Primus: Xeni interviews Les and Ler (music) (BBtv)

BBtv online: http://tv.boingboing.net. Boing Boing tv caught up with Les Claypool and Larry "Ler" Lalonde of Primus at Outside Lands for a hyperdelic, transdimensional conversation about inflatables, Maker Faire, South Park, weird home-made electronic instruments, and more.

Les also made his film directing debut this year with Electric Apricot, a faux-cumentary feature about a fictional jam band in search of the ultimate music festival.

If you dig this, check out our previous BBtv episodes from Outside Lands. And there's tons of fan-made footage and photos of Primus on Crowdfire.net (they're a BBtv sponsor).

(special thanks to Jason McHugh; to Virgin America for air travel, and to Wayneco for the magic bus)

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[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@SuperMagillacutty

lol, i don't think any band did anything to benefit anyone but themselves, but Floyd certainly changed things up musically

[SuperMagillacutty]

@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA fuck pink floyd what the hell did they ever do to benefit anyone........................­NOTHING

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@wheelworker1

say what? Primus doesn't do their own shit? was that a joke? If you're referring to the "Primus sucks" saying, Les used to say that in the early days, he said "we're Primus, and we suck"

Primus is perhaps the most original band in history, they easily created a new genre(which i call Les's world), and they changed shit up as much as Pink Floyd did in their way...i hope you were joking

[NotATubeSurfer]

@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA Couldn't agree more man!

[superslayerguy]

1:44 FUCK YEAH PRIMUS ROCKIN YYZ MOTHER TRUCKER 

[Wierdoinc]

she should have paid more attention to Ler

[FreakyStyley95]

@TareBear317 *2 years later* and so they did. And it was sufficiently epic.

[BassJitsu18]

Les Claypool Sat right beside Kaki King! hahahAHa

[ShreddGamer14]

Is it just me, or does does Les always get the worst interviewers?

[Ricardo49223]

Primus es lo mejor que aparecio en los 90 ( lo dice un fanatico del blues: SRV, Rory Gallager,etc ) la locura que todos necesitamos como valvula de escape