This unironically one of my favorite albums of all time. So organic and skillfully crafted. Herb is probably THE most underrated drummer of all time!

Heck yeah, Primus sucks! ❤

I sure hope you do all the primus albums

Gotta do Sailing the Seas of Cheese next. Absolute banger of an album. Pork Soda is incredible too.

I went to a concert with A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Primus just a few months ago. It was a celebration of Maynards 60th birthday. Each band played 3 songs and then the next band would come on and play 3 songs. With three intermissions and all the bands on stage for the final 3 songs. It was so special and Primus stole the show for me.

Les Claypool's bass playing is so insane. And not only is he also doing vocals at the same time, but if you watch a live performance, he always looks like he's putting all his attention into dancing around the stage while the bass playing is just effortless for him.

Primus was an odd band in which Les Claypool's bass was the primary instrument... The trio were huge fans of Rush (the opening track of 'Frizzle Fry' started w/ the opening notes of Rush's 'YYZ' before cutting off) In 2004, Primus released a live DVD 'Hallucino-Genetics -live 2004'...which was a concert video of Primus performing the entire 'Frizzle Fry' album live, featuring the classic Primus line-up: Les Claypool (bass/ vocals), Larry LaLonde (guitar) and Tim 'Herb' Alexander (drums) Originally formed in the 80's in California, Primus were an odd trio that didn't fit in between the glam rock bands (Motley Crue, Ratt...) and thrash metal bands (Metallica, Exodus...) and every time they played a gig, the audience would become irate and start chanting, "Primus sucks!" ... and that became the band's motto 😂 By 1988, the original trio of Les Claypool (bass/ vocals), Todd Huth (guitar) and Jay Lane (drums) recorded the demo 'Sausage' and had written most of the songs on 'Frizzle Fry' that they performed live... but the response was abysmal... Both Huth and Lane quit Primus and were replaced by former Possessed guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim 'Herb' Alexander by 1989... They decided to record a show that year and released a live album independently as Primus' debut album 'Suck on this' in 1989. It sold enough to raise money & record 'Frizzle Fry' in the studio w/ co-producer Matt Winegar. It was released in 1990 on the indie label Caroline Records. Primus wrote weird and wacky lyrics that drew on heavy sarcasm and dark humor... 'Too many puppies' for example, was a song against gun violence in America ('Puppies' referred to young kids) ... 'John the fisherman' was one of the characters u would find in the deep country in America... Same w/ 'Mr. Knowitall'... Les Claypool drew a lot of inspiration from characters referred to as 'white trash' in America 😂 (One of his later songs 'My name is Mud' is a perfect example) 'Frizzle Fry' sold well against all odds and Primus was signed to Interscope Records in 1991 and released their 2nd studio album 'Sailing the Seas of Cheese' which got MTV airplay and went gold (half a million copies sold) in the US.

Toys Go Winding Down is such a rad track. To me it really showcases their instrumentation, mood and proggy influences. It really sets the tone for their next album

Yeah, Primus! If you like this album you’ll like all their albums. Not a bad one in their catalog. Lots of weird, cool stuff from some of the best musicians around.

Too Many Puppies has always been my favorite from this album….either way it’s a great album. Primus is great at mixing malevolent darkness with a fun quirkiness. Amiga….i can’t wait to hear your reaction to the next one: “Sailing the Seas of Cheese”, then “Pork Soda”, and “Tales From the Punchbowl”, & “The Brown Album”…start with these & then keep going 🤘🏽🤩🤘🏽

😍 One of my top 5 favorite bands ever. Hope you enjoy even a fraction as much as some of us do! Oh, if anyone happens to have a Primus pinball table they want to get rid of, I may be your huckleberry.

Primus were my first 3 concerts. This album will always be special to me. This might be my favorite reaction ever, from anyone. This was super fun!

Haven't watched the video yet but man... you are on a goddamn roll of putting out videos with classic albums, keep it up you are killing it!

I always have to give credit to Larry LaLonde's guitar work in Primus. I feel he is a perfect compliment to the very bass driven grooves. Cant wait for your reaction to Pork Soda. Pork Soda to me is one of the most unnerving and dark albums of the 90's.

8:30 "Why do I feel like I would definitely NOT feel safe with him?" Waahahhahahaha, damn I hadn't laughed that hard in while, you're the best Molly thanks

Guitarist Larry LaLonde was in the band Possessed, who had major influence on what would become know as Death Metal, though they were at the time part of the Bay Area Trash scene which gave us Metallica and Exodus amoung others. Larry was a student of guitar wizard Joe Satriani, who also taught Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett and Alex Skolnick, from Testament. Larry met bassist/vocalist Les Claypool when they were both in another Bay Area band called Blind Illusion for the Sane Asylum record. That band was Thrash, but with some Prog Rock elements. There is live footage on here somewhere of a Blind Illusion show in Philadelphia that I was at. It's good footage and was a great show. Anyway, Larry and Les hit it off and this was the result. Not like anything else for sure. Great record. I saw Primus three or four times back in the day and it was always a good time. "Primus Sucks!" That's an running joke for Primus fans.

Love The Residents influence throughout their catalog.

For The Residents, there are tons of albums to choose from and some of them are wildly different. A good place to start is the album Duck Stab/Buster and Glen (1978), which features the songs Hello Skinny and Constantinople that Primus covered here, or The Commercial Album (1980). I also like Demons Dance Alone (2002)

This is Primus's debut studio album. Their first album, if I haven't been disillusioned my whole life, was a live album called Suck On This

Primus is such a great unique band. I got to see them live with Prong and The Melvins in the mid 90s, it was an awesome show. I really enjoy your reactions , keep em coming and I'll keep watching.

Korn, Deftones, Incubus, Muse, Mastodon and even The Dillinger Escape Plan, have considered Primus an influence on their sound. For a bunch of oddities they have had a huge influence on many of the alt metal bands we today. Some people jokingly call the band "Tool for hillbillies" due to the out there nature almost otherworldly sound of the music similar to what Tool might do but a bit more wackiness and humor. Speaking of which, they are very close friends of Maynard James Keenan and were featured alongside with him in his Sessanta tour where he celebrated his 60th birthday alongside Keenan's bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, similar when he turned 50th (the Cinquetta tour in 2014) invited another group of friends of his, Failure (another band I hope you tackle in the future too. They are also super influential in the sound of many bands today).

I only recently discovered this channel and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised that anyone especially someone as young as Molly is listening to full albums in a single sitting from start to end. The dedication and commitment to the experience is based AF. Also I keep getting this feeling that I know her somehow (which I don't) but I worked it out.. She is a modern Winnie Cooper! Anyway I enjoy the content Miss Molly

I discovered Primus more than 30 years ago and I never heard that last track before. How? But you nailed it, Primus is a unique beast. Always cartoony, often very dark when you dig a bit into it, but never taking themselves seriously. And you probably already knew, but the bass player is also the singer, which is pretty insane.

This might be the most excited I've been for one of your album listens! I highly recommend you keep going -- the first four Primus studio albums are all great and different. Past there, opinions differ, but I'm a big fan of Green Naugahyde as well.

So glad you reached to this album. One of the best of all time. Saw them do it in its entirety on Memorial Day in 2004… and found the exact same concert here on KZfaq just a couple months ago. How awesome to relive it.

PRIMUS! One of the originators and Funk Metal greats!

hello molly...very good band and thank you for reacting to primus... one of the best bassists in his style Mr. Les Claypool I hope you can react to another primus album and long live rock in all its expressions... greetings 😊 

Primus one of my favorite live acts as well as a masterclass in unique, dissonant yet catchy songs. Every time I can get out to see Les I do it.

Molly! Yes! More Primus!!!!! Oh, if you do continue through the Primus disco, once you finish Pork Soda I highly suggest watching their ‘94 Woodstock performance.

Discovered Primus as a young lad playing Guitar Hero II… John the Fisherman was that song and man I thought it was so unique and great.

Im going to see Primus in 2 weeks! One of my favorite bands, Guerilla Toss is opening for them, definitely check this band out if you haven't already. I just listened to this album a week ago for the first time and I was blown away by the variety of sounds and styles. I can hear how this album may have influenced nu-metal bands like Korn. John the fisherman and Frizzle Fry are definitely my favorites. Awesome video!

Please keep going with all Primus albums! It's great watching you react.

The last track Hello Skinny/Constantinople was not on the original release. It makes more sense with the last track being To Defy. The way it fades out that was the original end of the record. They added this track to it when they remastered it. They are also covers.

Hell yeah! Les is one of the reasons i started playing bass. I remember sitting around with my friends in High School listening to lots of Primus. Pork Soda is yummy.

Just an awesome band, Les claypool auditioned for Metallica on bass and they rejected him because he was "too good" for the band. The guitar playing is also so cool from Larry with how he plays around Les's bass

Les is a legend and musical genius. Also, Tim Alexander is another legend in his own right. Most of their albums are bangers!

Stellar discography, you wont be disappointed (for a while lol)

I'm soooo glad you listened to Primus! They are an absolute treat as a music fan. Their next studio album, Sailing the Seas of Cheese is really amazing. Their third, Pork Soda is ridiculously good. All of their albums have that playfulness mixed with the dark, ominous vibe. Tales from the Punchbowl is also fantastic! I can't wait to see your journey into Primus unfold! 🤘🖤

I went on a Primus binge this past Saturday listening to this Album, Sailing the seas of cheese and Pork Soda. I actually enjoyed all 3 of them. My favorite off of Fizzle fry is Too Many Puppies and John the Fisherman. Also Les Claypool is the best Bassist, there I said it!

One of the greatest albums of all time. Molly, you've done it again!

Just discovered your channel, I like your casual insight and the way you chop up the album to hit the main points is nice editing. I also really like that you're one-session listening to a full album, really helps put tracks in context. You get the good and bad. Looking forward to watching more If i were to make a suggestion, would love to see a video watching something from Devin Townsend, either Ziltoid the Omnicient (a Rock Opera album, lots of comedy, great music), or his first solo album, Ocean Machine: Biomech

Oh yeah, Molly. Thanks for doing Frizzle Fry. Saw them in 90 as opener and really don't think I knew anything except maybe one track from video on MTV. Imagine not just hearing but seeing them with their style and all? So unique. Then in college at party made a punch called Frizzle Fry, haha.

Great review as always 😊

Oodles of talent on show here from all of them..I couldn't imagine any other band coming up with the theme to South Park..looking forward to seeing your reviews as you continue with their discography Molly

I find a lot to like on every Primus album! So happy I got to see them live a few times.

Great album, great debut, great band. That last song wasn't part of the album, but it was probably included on some releases. Glad you like them, their still one of my all time favorite bands after all these years.

I remember hearing this for the first time when it came out. It was extraordinary and unique - I love it.

My favorite Primus album! The title track has the best drum outro of any track ever... Tim "Herb" Alexander is a beast! Appreciate your reaction.

So cool. I love this album!

This album is amazing and I think their next is even better. Great reaction!

Well the last track is a cover by The Residents, and I would suggest you check out their discography, thing is they've been around since the early 70s and they have a MASSIVE disography, at least 30 albums if not more, so it's up to you, but yeah you'll certainly have your work cut out for you!

Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny, pls.

Primus, a genre onto themselves. Can't wait to see your reaction, I just introduced them to my 5 year old Nephew and he loved them lol so generation spanning musicians for sure 🤘

Love your confused bass face as these tracks play, hahahaa!

I also thought the bass was a guitar upon first listen on certain tracks. Nearly 20 years later and Les is my fav. bass player and I am a big fan of distortion on bass. Good stuff, Molly!

literally starts with my favorite Primus song

you read my mind

I really enjoy your reactions, when I see those headphones (as a collector / fanatic), I want you to hear these albums the way I do. Some He400SE's, a basic dac/amp and a little eq - its on another level.

Another favorite, so many great albums and certainly no one else like em...you must add Fishbone to your list too!

the greatest bass-player/frontman of this genre,.. in my opinion...also the writers and performers of the southpark maintheme!

The song spaghetti western is about a genre of film that is Italian western films which were later dubbed over in English. When they did the audio editing on those movies they often added tons of reverb to the foley work so when the cowboys walked in their boots there was often tons of reverb.

Finally, someone reacted to this album!!!

My first concert was Primus back in 1996. It was nuts and rowdy asf. Best memory ever!!

You have so much to dive into. Their debut EP and first 4 studio albums are perfect. Les Claypool's Frog Brigade. Claypool Lennon Delirium. If Les was involved, it should be on your list.

You should give Clutch a listen sometime. They are a heavy and quirky band from the 90s that had modest success and toured with a bunch of bands you've already heard. Clutch (1995) is my personal favorite album, but they've got a bunch and are still putting out music now. The Elephant Riders (1998) and Blast Tyrant (2004) are also awesome.

The first time I heard them which was Jerry was a race car driver I was hooked and on,y listened to Primus for like 3 years. Yep I was obsessed and will forever love this music!

The contents of your shelf are fascinating.

I could write a chapter in my life around this album. I had it on tape in 6th grade. I had played it so much and talked to everybody about them that would listen. All the words were worn off the cassette. Eventually, I split the cassette in half and put the tape into another cassette housing and continued to play it after it had been eaten and taped back together a number of times. It’s a treasure from my childhood. Eventually, I met Les Claypool a couple of times and Tim Alexander, and Brain too. I seen them seven times but all of those times were before 2003.

This was their roughest sounding album but their later works are sonic rapture. Another awesome reaction your objectivity is so refreshing

I know you didn't do video reactions but Primus music videos are something else.

Really look forward to more Primus albums... Would also love to see a reaction to Ween - Chocolate and Cheese!

love your reactions, please consider visiting mgmt and their discography. i think you would really enjoy it ! good bodies of work every album

Another amazing choice

WOO! oh the fun begins. Got Sailing the seas of cheese ( you'll likely know 1 song off that) then Pork soda, Tales from the punch bowl, The Brown album, Antipop. the rest of their albums vary. ALSO, Primus did the South Park theme, cameo on the episode Chef Aid. Les did the theme for Robot Chicken and the band is in Bill and Ted's Bogus journey.

What's awesome is Primus unique instrument lineup, with Claypool's bass taking a lead position with a rhythm guitar as backup (and every band member is incredible to boot) I'm aching for you to give Queens of the Stone Age a go, Songs for the Deaf is one of the loudest albums ever put to print~

Yay, Mr. Knowitall!!! :D

It really fits the Mr. Bungle comparison. It's like they're on separate wings in the mental ward. So good though.

Toys go winding down slaps so hard, love it!

Yes! Please do more Primus! You will find it interesting!

I’m actually seeing them live for the first time in 10 days lol. But yeah, pretty good album. I’d say do their albums in order. Pork Soda is my favorite Primus album. Some of my favorites on Frizzle Fry are Too Many Puppies, John The Fisherman, and The Toys Go Winding Down.

It’s easy to understand why Parker and Stone chose Primus to write/perform the South Park theme! Kindly continue with Seas of Cheese! Possibly my fave reactor, thanks for sharing!👍😎

There's a video of them playing some of these songs live at Stanford University in '89, sounds so amazing. They're one of a kind, Sailing the Seas of Cheese is a great album too

cool reaction Molly. I saw these guys back in the day with Anthrax and Public Enemy. Their Sailing the Seas of Cheese album was already out then and it's as weird and cool as the debut IMO.

My absolute favorite Primus record. Heavy, groovy, funky, dark at times, a truly unique record. Three absolute consummate top tier musicians. As a side note, and I"m sure someone else has said this...Larry Lalonde and Les Claypool played in a thrash band called Blind Illusion prior to Primus. David Silvera--former drummer of Korn- was HUGELY influenced by Tim Herb Alexander.

Have you ever heard any Soul Coughing? Your comments about this being jazzy popped them in to my head. Their album Ruby Vroom might be something cool to check out.

Yes ! You’re getting into primus now? You know what comes next… the residents … thumbs up if you want to see her review the residents possibly the commercial album maybe duck stab

I sure hope you listen to more Primus! When I think of 90's psychedelia, I think of the sound this band conjures into existence. Primus can be ominous, they can get a little bit old timey, a lot of bit funky, and there's always excellent musicianship from every angle.

Groundhog's Day is my favorite song on this, although I also really like the drum groove of Spegetti Western.

I do believe it's "I do believe in Cap'n Crunch, for I am the Frizzle Fry". As opposed to all the other things he doesn't believe in.

Thank you for reviewing one of my favorite albums. You have to watch les claypool play. He has a lot of haters because hes so unique in his playing style. Most of them cant copy it so they dont get it. Earliest work is the best but they have a few gems on newer stuff as well. My only question is where is your ring sweet girl some lucky guy or girl must have asked by now lol.

Les Claypool sometimes plays a stand up bass with a bow for that cello-like sound. You can see him playing it in the video for the song ‘Mr Krinkle’ from the album Pork Soda. It’s one of the craziest videos you’ll ever see, but that’s true of pretty much all their videos.

Can't wait to see you do "Sailing the Seas of Cheese" & my absolute favorite: "Tales From the Punchbowl"

Now here is a incredibly unique band....I love this guys. Have ever tried some time react to 1 song instead of a hole Album form any band at all. You might get more out of one song then the hole album. 1 album 1 video as you do right now. 1 album 12 songs 12 separate videos if U were to do by songs

Before joining Primus, guitarist Larry LaLonde played in a band called Possessed - often considered to be the first death metal band - and in his younger years, he took lessons from legendary guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani - the same guy Kirk Hammett of Metallica took lessons from.

Primus is the only band that is also its own genre on iTunes, or at least that used to be the case.

Molly if you liked Primus you should check out "Duckstab" by The Residents. Les Claypool was heavily influenced by The Residents. Also would love to see you finish your journey with The Smashing Pumpkins original lineup and check out Machina the Machines of God.

They did a live album before this called 'Suck on This'. The little sample at the beginning is from that. I highly recommend you listen to that. It's absolutely balls out amazing.

Hey Molly, i have been watching your channel for a while now, and i love your content. I myself have been starting to uploade videos to my yt channel, and i decided to start making music/album reviews and reactions, but i wonder how you make your albuk reactions without getting copyrighted. And if you do get copyrighted, then how has your channel not gotten any strikes? Since i assume that after many copyright claims, you could get a strike. I was just wondering, hopefully, you answer.

Yay Primus! They were the only band to have their own section on itunes and are largely undefinable due to them being such a great combo of jazz/metal/funk/rock elements but not really being in just one. Please do a couple more albums to hear while they dont sound similar they all sound like Primus. Also recommend two of Les' other projects Flying Frog Brigade and Oysterhead. Hello again after watching the whole video. Info dump incoming. So as far as the band goes Les Claypool (bass and vocals), Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and Tim "Herb" Alexander. The bass is very much the lead instrument while Larry usually plays some atmospheric, soloish stuff as backup on guitar is very different than what you'll hear most bands play. Les has described Tim's Drum playing as "If a gorilla took a jaunty stroll on a drumset." Somehow it all works beautifully. Primus' music was a breath of fresh air when I first heard them in the early 90's because as you said they are very unique. The songs tend to be about quirky people or experiences the band has had over the years. Too Many Puppies was about the Gulf war and American military in general training young kids, or "puppies" to go to war so your description was spot on. Hello Skinny/Constantinople are covers of songs by the Residents. A VERY weird band for VERY weird people but I love them as well. Primus is my favorite band of all time so I implore you to continue to at least Sailing the Seas of Cheese and Pork Soda, the golden 3 of the band so to speak. They change drummers later with Bryan "Brain" Mantia and recorded Brown Album and Antipop. Bryan's drum playing is also very unique and different from Tim's but also fir the band wonderfully. Les also did the theme songs for South Park and Robot Chicken tv shows.

originally, the album ended with To Defy as the outro track, then Hello Skinny/Constantinople was added as a bonus track for the 2002 reissue