Les Claypool Musical artist

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.

Personal facts

Les Claypool
Alias (AKA)Colonel Claypool Les Snap Snappy Snapdad
Birth dateSeptember 29, 1963
Birth place
Richmond California

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Musical artist

Career started1979
associated musical artist
Tom Waits
Primus (band)
Blind Illusion
Oysterhead
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
Sausage (band)
Duo de Twang
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Alternative rock
Funk metal
Experimental rock
Alternative metal
Funk rock
instrument
Banjo
Clarinet
Double bass
Mandolin
Bass banjo
Whamola
record label
Interscope Records
Prawn Song Records

Les Claypool on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.c2b3.com/tour
  2. http://www.lesclaypool.com
  3. http://www.the-echoproject.com
  4. http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002501410