Primus (Band) - Primus Albums, Primus Members, Primus Songs, Les Claypool, Tim Alexander, Primus Discography, Bryan Mantia, Blind Illusion (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Primus albums, Primus members, Primus songs, Les Claypool, Tim Alexander, Primus discography, Bryan Mantia, Blind Illusion, Larry LaLonde, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Frizzle Fry, Adam Gates, Behind My Camel, They Can't All Be Zingers, Wynona's Big Brown Beaver, Tales from the Punchbowl, Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, Pork Soda, Antipop, My Name Is Mud, John the Fisherman, Suck on This, Todd Huth, Brown Album, Shake Hands with Beef, Too Many Puppies, Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers, Tommy the Cat, Jay Lane, Welcome to This World, Lacquer Head, Southbound Pachyderm, Mrs. Blaileen, Perm Parker. Excerpt: Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends (unusual on a bass guitar) and slapping. Claypool has also self produced and engineered his solo releases from his own studio "Rancho Relaxo." 2006 saw the release of a full-length feature film Electric Apricot written and directed by Claypool as well as a debut novel South of the Pumphouse. Claypool was born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, but was raised in El Sobrante, California in a working class family with a history of working as auto mechanics. A close family friend, Rhys Hickman, taught him the basics of the slap bass technique, which he shortly mastered throughout his educational period. His early education included Collins Elementary School and De Anza High School, where he was a personal friend of Kirk Hammett. In 1986, after the death of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, school friend Kirk Hammett encouraged Claypool to audition for Metallica as Burton's successor. In Metallica's Behind the Music, Claypool said that he jokingly asked the others if they wa...