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Music

Les Claypool says Kirk Hammett was like “Tommy Chong” in high school: “He’s like, ‘Man, I know the three key elements to success: sex,...

29th June 2022

The bassist also recalls how his audition for Metallica made him incorporate more metal influences into Primus.

Music

Primus’ Les Claypool teams up with Eugene Hütz to create a track about Zelensky… and his testicles

21st April 2022

The duo enlisted Billy Strings, Sean Lennon and The Police’s Stewart Copeland in what they consider to be an ode to unity.

Events

Primus’ first concert of the year will be an “intimate” virtual concert

1st December 2020

Alive From Pachyderm Station will broadcast from Les Claypool’s winery in California

Music

Watch Les Claypool teach Jason Momoa how to play My Name Is Mud

14th September 2020

During a visit to Claypool’s Winery.

Features

10 Top Bass Playing Tips with Les Claypool

23rd June 2015

Primus frontman Les Claypool has been dazzling audiences with his unique bass playing for nearly 30 years. He shares some of his four-string wisdom with us…