Les Claypool is refreshingly unusual. The Primus vocalist-bassist is an oddball, who doesn't care about fame, fortune or friends in the music industry. "It's about the music," Claypool said. "It's ...

Les Claypool has always been a little bit off — and now he’s paying tribute to a movie that’s a little bit off, too. The famed bassist and frontman for Primus made his name in the 1990s thanks to ...

What went down at Ruth Eckerd Hall Wednesday was part brilliance and part insanity. To put it simply, Primus went Willy Wonka. The band, known for South Park's theme song and the 1995 hit Wynona's Big ...

It’s arguably the darkest, most psychedelic children’s movie of all time – covered by the oddest, most idiosyncratic rock act of its generation. Primus’ take on Willy Wonka on Primus and the Chocolate ...

"I hope I don't piss off Gene Wilder," Les Claypool says of Primus & The Chocolate Factory, a cover of the soundtrack to the 1971 film Willy Wonka... Primus: Music Makers, Dreamer Of Dreams Primus ...

The endlessly wiggy, Zappa-damaged Bay Area trio Primus released the Willy Wonka tribute album Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble in 2014, but it’s been six years since Green ...

In the summer of 1971, Primus' Les Claypool was a couple months shy of his eighth birthday when David L. Wolper's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory debuted in movie theaters; based on the Roald ...