Larry "Ler" LaLonde, Tim "Herb" Alexander and Les Claypool of Primus perform at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on September 22, 2021 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Last weekend, Primus were left ...

“It’s all just devil music,” he quipped. Then the bassist who founded the rock band whose eclectic music mixes funk, progressive rock and some punk leanings took the question more seriously. “It's ...

This time, the band went outside their circle to replace Alexander. As Claypool recalls, laughing, “Well, [Alexander quitting] kind of came from out of the blue, so we weren’t prepared for any of this ...

Ever since their drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander abruptly quit the band late October, Primus has been without someone behind the kit. As such, they’ve been holding open auditions over the internet. And ...

Primus’ search for a drummer has dredged up an entry from Billy Strings. The bluegrass golden boy’s audition video surfaced on Les Claypool’s official Instagram page this morning, along with the ...

The first thing Primus fans need to know about the band’s new 3-D-enhanced tour coming to Peabody Opera House this weekend is that there will be no holograms. “Tupac will not be in the building,” says ...

The post Les Claypool Announces Career-Spanning Box Set Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song appeared first on Consequence. The prolific solo career of Les Claypool is being condensed into a new box set called ...

Primus bassist and longtime local resident Les Claypool welcomed drummer John Hoffman to the band earlier this month after the band put out an open call for auditions. A Shreveport, Louisiana, drummer ...

The 60-year-old musician and performer Les Claypool is considered to be one of the greatest bass players ever. Off-kilter and quirky, the frontman for bands like Primus and Colonel Les Claypool’s ...

Les Claypool is a man of many faces. Whether it's that of an evil pig, Planet of the Apes style primate or creepy long-nosed warlock, Claypool has been known to switch personas mid-concert, employing ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Originally formed as an one-off for San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang is a rootsy, countrified experiment, but one that’s no less strange for its supposed ...