Hairband Fistfight - Round 25: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) vs. Les Claypool (Primus)!

[seamac206]

What is the #1 a bass player is supposed to do?

Groove. and Flea is the master at grooving

claypool is a master at everything else

[easynote92]

Claypool all my life, Flea sucks

[boobengarden666]

shit,  too hard of a decision, id say les gets the vote because he sings and slaps like a motherfucker at the same time

[Charlizardine]

Utter bullshit. Les Claypool is god. He had 0 bass lessons. He can play every type of bass in every kind of way, is more professional and clever, more original, and most importantly, his band didn't fizz out into horrid mainstream crap.

[TopTenCrew]

'who would you rather have in your band' is a horrible category.

[TopTenCrew]

Les Claypool wins easily.

[PackOfPeterJackson]

Personally I think this comes down to which style you like better. Flea is great but too zany for my taste. So my vote goes to the God of bass, Les Claypool.

[MBE3393]

sounds like you're driving a lawn mower

[israelicowboy88]

thumbs up if u thought he said fuckmaster at 2:20

[MeredithAlice]

Geddy Lee!!

[red23rocks]

Do you guys rehearse this stuff or just come up with a general idea and wing it as you (seemingly) drive to/from music gigs? i love music and i love comedy, this is great stuff

[thevelmas]

@red23rocks This is all off-the-cuff and always on the way TO a show since we're usually beat afterwards! Thanks for the kind words!

[JayT851]

Anything claypool can do Flea can as well. I vote for Flea hes in a better band as well

[TopTenCrew]

@JayT851

haha, no.

[JayT851]

HAHA you really think Primus is better then the Chili peppers?? New rhcp album rocks new primus album is real bad

[TopTenCrew]

@JayT851

The Chili Peppers fucking suck.

[JayT851]

@TopTenCrew Yeah okay Chili peppers will for sure be in the Rock Hall of fame and their new album is blowing up on the charts big time.

[TopTenCrew]

@JayT851

Okay, they're more mainstream, that doesn't mean they're better....

[JayT851]

@TopTenCrew They are Mainstream because they are good and they stand out. They earn their sales and deserve the credit they get. Primus isnt half as good as the chili peppers. I dont think Primus deserves to be in the rock hall of fame.

[TopTenCrew]

@JayT851

Not really, they're mainstream because they play music that people can relate with, generic rock. Primus is a genre all to itself. Primus is about 3x as good as the chili peppers.

[JayT851]

@TopTenCrew Red hot chili peppers would close a show in a minute for Primus. Chili peppers do have songs that people can relate to so what? RHCP is a self made band. Primus is a mainstream band too they are in the top 100 best bands of the 90's But they only had a few great albums and a lot of their songs start off good then go downhill. Now you campare Nirvana to alice in chains yeah nirvana is more popular but Alice in Chains is a WAY better band. Its not the case here

[TopTenCrew]

@JayT851

Primus isn't mainstream....at all, it's opposite of the generic shit that RHCP puts out...

[JayT851]

@TopTenCrew It doesnt matter or not the chili peppers earned their success. Theres not many people that dont have respect for them

[TopTenCrew]

@JayT851

okay, and any respectable bassist will list les claypool as an influence...

[fl00ki]

Haha, very much enjoyed this. I think Les is superior on a technical level (at least he shows it more), but Flea is better in general. Awesome video!

[aquaman1227]

This was a tough one; bearded man in the back, I agree with every one of your statements. Nice video, guys!

[11193dom]

i am very pleased with the outcome. :D...FLEA OR DIE

[kkolorexx]

hands down to less claypool!!

flea it's still a bass beast, but he has no hair to bang

keep rockin, keep roarin, keep rollin...

[GSJacket]

When you guys don't post a video for a while, I assume someone did not keep his hands on the wheel and something happened :p

And god bless you for introducing tie-breakers.

[thevelmas]

@GSJacket Ha! Yes, we're still alive and well, just took a while to get around to putting together this episode.  The next one will be out sooner! (Maybe.)

[mcrue16]

what song was fig singing by Primus around 5:30?

[thevelmas]

@mcrue16 Tommy the Cat.

[11193dom]

@thevelmas kick-ass song. has amazing energy.