Fred Durst has paid tribute to Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers, whose dying on the age of 48 was introduced over the weekend.
In an eight-minute video printed on Instagram, Durst calls West a “gifted, unbelievably candy and great particular person” earlier than happening to narrate the story of their first encounter.
“I would gone into this little tiny bar/pub the place this band was enjoying at Jax Seaside known as Pier 7,” says Durst. “And there Sam was on the stage together with his band, killing it on the bass. And I went, ‘Oh my gosh, this man’s superb.’ In my thoughts, you needed to begin with the rhythm part: the bass and the drums. And I did not know who I used to be gonna meet first to place this concept collectively – I didn’t know if it would be the drummer or the bass participant – nevertheless it was the bass participant.
“I noticed Sam play, and I used to be blown away. He was enjoying a five-string bass, too. I’d by no means actually seen somebody utilizing a five-string bass. And he was so easy and good, and he stood out, and I might hear nothing else however Sam. The whole lot disappeared in addition to his reward.
“I went as much as Sam after the present, and I mentioned, ‘Hey, man, you are unbelievable. I obtained this concept for this band I wanna do,’ and type of threw it on the market and informed him what I wished it to be. And he checked out me and he says, ‘Killer. I am in. Let’s do it!’ I used to be, like, ‘Oh my God. Nicely, let’s do it.’ And uh, you understand, that is type of how issues began to return collectively. I had a bass participant.”
Durst goes on to elucidate how West then launched him to drummer John Otto, earlier than revealing how the bassist’s love of grunge bands like Mom Love Bone, Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots instantly influenced the music he dropped at Limp Bizkit.
“He had this type of skill to drag this lovely unhappiness out of the bass that I’d by no means heard,” says Durst. “I imply, he would play chords. He was simply so proficient. I can’t clarify it.”
“What he’s left us behind is priceless,” Durst concludes. “Simply a tremendous, superb particular person. And once I suppose again to how I met him and the way all this type of got here collectively, Sam was the primary man, the primary man that actually got here in and helped make this dream come true.
“I’m tremendous, tremendous grateful, and I miss him terribly already. And all of the help and love on the market I’ve seen on-line, it’s overwhelming. He actually did have an effect on the world, and his music and his reward is the one which’s gonna carry on giving. And I simply love him a lot.”
