Where should i start with Primus?

'sailing the seas...' is one of those records that's obviously going to appeal to soulless, bland musos, but is actually a really fun record with great songs.

man skip primus FROG BRIGADE is where it's at. you'll thank me laterz.

s & d :: desert sessions is a thread I keep reviving and receiving very little interest, so I'm reaching out to its members' home threads.

couple of weeks ago i was asked to dj a 40th birthday bash.
only proviso : play some PRIMUS.
i had none in my archive, but had recently spotted the Zingers comp in a local charity shop.
dashed back to get the cd for a massive 50p.
listening to the cd on the way home i realised this was easily the worst thing i had ever heard.
dropped 2 tracks in the set, birthday boy was happy, i got paid.
best 50p i ever spent.
still the worst band i have ever heard.

lol, they're not for everyone. what two tracks did you play? I haven't actually listened to them in many years, but just binged the first 3 records in response to the desert sessions news. while it's TRUE that they probably aren't responsible for any lost contributions to the great american songbook, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed a great deal of it.

loving the dedication to the desert sessions (i only have volume 9/10).

the two tracks were:

- jerry was a race car driver
- to defy the laws of tradition

what an awful band

agreed.
truly dreadful.

the worst aspects of Zappa and the Red Hot Chili Peppers distilled to their sickly essence

I haven't listened to Primus in literal decades, but if I was forced to dj two Primus tracks, they would probably be My Name is Mud and Shake Hands with Beef, those are non-noodly and have a groove.

I liked Frizzle Fry and Sailing the Seas of Cheese at the time. They were fun live back then, too. I saw them at least four times between 1990 and 1992 — once co-headlining with Tad, once opening for Fishbone, once opening for co-headliners Public Enemy and Anthrax, and once opening for Jane's Addiction and the Pixies.

Yeah, I'm fine with my memories of Frizzle Fry and Cheese, they're fine cartoon weirdo rock. I saw them with Fishbone and U2 and probably once or twice on their own (though never on purpose after those two albums).

they were really everywhere in the late 90s

er early 90s

New song! It's called "Conspiranoia," it's almost 12 minutes long and it owes a lot to Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGujAiMmjJQ

Def Rush/Floyd vibes... Herb is ill on this