Biography

Whether it’s solo or with mutant-funk legends Primus or jam supergroup Oysterhead, virtuoso Les Claypool’s trailblazing style and unique vision have built a home for bass-nerds the whole world over. An expert at popping slap bass, he didn’t get a job replacing Cliff Burton in Metallica because he was “too good,” but his playing is only the tip of the iceberg. He’s a composer, author, filmmaker, and fisherman, and his relentless creativity has pushed him into every underpopulated corner of avant-garde and popular music. It’s nearly impossible to corner Claypool’s style, but he himself calls it the somehow appropriate “psychedelic polka.”

Top Tracks

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• Dogs

• Running The Gauntlet

• Thela Hun Ginjeet

Discography

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• Of Fungi and Foe

  Sonig / Prawn Song

  2009

• Of Whales and Woe

  Prawn Song

  2006

• Purple Onion

  Prawn Song

  2002

• Live Frogs: Set 2

  Prawn Song

  2001

• Live Frogs: Set 1

  Prawn Song

  2001