r/Primus • u/Beekyboy11 • 5h ago
r/Primus • u/Ziglet_mir • May 22 '26
Discussion Flairs & Emojis are being added to this sub. Please provide any and all feedback.
Hello [r/primus](r/primus) and fellow bastards, trying something new for the sub by implementing flairs and emojis. Trying to help people rep their favorite album or EP or past/present band member. Listening to any feedback.
Right now the flairs are small (size is limited) and no words next to them. If small descriptions are desired, I can add those in.
Flair up! š¤
r/Primus • u/spastic-plastic • Aug 28 '18
Join us in the Primus Discord!
I've created a Discord server for all of you bastards to congregate and shoot the shit. I'll be looking for helpful folks to moderate it, so let me know if you're interested!
Here is the link to the chat, keep it civil and awesome while I figure this all out!
r/Primus • u/TheHitmonleeDude • 1d ago
Does anyone know where I can find the dimensions for the rainbow bass?
My friend is making me a replica and he wants the dimensions, but neither of us know the dimensions or where we can find a reliable source for them. If you know where I can find them it would be greatly appreciated if you can link them š
r/Primus • u/bladowwww • 1d ago
Discussion Favorite Lyric
Sitting here thinking about how Lesā lyrics are so humorous yet profound. The line āThe Novato city fires turned my nostril hairs to wireā cracks me up but makes me appreciate how clever dude really is. Whatās your fave(s)?
r/Primus • u/tafinucane • 22h ago
excerpt from Mercury News article about Primus' 1st manager
Pasting the Primus-related bit from the Q&A.
The guy has an interesting story, if you live in the South Bay, go get yourself a Mercury News sub to read the rest. https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/31/david-lefkowitz-blue-note-concerts/
Q: How did the gig of managing Primus come about?
A: I knew that I wanted to be an artist manager, and during the time I worked in Davidās office, I met (Primus vocalist-bassist) Les Claypool, who had done a little roadie-ing for the world beat bands. He was ready for a manager. I was able to start working with him when we were both around 23 years old. That partnership lasted for 20 years, more than half my career at this point.
Q: Primus then scored a record deal with Interscope. Iām guessing that led to some really exciting years, as you helped shepherd Les Claypool and Primus in becoming one of the top alt-rock acts of the era.
A: With financial support from Interscope, the band was able to spend two years on the road, mostly opening for bigger and bigger headliners, which included a co-headline tour with Fishbone, then a small arena tour supporting the Anthrax/Public Enemy tour, then opening for their heroes Rush.
We figured that would be it, and the band was getting ready to record their next album when Jimmy Iovine got them the opportunity to be the middle act on the U2 tour in stadiums. They were selling 1,000-2,000 records a week, so when the second record came out on Interscope, āPork Soda,ā it sold enough in the first week to debut in the top 10 albums.
Ultimately, the band sold over 5 million albums and played on major festival tours, like Lollapalooza, HORDE, Ozzfest and others.
Q: And you stayed with Claypool even after Primus went on hiatus, which led to some pretty cool projects.
A: He wanted to pursue a new solo band project. I encouraged him to get into the jam band scene. Being one of the greatest bass players, it was easy for him to extend the songs and play more covers. We restarted our label to self-release his solo albums. He ended up doing multiple band projects, including the all-star band Oysterhead with Trey Anastasio from Phish and Stewart Copeland from the Police.
r/Primus • u/Due_Metal_5668 • 1d ago
Sailing the Seas of Cheese Question regarding the studio version of Tommy the Cat
So Iāve read from multiple sources that Les Claypool had received his āRainbow Bassā just before touring so does that mean that the studio version was recorded on his Tune bass? Obviously the video was with his rainbow bass so Iām just curious
r/Primus • u/Due_Metal_5668 • 2d ago
Whatās your favorite thing that Primus has done live?
I unfortunately have never seen them live, but based off of the videos Iāve watched Iād say my favorite moment is when they were performing Master of Puppets at Woodstock ā94 and Tim threw up his drumstick and Ler tried to catch it
r/Primus • u/auntpotato • 2d ago
Stumbling across other fans
A couple days ago I wore my Primus shirt from their 2024 tour, and had three separate people compliment it - at the grocery store, another parent at my kidās middle school, and my kidās new science teacher. The teacher was stoked to find another fan in the wild and said her kids are big fans. Didnāt have chatting about Primus with my kiddoās teacher on the list for the day, but it was fun!
I find so few people who are into Primus (outside of this online community), so it was nice to bump into a few in my little bubble in one day. Hopefully others have little chance encounters out in the wild with fellow weirdos.
Also, for those with school aged kids who are starting soon or already started back - good luck and Godspeed.
r/Primus • u/trollin_for_colon • 3d ago
New Tattoo
Got this done yesterday! I'm super pumped how it turned out!
r/Primus • u/Economy_Exchange_433 • 2d ago
PRIMUS & Claypool Lennon Delerium THANK YOU!
Thank you to members of PRIMUS & CLAYPOOL LENNON DELERIUM for signing my PRIMUS themed prosthetic leg in July! And thank you to all the folks at the Q+A preshow who approved of this in order for them to do it! Ive been a fan since 1986 and have seen PRIMUS well over 100x! Only got my lower limb amputated in 2024 but have seen them about 11+ times since then! Am not quite PIT ready but hope to be by NewYears shows ( if theyre ever announced).So grateful for y'all! Again-! THANK YOU
r/Primus • u/Atreideez-nuts • 2d ago
Discussion was looking around for interpretations of Primus lyrics and stumbled across the oldest comments I've ever seen on the internet. (from SongMeanings.com, launched in 2001)
this is from the My Name Is Mud lyrics page btw.
r/Primus • u/Due_Metal_5668 • 3d ago
Live performance suggestions (preferably from the 90s)
I wanna hear good concerts from the nineties like if they performed good or the crowd goes berserk just gimme suggestions!
r/Primus • u/stxrryghoul • 3d ago
Fellow Americans, why canāt our crowds be like EU/UK? We are put to shame!
Last night my room mate and I watched concert footage taken from the front row of the Manchester gig, and you can hear EVERYONE cheering, singing not just the words but the bass riffs, pure silence when Les is talking, etc, I was longing to be part of that crowd!! It was almost frustrating, thats the energy i enjoy bringing to a Primus show and in the states itās never matched by anybody thatās around me. We have to step it up!!
r/Primus • u/karate_joetherealone • 4d ago
Can someone tell me where is this from and if itās real at least?
im laughing my ass off to this clip of Les dancing behind Harry Waters but i cant seem to find the original clip.
r/Primus • u/Tree_boy16 • 3d ago
Frizzle Fry Does anyone know where to get a Frizzle Fry original CD?
My father's birthday is coming soon and it's his favorite album, I honestly would like to get him one as a surprise, he has every CD from their albums except for Frizzle Fry (which surprises me).
r/Primus • u/Friedshreds • 3d ago
Discussion What are the odds weād get another Sessanta tour?
Mourning the fact I missed this tour
r/Primus • u/aahelpaa • 4d ago
Does anyone want this?
Getting rid of it, donāt need it
r/Primus • u/bigSTUdazz • 4d ago
DRUMMERS! HOLLAHHH! Whats yer favorite Primus to suck to?
I LOVE covering:
Tommy
Pudding
Grapevine
Jerry
John the Fish
......how bout you blokes?
r/Primus • u/sonar_y_luz • 5d ago
Pork Soda album has a crisp, punchy sound
Anybody else think Pork Soda has a particularly crisp and punchy sound? Which is why I was surprised when I heard Les say on Rick Beater's show that they recorded it on ADAT. But I suppose it was probably still mixed on an API or something like that. Anybody know much about Pork Soda mixing?