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
kids littles little-kid
We've all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid.
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.
years doors trails
I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin all these years is changin it up.
names frogs imagery
I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.
spontaneity bigs believer
I'm a big believer in spontaneity.
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.
couple past years
For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general... just bored with it.
something-new
Music in general is looking for something new overall.
basketball sound theater
Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball.
hard
It's always hard to put your finger on what it is that makes Primus Primus.
casual life moved
As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.
clinton george guys played talk
To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys are the giants. I've played with Bernie, and it was unreal. He's the master.
discourage
I've had fish come up on stage, and it's pretty disgusting. I try and discourage that. I discourage anything flying up on stage, actually.
learn people
Play as much as you can as often as you can with as many people as you can. That's how you learn and grow.