Les Claypool led Primus and their new drummer through an epic Phoenix setlist including "Pure Imagination" and the tour debut ...

Last year, Les Claypool went through a huge Django Reinhardt phase and “a lot of really, really old hillbilly stuff from the Thirties and Forties,” all of which served as the impetus for his ...

If Primus bassist Les Claypool had a bumper sticker on his car, it most likely would read: "I'd rather be fishing." As much as Claypool likes to create strange and esoteric music, he also loves ...

Les Claypool of the band Primus and Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween, are inviting fans to join them on fishing adventures for a new reality TV series. No experience is required.

Ever prolific Bay Area bass hero Les Claypool had another busy year in 2016, introducing a new collaborative project with Sean Lennon and a new beverage with Sea Pop as well as playing festival ...

As the leader of the geeky power trio Primus, Les Claypool somehow managed to turn his love of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart into a tangible career in rock music. Indeed: For the better part ...

Then there is Les Claypool, owner of and winemaker at Claypool Cellars in Sebastopol. He's been in the spotlight a bit since opening his new tasting room last summer.

To Sean Ono Lennon, it makes perfect sense that he'd find himself forming a band with Les Claypool of Primus. And it goes beyond him having grown up loving Primus. "He's kind of an oddball ...

Although Les Claypool ‘s twisted sense of humor has fueled Primus ‘ best-known work, the singer and bassist is deeply serious about his two-year-old nephew Matthew, who is battling leukemia.

Primus bassist Les Claypool and Sean Lennon have joined forces to form a new band, the Claypool Lennon Delirium. The duo’s first album, “Monolith of Phobos,” is due out June 3.