KALAMAZOO, MI --Willy Wonka is strange enough, but listen to that psychedelic trip through the candy factory with the thrash-funk-metal sound of Primus and the world gets even stranger. What started ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Rock band Primus & The Chocolate Factory with The Fungi Ensemble will bring its funk metal interpretation of the movie soundtrack "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory" to the ...

The show started off with a very dark stage and some Primus staples such as “American Life”, “John the Fisherman”, “My Name Is Mud” and the rollicking “Jerry Was a Racecar Driver”. After an hour of ...

There always was something sinister lurking in the technicolor, sickly sweet musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory based on Roald Dahl children’s novel. Who can deny the nightmare-inducing, ...

Les Claypool has been the driving force behind funk metal outfit Primus since 1984. In that time, he has also written a book, South of the Pumphouse, directed a film, Electric Apricot, and become ...

Art met psychedelia as Primus arrived at the Majestic Theatre to support their eighth album Primus and the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble. The classic lineup of expert bassist Les Claypool, ...

Everyone loves chocolate–some more than others. Les Claypool, the mad genius behind Primus has taken his love of chocolate and churned it into a new album, Primus and the Chocolate Factory. Inspired ...

On July 11 and 12, Les Claypool and the carnival of the macabre that is Primus and the Chocolate Factory rolled into Toronto for a weekend run at the Danforth Music Hall. It was quite a spectacle as ...

Primus‘ Willy Wonka themed-tour, which supports their Wonka-themed album, swung through the NYC-area for a second time, hitting Long Island’s The Paramount in Huntington, NY on Saturday night (4/25).

SLP Concerts has announced a concert coming to Central New York that will make "Willy Wonka" fans happy. Primus will perform at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse on Tuesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. The ...

When SPIN spoke to Les Claypool back in March, he noted that fans have come to expect big, theatrical productions from Primus — events like the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-inspired New ...

We are elated to share the New York Times' full album stream of Primus' upcoming album Primus & The Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble, The album is out today, October 21st via ATO Records.