Words by: Claire Sitarz Images by: Scott Harris Primus:: 10.31.17:: Brooklyn Steel:: Brooklyn, NY View Scott’s gallery below Claire’s recap. “I see goblins in a spectacular array of color and fearsomeness” bassist Les Claypool said, looking out over the crowd at Brooklyn Steel. Played the venue on Halloween, touring behind their new album The Desaturating Seven an aptly themed ode to seven color stealing goblins. The album is the first original material that Claypool, guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde and drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander have released together since Tales From The Punchbowl was issued in 1995. Primus started the show with “American Life,” and kept the crowd animated through a career-spanning 11-song opening set that included favorites such as “Lee Van Cleef,” “On the Tweek Again,” and “My Name is Mud”.

The band teased “Too Many Puppies” switched into “Sgt. Baker,” and “Hello Skinny,” before returning to finish “Too Many Puppies.” The first set closed out with the Tales From The Punchbowl track “Over the Electric Grapevine” that incorporated teases of “Nutbutter’s House of Treats” and “Shake Hands With Beef.” Throughout the show, Claypool made comments about the crowd’s costumes, calling one concert goer a “handsome fella” when he saw that he came dressed as Woodstock 1994 Claypool. After a 10 minute set break Primus returned to play their new album which was inspired by the 1978 children’s book The Rainbow Goblins in its entirety. The The Desaturating Seven set featured psychedelic images from the book projected behind the band and giant translucent trees adorned the stage.

Adding to the Halloween ambiance, stage hands were dressed in floor length black robes. Primus closed their show with a two song encore, playing “Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers” and “Tommy the Cat” off the Sailing The Sea Of Cheese album.

Title, Sailing The Seas Of Cheese. Label, Interscope Records. Generic musical style, Rock / Hard Rock / Glam. Detailed musical style, Fusion Funk Rock Metal.

Bass playing virtuoso celebrates his 54th birthday today. Though he’s shared the stage with a nearly endless array of talented musicians in a variety of projects, Claypool is perhaps best-known for holding down the low end for seminal alternative rockers Primus.

Earlier today Primus issued their ninth studio album The Desaturating Seven and Full Show Friday presents a video of a complete performance the band made in 2011. Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane held a Primus show at at Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia back on February 28, 2011. The career-spanning setlist led with the two opening tracks from 1991’s Sailing the Seas of Chees, “Seas of Cheese” and “Here Come The Bastards.” The Sydney audience was treated to the first live Primus performance of “Eyes of the Squirrel” which would come out later that year on Green Naugahyde. Primus also played such classic favorites as “Frizzle Fry” and “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” as well as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade’s “Whamola.” Pink Floyd’s “Money” was utilzed to intro the set closing “Harold On The Rocks” and “Golden Boy” and “Too Many Puppies” filled the encore slot.

Tipovoj proekt elektrosnabzheniya zhilogo zdaniya. Professionally-shot video captured by Moshcam of Claypool leading Primus Down Under can be viewed here.