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Troublezone
Dog Will Hunt!
Number of posts: 9882
Age: 36
Registration date: 2007-01-29
 |  Subject: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:37 pm | |
| Man this guy is good!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y5XeVLJeMdE |
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Troublezone
Dog Will Hunt!
Number of posts: 9882
Age: 36
Registration date: 2007-01-29
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:43 pm | |
| Another cool Les Claypool video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uva_FrpLU6M&feature=related |
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XYZ
Card-carrying Van Halen Freak
Number of posts: 2602
Age: 22
Registration date: 2008-01-28
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Troublezone
Dog Will Hunt!
Number of posts: 9882
Age: 36
Registration date: 2007-01-29
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XYZ
Card-carrying Van Halen Freak
Number of posts: 2602
Age: 22
Registration date: 2008-01-28
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:48 pm | |
| Sailing the Seas of Cheese is a pretty crazy album, but the talent on that record is phenomenal. |
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MetalRob331
U.M.S.F.M.Q.
Number of posts: 3634
Age: 31
Registration date: 2007-07-22
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:04 pm | |
| one of the most original bass players ever, and one cool dude. He's amazing |
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Hamer12
Metal master
Number of posts: 706
Age: 39
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:57 pm | |
| I have pretty much everything Les has ever played on, solo & all. He's one bad mammy jamma. On the Rhinoplasty EP, they do a good version of The Thing That Should Not Be, worth checking out. |
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Tall Tyrion
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts: 3378
Age: 44
Registration date: 2007-08-08
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:58 pm | |
| | Hamer12 wrote: | I have pretty much everything Les has ever played on,
solo & all. He's one bad mammy jamma. On the Rhinoplasty EP, they
do a good version of The Thing That Should Not Be, worth checking
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Just imagine if he had gotten the Metallica gig. |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:10 pm | |
| | Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Hamer12 wrote: | I have pretty much everything Les has ever played on,
solo & all. He's one bad mammy jamma. On the Rhinoplasty EP, they
do a good version of The Thing That Should Not Be, worth checking
out. |
Just imagine if he had gotten the Metallica gig. |
I can't. It seems impossible that he could have fit. |
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Fat Freddy
Lord of all PBR's
Number of posts: 21117
Age: 42
Registration date: 2007-02-21
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:35 pm | |
| | Eyesore wrote: | | Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Hamer12 wrote: | I have pretty much everything Les has ever played on,
solo & all. He's one bad mammy jamma. On the Rhinoplasty EP, they
do a good version of The Thing That Should Not Be, worth checking
out. |
Just imagine if he had gotten the Metallica gig. |
I can't. It seems impossible that he could have fit. |
I have a magazine around somewhere with an interview with Les Claypool in it, where he tells the story of his audition for Metallica. He sez he knew he had no chance in Hell of getting the gig, but he went anyway since Kirk Hammett (whom he'd known since high school) was nice enough to set up the audition for him. He sez as soon as they plugged in and started playing, he was like "HOLY MACKEREL, this is LOUD!" and Lars sez "You're not really used to this kind of music, are you?" 
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DallasBlack
Zooey Addict
Number of posts: 10465
Age: 32
Registration date: 2007-09-09
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:30 pm | |
| Great bass player, Pork Soda is one of my favorite albums of the early 90s. |
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Stender
The lost Ramone
Number of posts: 5901
Age: 22
Registration date: 2008-01-26
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:42 pm | |
| | Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Hamer12 wrote: | I have pretty much everything Les has ever played on,
solo & all. He's one bad mammy jamma. On the Rhinoplasty EP, they
do a good version of The Thing That Should Not Be, worth checking
out. |
Just imagine if he had gotten the Metallica gig. |
Excellent bassist! I'm totally glad he didnt jump in with metallica because we probably would have never seen Primus come about. I mean ask yourself, Metallica with les, versus Primus. I definately would vote for Primus, not to mention Oysterhead, fearless flying frog brigade, etc. |
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metalinmyveins
Heart of Metal
Number of posts: 1823
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-06-10
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:15 am | |
| | Fat Freddy wrote: | | Eyesore wrote: | | Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Hamer12 wrote: | I have pretty much everything Les has ever played on,
solo & all. He's one bad mammy jamma. On the Rhinoplasty EP, they
do a good version of The Thing That Should Not Be, worth checking
out. |
Just imagine if he had gotten the Metallica gig. |
I can't. It seems impossible that he could have fit. |
I have a magazine around somewhere with an interview with Les Claypool in it, where he tells the story of his audition for Metallica. He sez he knew he had no chance in Hell of getting the gig, but he went anyway since Kirk Hammett (whom he'd known since high school) was nice enough to set up the audition for him. He sez as soon as they plugged in and started playing, he was like "HOLY MACKEREL, this is LOUD!" and Lars sez "You're not really used to this kind of music, are you?" |
...and James said jokingly about the experience of having him in for an audition. "He ( Les) was to good". |
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DeathCult
Master Of The Crotch Grab
Number of posts: 6510
Age: 38
Registration date: 2007-12-18
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:29 am | |
| Love Les and his playing. Frizzle Fry remains one of my favorite albums to this day along with Blind Illusion's The Sane Asylum.
I'm glad he didnt get in with Metallica, not because of how I feel about them, but his playing wouldve never fit in. It did with BI because he wrote the music along with it, and I think the album came off pretty damn good, but I cant see him playing something like Jump In The Fire. |
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tohostudios
King Of Kaiju
Number of posts: 15361
Age: 51
Registration date: 2008-02-07
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:34 am | |
| Great bass player but the music is just too weird for me.
I always thought he should have played bass for the music in Seinfeld.
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Troublezone
Dog Will Hunt!
Number of posts: 9882
Age: 36
Registration date: 2007-01-29
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:34 pm | |
| Imagine him in Faith No More with Mike Patton. That would be crazy! |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:50 am | |
| I gotta say that he's playing really well but I wouldn't have seen Metallica with him. |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:51 pm | |
| Scott should totally review some Primus CDs on his site. That would be cool. |
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Troublezone
Dog Will Hunt!
Number of posts: 9882
Age: 36
Registration date: 2007-01-29
| | Subject: Re: Les Claypool Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:09 pm | |
| Here's a bass solo from his Blind Illusion thrash days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNRIfmzfSm4
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But you're right. He's one of the greatest bassists ever. His style is insane! 
