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Les Claypool: “The Pachyderm bass has one knob on it, a volume knob: I don’t want any tone”
Primus’ bass wizard tells us all about his Pachyderm bass and exactly what naugahyde is
Les Claypool says he was on acid during Primus’ 1992 MTV Spring Break performance – “everything I saw was just orange”
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
Primus cancel European leg of A Tribute To Kings tour due to “unavoidable logistical challenges”
The mammoth Rush tribute tour comes to a premature end
Larry LaLonde and Les Claypool join Alex Lifeson to discuss A Farewell To Kings and recall that one time the Rush guitarist used a tortilla chip as a guitar pick
With Primus on tour playing the 1977 classic, the band's guitarist and bassist/frontman talk tribute acts and discuss the album's legacy with Rush's Alex Lifeson
Rush’s Geddy Lee on A Farewell To Kings, Les Claypool the bassist, and what he thinks of Primus playing the album live in its entirety
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
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”
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
Keeley collaborates with Primus’ Larry LaLonde for Artist Series Edition BubbleTron flanger/phaser
New-look unit introduces aesthetic and functional tweaks to the original BubbleTron, which is described by LaLonde as “the greatest pedal ever made”
From Pink Floyd to Primus: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Start your weekend off on the right foot with top-tier tunes from Clutch, Interpol, Anna Calvi, Helms Alee, Hovvdy and Delicate Steve
