I-Primus iyibhendi yensimbi ehlukile yaseMelika eyakhiwa maphakathi nawo-1980s. Emsuka weqembu kukhona umculi onethalente nomdlali we-bass uLes Claypool. Umshayi wesiginci ojwayelekile nguLarry Lalonde.
Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wabo wokudala, iqembu likwazile ukusebenza nabashayi besigubhu abambalwa. Kodwa waqopha izingoma ezintathu kuphela: Tim "Herb" Alexander, Brian "Bryan" Mantia futhi Jay Lane.
Umlando weqembu
Igama lokuqala leqembu kwakunguPrimate. Yakhiwe e-El Sobrante, eCalifornia maphakathi nawo-1980s nguLes Claypool kanye nomshayi wesigingci u-Todd Hut.
U-Les no-Todd basebenzisa umshini wezigubhu abawubiza ngokuthi i-Perm Parker. Iqembu elisha lishintshe abadlali besigubhu njengamagilavu. Ekuqaleni, iqembu le-Primus lenza "ekushiseni" kumaqembu eTestamente kanye no-Eksodusi. Lokhu kwaba nomthelela eqinisweni lokuthi abalandeli bomculo onzima baqala ukuba nesithakazelo emsebenzini wabafana.
Ngo-1989, bonke ngaphandle kukaClaypool bashiya iPrimus. Ngokushesha umculi wahlanganisa uhlu olusha. Yayihlanganisa u-Larry Lalonde (owayengumdlali wesigingci owayene-Possessed kanye nomfundi kaJoe Satriani) kanye nomshayi wezigubhu we-eclectic u-Tim Alexander.
Isitayela somculo weqembu
Abagxeki bavumile ukuthi isitayela somculo weqembu kunzima kakhulu ukusichaza. Ngokuvamile, bachaza ukudlala kwabaculi njengensimbi ye-funk noma enye insimbi. Amalungu ebhendi abiza umsebenzi wawo njenge-thrash funk.
U-Les Claypool uthe engxoxweni ukuthi udlala "i-psychedelic polka" nabafana. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Primus ukuphela kweqembu okunesitayela somuntu siqu kuthegi ye-ID3.
I-Thrash funk ne-punk funk wuhlobo lomculo olusemngceleni. Kubonakale njengomphumela wokusindwa kwe-funk rock yendabuko. I-Allmusic ichaze uhlobo kanjena: "I-Thrash funk yavela maphakathi nawo-1980, lapho amabhendi afana ne-Red Hot Chili Peppers, i-Fishbone, ne-Extreme enza isisekelo se-funk esiqinile ngensimbi."
Umculo kaPrimus
Ngo-1989, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-disc yokuqala. Sikhuluma ngecwecwe elithi Suckon This. Iqoqo liwukuqoshwa kwamakhonsathi amaningana eBerkeley. Ubaba ka-Les Claypool wayephethe ukuxhasa i-albhamu. Ngeke kushiwo ukuthi lo msebenzi wavusa isithakazelo esikhulu kubathandi bomculo. Kodwa irekhodi lisize abafana bagqama phakathi kwabalandeli bomculo osindayo.
Kodwa i-studio disc Frizzle Fry yavela emashalofini omculo ngemva konyaka. Ukungena endaweni enkulu kwaba yimpumelelo kangangokuthi uPrimus wasayina inkontileka ne-Interscope Records.
Ngokusekelwa ilebula, abafana bandise i-discography yabo ngenye i-albhamu, i-Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Ngenxa yalokho, i-disc ifinyelele kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "igolide" isimo. Iziqeshana zevidiyo zebhendi zivele ku-MTV. Ukusekela leli rekhodi elishiwo, abaculi bahambe bayovakasha.
I-albhamu ye-Pork Soda, eyakhululwa ngo-1993, idinga ukunakwa okukhulu. I-albhamu ithathe indawo yesi-7 ehloniphekile kumashadi angu-10 aphezulu e-Billboard Magazine. Ukuduma obekulindelwe isikhathi eside kwehlela abaculi.
Isiqongo sokuthandwa kweqembu le-Primus
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, umsebenzi wokudala weqembu le-Primus wafinyelela esicongweni se-Olympus yomculo. Iqoqo laba nesihloko sefestiveli ehlukile ethi Lollapalooza ngo-1993. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abafana bavela kumabonakude. Babizelwa embukisweni kaDavid Letterman noConan O'Brien ngo-1995.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, uPrimus walethe imidlalo ebukhoma kubabukeli bakaWoodstock '94. I-albhamu ethi Tales from the Punchbowl iqukethe ingoma ka-Wynona ethi Big Brown Beaver, ukuqanjwa kweqembu okuphumelele kakhulu. Ingoma iqokwe ngendondo ye-Grammy Award.
Maphakathi nawo-1990s, uPrimus waqopha izingoma zochungechunge oludumile lwama-animated South Park. Njengoba kwenzeka, abadali bekhathuni babengabalandeli bomsebenzi weqembu.
Kamuva, abaculi baqopha iculo elithi Mephis to And Kevin for the Chef Aid: The South Park Album ehambisana nochungechunge. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithimba leSouth Park DVDA liqophe inguqulo yekhava yePrimus Sgt. Umbhaki.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, uPrimus, ehambisana no-Ozzy Osbourne, wakhulula inguqulo yengoma kaBlack Sabbath NIB. Ngaphezu kokukhishwa njengeyodwa, leli culo lifakwe ku-albhamu yenkokhiso ethi Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbat. nasesibhakeleni sika-Osborne's Prince of Darkness set. Ukuqanjwa kwethulwe kuthathe indawo yesibili ehloniphekile eshadini le-Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.
Ukuhlukaniswa kwePrimus
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Les Claypool yaqala ukudala ngaphandle kweqoqo. Abalandeli babencipha kancane kancane emsebenzini weqembu le-Primus. Lokhu kwenze abaculi bacabanga okokuqala ngokuhlakaza leli qembu.
Iqembu le-Primus lahlangana kuphela ngo-2003. Laba baculi baphinde bahlangana endaweni yokuqopha ukuze baqophe iDVD / EP Izilwane Akufanele Zizame Ukwenza Njengabantu. Ngemva kokuqopha irekhodi, abafana bahamba bayovakasha, futhi kamuva abavamile ukuhlangana ukuze benze imikhosi.
Ezinye izinhlelo zeqembu, kusukela ngo-2003, ziqukethe amagatsha amaningana. Eyesibili yazo yayihlanganisa zonke izinto eziphuma kwelinye lama-albhamu okuqala.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abaculi baphinda baqopha i-Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) kanye noFrizzle Fry (1990). Ngaso leso sikhathi, i-discography kaClaypool yagcwaliswa ngama-albhamu ambalwa e-solo. Sikhuluma ngamaqoqo: Emikhoma Nomaye kanye Neyesikhunta nethi Foe.
Ukubuya kukaPrimus esiteji
Unyaka we-2010 waqala kubalandeli bakaPrimus ngezindaba ezinhle. Iqiniso liwukuthi u-Les Claypool ukhulume ngokuthi iqembu le-Primus libuyela endaweni yesehlakalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaculi abazange babuye belambatha, kodwa nge-albhamu egcwele studio. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngeGreen Naugahyde.
Ukweseka ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu entsha, abaculi bathathe uhambo olufushane. Abaculi babingelelwa ngenjabulo ngabalandeli, empeleni, njengoba kwakhululwa irekhodi leGreen Naugahyde.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo mayelana neqembu le-Primus
- Ukudlala kukaLes Claypool kuthonywe abaculi abafana noLarry Graham, uChris Squire, uTony Levine, uGeddy Lee noPaul McCartney. Ekuqaleni wayefuna ukufana nalaba osaziwayo, kodwa wabe esedala isitayela somuntu ngamunye.
- Emakhonsathini eqembu, "abalandeli" bacula inkulumo ethi Primus sucks! Futhi, ngendlela, abaculi abazange babheke ukukhala okunjalo njengenhlamba. Kunezinguqulo eziningana zokusabela okunjalo ekubukeni kwezithombe esiteji. Ngokusho komunye wabo, isiqubulo savela kwelinye lamarekhodi e-Suckon This.
- U-Les wayefuna ukuzama isandla sakhe eqenjini elidumile le-Metallica, kodwa ukudlala kwakhe akuzange kuhlabe umxhwele abaculi.
- Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, uClaypool waqasha uLarry Lalonde njengomdlali wesigingci wePrimus. Lo mculi wake waba yilungu leqembu lokuqala le-American death metal Possessed.
- "Iqhinga" leqembu lisabhekwa njengesitayela se-eccentric sokudlala kanye nesithombe se-Les Kleipnula.
Iqembu lePrimus namuhla
Ngo-2017, i-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-Desaturating Seven. I-albhamu entsha yamukelwe ngokufudumele abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. Sekukonke, iqoqo lihlanganisa amathrekhi angu-7. Ukunakwa okukhulu, ngokusho "kwabalandeli", kufanelekile izingoma: I-Trek, Isiphepho kanye neSikimu.
Leli cwecwe lidale ukuzwela kwangempela phakathi kwabalandeli bebhendi ye-rock. Abaningi baye bazwakalisa umbono wokuthi uPrimus wabonisa umdlalo emasikweni angcono kakhulu ensimbi.
Ngo-2020, abaculi bahlela ukuhlela uhambo lwe-Tribute to King. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, eminye imidlalo kwadingeka ukuthi ikhanselwe noma ihlelelwe kabusha u-2021. Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni kaPrimus ithi:
“Lokhu kuphoxeka okwesithathu… sesiluhlehlise izikhathi eziningi uhambo lwe-Tribute to King. Ngesinye isikhathi ngoba sanquma ukusiza u-Slayer umhlalaphansi, futhi ngenxa yokuthi uMama Wemvelo wanquma ukusihlukanisa sonke ngegciwane elibi. Asethembe ukuthi u-2021 uzosihlanganisa sonke ngandlela thize. Mayelana nokuvakasha, kungaba kuhle ukuthi ngibuyele esihlalweni futhi. ”…
