Les Claypool
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Birth name | Leslie Edward Claypool |
Also known as | Colonel Claypool |
Born | Richmond, California, U.S. | September 29, 1963
Origin | El Sobrante, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1984–present |
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Spouse(s) |
Chaney Claypool
(m. 1995) |
Website | lesclaypool |
Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band
Outside of Primus, Claypool has also been involved in a number of side projects, including
Early life
Claypool was born into a working-class family of car mechanics in
Career
Early career
After the death of
Primus
Primus began as "Primate" in the mid-1980s, with Claypool on bass, Todd Huth on guitar, and various drummers most notably Jay Lane, although Huth and Lane left shortly thereafter to pursue other projects. Claypool replaced them with guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Alexander.
Claypool is considered to be the leader of the band, as well as the driving force behind its blending of
From 1989 to 2000, Primus was one of the most unusual bands to gain significant mainstream airplay, headlining Lollapalooza in 1993, appearing on Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1995. They even appeared at Woodstock '94, where they performed their Pork Soda hit "My Name Is Mud" and were pelted with mud by the audience, much to the band's displeasure. It drove Claypool to stop playing telling the audience "the song's called My Name is Mud, but keep the mud to yourself you son of a bitch".[13] In 1991, the band was featured in the movie Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, performing "Tommy the Cat" live. Claypool and Tom Waits first recorded on each other's records in 1991 and have continued to do so since then. In 1997, Primus was asked to play and record the theme song for the animated television show South Park. In 1999, he allowed Activision's use of the song "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" in the popular video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Primus went on hiatus in 2000.
In mid-2003, Claypool reunited with former Primus drummer Tim Alexander and guitarist Larry LaLonde to record a DVD/EP called Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People. In October of the same year, the band embarked on a two-month tour in which two sets were performed per show, the second set consisting of their 1991 release Sailing the Seas of Cheese being performed in its entirety. Primus continued touring into 2004, performing their 1990 release Frizzle Fry as their second set, as documented on the DVD Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004.
On October 17, 2006, Primus released both their first greatest hits album, They Can't All Be Zingers, and their third DVD, Blame It on the Fish, subtitled An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour De Fromage. The band toured in 2006 on their Primus: The Beat a Dead Horse Tour 2006, and played at a small number of festivals in 2008. In 2010, Alexander, who had left the band for the second time due to lack of interest, was replaced by Jay Lane, who had not played with the band since 1988. The band resumed touring after the free June 2010 Rehearsal was released later that year, and a studio album, Green Naugahyde, was released in 2011.
In 2013, Lane left Primus for the second time to focus on his other band RatDog, who were coming off hiatus at the time, and was replaced again by Alexander. Primus' eighth studio album, Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble, a re-imagining of the soundtrack from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, was released in October 2014.
In 2017, Primus released The Desaturating Seven, an album that is based on a bedtime story published by Italian author Ul de Rico, which is about a group of rainbow eating goblins. They then started a tour with Mastodon through most of 2018.
Solo work
Sausage
In 1988 Claypool began a short-lived alternative/funk rock band featuring Todd Huth on guitar and Jay Lane on drums. The group released their first album in April 1994 "Riddles Are Abound Tonight" by Prawn Song Records, and did a few short tours and opened for groups such as Helmet, Rollins Band, and Slayer. The band reunited for a show on December 31, 2019, opening for The Claypool Lennon Delirium and have not returned since.
Holy Mackerel
In 1996, Claypool produced, engineered, and released a solo album, "Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel presents"
Oysterhead
In April 2000, Claypool collaborated with Trey Anastasio (of Phish) and Stewart Copeland (of the Police) to form a supergroup called Oysterhead. Claypool and Anastasio had been looking for an opportunity to collaborate. Each had a mutual interest in playing with Copeland who had been a rock idol of their teen years. Plus, Claypool and Copeland already had an established friendship. Oysterhead were originally intended as a one time performance during Jazz Fest in New Orleans. Though timid of the band's sudden and surprising popularity they decided to record and tour.[14] They released one studio album, The Grand Pecking Order, and toured before disbanding in 2001. They re-united in 2006, at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. In 2016 Les tried to reunite the group, but ended up releasing an album with The Claypool Lennon Delirium. Fortunately they re-united once again in 2020 for two shows at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, with the rest of their tour cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Frog Brigade
In May 2000, Claypool formed
I originally was going to do the two drummer thing with
Bill Graham Presents said to me that it may sound a bit too heavy for the Mountain Aire crowd and to perhaps try something a little different that had to do with the event itself. Since it was home of the Calaveras County Frog Jump... hence the Frog Brigade and then it evolved into Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.[14]
The Primus hiatus allowed him to return to his musical roots, playing songs by bands such as
The Frog Brigade is also noted for Claypool's being accepted into the
In 2002, Claypool released a studio album of the Frog Brigade,
C2B3
Also in 2002, Claypool collaborated with guitarist
C2B3 re-united in 2004 to record The Big Eyeball in the Sky, an album with equal parts instrumental and vocal songs. The band began an 18-state tour of the US on September 24, 2004. Aux TV was dismissive of Claypool's effort,[18] but when the tour arrived in Northern California where Claypool lives the local press gave a very positive review.[19]
The album features only one guest, the childlike multi-instrumentalist
At the end of 2005, Claypool released 5 Gallons of Diesel, a video retrospective of all of his work away from Primus.
2006
Of Whales and Woe and the Fancy Band
On May 30, 2006, Claypool released a solo album, Of Whales and Woe, with guest appearances by Skerik, Mike Dillon, and Gabby La La. The album includes the song "Robot Chicken", which is the theme song of the popular Adult Swim show of the same name. His son Cage and his daughter Lena even make a special appearance on the song "Back Off Turkey". The release was followed by a tour of the U.S. with the following lineup:
- Les Claypool – Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Bassjo, vocals
- Skerik – Tenor Saxophone
- Mike Dillon – Vibraphone, Percussion
- Gabby La La – Sitar, Theremin
- Paulo Baldi – Drums
The lineup is called
2007–2016
Besides touring in the summer of 2007 nationally with the Fancy Band, Claypool performed that October with a version of the band, dubbed the Fancy Trio. The trio consisted of Claypool, Skerik on saxophone, and Mike Dillon on drums, vibraphone and percussion. They played at The Echo Project, an inaugural ecologically minded 3-day festival in Fairburn, Georgia on the Boukeart family farm. The set was similar to that of the Fancy Band's tours, culling from Claypool' solo and Frog Brigade albums, as well containing a cover of "One Step Beyond" by Prince Buster and teases of other songs, including several Primus tunes, throughout their improvisational jams.
For many years Claypool has done a New Year's Eve show at The Fillmore in San Francisco. More recently the New Year's Eve show has been an annual New Year's Eve Hatter's Ball featuring a hat contest. December 31, 2007 was the 3rd such annual event.
In 2008, a United States tour spanned from February 29 to April 5. It kicked off at the Neighborhood Theatre in
During the year Claypool also performed several shows with Primus at festivals across America and Canada.Pig Hunt is a film directed by James Isaac released in 2008. Claypool contributes previously unreleased material and plays the role of "The Preacher".[20][21] He composed several songs for the Wii game Mushroom Men, released in December 2008.
On December 31, 2008, Claypool rang in the New Year with his annual New Year's Eve show. It was at the San Francisco Opera House with Zappa Plays Zappa sharing the bill and playing first.
Claypool was also a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards. His contributions helped assist upcoming independent artists' careers.[22] His second solo album, Of Fungi and Foe, was released on March 17, 2009. The album consists of expanded material of the music from the Mushroom Men game, as well as the Pig Hunt motion picture, and features a guest appearance by Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz.[23]
In 2009, Claypool toured with Matisyahu, performing as a 'double-feature' set, as well as appearing together on stage. On March 28, 2010, Claypool performed a rendition of Rush's "The Spirit of Radio" for their induction into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame.[24]
From May 2010 to July 2013, Claypool toured extensively with Primus, alongside Larry LaLonde, and the return of former Primus drummer, Jay Lane. On September 6, 2012, a new side project was revealed as an acoustic band called Duo de Twang.[25] Featuring Claypool and originally Marc Haggard. After two shows, Haggard was replaced with Bryan Kehoe. Both guitarists play together in the associated band M.I.R.V.
On September 25, 2013, it was announced Lane had left Primus to rejoin the Bob Weir group RatDog. Tim Alexander was named as his replacement. Claypool and Dean Ween worked together for a reality TV show called Musishermen.[26]
On February 4, 2014, Duo de Twang released their debut album Four Foot Shack and began touring in late February.[27] During the last part of the 2014 Spring Tour, Primus's drummer, Tim Alexander, had a small heart attack rendering him unable to play. Luckily instead of canceling the September shows, they were able to use their close friend Danny Carey as a drummer for the late shows.[28]
On January 19, 2016, it was announced that
On March 21, 2016, it was announced that the duo would release their debut album, entitled Monolith of Phobos, on June 3, 2016.[31] Their second album, South of Reality, was released February 22, 2019.[32]
On May 31, 2016, he was featured on the Death Grips song "More Than The Fairy".[33]
The Claypool Lennon Delirium
In 2016, Claypool formed a group with Sean Lennon of The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Paulo Baldi of Cake, and João Nogueira of Stone Giant. Claypool met Lennon in 2015 when he was on tour with Primus, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, and Dinosaur Jr. Claypool stayed in touch with Lennon and the group released their first album The Monolith Of Phobos in 2016. On their first tour they switched out their keyboardist Money Mark of Beastie Boys for Pete Drungle. In 2017, The Delirium returned with their EP Lime And Limpid Green and released their second album South Of Reality in 2019, this time with Nogueira on keyboards.
Other work
Claypool was a special guest star in a Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode with the most celebrities on Cartoon Network in 1996.
Claypool's first book, South of the Pumphouse, was released on July 1, 2006, by Akashic Books. Copies of the book were sold during his 2006 tour of the U.S. following the release of Of Whales and Woe. The book is a dark tale of brothers, murder, drugs, and fishing; it has been likened to the work of Hunter S. Thompson. Claypool gave his first interview about the book on May 11, 2006.[34]
Also in 2006, Claypool wrote and directed the mockumentary film
In 2007, Claypool created Claypool Cellars, a wine-making project that turned into a boutique business. It makes wine from grapes grown in California's Russian River Valley. The wines are named based on his music, such as "Purple Pachyderm" and "Pink Platypus".[36] "Purple Pachyderm" in particular was co-created alongside Claypool's wife, Chaney.[37]
Artistry
Claypool is well known for his distinctive bass-playing, which aside from being dominant in the majority of his music also includes the use of several unusual techniques, such as
Claypool has cited Larry Graham, Chris Squire, Tony Levin, Roger Waters, Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney, Geezer Butler, Bootsy Collins, Stanley Clarke, John Paul Jones, and the Residents as being musical influences.[3][39]
Equipment
Claypool has, for a long time, endorsed
Personal life
Claypool is known for his eccentric personality, surreal sense of humor, and cannabis use.[41] Claypool married his girlfriend, Chaney Smith, in December 1995.[1] They have a son, Cage Oliver Claypool (b. 1996)[42] and a daughter;[43] Cage Claypool is a filmmaker who also directed the music video for "Conspiranoia".[44]
"Les Claypool Day" was declared in Cincinnati by mayor John Cranley on June 12, 2018. The declaration was presented to Claypool during Primus' show that night at the Riverbend Music Center by members of the Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation alongside Claypool's friend, influence, and Cincinnati native Bootsy Collins.[45]
Discography
Year | Artist | Title |
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1986 | Primus | Primus Sucks Demo Tape |
1988 | Blind Illusion | The Sane Asylum |
1988 | Primus | Sausage (demo) |
1989 | Primus | Suck on This (live album) |
1990 | Primus | Frizzle Fry |
1991 | Primus | Sailing the Seas of Cheese |
1992 | Primus | Miscellaneous Debris (EP) |
1993 | Primus | Pork Soda |
1994 | Sausage | Riddles Are Abound Tonight (1988 Primus line-up reunion)
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1995 | Primus | Tales from the Punchbowl |
1996 | Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel | Highball with the Devil |
1997 | Primus | Brown Album |
1998 | Primus | Rhinoplasty (EP) |
1999 | Buckethead | Monsters and Robots (Claypool features on and co-wrote 6 of the 13 tracks) |
1999 | Primus | Antipop |
2001 | Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | Live Frogs Set 1 (live album) |
2001 | Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | Live Frogs Set 2 (live album) |
2001 | Oysterhead | The Grand Pecking Order |
2002 | The Les Claypool Frog Brigade | Purple Onion |
2003 | Primus | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People (EP/DVD set) |
2004 | Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains | The Big Eyeball in the Sky |
2006 | Les Claypool | Of Whales and Woe |
2006 | Primus | They Can't All Be Zingers (greatest hits compilation album) |
2008 | Electric Apricot | Quest for Festeroo (soundtrack) (Claypool features on and co-wrote 5 of the 12 tracks) |
2009 | Les Claypool | Of Fungi and Foe |
2010 | Primus | June 2010 Rehearsal (EP) |
2011 | Primus | Green Naugahyde |
2014 | Les Claypool's Duo de Twang | Four Foot Shack |
2014 | Primus | Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble |
2016 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Monolith of Phobos |
2017 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Lime and Limpid Green |
2017 | Primus | The Desaturating Seven |
2018 | Beanpole | All My Kin |
2019 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | South of Reality |
2022 | Primus | Conspiranoid (EP) |
2022 | Primus | South Park: The 25th Anniversary Experience
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Guest appearances
(Claypool on bass unless otherwise noted)
- 1992 - Green Jellö - Cereal Killer (voice of Three Little Pigs[46])
- 1992 – Tom Waits – Bone Machine (on the track "Earth Died Screaming")
- 1994 – Firehose – Big Bottom Pow Wow (in discussion on the various "spiel" tracks)
- 1994 – Rob Wasserman – Trios (on the tracks "Home is Where You Get Across" and "3 Guys Named Schmo")
- 1996 – Alex Lifeson – Victor (on the track "The Big Dance")
- 1998 – Jerry Cantrell – Boggy Depot (on the tracks "Between" and "Cold Piece")
- 1998 – Metallica – Garage Inc. (banjo on the Lynyrd Skynyrd cover "Tuesday's Gone")
- 1998 – Bloem de Ligny – Zink (vocals on the track "Capsule")
- 1999 – Tom Waits – Mule Variations (on the track "Big in Japan")
- 1999 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Live On(on the track "Oh Well")
- 1999 – Limp Bizkit – Significant Other (vocals on the hidden track "The Mind of Les", bass and vocals on the outtake "Hell of a Band")
- 1999 – Phonopsycograph Disk – Live @ Slim's / Turbulence Chest (additional bass on 8 of the 12 tracks)
- 2002 – Fishbone – Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All (bass on track 1)
- 2002 – Gov't Mule – The Deep End, Volume 2 (bass and vocals on the tracks "Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy" and "Drivin' Rain")
- 2003 – The Deepest End, Live In Concert(bass and vocals on the tracks "Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy" and "Drivin' Rain")
- 2004 – Tom Waits – Real Gone (on the tracks "Hoist That Rag", "Shake It" and "Baby Gonna Leave Me")
- 2004 – Jack Irons – Attention Dimension (on the Pink Floyd cover "Shine On You Crazy Diamond")
- 2005 – Adrian Belew – Side One (on the tracks "Ampersand", "Writing on the Wall" and "Matchless Man")
- 2005 – Gabby La La – Be Careful What You Wish For... (bass and percussion throughout)
- 2005 – Mat Callahan – A Wild Bouquet (on the track "I See the Light")
- 2005 - Alektorophobia(on the tracks,"Tick Tock", "I Only Laugh When It Hurts" and "Dancing Song"
- 2006 – Adrian Belew – Side Three (on the tracks "Whatever" and "Men in Helicopters v4.0")
- 2006 – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards(on the track "On The Road")
- 2008 – Zach Hill – Astrological Straits (on the track "Astrological Straits")
- 2009 – Vinyl – Fogshack Music Volume Two (on the tracks "Jelly James Jam", "Le Colonel", "Benthos" and "Le Colonel Part Deux")
- 2011 – Hank Williams III – Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town (on the tracks "Ghost to a Ghost" and "With the Ship")
- 2011 – Tom Waits – Bad as Me (on the track "Satisfied")
- 2013 – Beats Antique – A Thousand Faces: Act 1 (bass and vocals on the track "Beezlebub")
- 2016 – Death Grips – "More Than The Fairy"
- 2019 – The Desert Sessions – "Volume 11 – Arrivederci Despair"
Soundtracks and compilations
- 1991 – Guitars that Rule the World (promo for Bryan Mantia)
- 1993 – Radio 501 (promo for Levi's jeans, featuring the original track "Can't Live Without" by Claypool, Jay Lane & Rob Wasserman)
- 2002 – NASCAR: Crank It Up (promo for NASCAR on Fox, featuring a cover of the Commander Cody track "Hot Rod Lincoln" recorded by Claypool)
- 2002 – Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002 (live album, featuring the Les Claypool's Frog Brigade track "Locomotive Breath")
- 2002 – Bonnaroo Vol. 2 (live album, featuring the Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains track "Number Two")
- 2004 – Concrete Corner: October Sampler 2004 (featuring the Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains track "Junior")
- 2004 – Never Been Done (soundtrack, featuring the Les Claypool's Frog Brigade track "David Makalaster")
- 2004 – Not In Our Name(benefit compilation album, featuring the Les Claypool's Frog Brigade track "David Makalaster II")
- 2004 – Under the Influence: Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd (compilation album, track "Call Me the Breeze")
- 2006 – Barnyard (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Hittin' the Hay" by North Mississippi Allstars with Claypool)
- 2008 – Pig Hunt (soundtrack, featuring the original tracks "Goblins in the Forest", "What You Lookin' At Boy?", "Boonville Stomp" and "Male Organ-Grinder")
- Television show theme songs
- 2005–present – Robot Chicken: seasons 1–4 ("Robot Chicken", released on Of Whales and Woe, 2006)
- 2006–present – South Park: seasons 10–16 (mashup of "Whamola" by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and "South Park Theme" by Primus)
- Video game soundtracks
- 2008 – Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (original tracks)
Videography
- 1991 – Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, features Les Claypool performing with Primus.[47]
- 2002 – Rising Low (Documentary on Allen Woody, directed by Mike Gordon)
- 2002 – Various Artists – Live from Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002 (featuring Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains)
- 2003 – The Deepest End, Live In Concert
- 2005 – Les Claypool – 5 Gallons of Diesel
- 2007 – Les Claypool – Fancy
- 2008 – Rock- mockumentaryfeature film)
- 2011 – A Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story (documentary on Mark Sandman)
See also
- Avant-garde
- Buckethead
- Charlie Hunter Trio (1993)
- Duo de Twang
- Warren Haynes
- List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards
- Oysterhead
- Tom Waits
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