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I've noticed that Ler is often mentioned in songs, for example "Fish on" and "Poetry and prose", but I couldn't find any mentions of any of Primus drummers in songs. Les is sometimes talking in first person(again in those two songs I mention earlier) and he mentions Larry but never does he mention for example Herb Alexander or Brain. Does it have to do with the fact that the drummers place is constantly changing in primus whilst guitar and bass stays the same or just with Ler ans Les friendship over the years?

How many posters do we think will be at each show per night? Obviously I'm not expecting anybody to have the actual answer as it hasn't been confirmed yet, just curious on everyone's thoughts. Will it be 3-4 posters per night like Sessanta (one for each band plus a general event poster) or are we thinking just a Primus poster? Or perhaps Primus and Claypool Gold posters but none for Frog Brigade/Claypool Lennon? I'm afraid for my wallet's sake irregardless

Has everyone that preordered the new album received theirs?? I’m still waiting for mine, just curious

Where's the South Park flair?

I’ve been listening to Primus since middle school, loved every album and knew every song from Frizzle Fry to Antipop. This was around 2007 maybe 2006 when I discovered them and was hooked from the beginning. I wore Frizzle Fry and Pork Soda shirt to school every day I could in middle school so much so that people got mad at me. Last year I finally saw them live for the first time and was so excited for a hype show. I brought 2 friends even. I knew there would be the weird parts and newer songs obviously, but throughout the concert the vibe was very very mellow and they only played 8 songs I recognized for the 2 and a half hour set.

Even the songs I recognized it sounded like they were playing a very chill mellowed out version of it. I was expecting something similar to how Suck On This Live sounds, I’ve watched the Woodstock 94 set live a million times, my uncle saw them back in the day and talked about how they used heavy machinery to throw mud at the crowd (I knew that wouldn’t be happening), and to be honest I was pretty let down by the show. I was almost embarrassed for the first half of the set only knowing 2-3 songs and kept telling my friends this wasn’t what they were normally like live.

Now for some context, I’ve done a lot of acid back in the day and have gone to many jam band festivals and such, and I remember sometimes Primus would be on the bill for some of the bigger festivals I wanted to go to but never got the chance to attend those. So when I saw them live I kinda figured they must have taken inspiration for their new sets now from these festivals and became way more psychedelic. I don’t trip anymore but I could tell the whole set including the few more energetic songs I knew were meant to tripped to.

Around when exactly did they change from the higher energy Suck On This Live sound to the psychedelic jam band sound? I just figured it wasn’t really necessary since Les Claypool has like 10 other side projects that are mostly all very trippy and figured he was using those projects as an outlet for the more psychedelic stuff. I figured that high energy Primus live sound would at least be somewhat the same and the whole set being meant to trip to would be saved for those shows. Can anyone with more Primus experience than me explain this a little bit? Thanks

This tour is gonna SUCK!

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaSR3MWtB7qc7n6ilz1\_du2V8muxopVhT&si=CC9X2hEhEb9JDGXy

Was just hoping to get some anecdotes from this tour!!! How was it and did it live up to its name? I was too busy being 3 to make the trek myself… Primus Sucks!!!