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\"\"<\/a>\u201cWhen we\u2019re in the studio we\u2019re kind of writing as well, we don\u2019t sit and record everyone\u2019s parts together, then one person might know what he\u2019s doing and the other ones won\u2019t and it wouldn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: Primus is responsible for some of the most cutting edge and original rock music of the 1990’s. They were strictly an underground phenomenon that refused to be pigeonholed – merging alternative, punk, country, roots rock, and experimental music.\u00a0 Couple that with Claypool’s penchant for witty and often humorous storytelling lyrics, it made them a genuinely intriguing proposition.\u00a0 In the years between their third and fourth albums, their cult grew rapidly, and they fully infiltrated the mainstream.<\/p>\n

While in Washington, Tim from Primus gave us a call to talk about the band\u2019s upcoming return to Australia, new music, playing live, and much more.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to Australia to see us with such a vast catalogue do you have an idea how you\u2019ll be shaping up the sets for these shows?<\/strong>
\nI would believe it might be structured where we do a little bit of our older stuff, we\u2019ll do probably the new record we\u2019re doing, and then we might finish with some more hits *laughs* so to speak. So I don\u2019t know for sure but we\u2019ve used that kind of structure recently, so maybe.<\/p>\n

Being here before over the years do you have a stand out memory of a previous trip here?<\/strong>
\nWow, well yeah we had gosh Big Day Out we played I don\u2019t know when that was, twenty years ago maybe more and there was like Soundgarden and Bjork and all kinds of cool acts, so that was a big deal for me I thought that was really awesome I remember that. Then we were just down there a couple of years ago and we had some really good shows and it was really cool to be playing on the Big Day Out festival as well, but it was the touring one, the one we first did I think it was just in one place in Sydney. Yeah I could be wrong about that I thought the Big Day Out was just in Sydney the first time we played it and it became like a touring thing. We did that on the last tour.<\/p>\n

Well the only time I\u2019ve had the pleasure of seeing you guys live was on the 2014 Big Day Out\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat was 14? Gosh that was wow, that was four years ago? Oh my gosh.<\/p>\n

Yeah, and what a musical experience it was. How does the live environment differ for you from creating music in the studio?<\/strong>
\nEntirely, especially for me, a lot of the times the drums kind of go down first like on this latest album Les had pretty much laid out pretty much all of the bass tracks and some vocals so I went in and played to those and he ended up replaying his parts to my drums and at that point you know there\u2019s no music to it really it\u2019s just bass and drums and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening really, I\u2019m just trying to make sense of it and so by the time all the vocals get on and the guitars and he might change some bass stuff and then it sounds like a song. It\u2019s very different live when I get to play the actual finished product. So it\u2019s very different.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how you guys do it, the structures and the time signatures; it\u2019s so amazing to watch.<\/strong>
\nOh wow thank you, yeah it\u2019s just how we sound when we play together *laughs*<\/p>\n

In terms of new music we just had \u2018The Desaturating Seven\u2019 out last year, the band\u2019s first in a long time, why was now the right time for new music from Primus?<\/strong>
\nYou know there\u2019s no real specific answer to that, it just happened when it happened.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big fan of a concept album, what was it like putting this one together compared to your previous albums? Was anything different this time around?<\/strong>
\nFrom what I remember in the past it\u2019s kind of a similar structure you know? Yeah. When we\u2019re in the studio we\u2019re kind of writing as well, we don\u2019t sit and record everyone\u2019s parts together, then one person might know what he\u2019s doing and the other ones won\u2019t and it wouldn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n

To me there\u2019s no one else out there that sounds like Primus, what is it do you think that makes you guys stand alone?<\/strong>
\nWell I think it\u2019s just the way we sound when we play together, we\u2019re very lucky to have that voice and music that\u2019s our own.<\/p>\n

So obviously things change over time, but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same for you over your time making and performing music with Primus?<\/strong>
\nLes and Larry *laughs* I\u2019ve been in and out of it a few times so I\u2019m the thing that\u2019s kind of changed, we\u2019ve had a few different drummers playing throughout the years.<\/p>\n

Over your career you\u2019ve done a lot so far but is there anything that tops your list of things to do you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to do?<\/strong>
\nOh, man, I\u2019m just venturing into the hard cider business, I just started my own cider company called Herb\u2019s Cider and I want to get it down to Australia somehow.<\/p>\n

What about touring, any places you\u2019d like to tour you haven\u2019t yet been to?<\/strong>
\nYeah there\u2019s probably a lot of places that I haven\u2019t been, there\u2019s some Eastern European places that would be really cool and some Asian places too that we haven\u2019t really been to that often, but yeah we pretty much hit the main Europe and the US, we\u2019ve done a little bit of South America but not much, I would like to do more down there too.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2018 Primus will\u2026<\/strong>
\nPrimus will *pauses* be on tour *laughs* probably.<\/p>\n

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PRIMUS \u2018AMBUSHING THE STORM\u2019 AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2018<\/strong>
\nSpecial Guests: The Dean Ween Group<\/p>\n

Friday 6th April<\/strong>
\nEnmore Theatre, Sydney
\nTickets available at: www.ticketek.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday 8th April<\/strong>
\nEatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane
\nTickets available at: www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> OR www.oztix.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday 11th April<\/strong>
\nThebarton Theatre, Adelaide
\nTickets available at: www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday 13th April<\/strong>
\nMetro City, Perth
\nTickets available at: www.ticketek.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday 15th April<\/strong>
\nPalais Theatre, Melbourne
\nTickets available at: www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

For full concert information, please visit: www.zaccariaconcerts.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

From: <\/strong>San Francisco, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0 Les Claypool \u2013 Vocals \/ Bass, Larry LaLonde \u2013 Guitar, Tim Alexander – Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.primusville.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> The Desaturating Seven (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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