PRIMUS appreciation thread
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[Jan 27,2008 2:22pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
Frizzle Fry, Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda = win
Tim Alexander has always been an influence for me.
[Jan 27,2008 2:25pm - archaeon ""]
the snare tone on frizzle fry kicks my ass
[Jan 27,2008 2:29pm - goatcatalyst ""]
absolutely!
[Jan 27,2008 2:31pm - yummy ""]
One of my favorite bands. I can respect anything that Claypool or anything that the original Primus guys do. Herb's other side project Attention Deficit was a good listen.
[Jan 27,2008 2:44pm - Lamp ""]
menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Frizzle Fry, Seas of Cheese, Tales From The Punchbowl = win
If you had worded it this way I would agree with you 100%, I love those three albums and happen to be a fan of funky slap bass.
[Jan 27,2008 2:49pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
Wow. I was expecting to be lynched. Good to see some other fans here.
[Jan 27,2008 2:49pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
PS. I think Les Claypool has a brain tumor.
bennyhillifier
[Jan 27,2008 2:52pm - kadoogasaurus ""]
I haven't heard much Primus, but "Iowan Gal" (I think it's Les' solo stuff) is a helluva tune.
[Jan 27,2008 2:59pm - yummy ""]
Haha, corn corn, chicken and corn. That's genius right there. Brain tumor or not.
I'm a fan of anything that can't be confused with any other band. Primus falls in that category.
Come with us. We'll sail the seas of........................cheese.
[Jan 27,2008 3:00pm - KarmaEnema ""]
primus spanks....
but surprised as you sweatpants that you didnt get bashed either...maybe its cuz ler USED be a metalhead during the days of posessed and the bashers sympathize
[Jan 27,2008 3:03pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
It's like a get out of jail free card.
[Jan 27,2008 3:04pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
All I need now is for Carter Beauford to join Devourment and nobody can make fun of me ever again.
[Jan 27,2008 3:05pm - Fuck Logging In ""]
they're an awesome live band too! Frizzle Fry is my favorite album. Suck On This is also good.
[Jan 27,2008 3:30pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
Shit's unreal; can't beat it. Long-time fan, although I'm really only familiar with the earlier shit. (Pork Soda and before.) What I've heard of the later stuff is ok.
Anybody else enjoy Oysterhead?
[Jan 27,2008 3:34pm - immortal13 ""]
Primus is great. Claypool is definitely a big inlfluence, if you could tell by a lot of the tapping I do.
[Jan 27,2008 4:08pm - corpus_colostomy ""]
great band.. pork soda owns
oysterhead is a project with trey and stuart copeland..i have both heard the album and seen em live. its a little pretentious for me..
[Jan 27,2008 4:11pm - goatcatalyst ""]
... bottom a bit of porno-graphy
[Jan 27,2008 4:11pm - DomesticTerror ""]
i've been listening to Frizzle Fry& Seas of Cheese a lot the last few weeks. the intro to jon the fisherman still charges me up after all these years.
[Jan 27,2008 4:20pm - FuckIsMySignature ""]
PRIMUS SUCKS
[Jan 27,2008 4:23pm - corpus_colostomy ""]
haha.
[Jan 27,2008 4:29pm - the_reverend ""]
Seas of Cheese: love it
[Jan 27,2008 5:14pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""]
I guess we're listening to Primus on the way to The Death Perception practice tonight.
[Jan 27,2008 5:19pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
Fuck yes.
[Jan 27,2008 5:35pm - corpus_colostomy ""]
"when the going gets tough and the stomach acids flow..
fowl wind of conformity is nipping at your nose....
[Jan 27,2008 5:40pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
They call me Mr. Knowitall. I am so eloquent.
Perfection is my middle name! ......and whatever rhymes with eloquent.
[Jan 27,2008 5:50pm - Chris_From_Shit_Fuck ""]
Primus owns. Pork Soda and Frizzle Fry are two of my all time favorite albums.
[Jan 27,2008 5:54pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
I'm honestly shocked at how many people like this band.
[Jan 27,2008 5:58pm - ZJD ""]
I used to love Primus, now I just like them a whole lot but can't remember the last time I listened to them except for The Brown Album a couple months ago. Frizzle Fry is my favorite by a mile but the Brown Album needs mentioning in this thread. I also really dig some of Les's other projects including Oysterhead and Frog Brigade. I especially liked FB before they had much of their own stuff and just played things from Holy Mackerel and Sausage and stuff. Holy Mackerel I like as much as any Primus release.
[Jan 27,2008 6:00pm - ZJD ""]
Also, I sae the Frog Brigade with Tim Alexander on drums before Purple Onion came out and it was great.
[Jan 27,2008 6:16pm - dreadkill ""]
i haven't listened to primus in a while, but i always liked them and respected their unique sound.
[Jan 27,2008 6:28pm - DomesticTerror ""]
having Pork Soda referred to as their earlier shit makes me feel really old : (
[Jan 27,2008 6:28pm - boine ""]
Les Claypool is great, any body like colonel claypool's bucket of bernie brains?
[Jan 27,2008 7:39pm - theaccurseddrummer ""]
menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Frizzle Fry, Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda = win
Tim Alexander has always been an influence for me.
There are no bad Primus albums either. Don't get me wrong, Tim Alexander is probably my biggest influence, seriously (my 2nd kid's name is Timothy Alexander, and it would be coincidence if I wasn't such a Herb fan.) but even the shit with Bryan Mantia is solid.
[Jan 27,2008 7:41pm - dertoxianli ""]
i want to be a fisherman
[Jan 27,2008 7:54pm - pam nli ""]
Hell yes.
[Jan 27,2008 8:13pm - Lamp ""]
theaccurseddrummer said:There are no bad Primus albums either.
Antipop...
[Jan 27,2008 8:18pm - diarrhea_blumpkin ""]
i dont want to sound like a queer or nothing... but i'm a big fan of anything that les does.
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[Jan 27,2008 8:24pm - yummy ""]
Even Antipop was worth listening to tho. Not that many great songs but still better than half the other shit that comes out these days. I like the Bucket of Bernie Brains album. I saw Les on the Whales of Woe tour. I wasn't overly impressed but just being in the same room as Les Claypool is still an honor. Plus, they played a Sausage song and one off of the Holy Mackerel. I can't say that about too many other musicians. Not to take away from others. But, he has had quite an impact on my outlook on music.
[Jan 27,2008 9:31pm - FuckIsMySignature ""]
the brown album was so fucking wierd.
[Jan 27,2008 10:37pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
All I can think of is the scene at the end of Empire Records: "the pixies have way better bass lines than primus!"
that said, I was a fan of everything up til Pork Soda.
[Jan 27,2008 10:46pm - Fuck Logging In ""]
o hi! I just upgraded you thread:
bennyhillifier
[Jan 28,2008 12:17am - screwy ""]
I bought Pork Soda a few weeks ago. I love Primus.
[Jan 28,2008 10:27am - DestroyYouAlot ""]
DomesticTerror said:having Pork Soda referred to as their earlier shit makes me feel really old : (
Then you, sir, are old. Pork Soda was, after all, at the tail end of the first half of their catalog - therefore over 50% of Primus releases came out after PS. IT'S SCIENCE.
But I hear ya.
[Jan 28,2008 12:54pm - BlackoutRick ""]
Wasn't Tim in a death metal band prior to Primus?
[Jan 28,2008 1:01pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
Possessed - arguably, he was in the FIRST death metal band (depending on what definition you take).
He and Les were also in Blind Illusion, which was apparently progressive tech-thrash - I've never heard it, but with those two players, the idea sounds amazing. Come to think of it, maybe I'll track down some now and give you a review.
[Jan 28,2008 1:22pm - bob cock ""]
Fuck Logging In said:o hi!
fuck you :middlefinger:
[Jan 28,2008 1:42pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
Listening to BI now; so far it's cool, but I'd have to take it home and listen to it on real speakers to get the full effect. Production is what you'd expect for a no-money debut from 1988.
[Jan 28,2008 1:55pm - Fuck Logging In ""]
bob cock said:Fuck Logging In said:o hi!
fuck you :middlefinger:
why don't you go yourself in the doorway of the apartment where you live.
[Jan 28,2008 2:02pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
I had a friend who did that. I had a friend who took and a belt... took a belt and hung himself.
[Jan 28,2008 2:10pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
bennyhillifier
Mr. Krinkle video. The best thing about this is that somebody commented in YouTube saying "I don't get it".
[Jan 28,2008 2:37pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
Bob's Party Time Lounge
bennyhillifier
[Jan 28,2008 2:39pm - ancient master ""]
on Yngwie Malmsteen's first album "rising force" the back says produced by Lester Claypool, I always wondered if it was the same guy?
[Jan 28,2008 2:44pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
Lacquer Head live
bennyhillifier
[Jan 28,2008 2:48pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
One of my favorites vids... Those Damn Blue Collared Tweekers @ WoodStock '94
bennyhillifier
[Jan 28,2008 4:33pm - DomesticTerror ""]
DestroyYouAlot said:DomesticTerror said:having Pork Soda referred to as their earlier shit makes me feel really old : (
Then you, sir, are old. Pork Soda was, after all, at the tail end of the first half of their catalog - therefore over 50% of Primus releases came out after PS. IT'S SCIENCE.
But I hear ya.
oh, i got the science. just the first time i've ever thought about it in regards to PS. i knew i was old the day i chose watching baseball over fucking. (life's been a lot better since, btw...)
[Jan 28,2008 4:36pm - faggums ""]
DestroyYouAlot said:Listening to BI now; so far it's cool, but I'd have to take it home and listen to it on real speakers to get the full effect. Production is what you'd expect for a no-money debut from 1988.
Blind Illusion is pretty "meh." I was excited when I heard about it but let down when I actually got the mp3s. There's plenty better obscure old school prog thrash out there from that era. The only reason that band is even reasonably well-remembered is because of what the lineup later went on to do.
[Jan 28,2008 8:42pm - yummy ""]
Can anyone here play Tommy the Cat on bass?
[Jan 28,2008 8:53pm - narkybark ""]
I love one of the solo songs "One Better", one of the more recent ones I believe.
[Jan 28,2008 8:58pm - ZJD ""]
DestroyYouAlot said:Possessed - arguably, he was in the FIRST death metal band (depending on what definition you take).
He and Les were also in Blind Illusion, which was apparently progressive tech-thrash - I've never heard it, but with those two players, the idea sounds amazing. Come to think of it, maybe I'll track down some now and give you a review.
Wasn't that Larry Lalonde that was in Possessed?
[Jan 28,2008 8:58pm - yummy ""]
Most certainly.
[Jan 29,2008 5:43pm - Fuck_Logging_In_NLI ""]
bennyhillifier
[Jan 29,2008 5:55pm - MassOfTwoSlits ""]
They are spectacular live. Saw them many, many times in the 90s. Never disappointed.
[Jan 29,2008 6:19pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
ZJD said:DestroyYouAlot said:Possessed - arguably, he was in the FIRST death metal band (depending on what definition you take).
He and Les were also in Blind Illusion, which was apparently progressive tech-thrash - I've never heard it, but with those two players, the idea sounds amazing. Come to think of it, maybe I'll track down some now and give you a review.
Wasn't that Larry Lalonde that was in Possessed?
Wait, what did I say?
*looks back*
Oh, yeah, that's what I thought they were asking. I saw "death metal band" in a Primus thread and my brain said "Possessed." My B.
[Jan 29,2008 9:20pm - yummy ""]
Saw them at Babyhead. I was 12.
[Jan 30,2008 1:20am - DestroyYouAlot ""]
yummy said:Saw them at Babyhead. I was 12.
I smell a backstage confession!
[Jan 30,2008 1:29am - Hungtableed ""]
The first time I ever really got "fucked up" was on my way to a Primus concert with my brother. I think I was like 13 and he was about 17 or so (obviously old enough to drive). The show was in Lewiston, ME and other than the fact that Limp Bizkit (whom was completely unknown at the time) opened the show, I cannot recall much of what happened that night.
[Jan 30,2008 1:31am - Hungtableed ""]
It was the first time I ever saw one of these, to say the least....
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[Feb 26,2008 10:39pm - shamash ""]
San francisco bay the
Striped bass are dying.
But youre gonna get
That brand new bike
Oh joy
Its pudding time
Its pudding time children
[Feb 26,2008 10:40pm - shamash ""]
oh joy
[Mar 9,2009 3:18pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
Bump for enjoying the hell out of Blind Illusion right now. I'm in a bass nerd mood today.
[Mar 9,2009 3:38pm - reimroc ""]
anyone else going to see les claypool at HOB?
March 26th grab your tickets
[Mar 9,2009 5:23pm - orgymaggotfeast ""]
ok, i love primus!
i think the brown album is a bit lame, but past that, i love em.
that being said....Les (while excellent) is just a bit overrated/overpraised, and Tim is way underrated
[Mar 9,2009 7:13pm - Stabby_McGunnakillya ""]
This whole thread gets the McGunnakillya stamp of arousal.
[Mar 9,2009 10:42pm - timma ""]
Tooo maaaaannny puuuuuuuuuuuuppies!
[Mar 9,2009 11:45pm - Dankill ""]
bennyhillifier
[Jul 21,2009 2:51pm - timma ""]
Too Many Puppies just came on my Pandora station at work.
I love this band.
[Jul 21,2009 2:59pm - arilliusbm ""]
anyone that said "PRIMUS SUCKS" deserves a gold star. that's what all the primus fans are supposed to say, not the other way around!
[Jul 21,2009 3:18pm - xgodzillax ""]
i was at the DMV video shoot in berkeley in 93. my moms took me for my 11th bday. the melvins also played.
greek theatre FTW
[Jul 22,2009 2:01pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
arilliusbm said:anyone that said "PRIMUS SUCKS" deserves a gold star. that's what all the primus fans are supposed to say, not the other way around!
Goes without saying!
[Jul 22,2009 2:54pm - xgodzillax ""]
speaking of primus, what about the record les did as 'sausage' with the 2 original members that left primus?
riddles are abound tonight
[Jul 22,2009 3:04pm - oscarct ""]
timma said:Too Many Puppies just came on my Pandora station at work.
I love this band.
you mean "blind" by korn right?
[Oct 21,2009 1:45pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
OH HAI
[Oct 21,2009 2:14pm - reimroc ""]
fuck i love primus.
[Oct 21,2009 2:22pm - arilliusbm ""]
still saddens me the amount of posers in this thread. real primus fans KNOW you're supposed to say "Primus Sucks" when you really like them.
COME ON PEOPLE GET WIH THE PROGRAM!
[Oct 21,2009 3:09pm - dontlivefastjustdie ""]
fuck yes! used to jam pork soda non stop in high school.
primus sucks
[Nov 9,2009 6:47am - DestroyYouAlot ""]
I somehow, after all these years, JUST picked up on Les playing "Humpty Dance" in the middle of Tweekers from Woodstock. LOL
[Nov 9,2009 10:54am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""]
wait wut
[Nov 9,2009 4:38pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
Right in the middle, with the bass trem. Doooo-rooooo, a-doooooo-roo.
[May 6,2010 11:21am - oscarct ""]
I just got tickets today for the nyc show. Cant wait, have not seen them in 11 years
[May 6,2010 6:42pm - cav nli ""]
or you could just see them at an outdoor festival in CT with readily available psychedelic drugs
http://www.gatheringofthevibes.com/Home actually i dont think im going this year. unless the friday headliner turns out to be someone insane. [May 6,2010 7:24pm - oscarct ""]
I have gone to that fest a few times..drugs are always the headliner
[May 6,2010 7:25pm - oscarct ""]
ps no one day tix for that fest this year, that is why I will be hitting nyc
[May 6,2010 7:47pm - Lamp ""]
I saw that fest thing in Bridgeport, that sounds absolutely awful. I hope there's a Boston date or something added to that tour, because if I have to go to either a hippie fest or New York City on a Sunday night to see Primus, I think I'll just be patient.
[May 6,2010 8:51pm - oscarct ""]
the ny show is on a friday
[May 6,2010 9:34pm - Lamp ""]
Oh wow, I am an idiot. That might be worth going to after all then, kick ass.
[May 7,2010 1:26am - xgodzillax ""]
i saw primus on the pork soda tour. they filmed the video for DMV at that show. oct 1st 1993, greek theater in berkley ca. yuuup. mirv and the melvins also played