Biography

Though they're cited as one of the key influences on the rap-metal crowd due their combination of biting guitar and funky bass lines, Primus are a much quirkier, more avant garde band than their list of disciples might suggest. Making their debut at the start of the '90s, they blazed a new trail with a mix of alternative rock, amped-up funk, a touch of metal, and a healthy dose of Zappa-inspired weirdness. Spearheaded by the crazed bass playing of leader Les Claypool, the unique Primus sound crosses over into the disparate worlds of heavy rock, jam bands, and alt rock, but the band remains a musical island unto itself.

Top Tracks

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• Behind My Camel

• Coattails Of A Dead Man

• Dirty Drowning Man

• Dmv

• Eleven

• Eternal Consumption Engine

• Frizzle Fry

• Glass Sandwich

• Hennepin Crawler

• Hoinfodaman

• Intruder

• Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

• John The Fisherman

• Making Plans For Nigel

• Mama Didn't Raise No Fool

• Mr. Krinkle

• My Name Is Mud

• Over The Electric Grapevine

• Puddin' Taine

• Scissor Man

• Shake Hands With Beef

• The Return Of Sathington Willoughby

• Those Damned Blue-collar Tweekers

• To Defy The Laws Of Tradition

• Tommy The Cat

• Too Many Puppies

• Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

Discography

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• Green Naugahyde

  ATO / Prawn Song

  2011

• Antipop

  Interscope

  1999

• Rhinoplasty

  Interscope

  1998

• The Brown Album

  Interscope

  1997

• Tales from the Punchbowl

  Interscope

  1995

• Pork Soda

  Interscope

  1993

• Sailing the Seas of Cheese

  Interscope

  1991