Primus Tracks

Of Fungi and Foe's opening track is solidly on the Fungi side, as the music for this track is exactly as Les Claypool conceived and recorded it for the Mushroom Men video game, with vocals added to the album version. We sample the video game music, instrumentation, and get behind the story of the lyrics, and evaluate the tune as a harbinger for the record, and try to categorize it for the Claypool catalog, because that's, I guess, what our brains want to do.  Mushroom Men soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BovgCknGwo4&list=PLE8D3E68CBA71B182&index=1 Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks]

As we chug along in the Claypool chronology, it's time to address 2009's Of Fungi and Foe, the second album to be credited simply to Les Claypool. Frankie has it on regular rotation; Josh listened to it once upon release, wasn't interested, and shelved it. WILL THIS SOW DIVISION IN PRIMUS TRACKS TOWERS? No, but it will provide a study in contrasts as the album unfolds.  In this week's overview we provide the contemporary context for the release with notes about the album, tour, and promotional aspects. Most of the music for this record had already been composed for two disparate projects: a video game about mushrooms (fungi) and a movie about a killer wild boar (foe), so we'll examine how that affects our reception.  Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks]

At long last, we welcome the legendary Toaster to Primus Tracks. Toaster is a prolific Primus/Les taper who started toasterland.com over 20 years ago as a respository for show recordings and a way to catalog performances for the masses. It's proved to be a priceless resource to hardcore fans, and we reference it regularly on the podcast.  Toaster joins to share his experience at Tipitina's in New Orleans 2003, where the Frog Brigade played for 3.5 hours, ending at 4:30am. This is a favorite of Frankie's, and these two geek out on the Frog Brigade era as we samples numerous portions of this legendary show that features numerous guests, song teases and partials, and bastardized versions of some classics.  Drop out of life for a while and have some fun at toasterland.com [https://toasterland.com] https://www.patreon.com/primustracks Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks]

Primus have completed their first headlining tour with drummer John Hoffman, who has been plenty busy since his hire in January 2025. This latest tour spanned 25 dates in 24 cities over 35 days, in which the band played 47 different songs! We dig into those numbers, the stage production, and the general excitement from the fanbase as Les, Ler, and Hoffer made a mad dash across the United States to establish live rapport, continue to establish their foundation, and just perhaps, toss about some ideas that may become songs for a new record.  WERE YOU THERE? Tell us about your experience @primustracks on Instagram, or primustrackspod@gmail.com Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks] Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks]

Sometimes, Primus Tracks listeners have questions that we cannot answer, and that's when we fire up the Soya Signal for a round of your queries. Soya joins from yet another hotel room, this time teching for Oasis, and if you've seen their tour schedule, you know the man has some time to fill. Questions this time range from Primus lyrics to beer to skateboarding to perms and Taco Bell. Do you have a question for Tim Soya? Leave a voice mail or send a text to 337-514-7692 - it's an unmonitored number, so there's no chance anyone will actually answer. Get your question in early for the next round.  Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks] Get involved Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/primustracks] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071135287621] Email [https://gmail.com] Burn your money  [https://www.patreon.com/primustracks]