les claypool

1STmammal2wearPants
1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 3,001
edited October 2008 in Other Music
seriously, this guy is badass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkstx3Gf8rQ&feature=related

Saw him at Bonnaroo this year and was easily one of the hlghlights of the festival for me, with PJ, MMJ, Robert Plant, etc. Love his quote in that video where he says this is his "thirteenth Bonnaroo."

The man was "too good" for Metallica when he tried out for them in the 80s.
2003 Mansfield III 
2004 Boston I 
2006 Boston I 
2008 Bonnaroo, Hartford, Mansfield I 
2010 Hartford 
2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford 
2016 Bonnaroo, Fenway I, Fenway II 
2018 Fenway I, Fenway II 
2021 Sea.Hear.Now
2022 Camden
2024 MSG I, Fenway I, Fenway II
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  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    yes, he's too good ! :D
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 Posts: 426
    sickest bassist alive. great sense of humor too..go rent/download/buy his movie "Electric Apricot: The Quest for Festeroo" it's hysterical. I watched it at the movie tent at Bonnaroo and bought it when we got back.
    "Tonight we're just gonna play you some good old American Rock and Roll." tom petty-7-15-05
  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    Primus sucks!!
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Thats a sweet song. I also like the one he played with the MIRV guy with the saw. Les is fucking incredible, I used to be a huge Primus fan until I got into PJ. Anything Claypool does is good, even his last solo album.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    The man was "too good" for Metallica when he tried out for them in the 80s.
    Wasn't the right fit for either him or the band.....if joined Metallica back then...that would mean no Primus!!!!! That would suck!!!
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    I was never a huge Primus fan, they were good fun. But I saw them once, opening for Rush, and Les played the opening to Metallica's Master Of Puppets on a stand up, slap bass......he is an incredible musician from what I saw that night. Even though he seems completely nuts :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    love les, seen him live 3 times (twice with primus, once with frog brigade).

    personally, i think some of his best work was when he was a part of oysterhead.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • Them-Bones
    Them-Bones Posts: 518
    His set at Bonnaroo was awesome
    "If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    i saw him with his fancy band in a small venue in my area...

    living legend... that is all~
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    lephty wrote:
    i saw him with his fancy band in a small venue in my area...

    living legend... that is all~

    Les is like a modern day Jerry or something.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09

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