Primus Playing Master of Puppets (Intro Only)

[drewpy]

I've said this before...Les is a versitile bassist and while he has amazing chops, he's a bassist. I've played in everything from classical music, jazz to prog metal...and I change my bass playing quite a bit to fit the genre I'm in...its part of the role of any good musician.

[Krazakyle99]

wow metallica is way beter

[drewpy]

Why...seriously...why?

[Harryson6]

BEAST!

[ornim]

dear god!!!!

that bass intro was beatyfull.

im gong to lern how to play it

[evanfity]

when primus plays this song, it kinda sounds like it could be written by them too

breeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[dfurnaridrummer]

WOOOO PRIMUS SUCKS haha

this is a kikass version of master

its not supposed to match the original its just a different interpretation and les isnt the best bassist but he gets a cool slap sound and this is a mad video.

[Smokeweed420swed]

PRIMUS SUCKS

[39935]

come guys, claypool doesnt like the "primus sucks" thing anymore. awesome clip

[CrypticHateDrunkard]

that was awesome

[ytsejam87]

Oh come on Les! You just don't do that! If you are going to play Master of Puppets you must play it all! I was headbanging to the max!!

[darkfire1857]

that one guy with the hat is awesome primus rocks

[Unle4sh]

on the bas on the bas on the bas on the bas on the bas... that's just amazing... :O

[multivids]

I still say that Les and Cliff are apple and oranges. Cliff can't slap like Les if his life depended on it but Les can't play solos the way Cliff does. Both Les and Cliff are unique in their own way, let's just leave it there.

[frantichrist]

I was at this; Woodstock 94. Muddy, drunken sex and Primus; does it get any better than that?

[incredibleflyingv]

damn!...left me speechless!

[giljav]

Just amazing *_*

[harpochicogroucho]

they make the song sound so much better than it is with metallica

[Satiary89]

:o

nice xD

[EddieVanHalenEVH15]

"Primus Rocks"

Get used to it. Jealous....

Les Claypool is the best:)

[eelxzimoon]

LES CLAYPOOL!

[xavoider]

Crazy motherfunkers, that's for sure!

[adamloveselement]

dude that bassist is amazing!

those slaps sound the best!

[MetallicaJusticeOne8]

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[element9624]

he is good at it but he ruined the song

[drewpy]

Why?

[rockmetal1989]

primus rulez !!!!

[ColinLP87]

To all the Cliff haters posting here... Know that when you're comparing your chosen bassist to Cliff, that he died in his early 20s. While many of the bassist's(Claypool, Wooten, Clark) you're using to compare him to are all much older now and have had time to perfect their craft.

Yes, there's many very good bassists out there, technically "better" than Cliff, But you'd be hard pressed to find a more influential and pioneering bassist to thrash if not most metal. Imagine Cliff nowadays.

[Shredtacular311]

omg that sounds wicked!

[Knightfightateleven]

PRIMUS SUCKS"!

[wenchiang12]

WOW! Even with all my 3 fingers I find that the 0-1-2-0-1-3-0-1-4 part is very fast for me. And he did it with slapping! Oh FUCK!

I wonder what it will be like if he's in Metallica right now. Will he outdo James? Haha..

[NamelessThe]

polish television :D

[ButtPoopWiggle]

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[carlomagnito]

donde se realizo ese concierto???

quiero ver todos los videos de ese concierto¡¡¡

where was this concert?

[predddator]

shut the fuck up

if u dont like the video just dont watch it

[gharroks]

u guys dont realize that les is trying to get rid iof the priums saying. he wants primus sucks to change to something different. so stop saying it!

[drewpy]

See above...someone was at a recent concert Les was complementing someone wearing a "primus sucks" shirt. Thats proof. Until there is a press release or official blog, its something they have to live with...

[lawarsi]

I read that Metallica didn't want Les simply because he was too good. Metallica sucks, they can't write any good music

[picklesnorf101]

Fucking Orgasmic but Cliff Burton was still better =P x_X

[DimebagHolm]

omg is it just me or just the crowd just look like the biggest mosh pit ever :P

[JackGillow]

Interesting fact: Les is actually playing a fretted bass here. So ya.

[aztejang]

but primus sucks

[speedmetal99]

i always used to look on the internet for the greatest bands, guitarist, bassists, drummers ect on the internet and its one of those things that u can't be told because if u want to believe that nick jonas is the greatest guitarist of all time instead of hendrix then so be it i say. i honestly think that michael balzary is the best bassist of all time (flea) but that doesnt mean that he is.

[ZomgLaertes]

I like Claypool, but I like Cliff too :/

[toolazy4myspace]

Interesting, I was just looking at a list of the 100 greatest rock bands. They have a bunch of different categories such as fundamental skill, where primus was rated #12. Really interesting, out of all the rock bands ever, there are only 11 with more talent than primus

[ZXEN1]

hugely underated band. Look how tight they are and how well they can jam at the same time.

[RodrigoCFD]

And who the hell is the author of this list?

[meatflowers]

well it's massively subjective.

i'm not sure any book has any particular authority on the matter.

Primus could be the 12th, the 30th, the 41st, anything

[DTisnumba1]

i dont know y ppl marked u down...thats a big complement

[toolazy4myspace]

Wow i fucking love primus. i thought the fact that i said they were one of the most skilled bands of all time was good...

[havelava]

Primus Sucks!

[ripzerskins]

I don't think anyone realizes this is what all the old fans say...

[Palachierico]

Oh my god.... When i grow up I wanna be like Les Claypool XD

"Primus sucks" it's the motto of their band.... like the "Ye-yeah" of Hetfield XP

[zigg3ns]

primus sucks is a saying that goes with the band...people are mad stupid lol..obvisouly there good lol even though thats an opinion

[KebabMartin]

Skill isn't an opinion=)

Just sayin' :P

[leorock1425]

este es uno de los mejores bajistas que he visto y el de iron maiden

[Threzor]

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[subftw2798]

yeah metallica would have held this guy back he wouldnt be allowed to do his thing in any of their shit... they'd just overlay all their shit over him so its like u cant even notice him... glad les knew this and didnt join them it would have been a bad career choice... rock on les ur still beastly

[ARAGORN41]

Metallica didn't want him anyway...if he wanted to join they wouldn't have let him anyway, lol

[meatflowers]

ye take 'one' for example. cool song but the bass was mixed out entirely for some reason.

les is far too creative to be held in constraints by a guitar band.

[KebabMartin]

It was Hetfield's "fault" Claypool didn't join Metallica. He simply said he's too good :)

[NYR21135]

supposidly they turned him down cause he was too good.

[tonyschitte]

I've always wondered if people realized that Metallica decided not to let Les Claypool join and not the other way around. The reason why? They said he was too good for their band.

[redbull90]

les is aweosme,but metallica dindt want the guy....heself wanted to play in metallica.

[sk8one]

Les is a bass guitar god!! I'm glad he never hooked up with Metallica. We might not ever have had Primus, and that would truly suck.

[lacedelli89]

BADASS BASS!!

[isgoodno]

I could never get into primus.

something about them gives me the creeps i guess.

[2Dcornflake]

*~PRIMUS{}SUCKS~*

[isgoodno]

gawd. If i played bass like that, i would have huge blisters covering my hands.

It would be hard to jerk off too..it would be like rubbing a toad on it.

LMFAO

[Liton777]

lol your hand would be a giant callus

[tygrathepirate]

did you know Lalonde was in Possessed before Primus..

thought that was quite a dramatic change..

[chipthetormentor]

...I find it funny when people say bands suck. When those people aren't on the road touring and selling albums and just post negative comments on youtube.

[drewpy]

...you should read the description then to know that Primus sucks is a good thing...at least for most of us...

[joshton]

seriosly primus sucks if you dont know that means dont comment on this lol

[chipin666]

les claypool un maestro simplemente....

[username125418]

the guitarist looks like a younger zach de la rocha

[theladz123]

shite les claypool sucks balls

[CoTeCiOtm]

Les didn't enter Metallica because Metallica wants a bass guitar in the band but just for the background, to give more power to the rythm guitar and keep the rythm, Primus is all about Les, the most highlighting sound is the bass one, and Metallica thought that they would have downed Les Claypool by letting him enter Metallica, that's good, because Primus is an amazing band and so is Metallica, Newsted and Trujillo fitted better in the band.

[Tilaron]

Could barely hear Newsted most of the time though ... still, looking forward to hearing Trujillo for the first time in a studio environment (I haven't listened to any of the bands he's played in before)

[frostiethewicked]

i beel Trujillo was in suicidal tendencies, played for ozzy and another band i can't think of right now, and he recorded on the st. anger album i believe

[fastfretjazz]

Ozzy Osbourne Man, They God Newstead And tallica Got Trujillo. And i'm pretty sure He played on St Anger,

[iamtheburninator]

Damn. Metallica should have picked Les after Cliff died.

[Yoyolova]

Yeah, he even tried out for the band after Cliff's death.

[Itchyfox]

He tried out after Jason Newsted screwed 'em over and left taking all his basses,guitars, and money but Metallica said that les "isnt their style" and he's not but oh well.

[MichaelClupp]

Les dos not like the saying Primus suck now

[ghaddiction]

this is some good bass.

[guitarguyryan94]

PRIMUS SUCKS!!! Dude, Les just fucking raped master of puppets!

[horrorfan35]

if anyone was to do the bass for this song besides cliff it would be les claypool

[ryanwh1111]

that was wicked!

[LP0779]

what are all you people arguing about here???

[Tilaron]

Um, just so you know, this isn't actually 1994 any more, and they're tired of "Primus sucks"

Anyone that respects this band for their music should respect them for their words too.

[drewpy]

as I have stated...post a link proving this as fact! Press release from the band, etc would be great. till then, they must live with their legacy on here..

[Tilaron]

TV interview lost in time. Try doing your own fucking research.

[drewpy]

Nice...you say something, say there is an interview then use expletives to try drive home your point. If YOU say something, YOU need to prove it, simple as that. I am here saying that it doesn't exist and by not looking hard I am proving my point. What motivation do I have to do my own "f*cking research"?

[Tilaron]

So you're a depressed little whiner who hates fact?

Good logic.

[drewpy]

What is with the name calling?

Facts require proof. You've provided none. Now you are resorting to name calling.

I'm trying to conduct a debate here and you don't know how apparently.

[Tilaron]

I already told you, it was in a TV interview, a TV interview that I can't find anywhere because it's from so freakin' long ago, and since you wont take my word on it, go fuck yourself.

[alphanight1]

How extremly interesting. Primus sucks! And that´s how you get zero negativity by turning the negative to positive.

I´m sure they are sick of hearing that since it´s so old and used. If they even are bothered to care about it. And why should anyone care as they suck?

[Steve9842007]

Where's your proof that that still is there slogan?

[atgrammer]

Primus Sucks. If you don't know what that means then you suck too.

[ddosBass]

there's no source to stimulate that primus wants to lose their slogan.

[noyzone01]

Hi asshole.

I was at the (so far) last primus show in golden gate park and les didnt mind at all when people were saying "primus sucks". In fact, he was in great spirits as was the rest of the band. A girl with a tank top was on someone's shoulders and had "primus sucks" written on it. Les said "I like your shirt", its even on the video footage.

There's my proof. Suck on that ya twat.

[BurningBarefoot]

hahaha i love how they have a mosh goin! great stuff

[BBlack121]

yo... im not having a bitch or anything but you pricks that say primus sucks should really get a life

1. why are you watching primus if you dont like them

2. its a matter of oppinion

3. are you famous are you making millions through album sales i think not...

so if you think they suck just keep you oppinions to you self like other normal minded people

cheers

[drewpy]

I'm not approving your comment because I don't want you to get flamed. Read the description of this video and you will understand how ignorant you are about Primus fans.

[Frank15982]

Saying Primus sucks was what you say when they rock.Its like an inside joke.

[Ripplin]

Very cool! That's my favorite of Les' basses, too. (not saying a lot, as he used and uses it a lot, I know)

[benjironboar]

Primus sucks!!!!!!!!!!

[muzikmax]

Primus isn't metal. They aren't anything. They are their own extremely unique genre lol. Gotta love em

[basichumbi]

I would say blue grass funk maybe :) I love them too. One of the bands I have loved since the early 90's and can't seem to get tired of ever.

[ARYERTERYTERYTERYERY]

there actually the only band with there own genre and its some wierld like L9wt or some thing like that

[AddEmergency]

Yah it's like funk,alternative,rock,and techoish.We call it Primus.

[soulman6345789]

PRIMUS SUCKS

[rmcc0002]

badass. first time ive seen this.

[bifftas]

awesome bass player

[bifftas]

WTF?! THAT WAS AMAZING!!

[racosphinx]

Now THAT's what I call a good bassist.

[renaudbassplayer]

PRIMUS SUCKSS (sorry, Primus is how I began playing bass)

[headbanger109]

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[SnakeEater251]

"Bassists" who use picks shouldn't call themselves bassists. That guy's insane. Major props.

[BigWeedUnit]

You have to be prety fuking good to play the bass to MOP let alone fucking slap bass it ahhhhhh!!!

[feeb75]

Les Claypool once auditioned to be Metallica's bassist.. :O

[SadistSicko]

Les is a freak on bass. What more can be said? He's duo's with Buckethead... CRAZY!

[BubbaHoTep01]

Can't believe people are talking shit about Primus, this is why metal/rock is in the fucking toilet today. I bet the people talking shit on them are the same ones with Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne posters on their walls. Probably cutting themselves cause mommy wouldn't let them go to the movies and their suburban lives suck.

Oh and Metallica didn't let him in because "he had his own thing going". Meaning, Les has a sound all to his own that wouldn't blend with what Metallica wanted.

[shua559]

FUCKN ANIMAL!!AMAZIN

[iamjezuzchrist]

Woodstock.

[t3hn00bn355]

Les Claypool - Best bassist on Earth in the Metal/Rock scene. His solo capability is beyond compare of anyone, even Cliff Burton, EVEN John Myung. I believe John Myung is the 2nd best bassist and Cliff is the 3rd Best (R.I.P. Cliff).

By the way, Primus doesn't suck. Primus is insanely good. Just try to play like that...I know, even as a bassist myself, it's too hard for me to slap and pop with that little action of the hand....Claypool PWNS YOU ALL!!!!!

[Taronga]

ah dude.. primus sucks.. actually means their fucking great.. go read up on ur intel ;) it was a cliche thingy, the info is even in the damn description :P

and yeah :P les pwns all :P

[CoTeCiOtm]

Cliff was amazing, he just didn't get the time to show to the world how good he was, but with just 24 years and hundreds of Anesthesias I can say that Cliff wasn't the third... was the second best, and if he were still alive, he will be the first! with more than 20 years playing bass I'm sure that Cliff would have kicked Les' ass, but that won't happen because he died, so bad...

[Tilaron]

Same with Hendrix, some people say he sucks, but he never got the chance to improve on his already face-smashing talent. :(

Maybe they both RIP

[kradar]

Anyone that says Hendrix sux is just a full-blown idiot.

[RDog4484]

not exactly. as an innovator of rock and roll and how guitar is played, hendrix was amazing.

but his actual technical skill wasn't anything special.

[999livedlive]

hendrix sucks dick

[themusicman555]

sorry mate, Burton would never be anywhere near as good as les claypool is today, not wanting to speak ill of the man because sadly he is dead but I always saw Burton as more of a guitarist with a bass in his hands

[xenotoxette]

No...Cliff wasn't that good. It jsut really get's on my nerves when people say he is. I mean, that's like saying Kurt Cobain would be the greatest guitar player alive. They were both of average talent and just happened to become cult figures because of thier death.

You listen to Cliff's solos, then Stanley Clarkes and tell me that Cliff was ANYWHERE near that, and you're fucking crazy.

[666DiEtoLivE]

Yes Cliff is near that and not to mention he wrote alot of metallicas songs. I mean, sure he wasnt the best, but he is good.

[AntiPr0]

finally someone who understands

[SilveradeS]

omg i love you

[volumeguy]

xenotoxette: There's quite a bit more than dying to Cobain's and Burton's popularity. Cobain was a great songwriter who wrote within his guitar skills. Burton was a skilled and original metal bassist. 'Orion' has some great bass playing that perfectly compliments the other instruments. I'm going to guess that you're about 13-16 years old and play bass. The young are quickest to assume they have knowledge. Also, comparing Stanley Clarke to Cliff Burton makes no sense.

[pizzicato16]

I agree that Cliff was nowhere near Stanley Clarke. But as far as rock music, there is a VERY short list of people to this day who play rock as well.

[ARAGORN41]

Cliff was amazing...they're two different genres so you can't really compare.

Cliff Burton was one of the most innovative Metal bassists going

[AndreaFranchitti]

i know, but cliff was an awesome composer

[BaronpFB]

You're a complete and utter dolt, I'll leave it at that you fucking nutter...

[MattBodossian]

dude, how bout you tell stanly clarke to try and play anesthesia and make it sound as awesome as cliff then? no it wouldnt work cus cliff started the revolution of lead bass and using all the sweet efects and stuff peopl say hes so good cus hes a music genius for one, and cus his solos sound awesome and he sure knows how to put music together and when i listen to stuff like stanley clarke jazz crap im like wow i find no good musical value.

[assassin2811]

Cliff was ok but then again he was charismatic

[tfinder]

I agree, Cliff played fast riffs through distortion. It's certainly nothing that impressed me. I suppose at the time it was impressive. Though, some don't like to move forward with the times.

[tyleral45]

i say you're fucking crazy because you're comparing two COMPLETELY different styles. cliff was pure metal; loads of distortion and shredding. stanley clarke is a completely different genre and style

[fiendeBass]

Cliff had a tremendous left-hand technique that rivals many lead guitarists. Also, his use of effects were very creative. What's the obsession with comparing one's heroes to another? They both are great bass players.

[sk8r2714]

BUT CLIFF WAS THE BEST!!!!!!!

[nEishhh]

i agree.

[tfinder]

I would have to agree after listening to live recordings of Cliff. His playing was inaccurate and off tempo at times. That's probably why he liked to use a lot of distortion. I would consider him a good but not skilled player like Les and many others.

[45firebird45]

Quote : You listen to Cliff's solos, then Stanley Clarkes and tell me that Cliff was ANYWHERE near that, and you're fucking crazy.

1. They became cult because of their feeling, not at all because of their deaths.

2. Are you kidding? You can't compare metal bass player to a jazz bass player...

of course, S.Clarke,V.Wooten,M.Miller etc. are the best bass players i've ever heard, as for the TECHNIQUE!, But you hardly find someone with that feeling and music as Cliff (Kurt) made.

[ste4test]

Kurt wasnt average he knew like 3 chords but his music is and allways will be great....i agree with cliff maybe there are alot better bassists out there but dont use Kurt...peace out

[LoveStarOcean]

Hold there dont say Cliff is an avarage bass player hes one of the best maybe not as good as this guy but hes not an avarage player, But you can say what you want about Kurt Cobain's guitar skills because he isnt a talented player.

[Ddgn76]

Looks like I'm crazy.  Some of the best bass players just play. They don't all have to be Geddy Lee or Les Claypool.

[mgarza10475]

chill

[white0nerdy]

hahaha....cliff is mainly recognized for how different he was buddie....we all know that he wasnt the BEST bass player...there will NEVER be a BEST....but cliff is one of the greatest....i mean come on...ppl like les claypool and victor wooten all sound the same....nothing like cliff...ya kno? not tryin to be a dick, nor am i dissin anyone...=)

[drewpy]

Um...les claypool sounds like victor wooten? When was the last time you saw Victor play an upright...never! How about a bass with 6 strings or no frets or with a wammy bar? Les has chops but his tone and approach is way different than Wooten. The fact you said that means you don't really listen to either of them all that much...

[1unar3clipse]

the difference with cliff was that he pushed Metallica to go somewhere after dave mustaines departure and the moving of the band.

[abaddon5]

BULLSHIT! Cliff WAS good. Was he the best? No. But...his style was awesome, AND his solos were awesome. Listen to Anesthesia and tell me that he's "not that good".

[CheetoWhistler]

Yeah Cliff was a damn good player, but not the greatest.... But both Cliff and Kurt were some of the greatest musicians.

[bongowongowongo]

listen to pulling teeth by metallica pure bass solo can cliff and always will be intense sure he wasnt as good as claypool but man he solo u dont see primus playing stuff like pulling teeth and kurt was an average guitarest who got alot of media

[mookiefat5]

Right on

[merdufer]

well cliff was pretty good as far as metal shredding goes, just like kurt was good at... uhh, yelling?

ok to be fair kurt was a decent songwriter and he could have gone further with that. cliff could've become a metal bass shredder god but that's about it.

[R0bb89]

are you fuckin' retarded or something? DON'T YOU EVER MENTION Cobain and Burton in the same comment. Ok maybe cliff isn't that godlike after all but can't be compared to Cobain atleast Cliff had skill.

[Kaittos]

What a beast!

That's some of the craziest bass I've ever heard.

The only person I can think of that comes close is Geddy Lee.

[locustsarm]

ya but have u herd of dream theaters bassest

those three are the best

[jhachey222]

what about entwistle?

[metallica0sabbath]

Geddy Is most likely better, its hard to compare though.

[HeyImDallas]

acually, as sad as it is, Geddy is a very sloppy bassist live

when i found out about that it killed me haha

[Tsaabyy]

Try to play the bass!!!

[wiri123]

BASS KICK ASS

[zmanoflife]

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[louisianabassist]

this is kinda funny becuase Les tried out for mettalica when Cliff left but they didnt let him in because they thought he was to good lol.

[fishfan67]

Les would steal all the attention from kirk hammett and james hetfield they would never let him take that away from them. believe me i love mettalica but have les funk out like that omg maybe they would let him jam for one show or 2 but never let him in as the new bassist.

[xloudermusicpleasex]

i heard they didnt let him in cuz he "wasn't right for the band". which makes sense. his style is totally different from metallica.. lol he's too good for them, anyway =P

[Dudeman724]

yo cliff didnt leave metallica. he got his head smashed by a tour bus.

[t3hn00bn355]

1) Cilff died (R.I.P. Cliff)

2) Hetfield said he was too good, but Lars (fag) said that Les wasn't used to playing that style. Kirk would've been biased if he said anything, Les and Kirk grew up together in High School.

[basichumbi]

I am so glad Les didn't play for Metallica. The world is a better place with Primus in it.

cliff didnt leave...he DIED.