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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The “Claypool Gold” tour — starring three bands featuring Primus’ founding bass wiz, Les Claypool — begins next week, and ...

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 ...

“It’s all just devil music,” he quipped. Then the bassist who founded the rock band whose eclectic music mixes funk, progressive rock and some punk leanings took the question more seriously. “It's ...

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 ...

Music Hall at Fair Park hosted one of the most entertaining shows of the year Tuesday night when Colonel Les Claypool’s Flying Frog Brigade and co-headliner Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew’s Remain in ...

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