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Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine


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       Table of Contents

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       Foreword by Matthew Bellamy (Muse)

       Chapter 1: Welcome to This World

       Chapter 2: Dad, What's a Primate?

       Chapter 3: The Gig That Should Not Be

       Chapter 4: How to Make Sausage

       Chapter 5: Then Along Came Ler

       Chapter 6: Herb the Ginseng Drummer

       Chapter 7: Suck on This

       Chapter 8: They Call Me the Frizzle Fry

       Chapter 9: "C" Is for Cock

       Chapter 10: The Magical Mr. Whalley

       Chapter 11: Sailing the Seas of Cheese

       Chapter 12: Spreading the Cheese

       Chapter 13: Grab Yourself a Can of Pork Soda

       Chapter 14: The Prawn Remains the Same

       Chapter 15: Tales from the Punchbowl

       Chapter 16: Tim Has Left the Building

       Chapter 17: Mackerel and the Brain

       Chapter 18: Lunatics Run the Asylum

       Chapter 19: Rhinoplasty

       Chapter 20: I Am the Antipop

       Chapter 21: The Wheels Fall Off

       Chapter 22: Oysterhead

       Chapter 23: Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade

       Chapter 24: Return of the Bastards

       Chapter 25: The Onion, the Pumpkin, and Other Adventures

       Chapter 26: From Pumphouse to Festeroo

       Chapter 27: Green Naugahyde

       Chapter 28: Los Bastardos

       Chapter 29: In Glorious Hindsight

       Chapter 30: The Roller Coaster Continues

       Photographs

       About Primus and Greg Prato

       Bonus Excerpt: South of the Pumphouse by Les Claypool

       Copyright & Credits

       About Akashic Books

      The germ of the idea for this book can be traced to an exact date—Thursday, June 9, 2011, at roughly 5:30 p.m. That was when Greg Prato wrapped up an interview with Les Claypool over the phone for Rolling Stone and presented the question, “Thanks for the interview . . . and by the way, did you ever think of doing a book about the history of Primus?” A brief backstage meeting took place after a Primus show at Roseland (RIP) in New York City on Friday, September 30, 2011, shortly before midnight, and the book idea was officially given the thumbs-up (with an agreement that it would be best to set it up in an “oral history” format). The first interview for the book took place (with Les) on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., and the final interview for the book (again with Les) took place on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. The first draft of the book was submitted via e-mail on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 7:56 p.m., and the book’s contract was signed/submitted on Thursday, February 20, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. This paragraph was completed/submitted for inclusion in the book on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 10:12 p.m. [Please note: all times listed above are according to Eastern Standard Time.]

      Cast of Characters

      M “HERB” ALEXANDER: Primus drummer 1989–1996, 2003–2010, 2013–present

      TREY ANASTASIO: Phish singer and guitarist, Oysterhead singer and guitarist

      MATTHEW BELLAMY: Muse singer, guitarist, and pianist

      CHARLIE BENANTE: Anthrax drummer

      TOM BLANKENSHIP: My Morning Jacket bassist

      LES CLAYPOOL: Primus singer and bassist 1984–present, Sausage singer and bassist, Oysterhead singer and bassist, Frog Brigade singer and bassist, Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains singer and bassist

      STEWART COPELAND: The Police drummer, Oysterhead drummer, producer of the Primus song “Dirty Drowning Man”

      CHRIS “TROUZ” CUEVAS: Primus tour manager 1989–1996

      CHUCK D: Public Enemy rapper

      MIKE DILLON: Frog Brigade marimba player and percussionist

      MILES DOUGHTY: Slightly Stoopid singer and guitarist

      NORWOOD FISHER: Fishbone bassist

      P. FLUID [a.k.a. Forrest Thinner]: Original 24-7 Spyz singer, blkVampires singer

      MICHAEL FRANTI: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy rapper, solo