Primus performing "Tommy The Cat" (Spring Break '92)

Primus performing "Tommy The Cat" for MTV's Spring Break 1992. I captured this from my own VHS-recorded copy of the broadcast from back in the day. :)

For the higher quality video and audio version, add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL.

There have a been a TON of comments about the "Primus sucks" thing, so I wanted to post up here a recent comment by "heymanthisisfun" who shares some history behind it.....
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"Simple misunderstanding bro, ya see 'Primus sucks', (long story short) is an old school Primus joke that actually Les started himself by saying at shows 'We're Primus and we suck' and people started chanting it at shows and it kinda stuck ever since and even still you'll hear people at the nowadays rare Primus shows, yellin 'PRIMUS SUCKS!!!!' its just one of those things ya know!"

And, yes, that IS Tia Carrere at the end of the video. ;-)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Primus
• Les
• Claypool
• Tommy
• Cat
• Tia
• Carrere
• Spring
• Break

[Rampndude]

Why the fuck does everyone keep saying primus sucks? im watching these videos and they kick ass! Can somebody tell me wtf is going on?

[heylad]

@Rampndude Read the entire description under the video and you'll understand.

[Supertramp1966]

FUCKIN' KICK ASS, BASS-PLAYIN' SONG! NOBODY STRUMS THE WIRES LIKE CLAYPOOL! You haven't lived a full life unless you can say you've seen PRIMUS LIVE at a small venue. Me - The Cattle Club, Sacramento, 1993. PRIMUS SUCKS!!!!!

[FiatObscuritas]

PRIMUS FUCKING SUCKS!!!!

[xxxFLUFFYNUGGETSxxx]

@Rampndude You're retarded, that's what.

[FlightofMartyrs]

@Supertramp1966 Primus at The Gorge, Seattle WA. 1998 (i was 2 years old when my parents took me) :)... I also saw Les Claypool at the Lakewood Theater in Dallas TX with his "Fungi And Foe" band for my B-Day and h played my bass and signed it!!!...................OHHH and Primus March 3rd At The Palaidium Ball room, Dallas TX 2011....

[gorox89]

Fuck me, I know exactly where this was shot. I've been there a thousand times. If only I weren't a toddler at the time...

[rommelario]

CHUPEN LA LECHE GRINGOS¡¡¡¡

[ariar28]

@Rampndude It's a chant that goes on at concerts with their major fan base. It's pure primus irony. Theyre so good, they suck

[SINPKG]

if you ask why ppl are saying Primus sucks you are not a fan lol...PRIMUS SUCKS :-D

[TheBillyGtube]

@Rampndude .. The mindless can only repeat what they've heard from others, Thats why. :)

[cellphone96]

from 3:15 to 3:50 all i can say is.... fuck you les claypool for making everyone else who plays bass look bad

[BADRANG4EVER]

holy shit at 2.18 big part of the crowd was moshing!!!! I wish I could have been there with them!!