Primus

JJCash12345 · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 25

does any one listen to primus?

DaveBrowning · Posted: Apr 14, 2003 3:26 pm Post subject:

Who? What kind of music do they play?

Jester · Posted: Apr 14, 2003 4:15 pm Post subject:

I've been a Primus fan since about 1992, seen 'em 4 times in concert I think. Claypool is one of my top 3 bass players of all time & undoubtedly the most influential of the 90's.

Primus is considered avant-garde I think. Back when alternative was actually alternative & not mainstream they woulda fallen into this category. Basically it's led by the bass. Very dissonant sounding yet strangely catchy. It's something you'd hafta hear to understand what I'm saying.

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

I love Primus, and if you haven't heard them you probally are abused. Les Claypool is the best and most original bass player ever. Shake Hands with Beef

JJCash12345 · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 25

ive never seen them live but i love them. the top three bassist are les claypoop, flea, and geddy lee

toothpick · Posted: Apr 14, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject:

Hell yeah! Lately I've been on a Primus binge. I recently took a trip up to SLC, UT - 4 hr drive. I made me a nice Primus disc full of mp3s and rocked all the way up. Very good emotional music and no one tops their originality. Not only with their music, but with their music vids too.

Les is superhuman with the bass.

Watch out for the scissorman!

NAW · Posted: Apr 14, 2003 5:33 pm Post subject:

Primus has always been in my CD rotation...good stuff.

BIGMAC · Posted: Apr 14, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject:

mumumumumumumu mud!!!!

JJCash12345 · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 25

is there any other bands like them besides all the ones les has gone out and made

Nephilim · Addict Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 658 City: Ephrata, WA

i like frog brigade more but claypool definatly rocks

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 14, 2003 8:03 pm Post subject:

"primus sucks"
I'm a huge fan of primus Very Happy

criminally_minded · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 12:08 am Post subject:

"wanted a woman, never bargined for you' - Awesome sig there Russian!

Primus are awesome. Suck on this and Rhynoplasty (sp?) are the greatest discs.

"What a couple 'a dumb shits.... HAROLD OF THE ROCKS!"

Jester · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 8:22 am Post subject:

JJ, the only other band I can think of that has a simliar sound to Primus is Infectious Grooves. It's basically all the singer & former bass player from Suicidal Tendencies with some other guys, but they rock too. Rob Trujillo is one of the most underrated bass players I've ever heard.

I dunno if you've heard of a guy named Victor Wooten, but if you haven't you NEED to give him a listen. Bass Player magazine used to have an annual Reader's Poll award & he won Bass Player of the Year so many times they cancelled the contest.

"It's pudding time children!"

Swass · Guest

I love Primus. "My Name is Mud" is my favorite right now.

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

jerry was a race car driver, or Sgt. Baker have to be my Primus favorites....

Jester · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 11:07 am Post subject:

What?!?! Tommy the Cat all the way!!!!

NAW · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 11:15 am Post subject:

Mr. Krinkle is probably my fav, but Wynona's big brown beaver is good stuff!

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Tommy the cat is awesome too......actually the whole Sailing the Seas of Cheese album is the shizzle!!!

Jester · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 12:26 pm Post subject:

Excellent point Kyle, I think that's my favorite album as well.

wakedork · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 1:41 pm Post subject:

Sailing the Seas of Cheese and Frizzle Fry, hey do you guys know the name of the side project Les had where the guy was playing a guitar called the MATAHORN. I saw it on a tv special once and the music was awesome but couldn't remeber the name when i went looking for the disc.

When my best friend found out my wife was dating me he asked her " Do you know who Les Claypool is?" she said NO. and he was all like well you better find out! PRIMUS ROCKS!!!!!!

Jester · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 2:38 pm Post subject:

I think the band you're talking about is Oysterhead. That was the guitar player from Phish, right? And the guitar looked like a big elk horn or something?

In my personal opinion, none of Claypool's side projects have been as good as Primus, that's when he & everybody else were dead on. It kinda sucks that they broke up right at a time when Larry was finally getting good at guitar, that guitar solo on Wynona's Big Brown Beaver is actually really good!

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 4:53 pm Post subject:

for anyone who has never heard of primus, they play the opening song to south park.
Frizzle fry and seas of chease are my favorate

JJCash12345 · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 25

primus is definetly better than all of les's side projects. but their all pretty good too

criminally_minded · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject:

Who has never heard of Primus? Thats like never having heard of George Bush.... Very Happy

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 16, 2003 4:03 pm Post subject:

Ryan_m · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 653 City: glen ellyn

Jester, Trey Anistatio (sp) from phish plays guitar in oysterhead, and im pretty sure les is playing bass. Not postive though. Check out The Armys on Ectasy by oysterhead, its my favorite song of theres.

JJCash12345 · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 25

les plays the bass in oysterhead. i have the cd

Jay Dutton · Posted: Apr 16, 2003 7:49 pm Post subject:

Stewart Copeland (The Police) is also the drummer for Oysterhead.

I just got done watching Rising Low-Produced by Mike Gordon (Bassist for PhisH) it's a documentary of the making of the Govt Mule tribute album to the late Allen Woody(Allman Bros. & Govt Mule) It's got the 25 best bassists in the world working on this album (Flea, Les Claypool, Phil Lesh, and the bassists from The Who, Parilment, The Meters, Medinski Martin and Wood, DMB and more. If you're into music, check it out.