Todd was the original guitarist. When I first met the band in 1984 putting up flyers on Broadway in SF they had a drum machine as their drummer, it was Todd and Les and I cant remember their name for the drum machine! I took their demo, which I wish I still had to the radio station I worked at and so I say I discovered them but if you ask Les he said We discovered Julie!. They played at my 21st Birthday party at a Holiday Inn Wisconsin Room and said it was the hardest gig to load in equipment!

00:00 - John the Fisherman 03:26 - Pudding Time 07:32 - Harold of the Rocks 13:26 - Ground Hogs Day 18:04 - Frizzle Fry

Nearly 30 years ago, unbelievable. The "Frizzle Fry" record changed my vision of rock music in 1990!

It’s so much more funky Ler and herb made it dark and powerful

For me Todd Huth is super underrated what a unique groove he has. Harold of the rock solo is pure gold so sick

The short drum solo before the usual drum line for John The Fisherman causes a remarkable eargasm

Jay Lane's drumming on Pudding Time is other worldly, amazing stuff!

My love for Primus for nearly two decades has just been upgraded! Did not know about the Sausage demo and honestly didn't know they preceded the 90s! Most of my highschool friends weren't onboard with me in highschool (early 90s), but then again I had to convince them that Nirvana was awesome. I truly love how original the band has stayed over all these years. The sound, the way it effects us as listeners, is genuine and fun! Love it!

Wow. I honestly expected this to suck a lot more. Crazy this was their first demo. It’s awesome! I can only imagine if I got a hold of this cassette when it first came out. I would had been sharing it with every person that I could possibly get listen. Such a rad original sound. What music is all about.

i always forget how insane the guitar part is in pudding time. amazing

at 22:20 no hint of what would eventually become a brilliant place to put a mind blowing guitar solo.

damn, I REALLY love Todd Huth's part, I knew he was great considering he wrote most of the original guitar parts on the first couple albums, but wow, I love what Ler brings to the band but Todd brings a bit more of a funky edge to the guitar! This is a very interesting and impressive upload. Thank you

Thanks for posting this, I had no clue that they were SO ahead of their time

Riddles Are Abound Tonight is to this day one of my favorite albums. These 3 had lightning. Never taking away from Ler & Tim. I get a kick out of watching Jayski trying to play Grapevine live during the Naugahyde tour. His face screamed “What was Tim thinking!!??”

This demo is amazing - Jay Lane and Todd Huth's playing are sensational and unique, as well as Les' singing being a little rougher, but somehow more fun, and the raw-ness of the whole recording is really exciting, making you feel like you're listening to them playing in your garage (which they literally were) - but I think I actually prefer the Frizzle Fry recordings. It just feels like they crystallized their sound a little more. Some of the songs - or parts of the songs - have been sped up or slowed down a little to fit the right jam (example: the slower parts of Groundhogs Day have clearly been slowed down from this recording), Les' singing feels more intentional, putting vocal emphasis or humor where it sounds best, and Larry digs in to the established solos with his own flare and extreme distortion - example: one of my favorite riffs of his (Larry's) is in the slowed-down jam section of Harold of the Rocks right after he shreds through the fretboard, he screams out these two long notes, descending and then ascending into the next bit of the jam, and that's just perfection to me. Not taking anything away from this demo, I just think the Frizzle Fry version shows them having really come into their style on a more professional level, if that makes sense.

Kinda of amazing that so few people know who Todd Huth is. I mean hell, his name is all over Primus, including in lyrics.

I saw them live in about 1990 before I had ever heard a single note of their music. I remember I loved it and everyone was screaming about puppies.

Les is so amazing with his observations of all the different types of people and his own experience . He attaches everything about all of us as he composes. His imagination compares to 256 expandable... His loyal partners know just how to enhance the message. It's like they' be been granted the necessary permissions

Great Demo.been a Fan of Primus Since Frizzle Fry. This band was so Unique in many ways but loved there music. 31 years Later sounds great.

so crazy that Jay fills in for the Grateful Dead now

Dave Grohl played this tape at a party in 1989 and made all the punk rockers angry.

Holy shit! Thank you so much. Been wanting these demos. Primus is a seminal part of my late teens (90s)

Pudding Time in an early version is so great :) ... and Frizzle Fry ... whow that's fresh, even today!

Thanks for this. Great little rarity

Thanks for uploading this awesome piece of history mate.

I absolutely love the raw, higher pitched sound. I don’t really think one sounds better than the other, they just sound different. Don’t worry they both suck. Also does anyone else find it hilarious when Les screams in Frizzle Fry.

Grunge, heavy metal, funk rock, alternative rock, progressive rock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock, comedy rock, jam band, dance-rock, rap rock, post-grunge, nu metal

This is great! Thanks for posting.

Merry Christmas Primus fans.

Primus stands the test of time!!

Thanks for sharing this awesome Demo Tape.

Heh heh, I bought this demo Halloween 1988 from Les @ Mystic theater in Petaluma CA. Oh, yeah- it rocked that evening. 🎉

Omg this is such a treat. You can hear how incredibly talented everyone is without all the studio tricks added to it yet

This is good stuff. Thanks for posting.

Great quality! Thanks

I saw them back at the Berkeley Square in '85 (or '86?), purely based on their flyers. The great, single eyeball!!!! Great shows. This demo sounds great! Thank you for posting!

simply beautiful!

Pudding Time sounds badass on this

Best version of frizzle fry

One of the most original bands ever.

so much wow, many pleasings. I don't go as far as even what this is.

awesome upload its such a great listen especially seeing as some of the cassettes are going for $2k

21:35 nice

Thank you SO much for this. I can't even express how happy it makes me to be able to listen to this. I never knew this existed before last night. It's making me feel things lol. That said. This demo was released the year I was born. I've been a Huge fan of Primus (as you can tell by some of my videos) since I was 14. But I can't fathom what it had to have been like to have been a Primus fan from the beginning and anticipate/experience the subsequent album releases. To wait for Frizzle Fry to drop after hearing Suck on This, then put that in the tape/CD player... Wow! Then Seas of Cheese, then Miscellaneous, then Pork Soda, etc. Sometimes I wish I was born 10 years Earlier.

I can't believe this is their first recording. It must have blown minds when it dropped. I mean, other bands were hitting some of the aspects Primus did, but these guys came out and tore the house down with full-fledged unique sound that absolutely destroyed, in terms of rocking out. It'd be like if Pink Floyd's early years had never happened, and suddenly they dropped Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall.

I started learning bass guitar because of Primus (about 20 years ago), then I learned that Claypool bass can get real super tech.

Uuufff…great demo 🤯 Awesome!!!

Jay Lane is a beast!!!

35 years ago

Sounds amazing for a demo

This is amazing. Thank you for the upload!

I've never heard this. I think I like this version of Harold of the Rocks better than the Frizzle Fry and the Suck On This versions.

Tight!

This upload is god tier

oh the memories in spring of 89 debating the lyrics of harold of the rocks (and also rest of the tape) I can actual identify with the tape hiss on this dub.. its ingrained in my psyche

This Harold of the rock solo is a piece of art

this one time,at band camp... I heard primus

This is raw Gold!

Saw Them play at UVM in 88 or 89

So Ler didn't write those guitar parts

Ol' *"Fungo Mungo."*

PRIMUS SUCKS! Really badass! Thanks so much! All kinds of happy

John sounds so heavy on this recording. All three punching the notes out of their instruments.

holy shit it sounds pretty good for a demo

alluring!!!

I have this exact DEMO! With the sleeve in damn near perfect shape....the matte black analog cassette tape w/Gold Metallic Sharpie track demo name on either side. I love the dry, unpolished production of all these classic songs. It was a spot-on rendition of the TRIO when playin Kennel Club or the Stone. Them euz that DAZE. These fellas were foolz then. I should sell this relic...DISCOGS listed a 2sider of this demo at 2K. Seems reasonable'nuff. Perhaps Puddin' Time'z jus'round da Korner.

Brilliant

Utterly Exellent

Primus. If you know, you know. 😁😉

God I love that frizzle fry end one of the best pieces of thrash to come out of the 90s (when the album was released)

Wow, it's hard to tell Jay and Tim apart; they sound almost identical!

Para ser una demo se escucha la raja

A 24bit gem that would have earstrucked most newgenre amateurs

sick

I dreamed of God, I found it here.

Lmao he sounds like weird al on this album, but it's still good.

Jay Lane is a fucking beast.

RAW

Now where to find the actual physical copy...

Les claypool ,you and your musical talents saved my life ;led zeppelin was my favorite band until I ran into your atomic bombs,thank you sir,I'll see u in orlando fla June third, that's the only thing on my bucket list

Wtf??? Jay Lane killing it!

i prefer the weird Anatolian feel of this version of Frizzle Fry

Thanks to uploaded!!! Where can I downloaded??? Thanks to share música ma frend!!!

From MY Original cassette Likely found on discogs

That guitar solo at around the ten minute mark is just straight fire. Glad I got to see em live Absolutely stunning band

What’s with all the “this person is better than that person”? It’s not any better it’s just different .

Damn primus sounding dirtier than they normal sound

from the first note everything is there. It's all about having your "sound" now isn't it.

i have a seven incher of 2 songs

Gyawd to have known the gang then!! They’re Primus, and they’ve been known to suck from time to time!!

Does anyone know who drew the cover? I really like it.

Has anyone called the number?

10:12 Holy shit look this guitar!

Can hear a more prominent residents influence in Harold of the rocks for sure

Harold of the rocks seems way more funkier here

saw this line up in 87 at Barrington Hall,,, stood right behind Les most of the show with my mouth wide open... it was something to see... Les with long hair in corn rows. Primus Sucks!

This is great. Does anyone know if I can download high quality digital (flac or similar) from anywhere? Don't mind paying, but would prefer the cash to go to the band. Can't find it on the Primus website, and have a very short attention sp.

how and where was this found? I am blown away right now.....

Thanks for the upload, do you have the actual tape? would you consider selling it? please let me know

Ler may have not made these parts but he perfected them. Have them the ler sound.