10 Primus Bass Lines that PROVE Les Claypool is an ALIEN

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As leader of the enduringly popular, way alternative rock band Primus, Les Claypool and his wacky slaps, taps and strums - often on a fretless 6-string - proved a bass player can break all the rules, and still be admired by the masses.
In today’s new video we’re celebrating the 10 best Les Claypool bass lines of all time. We’re also giving you a complete workbook including the tab and notation for everything we play in this video!
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Video Breakdown:
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - 01 - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
02:04 - 02 - Here Come The Ba**ards
03:32 - 03 - John The Fisherman
04:45 - 04 - Shake Hands With Beef
06:07 - Les Claypool Fun Facts
07:13 - 05 - Tommy The Cat
08:35 - 06 - Is It Luck
09:55 - 07 - The Toys Go Winding Down
10:43 - 08 - Lacquer Head
12:37 - 09 - To Defy The Laws Of Tradition
13:52 - 10 - DMV
14:40 - Summary
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@devinebass 7 дней назад

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@restojon1 5 дней назад

Your computer-ma-bob has gone all weird again. I clicked the link and got tab for something about Thundercat Going Beast Mode 🤔

@Ishkybibble 2 дня назад

Where’s muh tabs

@olivermcbad1076 7 дней назад

He's like that goofy uncle that is secretly really good at something

@Tracer9GTRider8 7 дней назад

His steampunk look along with the way he stalks and struts around the stage 😂

@AnnaKissed36 7 дней назад

He's Rick from Rick and Morty

@Tracer9GTRider8 7 дней назад

@@AnnaKissed36 but with the Monty Python ministry of silly walks stage antics 😂

@Shred_The_Weapon 7 дней назад

Right, as if there’s a complete wall dividing Freddie Mercury from Farruhk Bulsara.

@josku5 5 дней назад

Just like Devin Townsend. Funny uncle who can shred

@juanarocho973 7 дней назад

Les is another great player who has to be invited to SBL!!!!!

@shinyrain7784 7 дней назад

les claypool bass tales i would cry if that happend

@russellzauner 7 дней назад

Make him bring WINE. He makes WINE!

@Shred_The_Weapon 7 дней назад

First thing I would ask him is how many layers of coating he puts on the neck of each fretless bass model he plays. The way he rips into each of them, you would almost expect the fingerboard to peel off like skin.

@DeadlySpecies 6 дней назад

@@russellzaunercept he hasn't earned a dime in months or maybe years

@devinebass 6 дней назад

We would LOVE to have Les on to do a Bass Tales episode!!

@julianthesmooshyhusky8976 7 дней назад

Les can slap, sing and duck walk at the same time better than I can do any of the three at once. He is from another world for sure

@bean9seventy 7 дней назад

interesting video ,,, loads of stoner bass slap ,, alien mode for sure

@Peter-ff1tp 6 дней назад

Ian is KILLING the Claypool stuff. That shit is hard. He 100% earned you a subscriber.

@IanMartinAllison 6 дней назад

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@SeniorCharry 7 дней назад

My Name is Mud has one of the greatest, and most unsettling, bass lines I’ve ever heard.

@BIGSTRINGMAN 7 дней назад

it was my introduction to the band

@devinebass 6 дней назад

💯💯💯

@eLiBoBBer 6 дней назад

in fact, if you don't have 20-30 kilowatt subwoofers, then you haven't heard this song.

@theprezenz 4 дня назад

Yeah, where was it?

@leiferickson3183 7 дней назад

I saw Primus at - No Kidding - Shenk Hall in Milwaukee with about 6 people in the audience. They invited us all backstage after the gig to hang out and eat up the rest of the catered food. About 6 months later they blew up huge! Super nice guys.

@TheMadMedek 7 дней назад

Primus? Instant watch. Les was quoted saying “Suddenly, there were a lot of things I could play that I couldn't do on my Ibanez.” When referring to playing his first Carl Thompson

@scarab944 7 дней назад

Les is a true original. You guys nailed it when you said that no one sounds like him, even if they're essentially playing the same thing. If the bass playing wasn't enough, the fact that he sings over all that dexterous chaos is (to me) what makes him an alien. Superb job, Scott & Ian.

@fox_4740 7 дней назад

Yes!! I’m so happy that Les Claypool/Primus is finally getting the recognition he deserves!! Thank you so much guys!!

@MongoHongos 6 дней назад

I mean... He was all anyone talked about in the late 90's.

@poindextertunes День назад

idk about finally but it is deserved no doubt

@dumpywhite 21 час назад

@@MongoHongosthat’s cuz *PRIMUS SUCKS!* And I’m in love with them

@jakebeaudrie 7 дней назад

Scott's "WTF??" on "Is It Luck" was epic!!

@devinebass 6 дней назад

🤣🤣🤣

@joecasa85 7 дней назад

I will never forget that the friend who introduced me to bass, unluckily passed away 15 years ago, was a strong fan of Les Clayppol and Primus. He was obsessed with him! ♥

@patmeadows345 7 дней назад

“Golden Boy” is the absolute most fun bassline of all time. Please do a whole entire video on it. At the very least, learn it for your own enjoyment and jam sessions. Your drummer will love you for it too.

@michaelglidden4765 7 дней назад

I'm always amazed by his angular lines... big leaps between notes, and the tritones. His guitar player is equally insane, similar to Frank Black of the Pixies, or Buckethead. Constantly searching for the tones that rub the most, and cause the most tension. Almost like they're playing a different song completely. "Careful with that axe Eugene"... Nobody else writes like this... it's unique.

@JimDuggan-tq2lv 7 дней назад

I'm a massive fan of Ler his guitar work is absolutely insane! His weirdness is perfect for Claypools weirdness also lol

@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally 6 дней назад

i respect that schott clearly doesn't like Claypool, but isn't stopping Iain from doing the vids about him.

@doctersound9630 4 дня назад

Scott & Ian are the bass players I would want in the STUDIO with us! They are the real deal. Love you guys! More Primus! This is Epic as always! Stay frosty!

@adammee5437 7 дней назад

I'm quite proud I can play these songs...even 'Is it luck'. Always bust out some Primus licks for a warm up in the studio...my mate always tells me 'It isn't a Primus tribute band' 😂

@RyTrapp0 4 дня назад

Can't warm up with ANY bass line that's recognizable to not-bassists without getting shit for it😂

@michaeldelazerda4434 7 дней назад

My patriarch of bass knowledge just passed(my brother), and I just wanna say this video brings so many warm thoughts to my heart... Thank you for this beautiful video...

@Keychain- 6 дней назад

sorry for your loss. im relatively new in my bass journey but whenever i learn these songs i'll do it in honor of your bro!

@juanarocho973 7 дней назад

You know that Les is a huge fan of Geddy Lee!!! A good idea for video is reviewing Geddy’s bass work on Power Windows album!!

@veggie928 7 дней назад

My favorite Rush album!

@mlinderict 4 дня назад

... and Geddy is a huge fan of Les! It is so interesting that they have cross-influenced each other.

@poindextertunes День назад

Geddy Lee almost produced Master Of Puppets for Metallica

@daniverson3321 День назад

So glad you covered “is it luck” and “as the toys go winding down.” By far two of Claypool’s most challenging. I think Les plays is it luck with the trem engaged for more sway in strings. Ian’s gain sounded fantastic!

@MaskedJackal87 7 дней назад

"I'm gonna send this to my enemies..." - Did you notice the 'friendly' beef Danny Sabko only recently started (just to make it to this comment section I suppose ;-) )

@QWRTkeyboard 13 часов назад

I wonder if he got it

@Kang2112 6 дней назад

I love Les Claypool he is an absolute monster.

@justincaron8428 6 дней назад

I've been lucky enough to have seen them all performed live multiple times. Les is always a phenomenal live experience. Never know what he's gonna make that bass do.

7 дней назад

Love the passion of you guys to express how unique is Les Claypool, is like me and my friends when we had 15 years old and we discovered this sounds of freakiness. Great to see you play in the most correct way Tommy the Cat!

@FelipeAndreoliBass 7 дней назад

Les is great! Awesome video, guys

@dvt1393 5 дней назад

This video is timed so perfectly because I've been in a black hole of Primus/Les music. Primus is absolutely brilliant, and Les has also made incredible music with side-projects like Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Oysterhead, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and several other projects and collaborations. Any fan of Primus and bass guitar owes it to themselves to check out all of this other incredible music that Les has been a big part of. And, thank you very much for the video! Very well made and entertaining! 🙂

@devinebass 4 дня назад

🧡🧡🧡

@JonathanToole 5 дней назад

John the Fisherman is my favorite Primus bass line. First one I ever heard and its still my favorite.

@sinakaedwards2009 7 дней назад

One thing I love about the setup in this video is the two basses and how they compare to each other. Both seem to be customs, but they seem to be polar opposites as well. Ian has a Jazzed up (possibly blinged) classic looking bass; meanwhile Scott's is a more modern looking bass. Opposite fretboard colors and different string amounts. Just makes for an awesome video esthetically.

@horizontalblanking День назад

Just a cro-mag guitarist here… but I f-ing love this channel.

@alextaylor3015 3 дня назад

I just love to see these two having so much fun and not taking everything so seriously!

@zanesmith4965 День назад

absolutely love that youve included Is It Luck? in this list. Probably my favorite Primus song

@devinebass 21 час назад

🧡🧡🧡

@MoreSoNowThanEver Час назад

I only own 4 strings, and I can play a butt ton of the 4 string riffs he has. The ones I love that I never learned because I don’t have atleast a 5 string are ones like The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride, The Last Superpower, On The Tweek Again and my favorite favorite The Chastising of Renegade. The slides between 8/9th fret with the percussive stuff on top then he hits ya with that 3rd/8th fret slide. MAN! That’s a bad ass bass riff.

@alexanderednie1205 7 дней назад

Jon the Fisherman is my favorite Primus groove. James Brown fishing on Acid

@robertsuggs2510 4 дня назад

You both are SUCH BASS MONSTERS 😮 !!!

@andyfrizell2158 5 дней назад

This is the one we've been waiting for.

@josephsandstrom3034 7 дней назад

Nice!! Been waiting for you guys to make more Primus videos, and with tabs! Thank you guys! Great video and great songs

@MrJbassrw 7 дней назад

Great video my fave dynamic duo. Can’t get enough Les

@Daddy53751 5 дней назад

IMO, If you had to boil it down to the “one thing” that makes Claypool a giant it’s this, He’s absolutely fearless!🤘🏻

@andrewpinner3181 6 дней назад

Thanks guys, so much fun & interaction between you two, aswell as an instructional homage to Les & Primus !

@scosstard3542 6 дней назад

Please MORE Claypool on this channel!!!! Awesome content guys! Great breakdowns of the parts and your joy and excitment are so communicative, that I am willing to break my fingers trying to play those riffs :)

@waterlilly2100 5 дней назад

This is awesome! You guy’s are finally giving Les the props! The man is amazing!

@devinebass 4 дня назад

🧡🧡🧡

@fabiobomme9526 4 дня назад

Fantastic video, so much gratitude!

@kylemundy8871 6 дней назад

Les made me fall in love with music. He will forever be my #1

@jhc82681 6 дней назад

Most bad ass intro of any video to date.

@r3ality1 7 дней назад

Well done, Ian!! I went on the same journey 20+ years ago. No way It has been that long! Just the effort of learning these lines taught me so much about playing. So difficult... so fun!

@jthunderbass1 2 дня назад

One of the first Primus songs I ever heard was Mu name is Mudd. It blew my mind how he can be that locked into the drums playing that complex of songs. Simply mind blowing. Than years later I saw them live and it blew My mind how good they were.

@davidgriffith1552 7 дней назад

Les Claypool and Mark Sandman two most underrated/unknown bass players of the last thirty years. Do Morphine next! DON’T ACTUALLY DOOO MORPHINE… Didn’t work out for Sandman, obviously, or a lot of others… but his music is out of this world!

@IanMartinAllison 7 дней назад

This video killed me 😂

@driftingalong30 7 дней назад

You crushed it 🙌🏼

@devinebass 6 дней назад

🤣🤣🤣

@andrewpappas9311 7 дней назад

I first heard Primus in Rock Band 3 with Jerry Was A Race Car Driver and was absolutely blown away since I’ve never heard anything like that before, and even as a Primus fan I will never understand how he comes up with this shit (WHILE SINGING, mind you) but I absolutely love it. Les will always be one of the absolute bass GOATs and I also got into slapping because of him and Flea, so I still have them to thank for that as well

@devinebass 6 дней назад

🧡🧡🧡

@prod.marciano 7 дней назад

uuu el video q estaba esperando! aguante primus!

@wespy15 5 дней назад

Some incredible playing here, well done!

@virgilemarro7643 3 дня назад

I really like the structure of your video and how you cover really a lot of different songs and fun facts. It’s really fun to watch and makes me wanna relearn all thoses bass lines. I really love lacquer head, played it at the high school music show with my best friends. Thanks for the video really nice !

@GreetTheSacredCow 7 дней назад

The boys have done it again! Best content on RU-vid!

@Bob-of-Zoid 7 дней назад

Duuuuudesssss!!! The opening jam was absofreakinlutely dopeishly rad!!!

@psycthom 2 часа назад

I love this video so much - the guys reactions are pretty much how I feel listening to Les too!!!

@volume_max 4 дня назад

This type of video is pure motivation. I love that

@alexturek5664 6 дней назад

I friggin love you guys! You picked some good ones for sure. Would’ve loved to see Golden Boy broken down off the Brown album. That one’s eluded me for years! Great work!

@pidong 7 дней назад

Videos with both of you always makes me smile. Thank you for your content.

@brightonmischief 7 дней назад

Terrific video boys! I first saw Les Claypool strutting his stuff on stage at Wembley Area when Primus were opening for Rush's Roll the Bones Tour. I was totally blown away by how crazy, weird and addictive their music was!! Been a fan ever since.

@d0nk7 День назад

The "Jerry was a race car driver" riff was a riff from King Crimsons - elephant talk and it's originally done on a chapman stick

@stefanherzberg1630 7 дней назад

Claypool! Thank you!

@architectjeff 6 дней назад

Haven’t listened to Primus, but now I will. You guys are a great duo for this channel. Thank you, sirs. 🙏🏼

@devinebass 5 дней назад

Cheers, and have fun checking out Primus!!

@kingdeedee 7 дней назад

The hard part about “Is It Luck” is that it sounds like a completely different song when you play the line slowly. It throws you off so much 😭

@tehbald 3 дня назад

Would have loved to see Winona’s big brown beaver in this one but still a great watch! I’d really love to see a breakdown on Ryan Martini’s works sometime too.

@jimchoate6912 7 дней назад

Hot damn that intro jam was amazing!

@bassplayer2011ify День назад

4:34 I know exactly how much work he has put in. I have been trying to nail these lines for years. It's one thing to know how quiet another to play it well. With all these lines the fingering, strumming, slapping, and taping all have to be on point and confident or it won't sound good.

@cristianslapbass 7 дней назад

Les the real GOAT

@whamola17 7 дней назад

If I am not mistaken his first base was a jazz bass. It was not long after that he got the CT though. I believe from a pawn shop for $700 he plays his own bass now the pachyderm bass all his CTs are road retired.

@SlayerUvAlienGods 7 дней назад

I know a guy that knows a guy who also knows a guy that is an expert at this stuff

@BYLRPhil 7 дней назад

I do love me some IMA. You’ve got the best attitude Ian, don’t ever change!

@bcproduct 7 дней назад

One of the things I really love about him is that he is an example of what it is to be someone who just starts trying shit and does what they feel and ends up creating a style that’s copied or tried to figure out if that makes sense. To me,so many of my favorite players are those types. Plus, the singing and songwriting and creating a vibe is an even huge or part of it.🤙🏻

@adamwalcott_official 6 дней назад

The Carl Thompson Antimatter bass that was used on Antipop and Snocore Tour was my favorite of all his basses. Even though it's 36" scale, the sound is incredible.

@geoffreycheng7067 7 дней назад

Ian is an absolute BEAST! You guys are not mere humans......

@Bob-of-Zoid 7 дней назад

I was tech at a few shows with but not for early Primus, and it was mind blowing, and I worked for another mind blowing band (I will say no more). At the time people still smoked everywhere but most venues had No Smoking signs you could put on your dressing room in a have it your way fashion, and well there wasn't one on theirs. I walked peaked through the door with a cigarette, held it up to the first person I could see asking if it was OK, they knodded, I walked in, and someone started conversation.... Then I see Les point me out to what may have been a minion, who gallantly dashed over grabbing an ash trey off a table mid flight and lunged at me! Of course I already reached to accept it and apologized... it was all good though, and Les really is a character, and because I am too we had a good time.

@andreasdeutinger7319 7 дней назад

brain isn’t my fav primus drummer, but i love the sound of the brown album. they never sounded better.

@poindextertunes День назад

His drums sound like John Bonham’s on “When the levee breaks” without the echo. Just Fat reverb and compression

@Zfrk 5 дней назад

Ian: "Hey Scott, I've got more Claypool riffs to go over for the channel!" Scott: *bludgeons Ian to death with his bass and scrubs all evidence he existed from the site and channel*. "No, you don't"

@treed873 7 дней назад

One of my favorite bass players of all time!

@Str1ng5 2 дня назад

one of your best videos so far !!! i was laughing with you in awe of the riffs 💯💯💯💯💯💯

@devinebass День назад

🧡🧡🧡

@TwoBadBassist 7 дней назад

Thank you for the video! Les Claypool was a huge influence of mine in high school (I am also a bassist born in 1978!). My band in high school covered “John the Fisherman” at battle of the bands my sophomore year! I actually sang it as well and we killed! I think a lot of my technique came from trying to cover Primus songs!

@gregoryk7114 6 дней назад

I remember being amazed at his right hand when I saw them live on Oct 24th 1995 ! (On my 18th birthday). Big influence on my playing at the time. Les is great!

@ZachGatesHere День назад

DMV being so structurally similar to Jerry Was a Race Car Driver so rarely gets brought up so I'm glad you did lol

@user-or1rl2ml9m 15 часов назад

Les has said DMV is the most difficult to play live.

@maxvockner 7 дней назад

Love this ! Let’s see a Donny Benet interview

@markdeloria20 7 дней назад

This has to be the best video I've ever seen of yours (which is saying something because all your videos are great). The first time I heard Primus, I thought that what Les does is not humanly possible. The way you break everything down and explain how it's all played shows that it really isn't all that difficult. Humans can in fact play it. I'm not quite convinced that humans can actually CREATE that stuff, so yes, Les Claypool is an alien.

@grasglibbens 2 дня назад

been to plenty of shows with claypool....at this point it aint about how he plays it...its the sound he outputs.,....its absolutely insane. You can recreate the riffs and play the same notes...but holy goddamn the output of his piece of furniture he bangs on is abolutely incredible

@hollyannkantor5703 7 дней назад

Great video you guys! I’m a huge Primus fan. There’s no other band like them. They are their own music genre 😂 Thanks for break some of Les Claypool’s lines. He is a mad genius! 😄 🤘

@Jaco2k 6 дней назад

I hadn't laughed so hard in a while - thank you, guys! That is exactly how I feel trying to learn Primus bass lines. Ian, you are a legend for putting all the effort... Brave, brave! How about giving Infectious Grooves some love too? I don't think Robert Trujillo gets enough credit for what he can do!

@devinebass 5 дней назад

Good call, Infectious Grooves would be a fun one to take a look at!!

@poindextertunes День назад

@@devinebassPLEASE do Infectious Grooves 🥺

@1234drums 6 дней назад

Out of this world 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@MoMonoide 6 дней назад

I like very much the way u have fun with bass things 😂😂

@danmorrison8194 6 дней назад

It’s one thing to be able to play these bass lines but the thing that gets me- and I find this with a lot of the orchestral music I play- is that these things were just bouncing around in someone’s head.

@Longy_b 7 дней назад

Great selection of songs, Les is a beast!!! I love a bit of Golden Boy as well, such a fun riff

@devinebass 6 дней назад

🧡🧡🧡

@och70 7 дней назад

That strumming technique that Les uses will tear the crap out of your hand until the skin toughens up, but man it is a fun tool to have in your toolbox.

@jmer3536 День назад

You guys are having SO much fun I love it. Wish you did the South Park one just for fun

@JoelSpinaleMusic 6 дней назад

I’m in a band who covers a lot of Primus (Temporary Phase) and YES I KNOW how much work goes into learning Primus bass parts. Great work! Now try singing on top…not easy! Well, some are, some aren’t…

@poindextertunes День назад

I know this is about Les but I just want to put it out there that Larry LaLonde is the whole reason Primus works so well. Ler is just as much a genius as Les. His guitar is the glue that brings everything together. Everybody in Primus compliments one another so well

@Ducastef 6 дней назад

That's great, thanks for that video. It should be interesting to do something about his more recent stuff, as Duo de Twang

@corontsurara3862 6 дней назад

Les was a big part of why I started playing bass. I'm a big fan of the weird and he is a master. We need to see him on SBL already.

@devinebass 6 дней назад

We would LOVE to have him on here!!

@ceesdirks9507 3 дня назад

Thanks so much for making another primus thanks Ian for learning these insane bass lines and sorry Scott

@ericgilman6170 7 дней назад

Us mere mortals don't play tommy the cat. We practice it. What blows me away is Les was so young when he came up with it. Definitely an alien

@markyates8399 4 дня назад

If you watch the clip of Primus playing Tommy The Cat on Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1989 Les was playing a Tune 6 string, although their first album was released around 1990.

@oldmanpence4803 7 дней назад

Yeah, i love Claypool Cellars, they have some really nice wines and do lots of cool events..and even have their own hot dog truck! They're up in Sebastopol, Ca and I highly recommend it.