Latest about Les Claypool
The bassist extraordinaire has been reflecting on Primus’ early years amid the 90s alternative boom, in which the band got picked up by MTV before Metallica... It was quite literally a trip
The mammoth Rush tribute tour comes to a premature end
Playing A Farewell To Kings in full is not for the fainthearted. Even Geddy Lee, the man who recorded it, thought Les Claypool “was a little bit nuts” for attempting it
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-840-80.jpg.webp)
The charity single also features The Police drummer Stewart Copeland, John Lennon's son Sean, Billy Strings and Hütz’s bandmate, Sergey Ryabtsev
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
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-840-80.jpg.webp)
The Primus man said he was “learning from the master” ahead of the band's upcoming Rush tribute tour, A Tribute to Kings
