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Leslie Edward Claypool Wiki Biography
Leslie Edward “Les” Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician and writer, best known as the bassist and lead vocalist of the band Primus. Claypool’s playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping.Claypool has also self-produced and engineered his solo releases from his own studio, “Rancho Relaxo”. 2006 saw the release of a full-length feature film Electric Apricot written and directed by Claypool as well as a debut novel South of the Pumphouse. IMDB Wikipedia $15 Million 1963 1963-9-29 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Actor California Les Claypool Net Worth Leslie Edward Claypool Libra Music Department Pig Hunt (2008) Richmond Robot Chicken (2005) Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) September 29 Soundtrack South Park (1997) United States
Leslie Edward Claypool Quick Info
Net Worth | $15 Million |
Date Of Birth | September 29, 1963 |
Place Of Birth | Richmond, California, United States |
Height | 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) |
Profession | Music Department, Soundtrack, Actor |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm1938689 |
Leslie Edward Claypool Trademarks
- Slap and Flemenco styles on bass
Leslie Edward Claypool Quotes
- San Francisco is an interesting place. It’s always been such a nice culturally diverse environment, which it still is, but there’s a lot of money there now and a lot of dot com’s so it’s a little different than it used to be.
- My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That’s all I would do. I love venues like that.
- If I’m home and I come up with something, I’ll try to record it, but a lot of the time I’ll forget to. A lot of things go off into space and never come back ’cause I just don’t remember them.
- The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I’d probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or trumpet. The pictures I want to draw I do with this crayon I chose, which is the bass.
- I’ve never been on the cover of ‘Tiger Beat’ magazine, let’s put it that way. But that’s not why you go see Primus. You don’t go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I’m wearing or what my new hairdo is.
- You don’t go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I’m wearing or what my new hairdo is. You come to see Primus for the musical experience and the visual experience. I think, anyways. Maybe I’m wrong!
- To me, if you’re going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys are the giants. I’ve played with Bernie, and it was unreal. He’s the master.
- I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery.
- I don’t really listen to bassists – not anymore. When I was younger, I listened to those guys and was trying to figure out everything they did. Nowadays, I draw inspiration from everybody.
- I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that it was me, and then he went in and stole all of our luggage. There’s always that eager beaver that wants to be a part of the team and comes off as a sticky fly.
- The first film I made was when I was 13 and it was called ‘The Dogs That Ate Detroit.’ It starred my Saint Bernard Barney, and it was a killer thriller with oodles of special effects that were cutting edge for the time.
- My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than a lot of bass players at this point in my life. So I’ve always been an old-film nut and have very much enjoyed doing videos over the years.
- I didn’t realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk’s band – we went to high school together. I wasn’t really following metal.
- Theaters are great. They’re designed to sound good, not for basketball.
- I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, ‘Oh, you’re a musician. So what kind of music do you play?’ And I go, ‘Uh, I’ve been doin’ this for many years – I don’t know what to call it.’
- We’ve all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid.
- Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn’t feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities and the chemistry right, that’s a grand slam.
- Play as much as you can as often as you can with as many people as you can. That’s how you learn and grow.
- I think Phish will come back. I just think it’s time for a breather.
- I’ve just always had a soft spot for character actors.
- I love character actors. If I’m switching channels, and something with Slim Pickens is on, or Walter Brennan, I’m stuck. I have to watch it.
- Music in general is looking for something new overall.
- I have a very difficult time describing my music.
- You can’t watch ‘Dr. Strangelove’ with commercials. That would be sacrilegious.
- From my experience, moving through life, things tend to go in eight- to 10-year cycles. Friends, relationships and whatnot.
- For me to do a project – I have a pretty successful solo career, so – for me to even want to do Primus, it had to be a creative step forward.
- You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it’s your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it.
- You know, whenever somebody comes in, in any situation – whether it’s a poker game or a bobsled team or a band – it’s gonna change things. And sometimes significantly.
- You know, there are times when you play a song over and over and over and you get a little tired of it and you let it sit for a while. It’s like, you may love eating sushi, but if you eat it every single day, you’re going to get a little tired of it.
- I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn’t really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome.
- You know, people would always ask me, ‘How long is Primus going to go on?’ And I would say, ‘Until it isn’t fun anymore.’ At the end of the ’90s, it just wasn’t fun anymore on many levels.
- New Year’s was insane! It was the best show I’ve ever played for New Year’s.
- I’ve had fish come up on stage, and it’s pretty disgusting. I try and discourage that. I discourage anything flying up on stage, actually.
- It’s always hard to put your finger on what it is that makes Primus Primus.
- As I’ve moved through life, I’ve found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.
- I never think about rhythm versus melody; I’ve always just played to what’s in my head.
- The end of the Nineties was an unhappy Primus camp. I hit a creative stagnation that wasn’t helping us forward, and the personal elements, it just was time to stop.
- For the past couple of years I’ve been pretty bored with music in general… just bored with it.
- I’ve always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I’d still be drawing the same pictures… should I have picked trumpet or accordion or guitar, whatever it may be. The sounds in my head are still the same.
- More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that.
- I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.
- Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
- Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
- Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.
- I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It’s a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property.
- I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin’ all these years is changin’ it up.
- I’m a big believer in spontaneity.
- In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there’s no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.
Leslie Edward Claypool Important Facts
- Member, with Sean Lennon, of Claypool Lennon Delirium.
- Lead singer, songwriter and bassist for Alternative Music group, Primus. [1996]
- (2003-) Touring with Primus, after the 2-year break-up.
- High-school friend of Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.
- Auditioned for bassist position in Metallica in 1986 after their previous bassist, Cliff Burton, was killed in a tour bus accident. Claypool didn’t get the gig because his style was considered “too funky”.
- The original Primus members are Claypool, Jay Lane (drums) and Todd Huth (guitar). The side project band Sausage is a reunion of the original Primus members (who recorded the Primus demo “Sausage” before Lane and Huth left, hence the side project name).
Leslie Edward Claypool Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
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South Park | 1997-2016 | TV Series composer – 222 episodes | Music Department | |
Robot Chicken | 2005-2014 | TV Series composer – 73 episodes | Music Department | |
Pig Hunt | 2008 | musical director | Music Department | |
Robot Chicken: Star Wars | 2007 | TV Short composer: theme music | Music Department | |
The Devil Went Down to Georgia | 1996 | Short musician: bass / musician: vocals | Music Department | |
The Challenge | 2002 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
ATV Offroad Fury | 2001 | Video Game writer: “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” | Soundtrack | |
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater | 1999 | Video Game writer: “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” – as Primus | Soundtrack | |
Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity | 1995 | Video Game writer: “DMV”, “Riddles are Abound Tonight” | Soundtrack | |
Airheads | 1994 | lyrics: “Bastardizing Jellikit” – as Claypool | Soundtrack | |
Beavis and Butt-Head | 1994 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
One Hit Wonderland | 2013 | TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World | 2011 | Video documentary writer: “Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers” | Soundtrack | |
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III | 2010 | TV Movie writer: “Robot Chicken” | Soundtrack | |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2010 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
Zack and Miri Make a Porno | 2008 | writer: “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” | Soundtrack | |
Pig Hunt | 2008 | performer: “Goblins in the Forest”, “What you lookin’ at Boy?”, “Boonville Stomp”, “Male Organ-Grinder” / writer: “Goblins in the Forest”, “What you lookin’ at Boy?”, “Boonville Stomp”, “Male Organ-Grinder” | Soundtrack | |
South Park | 2007 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
Guitar Hero II | 2006 | Video Game writer: “JOHN THE FISHERMAN” – as Claypool | Soundtrack | |
Barnyard | 2006 | lyrics: “Hittin’ the Hay” / performer: “Hittin’ the Hay” | Soundtrack | |
Never Been Done: The Jon Comer Story | 2004 | Documentary “David Mackalaster” | Soundtrack | |
TripTank | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Caller / Lefty / Voice | Actor |
The Murders of Brandywine Theater | 2014 | Moxxy (voice) | Actor | |
Pig Hunt | 2008 | Preacher | Actor | |
Electric Apricot | 2006 | Lapland ‘Lapdog’ Miclovich | Actor | |
Fish On | 2006 | Video | Actor | |
Primus Hallucino-Genetics Live 2004 | 2004 | Video | Bass, Vocals | Actor |
The Hot Show | 2002 | TV Movie | MC Amish Back-up Band | Actor |
South Park | 1998 | TV Series | Primus | Actor |
Pink as the Day She Was Born | 1997 | Stevie | Actor | |
The Devil Went Down to Georgia | 1996 | Short | Narrator (voice) | Actor |
Kung Fu Rascals | 1992 | Sherriff of Ching Wa County | Actor | |
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey | 1991 | Primus | Actor | |
Robot Chicken | 2015 | TV Series 1 episode | Composer | |
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | 2008 | TV Short | Composer | |
Robot Chicken: Star Wars | 2007 | TV Short | Composer | |
Electric Apricot | 2006 | Composer | ||
Kung Fu Rascals | 1992 | Composer | ||
Electric Apricot | 2006 | Director | ||
Primus: Videoplasty | 1998 | Video documentary | Director | |
Electric Apricot | 2006 | Writer | ||
Electric Apricot | 2006 | Editor | ||
Primus: Videoplasty | 1998 | Video documentary producer | Producer | |
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone | 2010 | Documentary special thanks | Thanks | |
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents | 2015 | Documentary | Self | |
SXSW Flashback 2014 | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself | Self |
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story | 2011 | Documentary | Self | |
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage | 2010 | Documentary | Himself, Primus | Self |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2009 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Best of the Jammys, Volume Two | 2007 | Video | Himself | Self |
Best of the Jammys, Volume One | 2006 | Video | Himself | Self |
Blame It on the Fish | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself on Bass / Vocals | Self |
2005 Jammys Live: From the Theater at Madison Square Garden | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself | Self |
Nomad | 2005 | Documentary short | Himself | Self |
AV Squad | 2004 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
VH1 Goes Inside | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
VH-1 Where Are They Now? | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Themselves | Self |
Rising Low | 2002 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Lapdance 01 | 2001 | Video | Himself | Self |
We Sold Our Souls for Rock ‘n Roll | 2001 | Documentary | Himself (Primus) | Self |
Primus: Videoplasty | 1998 | Video documentary | Les Claypool | Self |
South Park (Chef: Behind the Menu) | 1998 | TV Short | Himself | Self |
Behind the Music | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | 1996 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
The Anti Gravity Room | 1995 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself | Self |
Sex in the 90’s | 1990 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Leslie Edward Claypool Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
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2009 | Maverick Movie Award | Maverick Movie Awards | Best Soundtrack: Feature | Pig Hunt (2008) | Won |
2009 | Maverick Movie Award | Maverick Movie Awards | Best Soundtrack: Feature | Pig Hunt (2008) | Nominated |