Limp Bizkit’s ‘Break Stuff’ has topped Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock charts nearly 25 years after its release, following the tragic passing of bass player Sam Rivers.
Limp Bizkit’s ‘Break Stuff’ has topped Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock charts nearly 25 years after its release, following the tragic passing of bass player Sam Rivers and has earned 3.7 million official US streams in the most recent chart week (October 18th-24th), placing it at number 1 on Billboards Hot Hard Rock charts.
Similarly, other Limp Bizkit tracks saw impressive gains in streaming. ‘Rollin’ streams would earn 2.5 million streams last week, and ‘My Way’ would be streamed 1.9 million times.
The nu-metal group would share the news of Rivers passing last week via social media, writing:
“Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the band wrote in an Instagram post. “Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player – he was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.”
“From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced. His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous,” the band wrote in the post. “We shared so many moments – wild ones, quiet ones, beautiful ones – and every one of them meant more because Sam was there.”
Frontman Fred Durst would post an eight-minute touching tribute to his late bandmate, and shared a touching story on how they met.
“I’d gone into this little tiny bar/pub where this band was playing at Jax Beach called Pier 7,” Durst recalled. “And there Sam [Rivers] was on the stage with his band, killing it on the bass. And I went, ‘Oh my gosh, this guy’s amazing.’
Durst said Rivers’ playing immediately stood out. “He was playing a five-string bass, too. I’d never really seen someone using a five-string bass. And he was so smooth and good, and he stood out, and I could hear nothing else but Sam. Everything disappeared besides his gift.”
After the show, Durst approached Sam Rivers about starting a band. “I said, ‘Hey, man, you’re unbelievable. I got this idea for this band I wanna do,’” Durst said. “And he looked at me and he says, ‘Killer. I’m in. Let’s do it!’ I was, like, ‘Oh my God. Well, let’s do it.’ And uh, you know, that’s kind of how things started to come together. I had a bass player.”
Durst ended the video with a heartfelt reflection. “What [Sam Rivers] left us behind is priceless,” he said. “When I think back to how I met him and how all this kind of came together, Sam was the first guy, the first guy that really came in and helped make this dream [of Limp Bizkit] come true. He didn’t think twice about it.”
“I’m super, super grateful, and I miss him terribly already. And all the support and love out there I’ve seen online, it’s overwhelming. He really did have an impact on the world, and his music and his gift is the one that’s gonna keep on giving. And I just love him so much.”
Rivers would pass away aged 48. As of writing, no cause of death has been revealed.
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