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Les Claypool: “Singing Geddy Lee parts and playing bass, or just singing Geddy Lee parts period, is f**king hard, because it’s up in the upper stratosphere”
By Ellen O'Reilly, Joel McIver published
Primus are currently on the road, playing the Rush album A Farewell To Kings in its entirety. We ask Claypool what made him embark on such a mad endeavor
![[L-R] Les Claypool, Eugune Hütz and Volodymyr Zelensky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DYX5SsknWPkjWsQmVWtawi-320-80.jpg)
Primus's Les Claypool teams up with Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hütz for Volodymyr Zelensky tribute song, The Man With the Iron Balls
By Sam Roche published
The charity single also features The Police drummer Stewart Copeland, John Lennon's son Sean, Billy Strings and Hütz’s bandmate, Sergey Ryabtsev

Primus announce Conspiranoid EP, share sprawling 11-minute lead single, Conspiranoia
By Sam Roche published
The EP arrives April 22, days after the trio are set to embark on the second leg of their Rush tribute tour, A Tribute to Kings

Watch Primus perform the entirety of A Farewell To Kings as they kick off their Rush tribute tour
By Matt Owen published
Fresh from his lesson with Geddy Lee, a kimono-kitted Les Claypool took to the stage with his bandmates to tackle the daunting setlist from start to finish
![[L-R] Les Claypool and Geddy Lee](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6irfYsofWp7TeQgkBSgzok-320-80.jpg)
Les Claypool has been taking bass lessons from Rush's Geddy Lee
By Sam Roche published
The Primus man said he was “learning from the master” ahead of the band's upcoming Rush tribute tour, A Tribute to Kings

Les Claypool faces off with Metallica’s Robert Trujillo in a bass-slapping duel in new short film Precious Metals
By Richard Bienstock published
The film is directed by the Primus bassist’s son, Cage Claypool

Jason Momoa details his jams with Les Claypool: “It was like a childhood dream”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Bass Player’s latest cover star interrogated Claypool on a number of topics, including the hardest Primus song to play

EMG introduces all-new Les Claypool 'Pachyderm Gold' bass pickups
By Matt Owen published
New finishes for Robert Trujillo's Rip Tide set also unveiled
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