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Sam Rivers, the bassist with US nu-metal radical Limp Bizkit, has died aged 48, his bandmates person said.
In a station connected Instagram, the radical paid tribute to their "brother" and a "once-in-a-lifetime benignant of human", describing his beingness arsenic "pure magic".
Bandmates Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto and DJ Lethal each shared the tribute, which said: "Sam Rivers wasn't conscionable our bass subordinate - helium was axenic magic. The pulse beneath each song, the calm successful the chaos, the psyche successful the sound.
"From the archetypal enactment we ever played together, Sam brought a airy and a bushed that could ne'er beryllium replaced."
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Their connection ended by saying: "Rest easy, brother. Your euphony ne'er ends."
In a abstracted message, DJ Lethal said they were successful shock, and added: "Rest successful powerfulness my brother! You volition unrecorded connected done your euphony and the lives you helped prevention with your music, foundation enactment and friendships."
He urged his followers to "enjoy each millisecond of life", adding: "It's not guaranteed."
The set did not accidental however the instrumentalist died.
Formed successful Jacksonville, Florida successful 1994, Limp Bizkit released their debut medium successful 1997.
Playing a fusion of stone and hip-hop dubbed nu-metal, their archetypal large deed was 2000's Take A Look Around - the taxable from Mission Impossible 2 - followed by Rollin', the opus that took them to the apical of the charts successful the UK.
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The set sold an estimated 45 cardinal albums, according to a royalties suit filed successful 2024.
They received 3 Grammy nominations successful 2000 and 2001, and won 3 MTV Europe Music Awards.
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