Les Claypool

Critic's Notebook: The lowdown with Tom Waits

2011-10-22 17:59:00

Over the course of three hours of conversation at a roadside diner here called Pete's Henny Penny, Tom Waits, the singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, actor and note taker, will offer the following similes and metaphors, seemingly at random though...

Talking 'punk jazz' and the Dead Kenny Gs with genre-defying saxophonist Skerik

2011-07-15 16:33:10

The Agenda: The Oddity Faire at Club Nokia tonight

2010-09-16 16:36:13

We The People Festival postponed until early 2010

2009-11-17 16:34:15

Ann Powers on Coachella's 2010 lineup: A model for recessionary times

2010-01-19 16:35:05

Les Claypool of Primus and Dean Ween go fishing and drinking in Fort Lauderdale

2013-02-28 03:44:00

If the guy in the rakish spectacles at the next table at Mezzaluna Wednesday night bore an uncanny resemblance to Les Claypool, it’s because that indeed was the Primus bass player and bon vivant tucking into the Italian supper specialties off the...

TICKET BOX: Allman Brothers' Peach Festival, Sara Evans at Sands, Three Days Grace at Sherman, five new Musikfest Cafe shows this week

2013-02-21 04:26:44

Wanee 2013 Music Festival has Allmans, Widespread Panic, Les Claypool

2013-01-21 07:52:00

If you saw the Tedeschi Trucks Band in Boca Raton on Saturday (Sunshine Blues Festival review here), you don’t need much more reason to seek out tickets to the 2013 Wanee Music Festival than to know that they are part of this year’s impressive...

Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week

2012-10-11 04:23:37

Primus at the Fillmore: "Grinnin' like bastards"

2012-11-12 18:28:00

The crowd at a Primus concert is, for the most part, predictable: A sea of black T-shirts and hoodies washes over the chosen venue, this time the Fillmore Miami Beach, with whiskey or beer in hand and often neon-colored tresses. Spectators' ages ranged...

Les Claypool's strange frequencies

2012-11-09 00:00:00

If you've seen Les Claypool wearing a lobster suit in Primus' 2011 music video for the song "Tragedy's A'Comin'," you know the frontman is a genius of weird, and a goofball. But if you're a die-hard fan of the funk-metal trio, you've known that since...

Les Claypool�s strange frequencies

2012-11-08 11:27:00

If you’ve seen Les Claypool wearing a lobster suit in Primus’ 2011 music video for the song “Tragedy’s A’Comin’,” you know the frontman is a genius of weird, and a goofball. But if you’re a die-hard fan of...

Primus bassist Les Claypool is 48 today. (Photo by Scott Legato/WireImage)

2012-09-13 09:45:00

For the past 27 years the group Primus has followed in the footsteps of boundary-pushing artists like Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd to create some of the most original and inventive music in existence.

2012-07-10 00:00:00

Les Claypool opened for a sold-out show at the House of Blues on Sunday, May 31, 2009.

2009-05-31 00:00:00