Les Claypool led Primus and their new drummer through an epic Phoenix setlist including "Pure Imagination" and the tour debut ...

Primus, with new drummer John Hoffman, performed hits and new songs with opener MonoNeon at Arizona Financial Theatre.

New drummer, elephants on trampolines, toy animal heads and expertly played, bass-driven rock.

Leslie Edward Claypool is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the funk metal band Primus. Frequently considered one ...

If Primus bassist Les Claypool had a bumper sticker on his car, it most likely would read: "I'd rather be fishing." As much as Claypool likes to create strange and esoteric music, he also loves ...

Les Claypool knew Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett from high school, which helped get him the audition during the very early days of Primus. “To be honest, I wasn’t really into metal at the ...

On Dec. 31, Les Claypool will bring together his newest project – The Claypool Lennon Delirium – and his defunct Sausage trio for a very special “Les Claypool New Year’s Eve.” ...

LES CLAYPOOL’S FROG BRIGADE Moore Theater, 443-1744, $19-$21 8 p.m. Thurs., April 18 LES CLAYPOOL has a disarmingly casual approach to making music, to say the least.

Primus in the raw." As mentioned, it all goes down at Claypool Cellars on Dec. 11 with Primus taking the stage (if there even is a stage — perhaps the floor?) at 6PM PT / 9PM ET.

Today, Primus’ Les Claypool and Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz shared an ode to Ukraine’s president titled “Zelensky: The Man With the Iron Balls.” According to Rolling Stone Claypool ...

Last year, Les Claypool went through a huge Django Reinhardt phase and “a lot of really, really old hillbilly stuff from the Thirties and Forties,” all of which served as the impetus for his ...

Les gets to work with a lot of great musicians, and he works with people that he likes. Claypool: I use the metaphor that a musical interaction or jam is a conversation, and the best conversations ...