Primus

The famous American alternative rock band, Primus emerged in the late 90s with Les Claypool and Todd Huth as the initial group members. The band originated from California and did not take long to dominate the rock music industry all over the globe. Primus stands out for its unique music transformations and styles. Most prominent genres of music reflected in their songs include alternative metal, progressive metal, alternative rock, and funk metal. The band self-described its music style as 'psychedelic polka'. With a number of its concerts scheduled, Primus tickets are at the top of the fans' shopping list this month.

Primus has the honor of being the first band to incorporate the unique ID3 feature in Winamp. The band has been declared an influence for various other modern music groups, such as Muse, Papa Roach, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, and Incubus. With quite a few changes in the band members, it now comprises of Les Claypool, Jay Lane, and Larry LaLonde working together on their latest album. Gaining unimaginable support from the theme song of South Park, Primus is a band with prominent influence of the bassist Les Claypool. His unconventional talent adds to the differentiated soundtracks that their fans worldwide are crazy about. The band released their first album by the name Suck on This. The album was a compilation of two of their live performances in Berkeley. Their first studio album release was Frizzle Fry that consisted of tracks like 'Too Many Puppies' and 'John the Fisherman'. From this point onwards, Primus' popularity chart began to rise and has been showing the same trend until today.

Seeing the fan base, the band was signed by Interscope Records and they soon came up with a significant label debut album, Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Songs from the album that appeared on MTV frequently include 'Tommy the Cat' and 'Jerry was a Race Car Driver'. With the label backing, the album soon scored the platinum certification and the band took off for their tour with other major artists that included U2 and Rush. Pork Soda, the band's next released album debuted at number seven at the Billboard Top Ten. 'Mr. Krinkle' and 'My Name is Mud' were the popular songs from the album with videos. Pork Soda became the band's second album to score platinum position. The band also made several appearances at the well-known music festivals such as the Lollapalooza and Woodstock '94.

Tales from the Punchbowl got Primus their first ever Grammy Award nominations for the song 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver'. The song broke records and is the band's most popular song in their history. The video for the song was on yet another unique concept with the band members costumed in cartoon-like plastic cowboy dresses. Nonetheless, the album was declared gold. After composing the theme song for South Park in 1996, the band moved on to release another set of albums, Brown Album (1999) followed by the Antipop (1999). Antipop was the band first initiative with contribution from other artists and bands. Limp Bizkit and Metallica were the highlighted contributors.

After taking a break for a few years, Primus entered the industry once again in 2003 with an EP album titled Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People. The DVD release was followed with another compilation DVD by the name Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004. The band went on to heavy touring routine with performances in Vegoose, Lollapalooza, and Hedgpeth Festival. Blame It on the Fish and They Can't All Be Zingers are other greatest hit collections released by the band. Primus signed the formal deal to use John the Fisherman in one of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 games.

After another long break on original releases, the band started working on their latest album titled Green Naugahyde (2011). The band has been attracting gigantic support for decades owing to its unique mix of music and the unmatched concepts. With their latest album planned to release, Primus is out on a tour to promote its latest adventure. Book your Primus tickets right now to witness the live come back of the veterans of alternative rock.