Final October, Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers all of the sudden handed away on the younger age of 48. Roughly a half-year later, guitarist Wes Borland remains to be “very emotional” speaking about his late bandmate, saying, “We misplaced a chunk of our DNA.”
Heavy Consequence lately caught up with Borland to debate his new Jackson King V KV signature guitar, and at one level the dialog targeted on Rivers, and his recollections of his longtime bandmate.
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Borland, who hadn’t actually spoken publicly about Rivers within the months that adopted his passing, instructed us, “He was like household. I’m gonna attempt to not cry. It’s identical to we misplaced a chunk of our DNA. It’s too onerous to speak about proper now in depth.”
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The guitarist’s emotion could possibly be heard in his voice as he added, “He can’t ever get replaced. I imply, we’re so fortunate for Richie [Buxton], who’s taking part in with us proper now. He’s such an amazing participant, and he’s only a great man, and we’re gonna maintain onto him for so long as we are able to, ’trigger he additionally performs in a band along with his spouse, Ecca Vandal, they usually’re doing actually nice proper now, and their profession’s form of blowing up. However we’re simply gonna hold Richie for so long as we are able to and hold shifting ahead.”
Borland went on to say, “Sam just isn’t a replaceable individual. He was the heartbeat. It’s loopy speaking about… very emotional speaking about it. I believe that final 12 months when it occurred, we had been all form of in shock, and now we’re all grieving.”
Limp Bizkit are at present taking part in the European pageant circuit, and can return to the States for a sequence of festivals this summer time and fall, together with Summer time of ’99 and Past, Inkcarceration, Louder Than Life, and Aftershock. Tickets can be found right here.

