Primus

QRO pops open a can of pork soda to put on a spotlight on veteran alt-funksters Primus.

Name: Primus

Hometown: San Francisco, CA

Associated act(s): Oysterhead, Sausage

Members: Tim Alexander (former), Les Claypool, Todd Huth (former), Larry LaLonde, Jay Lane (former), Briyan Mantia (former), Tim Wright (former)

Albums: Suck On This (1989), Frizzle Fry (1990), Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991), Pork Soda (1993), Tales from the Punchbowl (1995), Brown Album (1997), Rhinoplasty (1998), Antipop (1999), Green Naugahyde (2011), Sailing the Seas of Cheese (expanded edition) (2013), Primus & The Chocolate Factory (2014), The Desaturating Seven (2017)

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Photo gallery from Roseland Ballroom in New York, NY on September 30th, 2011

Review of Green Naugahyde

Photo gallery from Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, IA on October 15th, 2011

Interview with Les Claypool

Live review playing Sailing the Seas of Cheese and Green Naugahyde at Royal Albert Hall in London, U.K. on April 4th, 2012

Photo gallery from Royal Albert Hall

Photo gallery from Wakarusa Festival in Ozark, AR on June 2nd, 2012

Photo gallery from High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA on July 5th, 2013

Review as part of Riot Fest in Chicago, IL on September 14th, 2014

Photo gallery from Riot Fest

Photo gallery from JBL Live at Pier 97 in New York, NY on July 30th, 2015

Photo gallery from Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA on New Year’s Eve, 2015

Photo gallery from ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX on October 22nd, 2017

Livestream review from Claypool Cellars in Sebastopol, CA on December 11th, 2020

Photo gallery of Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade at The Eastern in Atlanta, GA on June 10th, 2023

Photo gallery from Sick New World in Las Vegas, NV on April 27th, 2024

Photo gallery from Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA on August 8th, 2024

Tour dates:

Friday, August 16 – Virginia Credit Union LIVE! – Richmond, VA~!
Saturday, August 17 – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre – Charlotte, NC~!
Sunday, August 18 – Avondale Brewing Company – Birmingham, AL
Tuesday, August 20 – Grind City Amphitheater – Memphis, TN
Wednesday, August 21 – Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, TX
Friday, August 23 – Dillon Amphitheater – Dillon, CO
Saturday, August 24 – Sunset Amphitheater – Colorado Springs, CO

~ with Puddles Pity Party
! with Coheed & Cambria