Why primus is terrible

The band members unashamedly cite Rush as an influence, and the music also contains echoes of Public Image Ltd. And everybody there seems to know one another. Claypool first met his best friend, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, in high school and auditioned for Metallica after bassist Cliff Burton died. He figures he blew it after he jokingly proposed jamming on an Isley Brothers tune. Metallica was not amused. T he Warfield Crowd is as eclectic as the music, a peculiar blend of skate punks, Deadheads, metalheads, clean-cut college kids and the odd Gothic trendy; they sport jams, dreadlocks, partially shaved heads and the obligatory backward baseball cap.

Scores of moshing kids tumble over the crowd barrier in a human waterfall; like spawning salmon, only the fittest make it to the stage and dive off. A daring few climb the PA stacks and jump into the crowd a good twenty feet below.

A decade ago, this bunch would have embraced much mellower music, but in a meaner, rougher nation, even the flower children slam-dance. For some reason, about a dozen shoes get tossed onstage. Two girls work their way to the lip of the stage. They are Noelle, 15, and Karen, Cartoonish celebrations of the mundane, his shaggy-dog stories feature characters like C. Or eat Corn Chex and get stoned in front of the TV.

His father is a mechanic, and so was his grandfather, but somehow, Lester Claypool was not destined to twiddle wrenches. Nothing if not a rugged individualist, Claypool invites fellow misfits on board on the title track of Sailing the Seas of Cheese.

Early on, he built a printing press so the band could sell T-shirts at gigs; Primus keeps recording budgets low, so it quickly turns a profit. On the advice of friends in Faith No More and Metallica, the group sought a one-album contract and released the alternative smash Frizzle Fry on the venerable indie label Caroline Records.

Free agents, the band decided to brave the seas of corporate cheese and sign to a major, Interscope Records a division of Atlantic. Newswire Powered by. Remember Me? Page 1 of 5. Last ». Thread Tools. Rate Thread. Primus: Worst Band Ever? Find More Posts by shoelacenoose. Quote: Originally Posted by rbv there's worse. Find More Posts by Puma. Strum will neg you Join Date: Apr Posts: 21, Quote: Originally Posted by Renaissance Definitely not 1 though.

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Is there a such thing is the 'worst band ever'? You've never heard of the Skyhooks?