ROTHBURY FESTIVAL Primus playing on July 4th in Michigan! Hosted at the one-of-a-kind Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan, the unique festival site offers trails, forests, fields, lakes and beach fronts, and even on-site lodging, bars and eateries. Rothbury's goal is to harness the unique energy of the live music community into a durable social movement toward an important cause: Climate Change and Clean Energy Alternatives. In addition to over 70 bands on 8 stages, Rothbury will host a Think Tank and Energy Fair. Tickets are on sale now via the link below and at 1-888-512-SHOW (Open Mon-Sat 9am-9pm CST). www.rothburyfestival.com OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL Primus playing August 23rd in San Francisco! Primus will appear at the inaugural Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The festival takes place on August 22, 23 & 24, 2008 and will eventually include over sixty acts on five stages! Tickets are on sale now via the link below. www.sfoutsidelands.com ELECTRIC APRICOT DVD Quest for Festeroo DVD out 5/13! The Electric Apricot DVD will be available in stores near you on May 13th. Order DVD Online: www.clubbastardo.com MYSTIC THEATRE Les Claypool Playing Special Petaluma Show! Join Les Claypool for a very special night in Petaluma. The 550 seat Mystic Theatre will provide an intimate setting for this performance, so don't miss out. More Info & Tickets: www.mystictheatre.com SALMON AID FESTIVAL Free Les Claypool Show May 31st in Oakland Catch Les Claypool at 6pm on Saturday May 31st at the SalmonAid Festival in Oakland, CA. The SalmonAid Festival will celebrate wild salmon and steelhead with a free, family-friendly, music festival in Oakland's famed Jack London Square on May 31 and June 1, 2008. More Info: www.salmonaid.org BONNAROO FESTIVAL Les Claypool playing Friday, June 13th The festival takes place June 12-15 and the site is a beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, which is about 60 miles southeast of Nashville and northwest of Chattanooga. More Info & Tickets: www.bonnaroo.com JAM CRUISE 7 Les Claypool - Cabins on-sale June 4th Set sail with Les on Jam Cruise 7 which takes place January 4-9, 2009 aboard the luxurious MSC Orchestra, a ship with over 800 balconies! The cruise will head to Belize City, Belize & Costa Maya, Mexico. The public on-sale date for reservations is June 4th. More Info & Reservations: www.jamcruise.com ELECTRIC APRICOT: QUEST FOR FESTEROO Theatrical Screenings CLICK HERE FOR A CURRENT LIST OF THEATERS, CITIES, DATES & SHOWTIMES The Electric Apricot movie has been released in theaters by National Lampoon! CLUB BASTARDO Official Electric Apricot Theatrical Poster Now you can buy the official Electric Apricot theatrical poster from Club Bastardo! Place your order: www.clubbastardo.com MUSHROOM MEN VIDEO GAMES Featuring Music Courtesy of Les Claypool! The new Mushroom Men website is packed with new info about "Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars" for Wii and "Mushroom Men: Rise of The Fungi" for Nintendo DS, and also features original mushroom-inspired character and theme music by Les Claypool that will be used in-game. Les' exclusive tracks will play an important role in the game's audio gameplay experience. "When Mushroom Men was first presented to me I was coincidentally on the perpetual late fall hunt for the elusive King Bolete mushrooms which dot the West Sonoma County landscape where myself and my family dwell," said Les Claypool. "The yearly quest for these fabulous, fungal delicacies has become a bit of a seasonal obsession for myself and my two children over the past few years. Coupled with my son's obsession with fantasy gaming, it was all I could do to get anything else done around Rancho Relaxo once he got wind of the impending Mushroom Man game and the creator's interest in having me do the soundtrack. After seeing the design material and mock-ups online, I was queried on a daily basis whether or not I had 'talked to the Mushroom guys' and would they be sending us a beta version to try out. I knew at once that this was an opportunity to gain massive brownie points in the eyes of my offspring, a feat that becomes more and more difficult the closer they get to adolescence. Thanks Mushroom Men." Check It Out: www.mushroommen.com REGISTER TO VOTE Volunteer or Register to Vote with HeadCount! We will be working with the non-partisan organization HeadCount over the next year to register voters and encourage political participation among people of all ages. To volunteer for HeadCount at concerts, or to register to vote, visit www.headcount.org. HeadCount has set a goal of registering 200,000 new voters in 2008, ensuring that our fans are well represented at the polls. We are proud to be among the many artists supporting this important cause. TO DEFY THE LAWS OF TRADITION A Photographic Archive of Primus & Les Claypool This 184-page hard covered book features over 750 images from San Francisco photographer Jay Blakesberg's archive of Primus, Holy Mackerel, Sausage, Oysterhead, and Frog Brigade photos. The book is a limited-edition, signed & numbered collector's item limited to one printing. Available for $105 (including shipping and handling – in the US, International orders check the website for shipping costs) only through the Primus and Les Claypool websites (no bookstores), your copy of "To Defy The Laws of Tradition" – will be signed by Les Claypool and Jay Blakesberg and will come in a special handmade box. To purchase this book visit: rockoutbooks.com LARRY LALONDE on Tour with Serj Tankian Primus guitarist Larry LaLonde has joined the touring band for System of a Down vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Serj Tankian. Tour dates can be found at: www.myspace.com/serjtankian Serj's first solo album, "Elect The Dead," also features several appearances by former Primus drummer Brain. LES CLAYPOOL Fancy DVD The Fancy DVD (Live Summer 2006 - A Fan's Perspective) is in stores now. Order the DVD online at Club Bastardo. Tim Alexander's FATA MORGANA Album Release The NEW Fata Morgana album "This Is A Dream" is available for download! PURCHASE NOW @ http://www.mixpal.com/?229 More Info: myspace.com/fatamusic www.timalexander.org New PRIMUS DVD & CD In Stores Now "Blame It On The Fish - An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage" DVD A young filmmaker's uniquely warped perspective of touring with the band. "They Can't All Be Zingers" CD 16-track compilation celebrating one of rock's most influential and eccentric bands: 1. To Defy The Laws Of Tradition 2. John The Fisherman 3. Too Many Puppies 4. Jerry Was A Race Car Driver 5. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers 6. Tommy The Cat 7. My Name Is Mud 8. Mr. Krinkle 9. DMV 10. Over The Electric Grapevine 11. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver 12. Southbound Pachyderm 13. Over The Falls 14. Shake Hands With Beef (extended unreleased version) 15. Coattails Of A Dead Man 16. Mary The Ice Cube Buy the DVD & CD: www.clubbastardo.com PRIMUS DVD/CD eCard & iTunes Zingers Exclusive Watch the "Blame It On The Fish" dvd trailer and listen to Jerry Was A Race Car Driver from "They Can't All Be Zingers"! Check out the Primus eCard: www.umecard.com/primus iTunes Exclusive Live Track Purchase the complete album download of "They Can't All Be Zingers" from the iTunes store and receive a live version of Mr. Knowitall recorded on the Punchbowl Tour. Check out iTunes: www.apple.com/itunes LES CLAYPOOL Performing On The World Cafe Check out Les Claypool performing on "The World Cafe with David Dye"! The audio stream is available on NPR: www.npr.org NEW CLAYPOOL CD Of Whales And Woe Bassist, songwriter, and virtuoso Les Claypool kicked off one of the most sustained periods of activity in his career on May 30th with the release of 'Of Whales And Woe' on Prawn Song. Marked by Claypool's wry worldview and the ferocious musical chops of the legendary bassist and his musical co-conspirators, the album is an aggressive tour de force that recalls his best work as one of the pioneers of alternative music. Click here to order the CD now! Les also released his debut novel "South of the Pumphouse" on Akashic, and continues screening his feature film "Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo". Feel the power: www.lesclaypool.com LES CLAYPOOL DVD 5 Gallons Of Diesel is out now and contains 3-1/2 hours of footage featuring Oysterhead, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Sausage, Frog Brigade, Holy Mackerel and more. Click here to order the DVD now! More details & track list: lesclaypool.com CLUB BASTARDO Gift Certificates For the first time ever, Club Bastardo is offering Electronic Gift Certificates. Choose from one of four dollar amounts ($20, $40, $60, or $80) and you can even decide WHEN someone will receive the certificate. Start your shopping engines at: clubbastardo.com PRIMUS ON WHATEVER BOX My Name is Mud is included on the new Rhino box set "Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box" in stores now. For a complete track list go to: rhino.com Robot Chicken theme by Les! A new animated tv series, Robot Chicken, premiered recently on the Cartoon Network, featuring a theme song composed and performed by Les Claypool. The show, which was created by well known actor Seth Green ("Austin Powers"), uses stop motion animation with action figures. It appears during the Adult Swim programming. Episodes are only 15 minutes long and are re-run a few times during the week. Check local listings for showtimes. Les (along with Primus) also wrote and performed the theme for Comedy Central's long-running South Park cartoon series. Primus "Hallucino-Genetics" DVD In-stores Now! The new and only concert DVD from Primus, "Hallucino-Genetics Live 2004" is in stores now. Filmed at the last US show in June, 2004 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, this DVD captures the band at their live peak. It includes two full sets delivering 2-1/2 hours of live music and includes a complete performance of their classic album "Frizzle Fry." Tell me more Buy the DVD online from clubbastardo.com View the Set List at primuslive.com C2B3Live.com The Buy 3 - Get 1 Free promo is back in full effect. PrimusLive.com Primus' performance at the Fuji Rock Festival is available for download. Also for a limited time, buy 3 shows and get a fourth for free. Buy soundboard recordings of every Primus show from the Hallucino-Genetics Tour and Tour de Fromage: primuslive.com Animals VINYL EP! Mobile Fidelity has unleashed Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (45 RPM) - featuring 1/2 speed mastered, 180 gram, high definition audiophile vinyl. Available now at: clubbastardo.com Animals DVD/CD Available Now! What's it all about? Order Now! Check Out The Animals DVD/CD Listen to Pilcher's Squad and watch the DVD sampler! Primus Media Player RollingStone.com "I read all about it in USA Today." MORE NEWS! C2B3Live.com Most Shows Now Available for Downloads C2B3Live.com has most shows from the historic Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains 2004 National tour available for download now, allowing you to capture all the glory of the tour for eternity. All shows are available in both standard MP3 and CD quality FLAC audio formats. We are currently offering a FREE mp3 download of "Scott Taylor" from Les' Birthday Show. Come and get it! Get your downloads now: c2b3live.com C2B3 CD Available Now The Big Eyeball In The Sky the debut studio release from Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains is in stores now. Buy it now! Stay tuned for details and check out audio clips at c2b3.com Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute CD Call Les The Breeze Sanctuary Records will pay homage to one of America's greatest rock bands with the release of "Under The Influence - A Jam Band Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd," out October 5th, 2004. For the special 11-song disc, Sanctuary recruited some of the top names in guitar-driven rock to re-interpret their favorite classic Lynyrd Skynyrd tunes. Les leads off the compilation with his take on "Call Me The Breeze". On this recording, the Colonel is ably aided by the demonic sax of horny toad Skerik, and for the first time by drummer Zach Hill of the Sacramento based duo Hella, one of the most unique players around. Primus TdF Gear Available All remaining stock of Tour de Fromage merchandise are now available at Club Bastardo. Bastards shirts and babydolls, Tour De Fromage Brown tees, Diver stickers, Fromage keychains and posters. Order Away! Primus MP3s Available At Apple iTunes For both Mac & Windows Primus Poster Contest Winners Announced Primus Street Team Join the Primus Squad Watch Frog Brigade playing at Tipitina's during JazzFest 2002 & 2003 www.tipitinas.com See the Claypool Video Buzzards of Green Hill Secret Rhinoplasty word: VIOLIN Tim Alexander And Brain - Together At Last Tim Alexander and Brain pay homage to Frank Zappa with "Shut Up and Play Yer Drums" on Drum Nation Volume 1, a new release from Magna Carta Records. Hear an audio sample and get your copy of this complex masterpiece now at: www.magnacarta.net Check out the Primus Song Collage by Onionhead Tim Alexander's Drum DVD The Tim Alexander instructional drum dvd is now available directly from Tim, check it: timalexander.org Buy It Now! Les Claypool Frog Brigade – Purple Onion The lastest studio CD from Les!! Order Away! Album Info & Sound Clips For the First Time in a Decade, Old School Primus Shirts are once again available to the general public! Limited Edition ZAPPA PICKS BY LARRY LALONDE! On Sale Now! The Sanchez Brothers MP3's Forgetaboutit RELATED PROJECTS Oysterhead Les Claypool, Trey Anastasio, and Stewart Copeland www.oysterhead.com No Forcefield! Ler, Brain, Disc, Filthy Ape GOD IS AN EXCUSE Laundry's Room What Else Has Tim been Up To? SWAG CENTRAL Sausage Stickers New Sausage stickers are available now - Grab 'em while they last! Claypool Combo Packs Specially discounted merch combos are for sale for a limited time only: Get 'em at Club Bastardo Live From Bonnaroo Vol. 2 CD Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains "Number Two" appears on the new Live From Bonnaroo 2002 Vol. 2 CD... Ordering Info CCBBB Shirts Available t-shirts, long sleeves and baby doll tees FROG BRIGADE — Live Sets 1 & 2 Be a Winner, Order them online Club Bastardo Oysterhead CD & Merchandise Available Now Prawn Song Shirts Be Heavy SITES OF POWER! Sticker Robot Turn Your Art Into Stickers Help Support Carl Thompson! Buy a T-Shirt! Zoltron Cares clicka har Nasa Discovers Buckethead's face on Mars! The Truth is out There Ben Wa Diciples of Retro Tech Judy North Great Art The Sanchez Brothers "We ride the Razor's edge of Rap" – Papa Sanchez 2003