Side Projects

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Since before Primus formed to the present day, all members of the band (past and present) have been involved in various different side projects.

• S.T.A.R. (sax, trumpet, and rhythm) Les played bass
• Tommy Crank Band
• Possessed
• Blind Illusion
• Sausage
• Caca
• Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel
• Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
• Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Live name)
• Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains (aka C2B3)
• Oysterhead
• Les Claypool's Fancy Band
• Electric Apricot
• Laundry
• Porch
• Charlie Hunter Trio
• No Forcefield
• Fata Morgana
• Into The Presence
• Attention Deficit

• Les contributed bass for Jerry Cantrell's first solo album, Boggy Depot. Cantrell joined the band on stage most notably at Woodstock Festival 1994.

• Les and Brain contributed to many tracks on various Tom Waits albums, including "Bone Machine," "Blood Money," "Real Gone," and "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards." Claypool, LaLonde and Brain all played on the first track ("Big in Japan") of Tom Waits' album "Mule Variations." Ler also was on "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards."

• Les contributed bass to one track on Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Live On."