Despite slapping down the years on a variety of bass guitars, most of which have been custom jobs from Brooklyn luthier Carl Thompson in various string and fretted/fretless configurations, in 2011 ...

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Battle of the basses! Metallica's Robert Trujillo and Primus' Les Claypool went against each other in a bass battle in a new western-themed video called Precious Metals, which was directed by Claypool ...

Primus have been panning for gold ahead of their upcoming package tour with the Claypool Lennon Delirium and the Fearless ...

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 ...

As Primus prepare to launch their Rush tribute tour, frontman Les Claypool revealed that he’s been taking lessons from none other than Geddy Lee. Claypool posted a picture to Instagram of the ...

Les Claypool (far right) has had plenty of extracurricular pursuits since the last Primus album. Green Naugahyde is the band's first long-player in over a decade. Primus got plenty of of airtime on ...