I feel like Les gets a lot of credit from fans, and rightfully so as he's phenomenal, but I feel like Tim and Larry deserve way more credit than they get.
Yeah, what year is this? Because I have a vivid memory of reading about Les in 1991, and they talked about his stage presence and the "stomp walk" in Rolling Stone. So this is before that then, you're saying?
One of the most underrated guitar players ever. Hes not very flashy but he understands the focus is on Les and plays around him. That's why Primus is so good. They are different and everyone in the band understands their role.
He may not be a spotlight grabber, but he has a unique approach to texture and rhythm playing. He compliments the driving, chunky bass parts by keeping a stream of decorative, melodic sound flowing in, out and around the chords and crunch that carry the song as a whole. Perfectly complimentary, they have a formula all their own.
Oh man 144p feels like I'm watching this on my old 10in TV that inexplicably weighed 50lbs. I took out my right earbud to replicate only one speaker working.
I'll give you his voice but his bass tone is hugely different. Old school Les had a more natural beefy tone whilst modern Les is far more electronic. It's been one of the biggest criticisms he has faced and has validity to it. It's insane you think differently when objectively his tone has changed. For the record I enjoy both old and new Primus. I do think the old line up with Brain on the kit was the pinnacle.
@@bakedspade - his voice has changed too. He has been using consistent megaphone effect on his singing for at least a decade and it is awful. I much prefer the old unfiltered voice.
@@JosephFrancisBurton if you mean the heavy reverb mic setup he has, the man has been using it since Frizzle Fry. Mr Knowitall uses it almost in its entirety.
You can't say that if you've ever heard about Larry Graham, or Victor Wooten, or even double bass players such as Dixon. (yeah I know, there's many names you could add up there, these guys are just part of my very personnal top 5 bass players) I really think Claypool is an amazing bass player, but he's not the only one to sound that awesome. Just give a try to some old blues or to some funky stuff, I'm sure you could enjoy it and discover a lot of bass geniuses.
Hervé Mammelon Claypool' songs are part of history of rock, is a legend..wooten, pastorius etc are amazing bass players but dont have a legacy like Les
I'm 64 years old and feeling like I just crawled out from under a rock because I've only just recently "discovered" Primus. So amazingly talented! All 3 of 'em... This song really gets my blood flowing and my aged foot to stomping! To Defy The Laws of Tradition and a good stout cup of coffee is a fine way to get myself woke up and moving in the morning. :D
Just think, you were 30 when this happened. And now you have awakened. Crazy right? Been 34 years and you have that much more to enjoy primus. Just remember that primus sucks.
StillersRock i agree 100%. i think its my favorite of theirs. they may be goofy sometimes, and i get it, but i dunno about this one. i think its one of their more intense songs, i love it. it actually gets me pumped up, really makes me..... feel, i guess.
I love how Les can play such complicated bass lines. He’s so freaking good that it gives Larry the ability to add on with his free style playing approach to the guitar. I wish everyone understood how good Primus is.
Yyyeeeaaahhh... I would agree on les and Alexander. But I wouldn't go so far as to call Larry one of the most talented guitarists of all time. His screetchy technique is mind numbingly simple to play
When I first heard this song, it was my 16th birthday, the 3rd day of school, back from summer break, my senior year 1990, and I was tripping my balls off. My best friend had just come back from San Francisco to check out the San Francisco Art Institute where he'd be going to college. He brought back some LSD and the just released Primus album Frizzle Fry for my birthday present. We ditched classes almost all day just so we could go listen to this album, especially this song in his car over and over and over and over and... Also listened to the new Jane's Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual in another great friend's car (sadly she passed on soon after high school 😥) and never was the same again!!! No one really knew what this band looked like unless you were a die hard fan from the Bay Area, but in San Diego, they were unheard of, and like I mentioned, unseen. I pictured this little woodland creature band playing on wooden style instruments with an elderly Elvish dude on vocals. No idea the singer was also the bassist, which was a rarity back then. Next few days I scoured every record store around (The Wherehouse, Tower Records) I could to find their only other release, their live effort Suck On This! And got to hear where they got the intro to this song from. Rush's YYZ
I just started listening to these guys a couple years ago. Bought Frizzle Fry after hearing "Too Many Puppies" and listened to that album almost nonstop. interestingly enough, that was right about the time I hit a period of heavy insomnia and got next to no sleep for two months. Now every time I listen to anything from Frizzle Fry I get slightly anxious and nauseous. Weird.
I really got more turned on to them more so by listening to Pork Soda and all prior albums while tripping balls frequently in the early 90's...It's some cool shit.
This is how bass should be played IMO. I have respect for all techniques, sure. But I think Les figured something out about Bass that no one else in history ever did before him... That it's the best instrument in the rock band.
+Scott Vogler I agree completely. But, as a bass player, Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke really pioneered what bass playing is now. Claypool definitely plays like no one else though.
+Scott Vogler I kinda agree, i'm a bass player and Les Claypool and Geddy Lee in my opinion are the only two bass players who can pull off a "Lead bass guitar" type style, also bass is usually better as a Rythm instrument....I apologize if I sound really stupid rn...I'm very stoned
one thing I like about old les is that he always wore clothes that he could've just fished out a dumpster, while playing the most expensive bass in the world.
LOL I can imagine the face of the members of Metallica when he auditioned, like "wtf is this guy doing? tapping on a bass? (or whatever other crazy shit he was doing)" The problem with having Les Claypool is you can't just have him as the bass player. He leads the style of the band. Metallica was smart enough to know that.
It's the little things that blow me away about Les... like during that riff at 5:50... finger tapping one melody with his right hand, tapping another melody with his left hand............and singing. That coordination is mind blowing to me.
Yea buddy, I was into torrenting when I was younger, so I managed to find a whole collection of bootleg videos once upon a time. I use to have Frizzle Fry, from this Radio Session too. Thing is, I was young, stupid, broke. I tried to monetize 1 or 2 of the Primus videos, got struck, silenced the videos. I felt so bad, ashamed I had given up my soul for that brief moment for an advertising dollar. Learned my lesson, Love Primus too much and so yee, enjoy.
The drummer is ass kicking we are waiting for the guitar player to take off to the next galaxy with the solo OG Arrington back to the study with respect
It's really cool to see Les wearing a Grateful Dead stealie shirt, I've heard before that he was somewhat of a deadhead, and Ler was a huge deadhead. Some of the dead's eclecticness and jamming ability comes through on Primus' work. Primus has always been a favorite band of mine, and I've just recently been getting very into the Dead, very cool to see them together. Claypool should put some dead songs into his set!! RIP JERRY
@@lilacrain3283 he’s fantastic in composing good music like this. But pure skill wise, there are some insane people out there that would blow your mind.
I always thought that this song kinda describes the whole band, it was the first song on their first album (not counting Suck on this) and it's called To defy the laws of tradition. Traditionally the guitar is the lead instrument and the bass is a rhythmic instrument, but because Primus defies tradition the bass is the lead while the guitar is the rhythm, idk if that was their intention or not but if it was it's pretty cool, or maybe i'm just overthinking this.
HaliniSnow I'd say kinda both, but more on the side of "this sounds really dope, it just happens to defy the norm" (to both the bass being the lead and to primus being weird as hell lol). This reminds me of when I used to jam with a friend who was really good at bass (guitarist here) and we were both pretty good at what we did, so we would always experiment all the time and get really cool shit haha (great movie and show btw, the new season is amazing)
I can appreciate this video being uploaded as a person who hasn’t seen this rareness and was a huge listener of primus (on cassette) in my younger years. Undeniably brilliant!🤟🏽
I saw Primus for the first time not too long after this clip. Primus opening for Public Enemy and Anthrax at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Les came out and said: "We're Primus, and we suck!" Then they played YYZ by Rush. I became a fan for life right there. They also did a cover of Master of Puppets by Metallic that night. What a show! Still one of my favorite bands.
Ler's so heavily distorted and high that his noodling is entirely separate from Les's rhythm and lead bass guitar lines. What I'm most amazed about is how much they all rely on Herb to keep their sounds together. He's really the glue.
I first watched this video about when it came out, and I've watched a lot of freaking music in the last 16 years, but this is still maybe my single favorite drum performance of all time.
I have been fortunate enough to see Primus live many times; but the first time was in 1991 at Babylon A Go-Go, Cleveland, OH and sumnabich if that wasn't the gawddang greatest thing I'd ever done seen! Hehehe, for reals though...stellar performance! The greatest of words seem to fall short in describing what it is like standing 3 feet in front of Les and his mighty bass cabs....supersubsoniceargasmofagenius Haaaayyyyoooooohhhhh I just won scrabble. You ever see one of her comments you made like a year ago and say dang I was high as shit-taters?
Esta banda es sorprendentemente buena... transmite ese feeling que prende... un estilo diferente a lo que he escuchado pero con toques llenos de buena energía ... un excelente legado que dejan sus proyectos musicales
love hearing the snares rattling in the beginning...reminds me that even a band like primus started off in garages and basements. fucking awesome performance
I may have been there, I worked at this radio station KZSU at Stanford, And we had a show called Wednesday night live with live bands every week. I later hosted the show myself. I did see Primus live in the clubs several times around this time, and they often played with a group called dot 3 who were equally excellent, you can search for their videos on RUclips
I feel like Les gets a lot of credit from fans, and rightfully so as he's phenomenal, but I feel like Tim and Larry deserve way more credit than they get.
Definitely! Herbs drumming is just absolutely fucking phenomenal
And I'm always amazed when I'm reminded Larry was part of Possessed.
Talk about eclectism. ^^
the only band where the bass player is over represented
@@SludgeManCometh Compared to Les, they are.
Totally. It's interesting listening to this because it somehow sounds like way more than just a 3 piece. They really know how to fill up the room
This was recorded exactly 4 months before Les mastered his iconic left leg stomp. If you look closely, you can see it beginning to take shape.
What year was this?
Was it in the year of Woodstock?
Yeah, what year is this? Because I have a vivid memory of reading about Les in 1991, and they talked about his stage presence and the "stomp walk" in Rolling Stone. So this is before that then, you're saying?
@@medicinegone it was 89. The full performance is on RUclips
Your gay
One of the most underrated guitar players ever. Hes not very flashy but he understands the focus is on Les and plays around him. That's why Primus is so good. They are different and everyone in the band understands their role.
Primus SUCKS!
Indeed. Lar is so good. And no one notices.
He may not be a spotlight grabber, but he has a unique approach to texture and rhythm playing. He compliments the driving, chunky bass parts by keeping a stream of decorative, melodic sound flowing in, out and around the chords and crunch that carry the song as a whole. Perfectly complimentary, they have a formula all their own.
Very well said bro 🤜
He used to be in Possessed
I think Primus exists literally to defy the laws of tradition
Thank god
it's a crusade only of the brave!
🤘🤘🤘
I think that reason alone is why it's the opening track to Frizzle Fry
You're catching on sonny.
HELLZ YEA!
Watching in 144p for maxium bootleg quality.
It's not maximum bootleg quality until it's a VHS tape that's been copied 20 times and encoded in Real Media Player.
@@magicstix0r Don't forget videoing the entire show off a monitor including audio from that tiny speaker. That'll hurt.
I'm watching it on a Gameboy for maximum 90's quality.
My man.
Oh man 144p feels like I'm watching this on my old 10in TV that inexplicably weighed 50lbs. I took out my right earbud to replicate only one speaker working.
Man his voice / bass tone hasn't changed one bit in like 30+ years. Such a consistent band
I'll give you his voice but his bass tone is hugely different. Old school Les had a more natural beefy tone whilst modern Les is far more electronic. It's been one of the biggest criticisms he has faced and has validity to it. It's insane you think differently when objectively his tone has changed. For the record I enjoy both old and new Primus. I do think the old line up with Brain on the kit was the pinnacle.
@@bakedspade Amen to that.
These guys and Rush are hands down some of the greatest power trios out there
@@bakedspade - his voice has changed too. He has been using consistent megaphone effect on his singing for at least a decade and it is awful. I much prefer the old unfiltered voice.
@@JosephFrancisBurton if you mean the heavy reverb mic setup he has, the man has been using it since Frizzle Fry. Mr Knowitall uses it almost in its entirety.
The drums are actually a prominent feature in this song,which I heavily enjoy
if you listen closely they’re a prominent feature in every song, herb is virtuosic enough to pull it off
nice pfp
@@rebelfriend6660 back to you friend
Claypool is an animal. Doing two bass parts at the same time.. while singing. Epic.
You can't say that if you've ever heard about Larry Graham, or Victor Wooten, or even double bass players such as Dixon. (yeah I know, there's many names you could add up there, these guys are just part of my very personnal top 5 bass players)
I really think Claypool is an amazing bass player, but he's not the only one to sound that awesome.
Just give a try to some old blues or to some funky stuff, I'm sure you could enjoy it and discover a lot of bass geniuses.
Hervé Mammelon Claypool' songs are part of history of rock, is a legend..wooten, pastorius etc are amazing bass players but dont have a legacy like Les
Hervé Mammelon Imo one of the greatest bassists to ever live and play is Abraham Laboriel.
@@markignacio8720 Yes they fucking do are you actually stupid? They're actually way more known than les claypool
@@BungleGrindClown So does Larry Graham?
This is the reason I love RUclips. Rare videos.
I'm 64 years old and feeling like I just crawled out from under a rock because I've only just recently "discovered" Primus. So amazingly talented! All 3 of 'em...
This song really gets my blood flowing and my aged foot to stomping! To Defy The Laws of Tradition and a good stout cup of coffee is a fine way to get myself woke up and moving in the morning. :D
Just think, you were 30 when this happened. And now you have awakened. Crazy right? Been 34 years and you have that much more to enjoy primus. Just remember that primus sucks.
27 here and practically grew up on Primus, Guns N Roses, Black Sabbath etc thanks to my mum and dad. Wouldn't have it any other way
64 also and ditto!
Read the lyrics. They are funny. Too Many Puppies is about oil.🤔🤣
The genius of Tim Alexander's drumming...INSANE!
Came here to say this. My goodness, he's tighter than a beaver under a cleaver.
The balls it takes to throw this out there, knowing that it's completely absurd and still giving it your absolute all. Respect to the Wierdos
I like being a WEIRDO. The man with his band ABSOLUTELY ROCKS in a way that is aggressively soothing in this CHANGED world.
Spirit of the Residents for sure. Humor, creative bravery, and uncompromising weirdness.
Everyone's a weirdo in his/her way, we're only human...
One of the best songs from these guys. Don't know why this one doesn't get more recognition!
StillersRock I agree!
StillersRock Because it's not a film clip.. If it aint Tommy, Wynona's, Mud, John. etc, they don't know it.
+Haamurabai Greygate Then again DMV and Devil Went Down to Georgia had music videos but they're not that well known.
StillersRock i agree 100%. i think its my favorite of theirs. they may be goofy sometimes, and i get it, but i dunno about this one. i think its one of their more intense songs, i love it. it actually gets me pumped up, really makes me..... feel, i guess.
I listen to this song 20+ times per week. One of my gym playlist staples.
When I listen to Primus so do my neighbors.
Favorite comment!
I wish you were my neighbour
@@TheMrButtertastic “howdy neighbor!”
@@VinnyBarbarino29 howdy! What's your favourite Primus song?
Not the Southpark one🤪 I really gotta say it’s “to defy the laws of tradition..” you?
I love how Les can play such complicated bass lines. He’s so freaking good that it gives Larry the ability to add on with his free style playing approach to the guitar. I wish everyone understood how good Primus is.
Most of this song is not actually too difficult once you kinda find that attack
dude they suck
Herb was 24 here. He has always just looked like a grown-ass man.
Herb is large adult son
He looks like Joaquin Phoenix
Ler looks like he’s 10
no kidding. herb looks 36 here lol
one of the best Primus songs ever...
I agree.
Absolutely
3 of the most talented musicians of all time.....no question
Amen to that
Yyyeeeaaahhh... I would agree on les and Alexander. But I wouldn't go so far as to call Larry one of the most talented guitarists of all time. His screetchy technique is mind numbingly simple to play
Brenno Mulder you need to learn what the phrase “most of” means
@@noahstone264 Larry's guitar is definitely not simple and he has a very unique style.
do you know about Rush, buddy?)
Primus is most definitely there own thing.. I love that hillbilly vibe they used to put off..
All Primus' drummers brought a different feel to the music...Herb is my favorite!
three oustanding musicians, what they did still sounds unbelievable, after all these years, so creative, so hard to classify
HermanWaldorf and that’s why they’re the eponymous genre
When I first heard this song, it was my 16th birthday, the 3rd day of school, back from summer break, my senior year 1990, and I was tripping my balls off. My best friend had just come back from San Francisco to check out the San Francisco Art Institute where he'd be going to college. He brought back some LSD and the just released Primus album Frizzle Fry for my birthday present. We ditched classes almost all day just so we could go listen to this album, especially this song in his car over and over and over and over and... Also listened to the new Jane's Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual in another great friend's car (sadly she passed on soon after high school 😥) and never was the same again!!! No one really knew what this band looked like unless you were a die hard fan from the Bay Area, but in San Diego, they were unheard of, and like I mentioned, unseen. I pictured this little woodland creature band playing on wooden style instruments with an elderly Elvish dude on vocals. No idea the singer was also the bassist, which was a rarity back then. Next few days I scoured every record store around (The Wherehouse, Tower Records) I could to find their only other release, their live effort Suck On This! And got to hear where they got the intro to this song from. Rush's YYZ
I just started listening to these guys a couple years ago. Bought Frizzle Fry after hearing "Too Many Puppies" and listened to that album almost nonstop. interestingly enough, that was right about the time I hit a period of heavy insomnia and got next to no sleep for two months. Now every time I listen to anything from Frizzle Fry I get slightly anxious and nauseous. Weird.
+AsTheSeasonsGray thats clockwork orange shit right there
I really got more turned on to them more so by listening to Pork Soda and all prior albums while tripping balls frequently in the early 90's...It's some cool shit.
Purple onion frog brigade.
High ball with the devil.
Lennon claypool delirium.
Welcome to my life
Welcome to this world!
This is how bass should be played IMO.
I have respect for all techniques, sure. But I think Les figured something out about Bass that no one else in history ever did before him...
That it's the best instrument in the rock band.
+Scott Vogler Geddy Lee
+Scott Vogler I agree completely. But, as a bass player, Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke really pioneered what bass playing is now. Claypool definitely plays like no one else though.
preach
+Scott Vogler Let's not forget the skill Herb displayed here. Primus is old school, premium drum+bass.
+Scott Vogler I kinda agree, i'm a bass player and Les Claypool and Geddy Lee in my opinion are the only two bass players who can pull off a "Lead bass guitar" type style, also bass is usually better as a Rythm instrument....I apologize if I sound really stupid rn...I'm very stoned
one thing I like about old les is that he always wore clothes that he could've just fished out a dumpster, while playing the most expensive bass in the world.
Craziest part is he only paid $600 for the thing!
Matthew Pressel Last second they tried changing it to $1000, Les talked the guy down and wrote a fake check to pay off the tax he couldn’t afford.
Yeah nowadays you'd be lucky to find a carl Thompson less than 5 grand
LOL I can imagine the face of the members of Metallica when he auditioned, like "wtf is this guy doing? tapping on a bass? (or whatever other crazy shit he was doing)"
The problem with having Les Claypool is you can't just have him as the bass player. He leads the style of the band. Metallica was smart enough to know that.
u saying they murdered Cliff?
Honestly? I think this is my favorite Primus song by far.
one of the best bassists ever
+Aleks Sapundhziev **Best bassist ever. Followed by Geddy Lee
@@ToddFraud ouch. He’s fantastic in composing great music like this. But pure skill wise, there are people out there who would blow your mind.
I've never understood how Lar and Herb aren't laughing hysterically in this or any live performance.
I feel like Ler has one setting 😂
the amount of skill it takes to play the bass THAT well, while simultaneously singing, is unreal.
Primus is definitely one of the power trios of all time!
Primus is literally the number one most underrated band
while they're really good i wouldn't say they're that underrated. primus is pretty mainstream for what it is
Well it's not like they're underground but they're not mainstream
@@HERE14-9 i suppose you're right in a way
I don't play drums, but Herb sure makes me want to start... Killing!
Hahaha. Been playing 30 years and he makes me want to quit 🤣🤣🤣
this base line still hunts my head in the most inconvenient parts of the day. and my foot starts steppin..
These three guys are insanely talented, les is the greatest bass player of all time in my opinion
I got a good feeling about these boys. They’re gonna go places.
When he said "gan gan digi dugu dong" and started slapping all around, I felt it
*_...is a crusade only of the brave..._*
IZACRUZADONDIBRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Possibly the most underrated band of the late 80s and early 90s. These guys know how to write a groove like no other.
i never realized he was playing that custom bass so early in his career.
Primus does NOT suck. They have incredible talent and dare to bring it to us.
Dude, Primus SUCKS.
@@thebandsoul7836It's all in the ear of the beholder...
"Herb's" drumming too though.
Herb the ginseng drummer....
3! 4!
Monsters
Amazing that these three incredible talents found each other.
It's the little things that blow me away about Les... like during that riff at 5:50... finger tapping one melody with his right hand, tapping another melody with his left hand............and singing. That coordination is mind blowing to me.
Primus= the complete definition of badass!
I love Les's bass work as much as anyone (it's what inspired me to play in the first place after all), but his vocal work is super underrated
Tim Alexander is one of the greatest rock percussionists of all time! Drummers hold the rhythm of the whole band. 👍
Holy shit, this has been on RUclips since basically the beginning back in 2006? Unreal. Nice one.
Yea buddy, I was into torrenting when I was younger, so I managed to find a whole collection of bootleg videos once upon a time. I use to have Frizzle Fry, from this Radio Session too. Thing is, I was young, stupid, broke. I tried to monetize 1 or 2 of the Primus videos, got struck, silenced the videos. I felt so bad, ashamed I had given up my soul for that brief moment for an advertising dollar. Learned my lesson, Love Primus too much and so yee, enjoy.
Primus is up there with Rush as one of the best trio bands in Rock n Roll history.
I have that same clock that's behind Les, funny how life works it's way through the masses to find a way to deliver the goods to who needs em
mrnoname1 if ya watch the full performance that clock goes for a bungee jump during groundhogs day
The drummer is ass kicking we are waiting for the guitar player to take off to the next galaxy with the solo OG Arrington back to the study with respect
A young Les rockin the Stealie T-shirt, Gotta love it !! Guy is a true psychedelic warrior.
It's really cool to see Les wearing a Grateful Dead stealie shirt, I've heard before that he was somewhat of a deadhead, and Ler was a huge deadhead. Some of the dead's eclecticness and jamming ability comes through on Primus' work.
Primus has always been a favorite band of mine, and I've just recently been getting very into the Dead, very cool to see them together. Claypool should put some dead songs into his set!! RIP JERRY
Not to mention Phil being one of the greatest (and most underrated) bassists of all time
Love it
@@lilacrain3283 he’s fantastic in composing good music like this. But pure skill wise, there are some insane people out there that would blow your mind.
isley brothers x grateful dead
@@tehmodestmouse6275 Yeah but his basslines are excellent still
This is so real and full of talent when singers were able to sing
One of the best live performances ever. What a treat.
"I am just a bill
Yes I am only bill
And I am sitting here on Capital hill
And one day Ill be a law"
Ah yes classics from class to Primus xD
The ultimate talent.
All of the members are extremely talented. No question!
The drumming is amazing
I always thought that this song kinda describes the whole band, it was the first song on their first album (not counting Suck on this) and it's called To defy the laws of tradition. Traditionally the guitar is the lead instrument and the bass is a rhythmic instrument, but because Primus defies tradition the bass is the lead while the guitar is the rhythm, idk if that was their intention or not but if it was it's pretty cool, or maybe i'm just overthinking this.
HaliniSnow I'd say kinda both, but more on the side of "this sounds really dope, it just happens to defy the norm" (to both the bass being the lead and to primus being weird as hell lol).
This reminds me of when I used to jam with a friend who was really good at bass (guitarist here) and we were both pretty good at what we did, so we would always experiment all the time and get really cool shit haha (great movie and show btw, the new season is amazing)
I just heard it for the first time watching their woodstock 94 set on youtube. It was stuck in my head for a week
HaliniSnow I kinda disagree. I would see them both as playing a lead kinda role, but Les sorta fills both.
I can appreciate this video being uploaded as a person who hasn’t seen this rareness and was a huge listener of primus (on cassette) in my younger years. Undeniably brilliant!🤟🏽
one of the best bass players ever
Jack Griffiths ...up there with Geddy, Burton, Sandman, Bootsy, Watt and Wooten.
If not the
Shruggz Da Str8-Faced Clown How can you leave out Steve Harris?
jeez i was 4 yrs old when they made this, im now theyre my fav band
I was blessed to be 18 then. I had it all.
Holy shit time flies. Don’t fuck it up young ones.
@@eautiger We'll try not to.
This is the densest and punchiest piece of music I've ever heard.
I hope you get out of that mobile soon.
It makes you won't to stomp so hard your whole leg goes through the fucking floor
Check out Dillinger escape plan, for the dense and punchy
i burned a hole through my Seas of Cheeze CD..
and Antipop..
and Frizzle Fry..
and...
@@lawrence9012 my second favorite band next to the mars volta
wow Les is a friggin kid here lol.
I know, I didn't even know he could look that young.
JOEY'S BOYTOY he saying this is the youngest we will see him. he is a baby in this video compared to more recent videos obviously lol
he has a fucking beard
@@joshjones5686 I'm 18 and I have a beard
And he wasn’t even that young. He was in his late 20’s here.
I saw Primus for the first time not too long after this clip. Primus opening for Public Enemy and Anthrax at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Les came out and said: "We're Primus, and we suck!" Then they played YYZ by Rush. I became a fan for life right there. They also did a cover of Master of Puppets by Metallic that night. What a show! Still one of my favorite bands.
Wait was that the show on october 27th 1989?
30 years ago and still sounds like music of the future:)
Hey hey....hi grandpa.....hi...
patton303 who’s you’re grandpa
@@tropickal323 - His grandpa is the father of one of his parents. (Sorry, that was a terrible "dad joke.")
Larry's guitar playing is so over looked highly underrated and Tim herb Alexander need I say more...
Agreed much
Its so crazy to see this video has been on RUclips for 17 years!!
Only Primus can pull this off! So unique, a gift to the world of music :-)
3:08, that's when the 5th tab crept up on Les and said hello.
That’s most definitely what happened there
He's wearing a grateful dead tank top, hell yea!
Mike McGill tee FTW though 🛹☠️🤘
Whether you like Primus or not, you have to admire that these guys brought the most unique sound to the stage. Nothing else sounds like them 🤘
I have loved Primus since 1991 but only 40 seconds at a time.
5:42 that chord switch followed by "to defy the laws of tradition there bud"😂😂😂 fuckin legend
Ler's so heavily distorted and high that his noodling is entirely separate from Les's rhythm and lead bass guitar lines. What I'm most amazed about is how much they all rely on Herb to keep their sounds together. He's really the glue.
I don't get when people describe Les' basslines as lead because they're all mostly rhythm but just very technical and difficult to play.
I first watched this video about when it came out, and I've watched a lot of freaking music in the last 16 years, but this is still maybe my single favorite drum performance of all time.
Just the most epic result recording. Les is a god, and they all put on an incredible show
One of a kind..
3:24 beautiful voice
I have been fortunate enough to see Primus live many times; but the first time was in 1991 at Babylon A Go-Go, Cleveland, OH and sumnabich if that wasn't the gawddang greatest thing I'd ever done seen! Hehehe, for reals though...stellar performance! The greatest of words seem to fall short in describing what it is like standing 3 feet in front of Les and his mighty bass cabs....supersubsoniceargasmofagenius
Haaaayyyyoooooohhhhh I just won scrabble.
You ever see one of her comments you made like a year ago and say dang I was high as shit-taters?
Freaken awesome--rock fusion the meant it was to be played, raw and rigglin'----good job, Primus of 1989!!!
Shout out to the Mike Mcgill shirt Larry's wearing and the Bones sweatses is sporting 🤘
#carrythebeat
Aguante drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander!
@Primus
Keep The Beat Alive!!!!
May Primus live forever...
one of the few bands that have their own unique style.....like them or not...they are original
2:40 even the guys in the mixing room are jammin hahaha
I love that break at 2:56
hope this never goes away
"I'm just a bill sittin' up on capital hill. I'll be a law some day". I've been listening to this for 20 years and never got the reference before.
Esta banda es sorprendentemente buena... transmite ese feeling que prende... un estilo diferente a lo que he escuchado pero con toques llenos de buena energía ... un excelente legado que dejan sus proyectos musicales
what? theres no word in spanish for "feeling?"
@@chito2294 si existe, pero me acostumbré a usar ese término, cuando se habla de música, disculpe usted por ofenderle.
Wow where did you get such a clear version of this performance? All the others on here are very murky in comparison to this!
all the others got it from here, by taping it on their Nokia pointed at the screen, through a coffee filter
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS lol
Shoutout to Les for rocking the steal your face tee
So sick!!! My all time favorite song ❤ ❤️❤️
love hearing the snares rattling in the beginning...reminds me that even a band like primus started off in garages and basements. fucking awesome performance
amazes me how close to the studio recording this sounds
I love that the guitar just provides the ambience for the song. Genius guitar playing to match the genius of Les
I may have been there, I worked at this radio station KZSU at Stanford, And we had a show called Wednesday night live with live bands every week. I later hosted the show myself. I did see Primus live in the clubs several times around this time, and they often played with a group called dot 3 who were equally excellent, you can search for their videos on RUclips
God I remember listening to this album when it was brand new and me being like WTF? How?