Music
Primus is one oddball outfit.
Aug. 25, 1995
Travel & Experiences
Primus lead singer Les Claypool loved the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” so much that he hosted a Willy Wonka-themed Primus concert on New Year’s Eve in 2013.
May 13, 2015
Big, blustery displays of angst can certainly be impressive, but unless it’s shaped by cogent ideas, such music can fail to leave a lasting impression.
Aug. 25, 1998
It’s easy to act wacky, but only a few entities in rock ‘n’ roll history--most significantly Frank Zappa--have had the deep, inherent weirdness to turn that quality into effective artistry.
Nov. 25, 1993
Q uirky . . . wacky . . . herky-jerky .
Aug. 18, 1991
While the current version of Primus takes a break, founder-bassist Les Claypool has reconvened the original members of the trio for the first time in six years under the new name Sausage.
March 6, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
Remember way back to last summer’s “Lollapalooza ‘93”?
Jan. 10, 1994
Movies
Movies about Hollywood are often knocked for being too inbred but the genre has resulted in a surprising number of good films, most recently Robert Altman’s “The Player.”
Sept. 25, 1992
PRIMUS “Pork Soda” Interscope * 1/2 On the fourth album by San Francisco’s premier goofball band, Primus’ sci-fi brand of psychotic, funk-o jazz-rock seems to skid even further off the rails of normality.
May 9, 1993
Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black body swinging in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees . . . * It’s a fine day in New York in the wartime 1940s, and choreographer Pearl Primus is discussing poetry over lunch with blues singer Billie Holiday and lyricist Lewis Allan.
April 24, 1994