​The bass guitar that anchored one of rock’s most polarizing bands fell silent on Oct. 19, 2025. Sam Rivers, whose thunderous low-end grooves propelled Limp Bizkit through the nu-metal revolution, died at 48, sending shockwaves through a music community still reeling from the genre’s complicated legacy. The announcement arrived via Instagram, where Rivers’ bandmates struggled […] The post Sam Rivers: How Limp Bizkit lost its soul at 48 appeared first on Rolling Out.