Originally formed as an one-off for San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang is a rootsy, countrified experiment, but one that’s no less strange for its supposed ...

Les Claypool has always been a rather colorful character. He named the Pinot Noir he makes at his Claypool Cellars Purple Pachyderm (after Primus song "Southbound Pachyderm"), he unleashed the Brown ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Scott Legato/Getty Images Les Claypool sits comfortably in the pantheon of bass greats, ...

Twenty years ago, one of the most common arguments between bong hits was who was the better bassist Primus’s Les Claypool or the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Flea. Like many other such debates (such as ...