Primus occurs as rock band formed in California in the mid-1980's. Les Claypool (vocals and bass guitar) has been the sole constant member.

Their music has proven hard to define; Primus has been known as all about from either "thrash funk" to "alternative rock" to "the Freak Brothers set to music." Les Claypool himself once described their music when "psychedelic polka" and a "chicken robot." It is characterized by their improper songs & irreverent approach to music - it release their records in Claypool's Prawn Song Records label, a parody of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song, and their catchphrase was "Primus Sucks" until 2003 on their reunion tour, Tour delaware Fromage, whenever Les announced that it didn't such as that any longer.

When their music is critically lauded, Primus is typically maligned for the outbound humor of their songs. Pleased their cult status, it used to be that "Tommy the Cat" grew somewhat popular, Primus would introduce songs in concert by expression, "this next song is not called Tommy the Cat." Whilst "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" exploded through a national consciousness two or three years late it would disown it altogether. Eventually despite their brobdingnagian musical noesis & endless experimentation, Primus remains largely accessible because of their rock roots.

In their starting times, it utilized the drum machine, but only for two or three months - quickly replaced by so-drummer Jay Lane.

Members
Todays Members Les Claypool-Lead vocals, bass (1984-Present) Larry Ler LaLonde-Guitar (1988-Present) Tim Alexander-Drums (1988-1996/2002-Present)

Preceding Members

Brian Mantia-Drums (1996-2000) Todd Huth-Guitar (1984-1988) Jay Lane-Drums (1984-1988)

Primus experienced several diversely assorted drummers in the Fourscore's whose list are non known.

Band Biography
Early Days (1984-1991)
Primus began when Primate in the mid 1980s with Claypool, Todd Huth, and Jay Lane. It formed inside El Sobrante, California. When rising to local music scene stardom using their br& of funk/metal fusion, Huth and Lane left inside 1989 to pursue other projects. Claypool recruited Death Metal guitarist Larry LaLonde and eclectic drummer Tim 'Herb' Alexander. Primus presently gained potentially greater popularity by dint of their survive concerts. To capitalize on this growing popularity a class action freed their number 1 album, a survive recorded Suck on This, on Claypool's independent Prawn Song label.

A year late a band relased their 1st studio album, Frizzle Fry also on Prawn Song. It besides manufactured their 1st music cd for "John The Fisherman", which managed to pop up in MTV, "Too Many Puppies" became somewhat popular too. By owning the music streaming & the studio album, Primus's popularity grew, pertinent in which it attracted attention from either Interscope Records, who signed the children within 1990.

Peak Years (1991-1996)
Primus's major label debut was Sailing The Seas Of Cheese, which was a sensation. A b& gained numerous freshly fans, due lot to the popularity of the albums number one only and music video "Jerry Was A Racecar Driver", which stormed a airwaves & MTV. Another lone & cd was freed late for "Tommy The Cat" (the survive versiin got been freed antecedently on Suck On This). By having the guest vocal by Tom Waits (a number one of many colaborations by owning a singer), it furthered the elastic ever growing popularity. A band besides appeared around ''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and made music for Beavis & Butthead. By owning the major label behind the children, Sailing The Seas Of Cheese went gold. In todays world Sailing A Seas of Cheese is considered an option rock classic, marked as an essential album by numerous critics.

Fallowing a release of Sailing The Seas Of Cheese, in 1992 Primus released the cover song EP Miscellaneous Debris'', with their version of XTC's "Making Plans For Nigel" managing to break airwaves.

So around 1993, Primus released their completely-instance better marketing album Pork Soda. A album was extremely anticipated, & debuted on the Billboard Top 10. By owning singles such as "My Name Is Mud", "DMV", & "Mr. Krinkle" , it was critically acclaimed & processed their audience develop potentially supplementary. A album itself was somewhat darker than last Primus efforts, especially using "Bob" the song just about suicide. "My Name Is Mud" required slaying, & "Nature Boy" deals sustaining a want of improvement between ancient homo & modern men.

Inside 1994 Primus headlined Lollapolooza, an alternative rock festival they however reguarly perform around. It as well mass produced an appearance at Woodstock '94 Music Festival where they performed their hit "My Name is Mud" with predictable results (Claypool claims to still have mud in his speakers). It was clear that Primus-mania was growing, & a band was churning out poop oftentimes. In the last quadruplet years it experienced freed deuce-ace albums, an EP, 5 music streaming cd, & the house video.

around the period of the lull in 1994, the original Primus lineup of Claypool, Huth, & Lane reunited to record Riddles Are Abound Tonight under the band title Sausage. Among a pre-Primus Primus songs it recorded were "Temporary Phase", "The Toys Go Winding Down", & "Prelude to Fear". A streaming video to the eponymic song "Riddles Are Abound Tonight" - featuring a band inside blue fully immune system tights performing in a gilded, tiered platform in stationary bicycles -was the impetus for Beavis's Cornholio character when it appeared in Beavis & Butt-head.

Within 1995 Primus released their fifth album, Tales from the Punchbowl. Carrying on the high standard already placed by their last albums, 'Punchbowl' was swell received by Primus fans worldwide. Th album contained Primus's virtually all virtually all successful individual, "Wyonna's Big Brown Beaver", which managed to break into popular radio, & featured a uproarious streaming sustaining the band members dressed higher when cowboys. A song was performed in David Letterman and Conan O'Brien's shows. It was followed per individual "Southbound Pachyderm." Although non about when popular, a cd for the song wwhen widely praised as existence one of their virtually all originative.

Mantia Era/Hiatus (1997-2002)

Alexander left a band within 1996 due to creative differences & was replaced by Brian "Brain" Mantia of Limbomaniacs and Praxis. Mantithe was one of a numerous original drummers Claypool auditioned for Primus prior to settling by using Alexander - Mantia bowed retired prior to because of a foot injury.

Sustaining Mantia aboard, Primus was invite 1997 to compose a thirty 2nd theme song to South Park after the indicate's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone professed to be large fans. By this instance, elastic that were influenced by Primus' bottom-heavily rock - like Tool, KoЯn, and Limp Bizkit - were starting to gain the growing audience in the Alternative Metal genre which Primus (among many others) experienced helped to promote. Primus had back to functiin on the newly album. It was decided to record their next album within Claypool's house studio. The guide which would prove prejudicious.

1997's Brown Album was a departure from either former Primus allowing a majority of fans. Featuring rock oil (just about demo-prefer) production & a other straightforward song structure, the album was quite an disappointment. Although Tom Waits names it as his favourite Primus album, it generated a super mixed reaction from either the public. Newer Primus fans, unacquainted a band's former function, were satisfied by using it. However numbers of veteran Primus fan were turned off per unfortunate production likewise when by Mantia's drumming, seen by several when sub-inferior in comparison Alexander. Criticially Primus's least sucessful album. It recived largely mediocre reviews. Commercially it did does'nt launder also when former efforts, singles "Shake Hands With Beef" and "Over The Falls" flopped.

Antipop was released around 1999, & was a 1st album to feature heavily input from either outside musicians and producers. A album was seen as a 'go to to form' by virtually all yearn term Primus fans. Featuring harder edge song-writing fans got been craving besides when greatly improved production all over a last album. A band toured by having Ozzfest and released the cd for "Lacquerhead" that was banned from either MTV because of its drug content, possibly though it was an anti-drug song. When touring to promote a album throughout2000, Primus went on indefinite hiatus.

In The period of a hiatus, Alexander freed deuce albums using the b& Cleaning & performed using Blue Human Class action, A Right Circle, and Born Naked, among others. Claypool explored a jam band scene using Oysterhead and his own Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. He likewise collaborated sustaining Mantia within Colonel Claypool's Pail of Bernie Brains. LaLonde joined Mantithe to develop deuce experimental There is no Forcefield records, & tried unsuccessfully to run a recording studio.

Reformation (2002-Present)

Within late 2003 Claypool reunited with original Primus drummer Tim Alexander & guitar player Larry LaLonde to record the DVD/EP known as Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People, which Claypool described when a number 1 DVD sustaining more music, as opposed contrarily. a band staged a ii year tour where it performed deuce sets by the indicate, the 2nd consisting of their 1991 release Sailing a Seas of Cheese in its integrality. 2004 saw the children prove my point touring, & potentially performing their 1990 release Frizzle Fry inside its totality. For these 2 tours, a band sold recordings directly recorded from either a healthy-sounding board low, as punishment an case of more elastic like Phish. A performance within Chicago was videos taped too, & was freed on the 'Hallucino-Genetics' Survive DVD. A band's todays style is according to a Jam Band style with extended soloing from either b& members and less center lyrics. This follows a musical evolution of Les Claypool's function when you took a Primus hiatus.

In July 19, 2005, it was announced that Primus was attend release the fresh good-length album by spring of 2006 with an international tour in the works as well. This marks a number 1 good-length Primus album since 1999's Antipop, & a number 1 good-length album using Alexander on the drums since 1995's Tales From either a Punchbowl.

Etymology
Primus were originally known as "Primate" until another class action known as A Primates threatened legal action. Claypool allegedly selected Primus when a next nearest tool to Primate in a lexicon, though he has been known to claim that Primus was the nighest tool that rhymed by having arsehole. Primus is Latin for "the first".

Prior to it were potentially known as Primate, it were known as Pyrmz, because it thought that each popular b& got vowels in their title, and it wanted to become different. Still, their production manager said that 'y' could another time become a vowel & so the title did indeed have a vowel.

Song Content
Primus is known for even virtually all of their lyrical content depending in manufactured-higher characters or friends by having silly humor. However there are the little total of songs sustaining the message or even political views. On this text come a select few examples. As well Several Puppies: Is actually a war protest song, against the Persian Gulf War. People Damned Blue Collar Tweekers: Is all about a (number 1) Bush administration.(actually 'Tweakers' is a song all about a heavily utilize of crank amphetmaine by occasionally blue collar workers. These are utilized sequentially to become respire to operate yearn hours. Typically days these are utilized by long haul truck driver to stay awake when you took cross united states trips. When a song itself states, "the flame that burns twice as bright burns only half as long....) Sgt. Baker: About military expieriences, also somewhat anti-war. American Life: A "song for the unfortunate" about immigrants and unemployed veterans. Bob: A suicide lament Southbound Pachyderm: Is actually about overhunting of endangered animals ("Southbound" is symbolic for "running down" as in "non doing easily")

Politics
Many of these songs have poltical undertones, Primus's true politics are thought by most to be liberal, but a quote by Ler LaLonde jokes that "we jolly very much last along by having anything Bob Dole says". Les Claypool is shown on Primus' Hallucino-Genetics-DVD stating support for Michael Moore's controversial 'Farenheit 911' documentary. A move which alienated many of his fans who feel Moore is simply an opportunist promoting his own agendas at the expense of others. Claypool has made anti-Bush and anti-war statements at many of his shows. Political views aside Primus fans remain loyal even when opinions differ.

Trivia
Primus is the only band with its own ID3V1 category tag.

Primus hire a lot of their friends from the Bay Area to be in the stage crew and many of them appear in their videos and home videos.

Timeline/Discography
1984 The band forms in El Sobrante, California 1985 Todd Huth and Jay Lane join Primus 1989 Huth and Lane leave Primus, Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexander join. They release first album, Suck on This, on self-administered label Prawn Song Records. LaLonde gets teased in El Sobrante about the length of his hair. 1990 Signed with Caroline Records and released Frizzle Fry. 1991 Signed with Interscope Records and released Sailing the Seas of Cheese with a guest appearance of Tom Waits; appeared in film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. 1992 Miscellaneous Debris (all covers) released. 1993 Headlines Lollapalooza festival, released Pork Soda which debuts in the Billboard Top 10. 1994 Appear at Woodstock '94 1995 Tales from the Punchbowl released. 1996 Tim "Herb" Alexander leaves band, Brian "Brain" Mantia joins. 1997 Brown Album released. 1998 Rhinoplasty (mostly covers) released. 1999 Antipop released. 2000 Band goes on indefinite hiatus. 2001 Mantia leaves Primus, joins Guns N' Roses. 2002 Band reforms and Tim "Herb" Alexander rejoins. 2003 Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People EP/DVD released with original drummer Tim Alexander. 2004 Hallucino-Genetics Live DVD released. 2005 Primus play at Vegoose, work on 8th album announced. 2006 New album set to be released in Spring and what is said to be their largest tour ever will follow.

Singles
"John The Fisherman" "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" "Tommy the Cat" "Making Plans For Nigel" "My Name Is Mud" "DMV" "Mr. Krinkle" "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" "Southbound Pachyderm" "Shake Hands With Beef" "Over The Falls" "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" "Lacquerhead"