Earlier this month, Limp Bizkit announced that bassist Sam Rivers had died aged just 48 years old. A founding member of the band, Rivers' propulsive bass lines underpinned Bizkit's thunderously fun nu metal ruckus for over three decades, grooving away under Wes Borland's beefy riffs and eccentric sideways widdling to form the beating heart of one of millennial America's most impactful bands.
Sam's passing wasn't just another sad indication that we are losing beloved artists far too soon and far too often: for OG nu metal kids like me, it felt a little like the end of an era.
