Primus
Primus in Copenhagen, Denmark in the summer of 1998.
Background information
Origin	El Sobrante, California, USA
Genre(s)	Heavy metal[1] Alternative rock[1] Funk rock[1] Alternative metal[1]
Years active	1984–2000 2003–present
Label(s)	Interscope Records, Prawn Song Records
Website	www.primusville.com
Members
Les Claypool Larry LaLonde Tim Alexander
Former members
Todd Huth Jay Lane Bryan Mantia Robbie Bean Tim Wright Rick Munt

Primus is an American rock band currently composed of singer and bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander. El Sobrante is a Census-designated place (CDP in Contra Costa County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Interscope Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Prawn Song Records is the Record label owned by Les Claypool of Primus. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Larry "Ler" LaLonde (born Reid Lawrence LaLonde on September 12, 1968 in Oakland California) is a Guitarist who currently plays in Tim "Herb" Alexander (born April 10, 1965 in Cherry Point North Carolina) is an American Musician, best known as Todd Richard Huth is an American Guitarist from Pinole, California. Jay Lane (born December 5 1964) is an American Drummer who currently plays and sings in Ratdog, ex- Grateful Dead Guitarist Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock Drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses and Godflesh, and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Larry "Ler" LaLonde (born Reid Lawrence LaLonde on September 12, 1968 in Oakland California) is a Guitarist who currently plays in Tim "Herb" Alexander (born April 10, 1965 in Cherry Point North Carolina) is an American Musician, best known as

Their music is difficult to define, and while usually considered by critics to be funk metal or alternative metal, Primus has been called everything from "thrash-funk meets Don Knotts, Jr. Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Jesse Donald Knotts ( July 21, 1924 &ndash February 24, 2006) was an American comedic Actor best known "^[2] to "alternative rock" to "the Freak Brothers set to music. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are a trio of underground comic strip characters created by the U "^[3] Les Claypool himself once described their music as "psychedelic polka. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. The polka is a fast lively Central European Dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas "^[4] Primus is the only band with its own ID3v1 genre tag, as extended by Winamp. ID3 is a Metadata container most often used in conjunction with the MP3 Audio file format. Winamp is a proprietary media player written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of Time Warner.

The diversity of their sound has allowed Primus to gain a modest segment of fans from many different rock sub-genres. They are characterized by their irreverent approach to music. Primus release their records on Claypool's Prawn Song Records label, a parody of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song. Prawn Song Records is the Record label owned by Les Claypool of Primus. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Led Zeppelin were Swan Song Records was a Record label launched by English Rock group Led Zeppelin on May 10, 1974. The band's catchphrase is no longer "Primus Sucks!" because the band thought it became tiresome, although it was a tradition that dated back to their first album, and many fans still chant it at concerts.

Contents 1 Band history 1.1 The early years (1984–1990) 1.2 Cheese, Soda and Punch (1991–1996) 1.3 The Mantia era — Brown Album, Antipop & hiatus (1997–2002) 1.4 Reformation (2003–Present) 1.4.1 New releases 2 Etymology 3 Band members 3.1 Current members 3.2 Former members 3.3 Side projects 4 Discography 4.1 EPs 4.2 Studio albums 4.3 Other releases 5 Music videos 6 Awards 7 Trivia 8 References 9 External links

Band history

The early years (1984–1990)

Primus began as Primate in El Sobrante, California during the mid-1980s with singer and bassist Les Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth. El Sobrante is a Census-designated place (CDP in Contra Costa County, California, United States. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Todd Richard Huth is an American Guitarist from Pinole, California. Claypool rounded out the band with a drum machine but drummer Perm Parker was added for the recording of Primus's demo tape. Perm Parker was the fictional drummer of Primate's (later to be known as Primus) first demo tape ^[5] The band would go through many drummers throughout their early history, eventually settling on Jay Lane. Jay Lane (born December 5 1964) is an American Drummer who currently plays and sings in Ratdog, ex- Grateful Dead Guitarist

Although not a thrash metal band, Primus was heavily associated with the Bay Area Thrash scene in their early years. Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression Opening for bands such as Testament and Exodus, whom Claypool almost joined, they picked up a following of fans from the scene as a result. Testament is an American Thrash metal band from California. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK Exodus is an American Thrash metal band formed in 1980 in San Francisco, California by guitarist Gary Holt, current Metallica Larry LaLonde was previously a member of the seminal Death/Thrash Metal band Possessed, a fact which he likes to keep quiet today. Possessed is an influential American Death metal band and was formed in 1983 in San Francisco, California. Primus received praise from Testament's Alex Skolnick very early into their career. Testament is an American Thrash metal band from California. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968, grew up in Berkeley California) is an American jazz and metal Guitarist. ^[6]

After rising to local music scene stardom with their brand of funk metal fusion, Huth and Lane left in 1989 to pursue other projects. Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements Claypool then recruited former Blind Illusion bandmate and one time Joe Satriani student Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and eclectic drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander. Blind Illusion was an American progressive Thrash metal band that was part of the Bay Area thrash scene Joseph "Satch" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury New York, U Larry "Ler" LaLonde (born Reid Lawrence LaLonde on September 12, 1968 in Oakland California) is a Guitarist who currently plays in Tim "Herb" Alexander (born April 10, 1965 in Cherry Point North Carolina) is an American Musician, best known as Tim Alexander is originally from Germany.

During this time, Primus played a number of shows at Barrington Hall, a notoriously free-wheeling Berkeley student housing co-operative. Barrington Hall was a student housing cooperative in the University Students' Cooperative Association (USCA system in Berkeley, California, from 1935 to Barrington Hall is often referenced in the band's music; the song "Frizzle Fry" refers to having sexual intercourse with women at a Barrington Party, and the album Tales from the Punchbowl refers to the LSD-spiked punch that was frequently served at Barrington social events. Tales from the Punchbowl is the fourth studio album by Primus, released on May 23, 1995. Claypool later recorded a song called "Barrington Hall" with his band Frog Brigade. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is one of many musical projects involving Primus Bassist

Primus continued to gain popularity and in 1989 released their first album, Suck on This, a live recording culled from two of their Berkeley concerts. Suck on This is a live Album by the band Primus, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) and re-issued on April 23, 2002 The album was financed by Les' father.

In 1990 the band released their first studio album, Frizzle Fry, and released singles for "John The Fisherman" and "Too Many Puppies". Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus. "John the Fisherman" is the first single by the alternative rock band Primus, released first live in 1989 on Suck on This "Too Many Puppies" is a single from the band Primus and the second single from their 1990 studio debut album Frizzle Fry. With a music video featuring Kirk Hammett, a studio album and a tour with Jane's Addiction, Primus' popularity grew to the point where they attracted attention from Interscope Records, who signed them in 1990. Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the Lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band Jane's Addiction is an American Alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles California in 1985 Interscope Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label

It was during these early years that the catch phrase "Primus Sucks" was started. It began with people constantly stating to the band just how good they were. One day when someone told the band they were good, Les turned around and said "No, we suck" and from then on it stuck.

Cheese, Soda and Punch (1991–1996)

Primus' major label debut was the album Sailing the Seas of Cheese supported by singles "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver," and "Tommy the Cat (featuring Tom Waits)," both of which appeared on MTV. Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second Album and major-label debut by Primus, released on May 14 1991 "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" is the first single off Primus 's 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Tommy the Cat is a song by the Funk metal band Primus, first released in 1989 on their live debut Suck on This. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. A third single, "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers," was also released but did not feature a video. "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers" is the third single off Primus 's 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese. The band appeared as contestants for the Battle of the Bands in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and made music for a Beavis & Butthead tribute album with a song entitled Poetry and Prose. Battle of the Bands is a generic term for a contest in which many bands, usually rock/guitar bands but often from a range of different styles compete for the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American comedy Science fiction film the sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge. With a major label behind them, Sailing the Seas of Cheese went gold. The band then toured in support of Rush, U2, Anthrax, and Public Enemy. Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island New York, known for its politically charged Lyrics, criticism

After the release of Sailing the Seas of Cheese, in 1992 Primus released a cover song EP Miscellaneous Debris, with their version of XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel" receiving enough airplay to reach #30 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Miscellaneous Debris is an EP of 5 song covers by Primus. They released it on March 12, 1992. XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry ^[7]

In 1993, Primus released Pork Soda, which managed to debut at #7 on the Billboard Top 10. Pork Soda is the third Album by Primus. Released in 1993 it is considerably darker than the band's earlier efforts dealing with murder ("My See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The album was darker than previous Primus efforts, dealing with murder, suicide, and alienation. The band has commented that prior to recording, they had been touring for nearly two solid years and were thus in a somber mood. "My Name Is Mud", "DMV", and "Mr. Krinkle" were hits, the latter made into a video featuring Claypool in a pig suit and tuxedo playing upright bass in an abandoned warehouse as a carnival of oddities parades behind him, including Claypool's wife and her twin sister. My Name is Mud is a popular song by alternative rock/metal band Primus and is the first single from the 1993 album Pork Soda. "DMV" is the second single of Primus 's platinum selling Pork Soda album preceded by " My Name Is Mud " and coming before "Mr Krinkle" is a 1993 single by Primus, from their album Pork Soda. Claypool said he put his "heart and soul into" the video, but it received next to no airtime on MTV (In an interview with Guitar World magazine, Claypool disparaged the channel's unwillingness to air the video, saying "it got played like six times. Guitar World is a monthly Music Magazine devoted to Guitarists It contains original interviews album and gear ")

Pork Soda also carries the distinction of being the first full length album recorded at Claypool's house. The band would subsequently record all of their albums in his home studio.

In 1993 Primus headlined the alternative rock festival Lollapalooza. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances They also made an appearance at the Woodstock '94 Music Festival. Woodstock '94 was a Music festival organized in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. They were pelted with mud while they performed "My Name is Mud" (Claypool claims to still have mud in his speakers). About a minute into the song the band stopped playing, and Les said "Well I opened a big-ass can of worms with that one, didn't I? The song is called "My Name Is Mud", but keep the mud to yourselves you son-of-a-bitch" and after a short break "You know, when you throw things onstage, its a sign of small and insignificant genitalia. "

The band was churning out material frequently. In the previous four years they had released three albums, an EP, six music videos, and a home video. To top that all off, they toured with Rush, who they consider to be one of their biggest influences. Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of

During a lull in 1994, the original Primus lineup consisting of Claypool, Huth, and Lane reunited to record Riddles Are Abound Tonight under the band name Sausage. Riddles Are Abound Tonight is an album by Sausage a band composed of the original lineup of the California Bay Area band Primus consisting Among the pre-Primus songs they recorded were "Temporary Phase", "Prelude to Fear", and "Shattering Song. " The video to "Riddles Are Abound Tonight" featured the band in blue leotards performing on stationary bicycles.

In 1995 Primus released their fifth album, Tales from the Punchbowl. Tales from the Punchbowl is the fourth studio album by Primus, released on May 23, 1995. It was very well received and contained Primus's most successful single to date, the Grammy-nominated "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver". " Wynona's Big Brown Beaver " is the first single off Primus 's 1995 album Tales From the Punchbowl. The ubiquitous song was accompanied by an equally ubiquitous video with the band members dressed up in cartoonish plastic cowboy costumes (similar to the suits worn in the then current Duracell battery commercials). So great was their popularity that the band was invited to perform on David Letterman and Conan O'Brien's shows. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television host and Comedian, best known On the David Letterman show Primus appeared dressed in penguin tuxedos. Two other less successful singles, "Mrs. Blaileen" and "Southbound Pachyderm" (the latter of which featured a claymation video that received only minimal airplay on MTV) were also released. " Southbound Pachyderm " is a song by Primus, from their album Tales from the Punchbowl.

Many incorrectly believed "Wynona" was about actress Winona Ryder. Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29 1971 better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress Claypool has stated several times that the song is not about Ryder, pointing out that the song's name is spelled and pronounced differently. While this placated Ryder, her then boyfriend Soul Asylum vocalist David Pirner took offense and renamed one of his songs "Les Claypool's A Big Fucking Asshole" in concert. Soul Asylum is an American Alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. David Pirner is an American singer best known for being the lead Vocalist for the band Soul Asylum. Claypool was apparently not even aware of this at the time, although this did cause tension between fans of Primus and Soul Asylum for a brief period.

In 1996 Les self-produced his first solo album entitled "Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel Presents Highball with the Devil". Highball with the Devil is a Studio Album by Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, released in 1996 On this album many of the songs are done solely by Les himself. Les also employs the help of a number of other musicians. Experimental Bay Area guitarist M.I.R.V. joined Claypool and others. MIRV is a band based in the San Francisco, California, bay area known for its somewhat eclectic musical style Performances include a spoken word piece from Henry Rollins on the song "Delicate Tendrils". Henry Rollins (born February 13 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter Spoken word Artist, Stand-up comedian, author This album was recorded at Claypool's home recording studio, Rancho Relaxo.

The Mantia era — Brown Album, Antipop & hiatus (1997–2002)

Disturbed by their sudden fame, Primus gradually began to disown "Wynona. " It would not be long before Claypool stated that they would stop playing it altogether. Nonetheless, Alexander left the band in 1996. Rumored replacements for Alexander included Mike Bordin of Faith No More, but in the end he was replaced by Bryan "Brain" Mantia of Limbomaniacs and Praxis. Mike Bordin (born November 27, 1962 in San Francisco California) is a drummer and co-founder of Faith No More. Faith No More was an American Alternative metal band that formed in San Francisco, California from 1982 to 1998 Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock Drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses and Godflesh, and Praxis is the name of an ever-changing Bill Laswell musical project Mantia was one of the many drummers Claypool auditioned for the original line-up of Primus before settling with Alexander — Mantia bowed out beforehand because of a foot injury.

With Mantia aboard, Primus was asked in 1996 to compose the theme song to South Park after the show's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone confessed to being big fans. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator (Les Claypool was an early supporter of their Spirit of Christmas video postcard/demo. This article is about the animated shorts by Trey Parker and Matt Stone ) Primus also contributed to the South Park "Chef Aid" album with the song "Mephisto and Kevin", telling the story of Gopherboy. By this time, bands that were influenced by Primus's bottom-heavy rock — such as KoЯn and Limp Bizkit — were starting to gain a growing audience in the alternative metal genre which Primus had helped to promote. Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge.

Brown Album was released in 1997 with singles "Shake Hands With Beef" and "Over The Falls". The Brown Album is an album by the Alternative rock band Primus. The Brown Album was a departure from previous Primus work.

In 1998, the band headlined the inaugural Sno-Core tour with the Aquabats, Long Beach Dub Allstars and Blink 182. The Aquabats (often written as The Aquabats!) are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Huntington Beach California and currently recording The Long Beach Dub Allstars was a Dub reggae / Ska / rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002. Blink-182 was an American Pop Les broke his foot on this tour.

Antipop was released in 1999, and was the first album to feature heavy input from outside musicians and producers such as Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit. Antipop is a studio Album by Primus, released on October 19, 1999, before their hiatus in 2000-2003 Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30 1964 is a Grammy Award -winning American Guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American Actor, director and Musician, known primarily Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. The album was seen as a 'return to form' by most long term Primus fans, featuring harder edge song-writing fans had been craving as well as greatly improved production over the previous album. The band toured with Ozzfest, Family Values Tour, and released a video for "Lacquer Head" that was banned from MTV because of its drug content, even though it was an anti-drug song. Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States (and in some years Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and Hard rock The Family Values Tour was created by the band Korn in 1998 to be an annual rock & Rap Tour

In 2000 Primus performed a cover of the Black Sabbath classic "N.I.B." with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. Black Sabbath are an " NIB " is a song released by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer This track appeared originally on the album Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath. Nativity in Black is the name of a pair of Black Sabbath Tribute albums that came out in the 1990s and 2000s The single hit number 2 on the Billboard Modern Rock tracks, the band's highest charting single in nearly a decade. The track was also released on Ozzy's Prince of Darkness box-set in 2005.

After touring to promote Antipop throughout 2000, citing studio mismanagement and general dissatisfaction, Primus went on indefinite hiatus in 2001.

During the hiatus, Alexander released two albums with the band Laundry and performed with Blue Man Group, A Perfect Circle, and Born Naked, among others. Blue Man Group ( Blue Man, BMG) is a creative organization founded by Phil Stanton Chris Wink and Matt Goldman it is centered on a trio of mute performers called A Perfect Circle ( APC) is an Alternative rock supergroup formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan Claypool explored the jam band scene with Oysterhead (featuring his friend Trey Anastasio of Phish as well as Stewart Copeland of The Police) and his own Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. Oysterhead is a supergroup rock band featuring guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish, bassist Les Claypool of Primus Trey Anastasio (born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III on Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American Musician, best known as the Drummer for the band The The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is one of many musical projects involving Primus Bassist He also collaborated with Mantia in the group Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains. Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains ( C2B3) was an experimental supergroup featuring guitarist Buckethead, bassist Les Claypool, keyboardist LaLonde joined Mantia to produce two experimental No Forcefield records, and tried unsuccessfully to start a recording studio. No Forcefield is the creation of Bryan "Brain" Mantia ( Primus, Praxis & El Stew Extrakd (El Stew Larry LaLonde (

Reformation (2003–Present)

In late 2003 Claypool reunited with LaLonde and, in a surprise move, Tim Alexander to record a DVD/EP called Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People, which Claypool described as the first DVD with supplementary music, as opposed to the contrary. Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a DVD / EP by Primus, released on October 7, 2003. The band staged a two month tour in which they performed two sets per show, the second consisting of their 1991 release Sailing the Seas of Cheese in its entirety. 2004 saw them continue touring, and even performing their 1990 release Frizzle Fry in its entirety. For these two tours, the band sold recordings directly recorded from the sound-board online, following an example of other bands such as Phish. Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following The performance in Chicago was video taped as well, and was released on the 'Hallucino-Genetics' Live DVD. The band's style as of their last EP was based on the jam band style with extended soloing from band members and generally more focused on musicianship. Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued This follows the musical evolution of Les Claypool's work during the Primus hiatus, it is unknown whether this style was simply temporary or if the band has permanently switched over to it.

In 2005 the band performed at Lollapalooza and Vegoose. Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances Vegoose was an annual Halloween music and arts festival that took place in 2005 2006 and 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Between Primus shows, Les created a new solo project called the Fancy band which, like his other projects only occasionally played Primus songs.

An April 26, 2006 billboard. com story reported that Alexander will be the drummer in a reunited Meat Puppets lineup. "Meat Puppet" redirects here For other uses see Meat puppet. The band will feature original members Cris Kirkwood and Curt Kirkwood. Cris Kirkwood (born October 22, 1960) is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative/punk rock band Curt Kirkwood (born January 10, 1959) is an American singer guitarist and songwriter Alexander would have taken the place of original drummer Derrick Bostrom who declined an invitation to rejoin the band. Derrick Bostrom (born June 23, 1960) is an American musician He was the drummer of the band Meat Puppets, which he founded together However this was later proven false, as the Meat Puppets announced that their new drummer was Ted Marcus. Ted Marcus is an American Drummer currently playing with the Meat Puppets.

A May 10, 2006 article in IGN[1] revealed that Primus had signed on with RedOctane to allow the master recording of John the Fisherman to be used in Guitar Hero 2, a game for the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video RedOctane is an American electronic entertainment company perhaps best known for publishing the ''Guitar Hero'' series. A master recording is an original Recording, from which copies may be made "John the Fisherman" is the first single by the alternative rock band Primus, released first live in 1989 on Suck on This The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS.

Primus performed on July 29th at the 1st Annual Hedgpeth Festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. No new tracks were performed, and no word was given by any of the members regarding the new album.

In November 2006 commenced Primus: The Beat A Dead Horse Tour 2006, which concluded the following month. In Fall of 2006 Primus announced a major North American headlining Concert tour, Primus The Beat A Dead Horse Tour 2006,, starting November 1 in Austin Texas and During the tour, Primus began performing "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" for the first time in 7 years. ^[8]

It was announced that Primus would be performing at the 2008 Rothbury Festival in Rothbury, MI^[9], and the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, CA. Rothbury is a village in Oceana County in the US state of Michigan. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city ^[10]

New releases

In Mid-August of 2006, a DVD release entitled Blame It On The Fish was added to the listings of Amazon and other online shops. Shortly thereafter, the website The PRP reported that a rumor had surfaced implying that the band was quietly planning a North American tour for November/December 2006. ^[11]

On October 17, 2006, Primus released both their first greatest hits CD They Can't All Be Zingers and their third DVD Blame It on The Fish, subtitled An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour De Fromage. They Can't All Be Zingers is a Greatest hits Compilation album by Primus. Blame It on The Fish a DVD by Primus that was released on October 17 2006.

They Can't All Be Zingers: The Best of Primus includes 16 digitally remastered songs that span their entire career, including a previously unreleased and extended version of "Shake Hands With Beef", the Tom Waits collaboration "Coattails Of A Deadman", and "Mary The Ice Cube" from the 2003 DVD and EP Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People. Shake Hands With Beef is the name of a single off of the Brown Album by the Alternative rock band Primus. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a DVD / EP by Primus, released on October 7, 2003.

Blame It On The Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour De Fromage contains live footage from the band's 2003 reunion tour, interview segments and behind the scenes footage. The DVD includes a 70 minute feature film and 90 minutes of bonus material, including a 30 minute mockumentary about the band in 2065. Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work Blame It On The Fish is directed by Matthew J. Powers, who directed Never Been Done, a documentary about Jon Comer. Jon Comer ( January 19, 1976) is the first professional skateboarder with a Prosthetic limb.

Etymology

Primus were originally called "Primate" until another group called "Primate" threatened legal action. Claypool allegedly selected Primus as the next closest thing to Primate in the dictionary.

Band members

Current members

• Les Claypool - bass, lead vocals (1984-2000, 2003-present)
• Larry "Ler" LaLonde - guitar, background vocals (1989-2000, 2003-present)
• Tim "Herb" Alexander - drums (1989-1996, 2003-present)

Former members

• Bryan "Brain" Mantia - drums (1989, 1996-2000)
• Todd Huth - guitar (1984-1989)
• Jay Lane - drums (1988)

Side projects

To see a more detailed description of each band members' side projects, please refer to their respective articles. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Larry "Ler" LaLonde (born Reid Lawrence LaLonde on September 12, 1968 in Oakland California) is a Guitarist who currently plays in Tim "Herb" Alexander (born April 10, 1965 in Cherry Point North Carolina) is an American Musician, best known as Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock Drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses and Godflesh, and Todd Richard Huth is an American Guitarist from Pinole, California. Jay Lane (born December 5 1964) is an American Drummer who currently plays and sings in Ratdog, ex- Grateful Dead Guitarist

• Les Claypool contributed bass for Jerry Cantrell's first solo album, Boggy Depot. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr (born March 18, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter For the actual Boggy Depot see Boggy Depot Oklahoma. Boggy Depot is the debut Solo album by Alice Cantrell joined the band on stage most notably at Woodstock 1994.
• Claypool, LaLonde and Brain provided bass, guitar and drums respectively for the first track ("Big in Japan") on Tom Waits' album Mule Variations. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Mule Variations is an album by Tom Waits, released 1999 on the ANTI- sub-label of Epitaph Records.

Discography

Main article: Primus discography

EPs

• Miscellaneous Debris - March 12, 1992
• Rhinoplasty - August 11, 1998
• Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People - October 7, 2003

Studio albums

• Frizzle Fry - February, 1990
• Sailing the Seas of Cheese - May 14, 1991
• Pork Soda - April 20, 1993
• Tales from the Punchbowl - May 23, 1995
• Brown Album - July 8, 1997
• Antipop - October 19, 1999
• TBA - 2008

Other releases

• Suck on This (live) - November, 1989
• Gone Fishing (live) - March, 1992
• They Can't All Be Zingers (compilation) - October 17, 2006
• Burnin Up(live) - unknown

Music videos

Primus hire many of their friends from the Bay Area to be in the stage crew, and many of them appear in Primus's videos and home videos. This is a Discography for the American alternative rock / funk / metal band Primus. Miscellaneous Debris is an EP of 5 song covers by Primus. They released it on March 12, 1992. Rhinoplasty is a Cover album by Primus. It was released on August 11, 1998 by Interscope Records. Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a DVD / EP by Primus, released on October 7, 2003. Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus. Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second Album and major-label debut by Primus, released on May 14 1991 Pork Soda is the third Album by Primus. Released in 1993 it is considerably darker than the band's earlier efforts dealing with murder ("My Tales from the Punchbowl is the fourth studio album by Primus, released on May 23, 1995. The Brown Album is an album by the Alternative rock band Primus. Antipop is a studio Album by Primus, released on October 19, 1999, before their hiatus in 2000-2003 Suck on This is a live Album by the band Primus, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) and re-issued on April 23, 2002 Gone Fishing is a live Album by the band Primus, released in 1992 They Can't All Be Zingers is a Greatest hits Compilation album by Primus.

Song	Director	Released	Notes
"John the Fisherman"	Mark Kohr	1990	Kirk Hammett appears in the video. "John the Fisherman" is the first single by the alternative rock band Primus, released first live in 1989 on Suck on This Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the Lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band
"Too Many Puppies"	Kevin Kerslake	1990
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"	Mark Kohr	1991	Bob Cock appears in the beginning clip. "Too Many Puppies" is a single from the band Primus and the second single from their 1990 studio debut album Frizzle Fry. Kevin Kerslake is an American Music video director He has directed videos for Stone Temple Pilots, Filter, R "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" is the first single off Primus 's 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Adam Gates (aka Ape Adam Gates and Bob C Cock is a vocalist guitarist keyboardist and composer from the San Francisco Bay Area
"Tommy the Cat"	Mark Kohr	1991	Shot entirely in black and white, with clips of black and white animation. Tommy the Cat is a song by the Funk metal band Primus, first released in 1989 on their live debut Suck on This.
"My Name Is Mud"	Mark Kohr	1993	Bob Cock appears throughout the video. My Name is Mud is a popular song by alternative rock/metal band Primus and is the first single from the 1993 album Pork Soda. Adam Gates (aka Ape Adam Gates and Bob C Cock is a vocalist guitarist keyboardist and composer from the San Francisco Bay Area
"DMV"	Mark Kohr	1993	The band was asked to make this video by the record label. "DMV" is the second single of Primus 's platinum selling Pork Soda album preceded by " My Name Is Mud " and coming before In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music
"Mr. Krinkle"	Mark Kohr	1993	The camera does not move during the entire video; shot in one take. "Mr Krinkle" is a 1993 single by Primus, from their album Pork Soda.
"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"	Les Claypool	1995	Shot at Rancho Relaxo, Claypool's home. " Wynona's Big Brown Beaver " is the first single off Primus 's 1995 album Tales From the Punchbowl. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U
"Southbound Pachyderm"	Les Claypool	1995	Entirely claymated, except for the band appearing on a TV. " Southbound Pachyderm " is a song by Primus, from their album Tales from the Punchbowl. Clay animation is one of many forms of Stop motion animation Each animated piece either character or background is "deformable"&mdashmade of a malleable substance Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	Mike Johnson	1996	Entirely claymated. " The Devil Went Down to Georgia " is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections Mike Johnson is a Stop motion animator who has worked on films such as James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Shake Hands With Beef"	Les Claypool	1997
"Over the Falls"	Les Claypool	1997	Shot entirely in black and white. Shake Hands With Beef is the name of a single off of the Brown Album by the Alternative rock band Primus. "Over the Falls" is the second of two singles by the Alternative rock band Primus from their 1997 Brown Album.
"Lacquer Head"	Les Claypool	1999	Blends claymation and real video. " Lacquer Head " is the lone single off of Primus ' 1999 album Antipop. Including clips from many previous music videos. Banned by MTV because of drug references, despite being an anti-drug song.

Radio singles for which no official music videos were made include: "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers," "Mrs. Blaileen," "Mr. Knowitall," "To Defy The Laws of Tradition," "Over The Electric Grapevine," and "Coattails of a Dead Man. "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers" is the third single off Primus 's 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese. " Mrs Blaileen " is a song by Primus from their 1995 album Tales from the Punchbowl. Mr Knowitall is a song by funk rock trio Primus. It appeared on their first Studio album, Frizzle Fry. "

Awards

Album	Year	Award
Sailing the Seas of Cheese	1993	Gold Album
Pork Soda	1993	Platinum Album
Tales from the Punchbowl	1995	Gold Album

Trivia

In 1999 Primus' "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" appeared on the soundtrack for "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game. Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second Album and major-label debut by Primus, released on May 14 1991 Pork Soda is the third Album by Primus. Released in 1993 it is considerably darker than the band's earlier efforts dealing with murder ("My Tales from the Punchbowl is the fourth studio album by Primus, released on May 23, 1995. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in Europe, is a Skateboarding Video game. In 2006 the Primus song "American Life" appeared on the soundtrack for "Tony Hawk's Project 8" video game

Primus also made a subtle tribute to Jesus Christ Superstar in the song "The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride. Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk 's series of video games. Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. " Near the end of the song, Les plays a guitar riff almost identical to that of the melody in the overture of Jesus Christ Superstar, as well as the track "39 Lashes" near the end of the soundtrack.

Pop Punk band Chixdiggit reference Primus in their song "Angriest Young Men" from the 2007 album Chixdiggit II.

Seamus from Family Guy reveals in the episode Stewie Loves Lois that he carries a poster of the members of Primus in his wooden arm. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other "Stewie Loves Lois" is the first episode of season five of Family Guy.

Appeared in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey at the battle of the bands playing "Tommy the Cat" [2]

In 2008, Fox played "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" during a race at Martinsville.

References

External links

• Official website
• Official live concert downloads
• The Cheesy Primus Page
• Primus discography at MusicBrainz
• Primus at Last.fm

MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an Open content Music database Lastfm is a UK -based Internet radio and Music Community website, founded in 2002

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