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Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American rock musician. He is the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus.Listed as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, [2] his playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping.
The Whamola is a bass instrument used in funk-jazz styles of music. The name is a portmanteau of whammy bar and viola . The Whamola is a direct descendant of the washtub bass , an American folk instrument popular with skiffle and jug bands , and features a single string which is manipulated via a pulley-and-lever system.
Between Primus shows, Claypool created a new solo project called Les Claypool's Fancy Band which, like other projects, occasionally used Primus songs. A May 10, 2006 article on IGN revealed that Primus had signed on with RedOctane to allow the master recording of " John the Fisherman " to be used in Guitar Hero II , a game for the PlayStation 2 ...
Carl's most popular endorsee is Les Claypool of the band Primus, who plays and owns seven Carl Thompson basses, his most famous being the Rainbow Bass, a six-string fretless bass made of several different woods. He has made at least four basses for Stanley Clarke. Clarke honored Thompson at one of his concerts and invited him on stage, calling ...
The album's lead single "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" is known for its intricate bassline that Les Claypool played on a fretless six-string bass using the tapping technique. It also contains a sample from the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in which the character Chop Top exclaims "Dog will hunt!"
The Claypool Lennon Delirium is an American rock band, composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, known for his work in Primus, guitarist/vocalist Sean Ono Lennon from The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, keyboardist/vocalist João Nogueira from Stone Giant, and drummer Paulo Baldi of Cake. Lennon classified the group's music as "progadelic".
What was it like collaborating with your son, Cage, on the song “Conspiranoia”? Well, you know, obviously, it’s always a wonderful thing to work with your child. It was very cool. It wasn ...
Side One is the thirteenth solo album by Adrian Belew, originally released in 2005.The album features bassist Les Claypool (from Primus) and drummer Danny Carey (from Tool) on its first three tracks.