Primus

Primus is a rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. Les Claypool (vocals and bass guitar) has been the only constant member.

Their music has proven difficult to define; while us

Primus is a rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. Les Claypool (vocals and bass guitar) has been the only constant member.

Their music has proven difficult to define; while usually considered by critics to be funk-metal or alternative metal, Primus has been called everything from "thrash funk" to "alternative rock" to "the Freak Brothers set to music." Les Claypool himself once described their music as "psychedelic polka." Thanks to the diversity of their sound they have been able to gain fans from nearly all rock subgenres. They are characterized by their irreverent approach to music — they release their records on Claypool's Prawn Song Records label, a parody of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song, and their catchphrase was for several years "Primus Sucks!"