Talk:Primus (band): Difference between revisions

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== Name ==

Where's the name Primus come from?

== A few things ==

There are at least a couple of things in here that I think need some tweaking. I wouldn't mind doing them myself, but also wanted to check in on the consensus before doing so. First, there's an allusion to Claypool getting the Carl Thompson 6 for ''[[Pork Soda]]'' and that changing things somewhat, which is about half a truth. Claypool plays a six-string bass on large portions on ''[[Sailing the Seas of Cheese]]'', including, notably, on "Tommy the Cat". Also, there's the here that "Wynona..." makes them big stars in a way they hadn't before, and the sense I have is that it gave them something of a boost in popularity, but, as the "...Seas of Cheese" entry suggests, that record was considered itself something of an alternative (or whatever) classic. ''Pork Soda'' sold quite well, but it isn't the difference between ''[[Bleach (album)|Bleach]]'' and ''[[Nevermind]]'' or anything like that; it's a much slower build we're talking about in this case and they're never really an enormously popular band. There is reputedly some dissent in the band after that, but there's also reputedly dissent in the band before ''Pork Soda''; I don't think the "Behind the Music" trajectory is theirs, especially if you look at the way musicians seem to come and go in projects Les Claypool's been involved with since the Sausage record or so. Also, I think I would generally agree that the ''[[Brown Album]]'' is less well-regarded than other records, but we don't really have any evidence of that; anyone know of any reviews or other things we can use to demonstrate this? [[User:Adbarnhart|Adbarnhart]] 19:24, 15 November 2005 (UTC)