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Larry "Ler" LaLonde, Tim "Herb" Alexander and Les Claypool of Primus perform at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on September 22, 2021 in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Primus' Les Claypool and Ler LaLonde were just forced to play a gig with brand new gear from Guitar Center

By Janelle Borg Published

The instruments the band purchased and played onstage are now set to be auctioned off, with all proceeds going to St. Judes Children’s Hospital

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Les Claypool backstage on August 4, 1995 in New York City, New York. Lars Ulrich of Metallica performs at Royal Arena on February 3, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
“Lars said, ‘You’re not really used to this kind of music, are you?’” Les Claypool on his failed Metallica audition

By Joel McIver Published

According to James Hetfield, Les Claypool was “too good” for the thrash metal giants

Bassists
Geddy Lee Paramount Plus Series
“I’m trying to show the world that a bass player can do many things”: Watch the first trailer for Geddy Lee’s new docuseries, featuring Les Claypool and Robert Trujillo

By Nick Wells Published

Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too? also stars Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur

Bassists
Les Claypool
“If I wanted to play like Geddy Lee I’d play a black-and-white Rickenbacker”: Les Claypool on his bass collection, and the Rickenbacker he bought from John Entwistle

By Joel McIver Published

The Primus frontman has employed a range of instruments during his career, including a Dobro bass and the famous one-string Whamola

Bassists
Les Claypool of Primus performs on the opening night of their "Tour De Fromage". Photo by J. Shearer/WireImage)
"Like wrestling an octopus": How to play bass like Les Claypool

By Nick Wells Published

Even if you're not playing double-stops tapped on a fretless 6-string bass there’s still a lot you can learn from Primus frontman Les Claypool. We asked him to break down some of his craziest basslines...

Bassists
Les Claypool performs with Primus at Old Forester's Paristown Hall in Louisville, Kentucky on May 30, 2022
Primus's Les Claypool names 7 bassists who shaped his sound

By Andrew Daly Published

The alt-rock innovator on "one of the most underrated bass players ever", who he sees as the instrument's Jimi Hendrix and that time a low-end hero "f**king kicked my ass" in a jam

Bassists
Primus’s Les Claypool and Tool’s Justin Chancellor
Hear Justin Chancellor play through Les Claypool’s rig as this Primus-Tool supergroup take on Ænima at chest-rattling velocity

By Matt Parker Published

Members of the two bands and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen teamed up for a double-drummer take on the Tool classic

Bands
Les Claypool of Primus performs at Day Two of the Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 10, 2011 in Manchester, Tennessee.
Les Claypool: “The Pachyderm bass has one knob on it, a volume knob: I don’t want any tone”

By Joel McIver Published

Primus’ bass wizard tells us all about his Pachyderm bass and exactly what naugahyde is

Bassists
Charles Mingus, Jazz bass player.
The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs

By Nick Wells Published

From Keith Richards to Joni Mitchell, we chart the 10 best takes on ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’, Charles Mingus

Music Releases
[L-R] Les Claypool and Willow Smith
Les Claypool praises Willow Smith's Primus cover: “Fine guitar pickin’ there young fiery lass”

By Sam Roche Published

Willow donned her one-of-a-kind St. Vincent signature model to play one of Larry LaLonde's signature avant-garde leads

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