Les Claypool

If you've never played an instrument, I don't know that you could ever understand that process of like... unlocking your brain i don't know what else there is that maybe it's some stuff in athletics where you just subconsciously like you just know where you're supposed to move um but yeah that's that's something that unlocks something that um is probably very underutilized

If you've never played an instrument, I don't know that you could ever understand that process of like... unlocking your brain i don't know what else there is that maybe it's some stuff in athletics where you just subconsciously like you just know where you're supposed to move um but yeah that's that's something that unlocks something that um is probably very underutilized

If you've never played an instrument, I don't know that you could ever understand that process of like... unlocking your brain i don't know what else there is that maybe it's some stuff in athletics where you just subconsciously like you just know where you're supposed to move um but yeah that's that's something that unlocks something that um is probably very underutilized

You mentioned Jay Lane a bunch of times here. What were those early days of coming up with the lyrics, coming up with these characters and these concepts, and really doing something a lot of people hadn't been doing for a rock group?

You mentioned Jay Lane a bunch of times here. What were those early days of coming up with the lyrics, coming up with these characters and these concepts, and really doing something a lot of people hadn't been doing for a rock group?

You mentioned Jay Lane a bunch of times here. What were those early days of coming up with the lyrics, coming up with these characters and these concepts, and really doing something a lot of people hadn't been doing for a rock group?

You did. You did. Because I know that at least in some of the interviews that I've read, just your timeline of family members on this, it's just so funny. It's hard to keep up with. But just some of the creative stuff of like, all right, what got us to that next level? Because there had to have been...

You did. You did. Because I know that at least in some of the interviews that I've read, just your timeline of family members on this, it's just so funny. It's hard to keep up with. But just some of the creative stuff of like, all right, what got us to that next level? Because there had to have been...

You did. You did. Because I know that at least in some of the interviews that I've read, just your timeline of family members on this, it's just so funny. It's hard to keep up with. But just some of the creative stuff of like, all right, what got us to that next level? Because there had to have been...

Was there ever like an executive meeting where it's like, Hey, you, you're quirky little thing here and you're pretty good on that instrument, but like, there's no way there's long-term success. There's no way there's long-term commercial appeal to what you're trying to do say on the first couple albums.

Was there ever like an executive meeting where it's like, Hey, you, you're quirky little thing here and you're pretty good on that instrument, but like, there's no way there's long-term success. There's no way there's long-term commercial appeal to what you're trying to do say on the first couple albums.

Was there ever like an executive meeting where it's like, Hey, you, you're quirky little thing here and you're pretty good on that instrument, but like, there's no way there's long-term success. There's no way there's long-term commercial appeal to what you're trying to do say on the first couple albums.

I can only like, you know, I kind of go back to like the guys that I would hang out with. And I was always like, this band sucks. Not you. Like somebody said, you know, I was like a little pretentious about it. Right. I'd be like, these guys are good. And this is like the good list. And this is the bad list.

I can only like, you know, I kind of go back to like the guys that I would hang out with. And I was always like, this band sucks. Not you. Like somebody said, you know, I was like a little pretentious about it. Right. I'd be like, these guys are good. And this is like the good list. And this is the bad list.

I can only like, you know, I kind of go back to like the guys that I would hang out with. And I was always like, this band sucks. Not you. Like somebody said, you know, I was like a little pretentious about it. Right. I'd be like, these guys are good. And this is like the good list. And this is the bad list.

And then I was working at a CD place and your CDs were in there and I could never understand the cover. I'd be like, what the fuck is that? and then a guy who played guitar, and then his brother who played bass. They were like, you don't listen to Primus? And I was kind of like laughing, being like, you do? They're like, you're nuts.

And then I was working at a CD place and your CDs were in there and I could never understand the cover. I'd be like, what the fuck is that? and then a guy who played guitar, and then his brother who played bass. They were like, you don't listen to Primus? And I was kind of like laughing, being like, you do? They're like, you're nuts.

And then I was working at a CD place and your CDs were in there and I could never understand the cover. I'd be like, what the fuck is that? and then a guy who played guitar, and then his brother who played bass. They were like, you don't listen to Primus? And I was kind of like laughing, being like, you do? They're like, you're nuts.

I thought it was like, because there was younger kids coming in and buying it. But again, I wasn't even that old. I was only like 16 or less. But I was like a little pretentious like Allman Brothers, and I was getting into my jazz phase, you know, which is funny enough, because when once I started listening... Yeah, right. What a dick. Yeah.

I thought it was like, because there was younger kids coming in and buying it. But again, I wasn't even that old. I was only like 16 or less. But I was like a little pretentious like Allman Brothers, and I was getting into my jazz phase, you know, which is funny enough, because when once I started listening... Yeah, right. What a dick. Yeah.