To Defy the Laws of Tradition - 0:30 Groundhog's Day - 7:15 Rhinoplasty Recording Session - 13:14 Sno-Core Tour Fall 1998 Kalamazoo - 16:08 Too Many Puppies / Hello Skinny - 19:33 In the Studio with the Dust Brothers for [the] Orgazmo Movie - 25:22 Recording with Rick Rubin for [the] South Park Album Primus and Spearhead [at the] Benefit for Calder Spanier Tommy the Cat (partial) / Europe Summer 1997 / Australia Spring 1998 - 27:15 DJ Disk and Brain jam / Tommy the Cat (reprise) Bob's Party Time Lounge - 35:18 New Year's Eve Dec. 31, 1997 - 43:00 US Tour Fall 1997 Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers - 46:42
Les is mainly in the spotlight in primus but damn,Ler's solo on Bob's party time lounge is off the chain.Probably his longest solo and a favorite of mine.
The soloing around 39:00 is fantastical!!!! At times it sounds like music from some car video game I used to play,,,and in one particle part sounds like Ler add Page, then feels like he takes me off into some surreal fairyland, just amazingD!!
This was my first Primus show and it was amazing! I have seen them at least 15 times since and this is the best show so far. Such a different energy with Brain on drums.
Love Tim Herb & Jay Lane,& seen a couple of gigs with brain,& he,s really on the ball here,you have to be an amazing musician to play with Mr Claypool & Mr Lalonde mate,Primus are unbelievable,totally unpredictable & arguably the best band i,ve ever seen & heard. 👍🤘
No, definitely no! That would be like putting trying to fuse Jim Carrey with Clint Eastwood. The result would be horrific. Les is better off with skaters!
I've been listening to Primus for decades - but today I finally "got" Brain's appeal in/for this band. As a drummer, I've always liked Alexander, and never really understood why Brain was chosen to replace him. Sure, he's clearly competent and energetic - so he never sucked. Still, his drumming is simpler, and he always "bugged" me a bit - but now I understand that he brought metronomic mastery (coupled with energy and creativity). Anyhoo, no one really needed to read this. It was simply a Eureka! moment for me...
Herb had some health issues that he left the band for but he's been back for the last couple albums now. They both are awesome drummers but Tim is more technical in my opinion.
Quiet not talking much, Mr. Larry Lalonde, guitarist EXTRAordinaire! LOUD talking with his Axe!!! Under-appreciated technicians, EACH ONE OF THE THREE, re-defining the meaning of POWER TRIO! Which is the reason why I got mee-self 2 tickets to witness the spectacle known as P R I M U S... June in Long Beach , CA ... I haven't been to a Primus show since 97-98 ? Snuck in to see Les Claypool and his frog mask play a show in New Orleans right before Katrina hit in spring/summer of 2005... He is a bizarre performer when masked... Kinda evil cartoonish look he had that night. no Acid please hahaha...
WOW had never noticed that before - two awesome existences cross paths for a few seconds.. go two totally different ways - but here we are fans of both...and this is first time i see or hear these two coming within two feet of each other!
Dude. ..thank you so much for uploading this! i saw this video stoned as fuck one time with my band when i was 16 or 17. it's where I first heard and saw what they were beyond jerry was a race car driver from Tony hawk 1 on Ps1. I was sold. Instant life long fan and influence toward my music for the past 15+ years. thanks again. this shit is GOLD! fucking bucket head .. LOLOL
simplemente, chingon!! tuve la dicha de asistir a los 3 conciertos q dieron en el df y la neta no m defraudaron, primus es mi banda favorita. lástima q Tim no estaba con ellos en ese momento, de lo contrario hubiera sido más sublime.
Calos Alberto Vera Salazar Con el nuevo álbum podemos esperar a que regresen a México con el legendario Tim Alexander. Sin duda el mejor baterista que ha tenido Primus.
@@grandtheftautocj tal como lo comentaste, Primus por primera vez visitó Guadalajara y vino el ecléctico Tim herb Alexander, disfrute tanto ese concierto, estuve en primera fila herb y Larry son excelentes! Primus sucks.
I was at 2 of the shows on this tape and I just found me at the spearhead bit! 26:34 that’s my lame haircut and white shirt front row! 1:40 is me in green foam pickle suit
all the primus drummers are great and do their own thing. brain's got that pumping beat going, herb's got that groovy melodic technicality, jay lane's sound has a 'pop' to it as claypool says. Herb is my favourite but this was still an amazing show and brain was great.
Herb is my Favorite also but if i was not told that there was a different drummer i would not have known. Did Tim leave Primus because of a beef or was it his health?
those planetary rear projections help with that. There's loads of little chunks reminiscent of Rush in the earlier Primus albums. Les is certainly original, but wouldn't be who he is without Geddy, Tony Levin, and Stanley Clarke to influence his style.
At the level these guys are at it's a question of personal taste. -Tim Alexander is a tremendously technical drummer with complex, "high drumming IQ" figures. -Jay Lane has probably the strongest signature among the three, sort of Stewart Copeland-ish in his drumming -Brain is the "groover" among them. All three are world class rock/funk drummers.
Brain is great! No wait!, he's a beast! Herb is the original. I love the fact that we're not all one dimension. I love your opinion. I'm a Tim (herb) Alexander fan. Can't argue with you.
Ahh... back when Primus were a band... and not background music for suburban festival going burnouts that are more interested in tripping on molly than actually listening to songs.
Dennis Kelley I realized the videotape was called videoplasty. I think the dvd called hallucingenetics contains all the stuff from the tape. There is definitely some dvd version
Minimalist Vagabonds I was there too. Amazing! I started out on the floor but moved up to the balcony after the first song and sat right next to the guy doing the visuals. Can you believe he had never done visuals for them or even listens to them. That blew my mind because they were really cool.
Minimalist Vagabonds I was there too! I had a foam pickle costume on. Got to crowd surf in it. But I can’t find it on this video. Was during groundhogs day I think
Limp bizkit totally opened for primus before break stuff hit. I saw them together 3 times. Kinda rocked. They did thieves and liars by ministry back then. Fresno show was INSANE!
i'll really like Brian's drums here... is interpretation of the songs is better than later... To Delfy... really rolls... good sound as well... thx for upload! PRIMUS SUCK😛
The world is a much better place with Primus in it
There aren't many bands you can say that about, but I agree: Primus is definitely one of them...
Chris Craven Yes Sir!
Primus sucks!
@@ChaoticAtmosphere I remember my first beer 🍺
Hmmmmm things I know about life is that hell would suck a lot more if we didn't have them lol it's hell or Hackett Arkansas USA same place
Ler is so goddamn good. One of the most underrated guitarists ever.
To Defy the Laws of Tradition - 0:30
Groundhog's Day - 7:15
Rhinoplasty Recording Session - 13:14
Sno-Core Tour Fall 1998
Kalamazoo - 16:08
Too Many Puppies / Hello Skinny - 19:33
In the Studio with the Dust Brothers for [the] Orgazmo Movie - 25:22
Recording with Rick Rubin for [the] South Park Album
Primus and Spearhead [at the] Benefit for Calder Spanier
Tommy the Cat (partial) / Europe Summer 1997 / Australia Spring 1998 - 27:15
DJ Disk and Brain jam / Tommy the Cat (reprise)
Bob's Party Time Lounge - 35:18
New Year's Eve Dec. 31, 1997 - 43:00
US Tour Fall 1997
Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers - 46:42
Ler does not receive the recognition he deserves. He's as unique and brilliant as Les!
Larry’s a bastard according to Les 😂😎🎧
@@MammothBeats 😂😂
His covering PF Gilmore stuff is UNREAL.
@@insolator1775 Thanks! I'll check that out! 👍
Especially considering the massive shift from what he did with Possessed to Primus.
If you really love music, you automaticaly love Primus.. It's a fact !
Never did a bass guitar sound as good as it does in Mr. Claypool's hands!
Simply the best to ever slap the fat strings. Period.
What came first the bass guitar, of Les Claypool? lol.
If a bass guitar is played by anybody else in the forest when know body is around does it make a noise?
That's it. I have fulfilled my quota for 2 lame jokes in one day. Thanks, I am here all night.
What about Mark King or Geddy Lee? But Les is also really good and very unique.
One of the most rippin' of all the Primus shows.
And I've been to some rippers!
Refilmed for HD and Les still looks 🔥
That's close to the best live performance of any band ever.
Les is mainly in the spotlight in primus but damn,Ler's solo on Bob's party time lounge is off the chain.Probably his longest solo and a favorite of mine.
I really appreciate the versions of "Too many puppies" & "Tommy the Cat" excellent!
The soloing around 39:00 is fantastical!!!! At times it sounds like music from some car video game I used to play,,,and in one particle part sounds like Ler add Page, then feels like he takes me off into some surreal fairyland, just amazingD!!
actual musical effort. sweat and neck veins bulging..miss the 90s man!!
@Jym E. Changa amen...
I’ll never shut up about it. I blame the 2000 election and 911 for so much garbage today
@@ZillMob so true...
Wish this whole live was out as an album
This was my first Primus show and it was amazing! I have seen them at least 15 times since and this is the best show so far. Such a different energy with Brain on drums.
cnucklz09 I was there in a big foam pickle costume you can see me in first shot of audience. All green in front right
1:40
brain kicks ass
Seen herb, and huth. Need brain.
Herb suffered a heart attack and truth be told he can’t keep the actual Primus pace
this is a really tight show, they are on point as usual.
i love this concert
I think Brain is a badass and e x c e l e n t drummer period.
I agree, Always liked Tim But this guy surprised me. If someone did not tell you there was a different drummer you would never know.
He's not bad but I prefer Tim
Brain is a much more spirited drummer. Tim although great is too white.
Love Tim Herb & Jay Lane,& seen a couple of gigs with brain,& he,s really on the ball here,you have to be an amazing musician to play with Mr Claypool & Mr Lalonde mate,Primus are unbelievable,totally unpredictable & arguably the best band i,ve ever seen & heard. 👍🤘
Brain has his own intense, passionate unique style and I love it.
12:00-12:13 is about as tight as a groove can get. This sold me on Brain.
Best tripping music bar none
six banger I like Neil Young for coming down. Also the movie three amigos for bad trips
"Gifted," Cool Tunes! Thxs.#1Fan!
Love to see a band with Les, Bill Bruford , and of course the great Robert Fripp, anybody agree?
Yes sir definitely agree, that would be a hell of a line-up, they some crazy cats!
Yes indeed! That will be a freakin' killer lineup
Yep.
No, definitely no! That would be like putting trying to fuse Jim Carrey with Clint Eastwood. The result would be horrific. Les is better off with skaters!
I've been listening to Primus for decades - but today I finally "got" Brain's appeal in/for this band. As a drummer, I've always liked Alexander, and never really understood why Brain was chosen to replace him. Sure, he's clearly competent and energetic - so he never sucked. Still, his drumming is simpler, and he always "bugged" me a bit - but now I understand that he brought metronomic mastery (coupled with energy and creativity).
Anyhoo, no one really needed to read this. It was simply a Eureka! moment for me...
Brain sucks more
My preference is Alexander but they both “suck” 😅
Alexander the Great!
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Herb had some health issues that he left the band for but he's been back for the last couple albums now. They both are awesome drummers but Tim is more technical in my opinion.
I agree,Ler (guitarist) is fabulous,and what a gift to be in a band where more or less you can shred the entire time.
Nice. Never seen a live "Kalamazoo" before.
Quiet not talking much, Mr. Larry Lalonde, guitarist EXTRAordinaire! LOUD talking with his Axe!!! Under-appreciated technicians, EACH ONE OF THE THREE, re-defining the meaning of POWER TRIO! Which is the reason why I got mee-self 2 tickets to witness the spectacle known as P R I M U S... June in Long Beach , CA ... I haven't been to a Primus show since 97-98 ? Snuck in to see Les Claypool and his frog mask play a show in New Orleans right before Katrina hit in spring/summer of 2005... He is a bizarre performer when masked... Kinda evil cartoonish look he had that night. no Acid please hahaha...
15:47 minutes primus meets marilyn manson. oh god i love this haha
WOW had never noticed that before - two awesome existences cross paths for a few seconds.. go two totally different ways - but here we are fans of both...and this is first time i see or hear these two coming within two feet of each other!
Always wondered how that happened. Ozzfest maybe? Also how does les know twiggy?
I figured it out after watching the whole thing this is bizarre fest October 31st 1997.
At 34:08 it is by far the most amazing part of tommy the cat I ever heard!
i agree. that was hard full throttle =) \m/
Thats out of proportion cool.... that fretboard handling OMFG
@Games Broke Actually, on this recording he's using a fretted jazz bass.
@Games Broke the bass he uses on tommy the cat in this clip is not fretless
wild.
I love the video quality. Exactly how I first saw it on VHS with a cathode ray tube television.
Holy crap 😯 awesome crowd! Huge energy from the start.. obv no surprise with sucha banger like opener To Defy...
ive never heard tommy the cat played so fast, holy smokes!!
Fuckin' rippin'! Awesome.
Claypool, the way he plays that bass leads me to believe he gets a lot of practice.
Comes naturally to savants
@@joshuamulligan4155 no it doesn't
Big time, this is appreciated
And Larry does an amazing job as well
finally a full live!!!!!! thank you!!!!!
Haven't you seen this from Germany 97? ua-cam.com/video/4ML1kZ_HoxE/v-deo.html
The best
And on the nunckakus, buckethead.
Where is the dude that comments the whole set list?
16:03
RIP some poor guy's beer...
where is the guy who write on which minute starts songs
I don’t think anyone knows. What a buncha hosers.
He has arrived. 😂
I'm from Niagara falls & appreciated the use of the word hosers lol thank you
Wtf did you ask?
LMAO bucketload out of nowhere fucking around with the nunchucks during the shitty turntable solo 😂😂😂
Dude. ..thank you so much for uploading this!
i saw this video stoned as fuck one time with my band when i was 16 or 17. it's where I first heard and saw what they were beyond jerry was a race car driver from Tony hawk 1 on Ps1.
I was sold. Instant life long fan and influence toward my music for the past 15+ years.
thanks again. this shit is GOLD!
fucking bucket head
..
LOLOL
There is no weak link in primus. Tighter than a Nun!
Tighter than my mommas bootcut jeanies!
Tighter than a virgin nun
Pablo Essgalhardo tighter than a virgin nun on crack in skinny jeans
Larry is missing that “overdrive “ distortion that allows notes to ring out a little better
32:00 for Buckethead fans ;)
This VHS changed my life...
Still don't understand the DJ Disc era.....this video is INCREDIBLE though.
Nick never knew dj disc was a thing until seeing this, he is god awful
It was cool at the time
simplemente, chingon!! tuve la dicha de asistir a los 3 conciertos q dieron en el df y la neta no m defraudaron, primus es mi banda favorita. lástima q Tim no estaba con ellos en ese momento, de lo contrario hubiera sido más sublime.
Calos Alberto Vera Salazar Con el nuevo álbum podemos esperar a que regresen a México con el legendario Tim Alexander. Sin duda el mejor baterista que ha tenido Primus.
@@grandtheftautocj tal como lo comentaste, Primus por primera vez visitó Guadalajara y vino el ecléctico Tim herb Alexander, disfrute tanto ese concierto, estuve en primera fila herb y Larry son excelentes! Primus sucks.
Bryan brain mantia es un bateria impresionante
Brain is one of the funnest drummers to watch
How can you not love this?You would have to have no sense of adventure/humour .
52:38 *THE* *VEIN*
36:37 claypool voice xd
Nice voice crack, filled in the song good tho
I was at 2 of the shows on this tape and I just found me at the spearhead bit! 26:34 that’s my lame haircut and white shirt front row! 1:40 is me in green foam pickle suit
I took a photo with a disposable camera of les and spearhead doing Les’s footstomp thing. Was on the website forever
Primussucks.com is dead now apparently. For sale $7,000!
That's so cool
all the primus drummers are great and do their own thing. brain's got that pumping beat going, herb's got that groovy melodic technicality, jay lane's sound has a 'pop' to it as claypool says. Herb is my favourite but this was still an amazing show and brain was great.
Herb is my Favorite also but if i was not told that there was a different drummer i would not have known. Did Tim leave Primus because of a beef or was it his health?
Great band, great upload, thanks! Hey, if there have to be ads, so be it, but can you make it so they don't happen in the middle of songs? Cheers
wow
So cool to hear les on a jazz
Fucking excellent band
That opening reminds me of that section from "Cygnus X-1".
those planetary rear projections help with that. There's loads of little chunks reminiscent of Rush in the earlier Primus albums. Les is certainly original, but wouldn't be who he is without Geddy, Tony Levin, and Stanley Clarke to influence his style.
Tasty jams
Not gonna lie Brain brings it hard 🤘
Is there an hd version of this anywhere ? I remember watching the vhs when I was a kid but would love to have a copy of it
Brain best drummer ever!
Lies. Tim Alexander has overalls so that makes him way better
At the level these guys are at it's a question of personal taste.
-Tim Alexander is a tremendously technical drummer with complex, "high drumming IQ" figures.
-Jay Lane has probably the strongest signature among the three, sort of Stewart Copeland-ish in his drumming
-Brain is the "groover" among them.
All three are world class rock/funk drummers.
Brain is great! No wait!, he's a beast! Herb is the original. I love the fact that we're not all one dimension. I love your opinion. I'm a Tim (herb) Alexander fan. Can't argue with you.
27:15 start to kick some ass :D
Setlist?
35:18 What name does is song have ? pls
Bob's Party Time Lounge
@@kimmyfreak200ah yes ! trop cool merci !
One of the most beautiful guitar solo !
12:29
i mark my fav's also and thats one i marked too.. love it
What song is ?
@@PanicJackShow groundhog's day
Setlist pliiiis
Great intro tbh
What is the name of the first song again ?
To Defy the Laws of Tradition
i forgot also...its one of their best
Seems like Primus swung more when Brain was drumming
Probably one of the best or the best concerts I ever saw was Primus with Brain on drums...Providence, RI - February of 2000.
WHO'S BRAIN? BRIAN/ DUMBASS.....
@@stangreene3478 He was nicknamed Brain. You don’t know that?
Setlist plz?
Les has got to be the weird cousin of Geddy Lee’s that comes over and drinks the brown gravy but touches none of the food!🤘😜
Prime time primus, shit!!!
Brain is my favorite Primus drummer. I know pretty much everyone likes Tim but I prefer Brain.
I'm torn I love em both...maybe Brain a tad more
31:03-32:53
I Still have the original vhs tape that I buyed back in 1999..!!!😃😂👍🤘🤘🤘 Primus Sucks 🤘🤘
Me too! Hahaha! I always wondered why they never re-released this on DVD/Blu-ray.
This was totally on dvd. I’ve lost mine but it exists
I need to find my vhs copy of this
kalanix51 there is dvd. Videoplasty. Very good
21:37
Ahh... back when Primus were a band... and not background music for suburban festival going burnouts that are more interested in tripping on molly than actually listening to songs.
Was that Marylyn Manson he was talking too? Dam how tall is that dude
16:10 What name does this song have?
Kalamazoo
I’ve kicked so much ass during that song. It just does something to me
I were wrong. Was thinking of coddingtown for ass kicking
obviously the song is called kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
00:00 Les Claypool drops pick. Never picks is back up.
anybody know what year this was recorded?
I think it was somewhere between 97 and 99
@@iamnathanael2132 thanks!
There is a dvd called videoplasty this is ripped from. REALLY good dvd. Has like everything primus had done up till that point
@@ZillMob thank you!
Dennis Kelley I realized the videotape was called videoplasty. I think the dvd called hallucingenetics contains all the stuff from the tape. There is definitely some dvd version
Primus should have done turntables in tommy the cat!!! That sounded so cool!!
32:22 Who's that guy?
Les introduces him a couple of seconds before he starts lol
lol I know dude. Look at my picture.
Folks just call him Buckethead
That's the amazing Buckethead
Boognish lol. I think I’ve seen your name around on UA-cam too. Yay ween
32:27
Anybody knows that song? 16:45 thanks!!
Kalamazoo
Loren Zupan people like you are great. Thanks a lot and take care ❤️
LER
when was this concert?
October 14th, 1998 at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma. I was there....it was an incredible show!
If you watched it you'd know
Minimalist Vagabonds I was there too. Amazing! I started out on the floor but moved up to the balcony after the first song and sat right next to the guy doing the visuals. Can you believe he had never done visuals for them or even listens to them. That blew my mind because they were really cool.
Minimalist Vagabonds I was there too! I had a foam pickle costume on. Got to crowd surf in it. But I can’t find it on this video. Was during groundhogs day I think
cnucklz09 me too! So cool
I had this vhs
27:17 you're welcome
Lineup?
FUCK OMG
That bass guitar should file a restraining order after what Les did to it.
Or a cigarette....
No way, Fred Durst is the drummer?! 😂
LOL!! It’s Brain Mantia on drums. He did look like Fred Durst though!
because of the Cap? You are very funny!
Limp Primus
Limp bizkit totally opened for primus before break stuff hit. I saw them together 3 times. Kinda rocked. They did thieves and liars by ministry back then. Fresno show was INSANE!
Oh yeah les is on a secret track at the end of significant other. Les also mentioned during the tour date towns song I can’t remember the name
Is that Brain on the drums?
Yes
i'll really like Brian's drums here... is interpretation of the songs is better than later... To Delfy... really rolls... good sound as well... thx for upload! PRIMUS SUCK😛
No cell phones in the crowd!
yeahlocoyeah boomer
@@nickwiza8028 yep you are already their hostage and they are going to ride your meat suit to the grave
WTF is Buckethead doing there with nunchakus?
it was a 90s thing... cuz they were filming..put on a great show