Even though hes definitely one of the top 10 bassists in the known universe les never got the commercial recognition that he deserves. Every one knows at least one of his songs and his style is absolutely unmistakable not many people would recognize his face or his voice. Its sad honestly because the man is a total genius and he should be at the top of the charts. But I dont think he would be happy with the notoriety. Hes a super humble dude and a talent beyond belief.
Name one thing that's not some pseudo-intellectual/spiritual rambling that made Hendrix "great". A few catchy riffs and shit solos and every balls tripping hippie worships him without any legitimate reasoning. Just regurgitated opinions of some burnt out hippie.
Les is the reason i started playing bass. i was like 5 or 6 and i heard John The Fisherman and was like,"Dude. thats dope. i wanna do that." and ive been playing for 2 years now. i started looking them up more and i loved him ever since
@@bassimprovjams3772 i discovered em in the early 90s and i just nearly quit ;-) I was so deep into hardcore and punk... slapping wasnt that important... :-D years later i gave it a try... all good
The first time I "found" primus was when my grandparents moved into a new house that had burned down and they were restoring it. There was a stack of cds in the basement and the only playable one was primus!
Les is phenomenal! I never really appreciated Primus for what they were back in the 90s, I just thought they were weird and wacky and never really got into them. It's only now after rediscovering them that I can really appreciate Mr Claypool's technical prowess on the bass and the band's unique, individual style. There's no other band like Primus and there's no other bass player like Les, they really are something original and special. 👍
Primus and Rush are my biggest inspirations for drums lol both have their sides of weird. But both are extremely talented groups so idc if I'm weird too :)
Love les so much. I payed great attention the his style while I learned to play bass and infused it with Alex Webster to get my technicaly chunky metal sound. The bass gods smile. Also awesome reanimator shirt
Les I agree with you. That feeling of the sound in your head.. Just needing to get it out.. Bass was actually one thing I was able to get some of these noises out of my head out.. Paino was another but I keep coming back to the bass. Totally understand what Les was saying about getting those sounds out of his head/from his body totally.
I've never been a huge Primus fan, but I've always been a huge bass fan, so I have loads of respect for Less Claypool. I love people like him who really try to see what the bass can do. Rather then just using it as a backing instrument he takes it to the forground, like a lead guitar!
This is a 10 year old comment, but check out his stuff with The Claypool Lennon Delirium if you haven’t found it before! It is magical to my ears. Sean Lennon + Les Claypool = Dynamic Duo
far out man. this guy is just so off the planet creative. blows me away everytime. people like les are true spirit guides. they take us into worlds of there own through the energy and creativity of there music that we should feel blessed to have been born to be able to experience. unbelievable
Best band I've ever seen in concert. Primus is absolutely incredible! If you are a fan I highly encourage you to go see them. You will not be disappointed.
When I was teenager pimpleface I got sailing the seas of cheese from the library and was blown away by the bass so I got myself one and been playing since! Thanks Les!
He's from El Sobrante, California. My dad went to high school with him at El Sobrante High. Les has said on many occasions that "El Sobrante is the hub of the Universe." I'm proud to say that I'm more closely connected to him than most. :D
This is great because it's hard to find videos of Les playing without the band. anyone know any other videos where he plays the parts alone? Id love to see him play Tommy without the band,
damn. he rules. a lot of player may have better or equally good technique but he has groove, style, tone and humor in his playing wich most "cracks" lack completely.
What is that he's playing at 6:09? I've been playing guitar (a little bass) for over 30 years and that is astonishing how little his strumming/picking hand is moving compared to what I'm hearing in terms of notes. Mind = Blown!! Right hand just moving slowly up/down never changes... and the rest of that fireworks show all coming from the left hand.. seriously? I quit.
Finding it rather hard to learn despite having a bass 6 years I have not learnt shit on it, just made noises. only after a long time of fucking about did I realise I was actually playing some rather mediocre slap and pop, however not at that speed XD. I have loads of instruments I've got no idea how to play.
@@thebatchmaker6806, it's a bit tricky to get down, but it's not a hard riff. You don't have to be on Les' level to learn it. But you have to be Les to come up with it. That's the hard part
I discovered Primus by blindly buying Pork Soda from a shop. Popped it in the CD player and I had never heard something so fucking bizarre and simultaneously heavy, I was blown the fuck away and just sat there wide eyed and wide eared. Always will be a great memory listening to that cd for the first time in my shitty little car on an autumn evenin'. Best blind buy I ever did get, that was 3 years ago, now primus is one of my favorite bands.
Les is cool, that interviewer is awful... stop trying to make the interview about you and your vision instead of giving us introspective on the person being interviewed.
Where are they going to be? theyre going to Missoula MT i think on June 18th, i have to double check but ive been listening to Primus since i was a wee lil feller. im soo stoked.
God I love Les Claypool. I can't wait til us U.S. civilians finally get full disclosure about UFO's and extra terrestrial. Because I wouldn't question Les for a second if he came out and admitted he's actually from a humanoid species from another extremely advanced earth like planet, and he was sent here to help preserve real music, as well as show and teach earth humans the how incredibly complex the bass guitar truely is, since it's typically thought of as being an easier instrument to play and learn and often people see it as being the most "boring" instrument of rock bands leaving many "bassists" uninspired, lazy, and overall just plain sloppy, even possibly lacking any passion for their instrument. Les Claypool, bass' E.T. beacon of hope, the superman of the low tone in modern music. Saving us from normality or mundane bullshit "music" heard everywhere. And breaking the mental enslavement of music listeners bound by the industry's selection of absolute garbage that is consistently driven into the ears of the masses.
when I switched from guitar people think its a smooth transition but no like Les said its a percussion thing you go from lead to playing drums on strings it totally makes sence. Surf Ranch
They're playing in Eugene, Oregon. I have to reschedule my finals and do them over the summer because they're on the same day of the concert, but it'll DEFINITELY be worth it in the end
hell yeah man! luckily by the time they get here i wont have to worry about anything :) school will be out and i have weekends off of work. June 17th...11 day and counting, im mentally preparing myself for a evening with PRIMUS!
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this makes me want to play bass a lot
i get a fretless 4 string, and ill be back soon lol
first two replies on an 8 year old comment are within an hour of eachother what are the odds
Good lord. Never expected to see such an old comment from you!
elliotness2 Wow we're all seeing it at once haha
Finding this now is insane
wow please tell me that this is fake
“Everyone knows the bass player is the guy in the band with the largest genitalia”
And don't forget it! XD
Restive Leech davie504 can repate
Here my good man, one year later and I am proud, as a bass player, to give you your 200 like.
That les claypool is pretty good, he might make it big.
Even though hes definitely one of the top 10 bassists in the known universe les never got the commercial recognition that he deserves. Every one knows at least one of his songs and his style is absolutely unmistakable not many people would recognize his face or his voice. Its sad honestly because the man is a total genius and he should be at the top of the charts. But I dont think he would be happy with the notoriety. Hes a super humble dude and a talent beyond belief.
He is a Class for his own......
I don't know, I think he needs a little more practice.
@@kevinn.5066 yeah a few more years and he might want to take it to the stage
ThaiDYE he’s definitely got the potential to be one of the best bassist but idk
"By weirdos, for weirdos"
-Les Claypool, the weirdest of them all.
Jaco brought the electric bass to the front of the stage, Les reinvented the bass.
@UFOMG! thats sounds like someone trying too hard.
@@cameronjohnson3529 what about victor wooten?
anyone knows the song that plays about that moment?
didnt he say "for the FREAKS, by the freaks"?
Les Claypool has such an ear for groove. It's hard to listen to any of their songs without tapping your foot or nodding your head along to it.
Yeah! I hear him just plop down in the pocket, and improvise politely, yet intensely.
Aspiring bassist/Primus virgin here.. I need Les Claypool's grooviest.. go.
My Name Is Mud, Tommy the Cat, Wynona's Big Brown Beaver...
MelloSav puddin taine
but is it luck
I thought the host was Steve Terreberry
He looks like Steve Terreberry if Steve had testosterone.
The host is an asshole
I wish it was Stevie, it would finally be an interview where Les would really be himself and the questions towards him would be accurate
'Playing an instrument is a way to vent out the sounds that you hear in your head.' Wow.
That's weird I must be having Déjà vu. I could swear Les Claypool just said the same exact thing.
Yogesh sawant That's exactly how I feel playing my bass
That's THE least prolific thing I've ever heard a musician say.
Sooooooooo profound......
@@boofert.washington2499 Wow, that's quite pretentious...and ironic because that's not even what prolific means. Pure Gold!
We are lucky that he wanted to play bass.
This should be about a thousand percent more of Les just playing.
He's played on over 30+ studio albums so you have those to listen too
that "hee hee hee" got me annoyed lol
Jacob Niec it got Les pissed too you could see it in his face
thanks for sharing.
It was fucking cringe
That “yay “ too, when asked if Les could play
That my friends is the moment Les Claypool regretfully continued on with the interview 😂
Dog will hunt!
jon martinez Where you goin city boy?
best part about that is les claypool never even said that line in the song - it's a sample from texas chainsaw massacre 2.
"It's an extension of what I think, of my mind, my body", that makes me think about Hendrix.
Makanek Malek I feel bad if you look like your profile pic
Sebastien Lee I'd feel bad if I look like your personality seems.
Makanek is totally fine. Keep on rockin!
Name one thing that's not some pseudo-intellectual/spiritual rambling that made Hendrix "great". A few catchy riffs and shit solos and every balls tripping hippie worships him without any legitimate reasoning. Just regurgitated opinions of some burnt out hippie.
@@michaelmiller7909 "Guitarist of the Millennium" my fucking ass! It's insulting.
@@michaelmiller7909 moron!
Les is the reason i started playing bass. i was like 5 or 6 and i heard John The Fisherman and was like,"Dude. thats dope. i wanna do that." and ive been playing for 2 years now. i started looking them up more and i loved him ever since
I play bass for over 30 years now... and discovering les nearly made me quit back than
@@jensbaumann6945 why man? As soon as I herd Jerry was a race car driver I starting learning it
@@bassimprovjams3772 i discovered em in the early 90s and i just nearly quit ;-)
I was so deep into hardcore and punk... slapping wasnt that important... :-D years later i gave it a try... all good
👍
You know you’re on whole other level musically when you create your own genre of music. Primus Sucks!
Amen my friend
Primus Sucks!
I love the little "my name is mud" riff on the acoustic bass at 1:23
That's a resonator bass.
0:17 Les stares at host and thinks "you're a fcuk-wit".
"fuckchop".
Edit-he is gentleman enough to move past it quickly, Les is a class act.
Quit projecting your superiority complex.
It happened more than once. And probably throughout the entire session. Begging for him to play, and like a fairy arms up "yaaaaayyyy"
Is that halfway between "fuck-wit" and "cuck-wit"?
Can’t say I would not do the same thing if I were to meet les
The first time I "found" primus was when my grandparents moved into a new house that had burned down and they were restoring it. There was a stack of cds in the basement and the only playable one was primus!
Watching him play "American Life" is so satisfying..jeez..
I love his interviews. He says what we think but with words lol
Les is phenomenal! I never really appreciated Primus for what they were back in the 90s, I just thought they were weird and wacky and never really got into them. It's only now after rediscovering them that I can really appreciate Mr Claypool's technical prowess on the bass and the band's unique, individual style. There's no other band like Primus and there's no other bass player like Les, they really are something original and special. 👍
I like how Les sneaks in a little dueling banjo's in the end.
Connor Simpson god I've seen you some were but I forgot
Best basist ever
Primus and Rush are my biggest inspirations for drums lol both have their sides of weird. But both are extremely talented groups so idc if I'm weird too :)
They're also both 3 piece bands with the bassist as the lead singer and frontman.
mechanoid2k but primus were in bill & ted's bogus journey which makes them so much cooler than rush. ;)
I feel the same way but with the bass.
we are all weird.
that's what makes life beautiful.
You're weird if you don't appreciate Rush, Primus or Peter Gabriel.
You're weird if you think Bieber or Nicki Minaj is music.
One of my biggest musical heroes, and who influenced my playing style a lot. Thanks for bringing this interview to us!
Love les so much. I payed great attention the his style while I learned to play bass and infused it with Alex Webster to get my technicaly chunky metal sound. The bass gods smile. Also awesome reanimator shirt
I just love Les's work. It never gets old and it keeps me very happy and forever young.
He's so effortlessly suave. Love the guy.
Thank you, Les and your band for making great music! I finally got to see you guy's in Portland, Maine last weekend. Thank you so much!
That bass with him playing kinda sounds like a very low banjo. I like it. A LOT!
Les I agree with you. That feeling of the sound in your head.. Just needing to get it out.. Bass was actually one thing I was able to get some of these noises out of my head out.. Paino was another but I keep coming back to the bass. Totally understand what Les was saying about getting those sounds out of his head/from his body totally.
I've never been a huge Primus fan, but I've always been a huge bass fan, so I have loads of respect for Less Claypool. I love people like him who really try to see what the bass can do. Rather then just using it as a backing instrument he takes it to the forground, like a lead guitar!
This is a 10 year old comment, but check out his stuff with The Claypool Lennon Delirium if you haven’t found it before! It is magical to my ears. Sean Lennon + Les Claypool = Dynamic Duo
my hero!!! met him once and geeked out, he says " ok . . . have a great day gentlemen.... you can leave now lol... love les!
Les is DEFINITELY The Most Original Bass Player Who EVER LIVED.
i absolutely LOVE the way Les Claypool plays!! LOVE it!
"everybody knows that the bass player is the guy in the band with the largest genitalia"
lol
far out man. this guy is just so off the planet creative. blows me away everytime. people like les are true spirit guides. they take us into worlds of there own through the energy and creativity of there music that we should feel blessed to have been born to be able to experience. unbelievable
yup, the base player is the guy with the biggest genitailia, that's because we usually have the biggest hands! love yer stuff les!
Omfg it's bass
Plays bass but doesn't know how to spell bass. Nice! Way to express the bass player stereotypes.
+Adam Mcdowell auto correct got the best of me. I can palm a basketball by the way
You can probably also palm Adam's head! Just kidding, Adam, all in good fun, my friend.
+John Yake all good guys
to me claypool was the first really to make bass the lead instrument of a band. lemmy I guess did the same thing but didn't have chops like Les
Michael McMullen nah, I'd go with Rush as being the first big name bass lead band
Stanley Clarke - who Les likes.
Entwistle (the who) played lead bass a decade or so before claypool, no? Both are great, doesn't really matter ;-)
@@mlaurits
Good call. I'd go with ol' Thunderfingers as well.
Rush's Geddy Lee
Interviewer: Les, could you play me a tasty bass line?
Les: rattle, rattle, plunk...rattle, rattle, rattle, plunk
Interviewer: Uh, thanks.
Les, I just discovered you music. You are really funky dude!
Les is the Ed Van Halen of bass with the David Lee Roth state of mind...
its a song from his solo album, whales and whoe. if im right it it called iowan gal
American Life is one of the greatest songs ever!
I 10000000000000% Agree with you.
Best band I've ever seen in concert. Primus is absolutely incredible! If you are a fan I highly encourage you to go see them. You will not be disappointed.
Have a can of pork soda - you'll be feeling just fine!
There aint nothing quite like sittin round the house, swilling down those cans of swine
Yup, Les Claypool is the bass God of all bass God's !!!!!
INSTANT SUBSCRIBER 🤘🤘
He is great master slapper! ☺👍👋👋👋👋👋🎼
Les you are without doubt the John Holmes of bassists. Shake that groove thing baby!
“I don’t know if I can remember it” *plays complex rhythm perfectly*
What was that song?
That song sounded so cool, I’d love to know the name of it myself. I think it’s called “highway girl” or “red state girl” or something I have no clue
After conducting further research I’ve found that the name of the song is “Iowan Gal”
When I was teenager pimpleface I got sailing the seas of cheese from the library and was blown away by the bass so I got myself one and been playing since! Thanks Les!
this is the first time i've seen him on an acoustic.
what an absolute fucking legend... some people just make the world a better place to be in. respect!
"IF YOU HAD BROUGHT YOUR SURFBOARD YOU COULD SURF NICARAGUA!!"
Nice sacred reich reference
I've idolized this guy for 16 years.
if i could play half way like les..........
He's from El Sobrante, California. My dad went to high school with him at El Sobrante High. Les has said on many occasions that "El Sobrante is the hub of the Universe." I'm proud to say that I'm more closely connected to him than most. :D
What's the bass line at the end just before he does the duelling banjos thing?
Getting really bored of listening to this trying to learn it. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ITS CALLED
American Life
This is great because it's hard to find videos of Les playing without the band. anyone know any other videos where he plays the parts alone? Id love to see him play Tommy without the band,
damn. he rules. a lot of player may have better or equally good technique but he has groove, style, tone and humor in his playing wich most "cracks" lack completely.
klothomat uhhh, no they don’t!!! Les is the best!
There are exactly *zero* bass players with better technique *or* tone.
The fact that he can let alone play that stuff, BUT sing on top of it as well has always amazed me!
Who's here in 2019?!
+1
Me
Twobarpsi I’m here in 2019 and I was there in 1993 when they were on mtv
@@jeffpower6473 true story, I've followed them since forever too!
Anyone who's a bass player loves it. I love it.
What I like most about Les' style is that it is totally devoid of blues and afro influence, 100 % European .
Uh
Slap bass was invented by a black man, good sir. Black influence on music is massive, and music is better for it
I was lucky enough to see this tour in Flagstaff AZ.
Fuckin love Les!
The bass players who sing are also the best bass players in the world.
thee best at da bass and songwriting, genius in the making. long live claypool!!!
My name is Mudd!
Jonathan key mud*
Jonathan key your name is actually Jonathan key
Jaxon Buchanan It's a tough word
I like it when Mr. Claypool cackles. He cackles well.......yup
@Yourname Here not unlike a drunken orangutan...
On a unicycle.....
With a flat tire.....
At night....
In a thunderstorm.....
What is that he's playing at 6:09? I've been playing guitar (a little bass) for over 30 years and that is astonishing how little his strumming/picking hand is moving compared to what I'm hearing in terms of notes. Mind = Blown!! Right hand just moving slowly up/down never changes... and the rest of that fireworks show all coming from the left hand.. seriously? I quit.
3dsman it's American Life by Primus, once you get it down it's pretty easy to learn
Thanks Friend! Already twiddling with it... great riff!!!! Economy of motion... Les is MORE!
Finding it rather hard to learn despite having a bass 6 years I have not learnt shit on it, just made noises. only after a long time of fucking about did I realise I was actually playing some rather mediocre slap and pop, however not at that speed XD. I have loads of instruments I've got no idea how to play.
Just hammerons and pulloffs man. Basic stuff
@@thebatchmaker6806, it's a bit tricky to get down, but it's not a hard riff. You don't have to be on Les' level to learn it. But you have to be Les to come up with it. That's the hard part
I discovered Primus by blindly buying Pork Soda from a shop. Popped it in the CD player and I had never heard something so fucking bizarre and simultaneously heavy, I was blown the fuck away and just sat there wide eyed and wide eared. Always will be a great memory listening to that cd for the first time in my shitty little car on an autumn evenin'. Best blind buy I ever did get, that was 3 years ago, now primus is one of my favorite bands.
First time Les was interviewed by a teenage girl.
*L M A O*
thats on my bucket list haha...i live in Montana USA thats a long way for probably one of the greatest music fests, im sure its way worth it
Les is cool, that interviewer is awful... stop trying to make the interview about you and your vision instead of giving us introspective on the person being interviewed.
Yeah fuck that guy
@LivingForBass
He's playing a Bayou 4 Bass, produced by Michael Kelly Guitars!
Gayest intro to a person in a interview ever.
Amen
So cringe
totally lawl
Les is always rockin a nice timepiece
Interviewed sucked, Primus sucks.
YES INDEED. PRIMUS SUCKS YES INDEED.
donal lane you know what you suck and you probably live with your mom you butt baby
donal lane
Different music for different people , that's the only logical reason i can detect on your opinion about music :)
It was a joke for the record. Primus sucks is the bands slogan
donal lane ok :)
Just for the record , next time , in case of a joke/sarcasm , just put a smiley behind your reply :)
There is No One in the world like Les Claypool! Although I miss the original Primus, I love all Les Claypool's Work!
want some great music? just tap your fingers anywhere or whistle whatever your piece of shit body wants
Where are they going to be? theyre going to Missoula MT i think on June 18th, i have to double check but ive been listening to Primus since i was a wee lil feller. im soo stoked.
PRIMUS SUCKS!
I KNOW RIGHT
+Legendary Custer PRIMUS... SUUUUCKS!!!
BASS THUNDER FUCK YEAH.
primus sucks!!!
HELL YEAH THEY DO
@dTorregrossa It is "American life", and just before at 6:00 you have "is it luck", both are from the album Sailing the seas of cheese.
primus sucks
@Butt Scratcher WOOOOOSH
primus sucks!
Butt Scratcher
UR NOT A TRUE PRIMUS FAN
@Butt Scratcher its a gimmick from the band. They suck so bad theyre good.
i just got back from the claypool concert maby 15 mins ago! sooo happy i finaly got to see him ! im still fuckin floating!!
Primus sucks!
"Bass players have the largest genitalia"
-Les Claypool, 1919, A.D.
"They sure do."
-Geddy Lee.
Great guy, but sad he's on the left.
deedle6785 ahhh boo, he has an opinion and it differs from mine
hE IS NOT ON THE LEFT, HE IS A LIBERTARIAN...
I would think being the business man that he is he’d be more righty!!
Rickey Ryan There is Left Liberal and Rigth Liberal.
deedle6785 Yeah it’s unfortunate
God I love Les Claypool. I can't wait til us U.S. civilians finally get full disclosure about UFO's and extra terrestrial. Because I wouldn't question Les for a second if he came out and admitted he's actually from a humanoid species from another extremely advanced earth like planet, and he was sent here to help preserve real music, as well as show and teach earth humans the how incredibly complex the bass guitar truely is, since it's typically thought of as being an easier instrument to play and learn and often people see it as being the most "boring" instrument of rock bands leaving many "bassists" uninspired, lazy, and overall just plain sloppy, even possibly lacking any passion for their instrument. Les Claypool, bass' E.T. beacon of hope, the superman of the low tone in modern music. Saving us from normality or mundane bullshit "music" heard everywhere. And breaking the mental enslavement of music listeners bound by the industry's selection of absolute garbage that is consistently driven into the ears of the masses.
Les lives right next to my friends house. I haven't even met him yet! Gotta do it soon!
Good.
I get called Les by a lot of friends and Jaco. Tour such a legend Les!!!
when I switched from guitar people think its a smooth transition but no like Les said its a percussion thing you go from lead to playing drums on strings it totally makes sence. Surf Ranch
Awesome player. Has such a good sound.
They're playing in Eugene, Oregon. I have to reschedule my finals and do them over the summer because they're on the same day of the concert, but it'll DEFINITELY be worth it in the end
Was it worth it?
me and my buddy got tickets for feb 13th..damn i was wondering what the show was gunna be like and dammn those clips they had makes me really excited
the videos rolling at the end. . . Mr. Kringle? Like Kris Kringle? I must have missed the christmas album.
Im seeing them June 12th!!!!! Its going to be amazing
his new tour is incredible!
His laugh warms my heart
In my opinion Les Claypool is one of the best underrated bass around today!
hell yeah man! luckily by the time they get here i wont have to worry about anything :) school will be out and i have weekends off of work. June 17th...11 day and counting, im mentally preparing myself for a evening with PRIMUS!