Les Claypool
Les Claypool
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypoolis an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, author and actor best known as the bassist and lead vocalist of the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth29 September 1963
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician couple nights trying
It got insane. They're trying to get us to come back and play a couple of nights at the arena. I don't ever want to do any of that.
american-musician awesome book memories start
I'm an old man. I'm going to start writing my book tomorrow. Really though, I've got some awesome memories and stories. It's all good.
american-musician audience floyd minds playing ready
I don't know if it was the whole audience getting stoned out of their minds getting ready for the Floyd thing or what it was, but it was like playing to a painting.
buddy following high metallica realize school
I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went to high school together. I wasn't really following metal.
ate bernard cutting dogs effects killer saint thriller time
The first film I made was when I was 13 and it was called 'The Dogs That Ate Detroit.' It starred my Saint Bernard Barney, and it was a killer thriller with oodles of special effects that were cutting edge for the time.
helping hit nineties personal stagnation time unhappy
The end of the Nineties was an unhappy Primus camp. I hit a creative stagnation that wasn't helping us forward, and the personal elements, it just was time to stop.
people
You know, people would always ask me, 'How long is Primus going to go on?' And I would say, 'Until it isn't fun anymore.' At the end of the '90s, it just wasn't fun anymore on many levels.
names frogs imagery
I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.
basketball sound theater
Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball.
personality guy feelings
Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities and the chemistry right, that's a grand slam.
thinking artist appreciate
More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that.
play cities my-favorite
My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that.
couple past years
For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general... just bored with it.
thinking playing-music going-out
I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery.