Primus

Catching up with old friends Mr Knowitall, John the Fisherman, Sathington Willoughby, Swamper, Greeny, Wendy O, Stanley, Harold of the Rocks

Previous legs of Slayer’s sprawling farewell tour included support from Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth, Testament, Napalm Death, Obituary, Amon Amarth, and Cannibal Corpse, none of whom could entice me to drag my ass into a cavernous arena or amphitheater. And the last time I saw Slayer turned out to be the last ever appearance of the original lineup, shortly before the untimely death of Jeff Hanneman and the departure of Dave Lombardo, which seemed… See more →

100 Cassettes

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ween (24), that dog. (15) & Primus (14) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Nearly twenty years later, it still blows my mind that this album was Primus’s commercial breakthrough. Not just because it is (still) the most bizarre, least accessible thing they’ve released, but also because it is a genuinely unsettling permutation of their sound. Primus’s efforts before and after touched on a variety of moods, but at the end of the day, the band was always best described as “quirky,” if only for lack of a more… See more →

Lingerin' taste of toothpaste made the mimosa go down a bit funny but you know, that Belgian waffle it do satisfy.