Les Claypool
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"Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool" is an American musician and writer, best known as the bassist and lead vocalist of the band Primus (band)/Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and Slapping (music)/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: Quest For Festeroo/Electric Apricot written and directed by Claypool as well as a debut novel South of the Pumphouse.

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Rage Against the Machine just broke up. The Chili Peppers are taking a hiatus. I just heard Newsted quit Metallica. It's going to be interesting what transpires out of all this.

It's a great little ego boost to look out and see all these people. I saw Roger Waters there recently. It was great and marvelous, but would I rather have seen Roger Waters at the Warfield? Hell yah man! I would've paid twice as much to see that!

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.