Teen 90 Nine... I hope Sam knew how much of an impact he made, and how many lives he made better. He will forever live through the music he so brilliantly created and his spark cannot be extinguished even though he is not physically here… Wherever you are, we love you and we will miss you forever, Sam...😞💔😭
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