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February 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate?

Later this year The Grand Pecking Order the sole album by the short-lived group Oysterhead will turn 20. Will anyone be celebrating its birthday? I thought I’d get in early… It was a different world, 2001. Music existed online, sure. You could buy CDs from websites. You might get a 10-second preview of some of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001, 2021, A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate, Blog, Les Claypool, Oysterhead, Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order, Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate, Phish, Primus, Stewart Copeland, Supergroup, The Grand Pecking Order, The Police, Trey Anastasio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos

The Claypool Lennon Delirium Monolith of Phobos ATO Records There is, in the end, nothing at all surprising about this collaboration between Primus’ Les Claypool and John and Yoko’s son, Sean. It sounds like the best bits of the music they’re known for separately. When a track gets too Primus-y, as on Captain Lariat, one […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, ATO Records, John Lennon, Les Claypool, Monolith of Phobos, Primus, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Yoko Ono ·

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October 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Primus: Primus & The Chocolate Factory with The Fungi Ensemble

Primus Primus & The Chocolate Factory with The Fungi Ensemble ATO Records A new Primus album, and one with the band’s “classic line-up” back in place – meaning the first record with Tim “Herb” Alexander on drums since 1995. This time the band is augmented by The Fungi Ensemble (percussionist Mike Dillon and cellist Sam […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Charlie, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder, Les Claypool, Primus, Primus & The Chocolate Factory with The Fungi Ensemble, Roald Dahl, The Chocolate Factory, The Fungi Ensemble, Tim "Herb" Alexander, Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ·

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September 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Primus: Sailing The Seas of Cheese (Deluxe Edition)

Primus Sailing The Seas of Cheese: Deluxe Edition Interscope Records Primus is that much maligned thing – a cult act (said, always, in a bad way). Famously one wag suggested the band was comprised of three of the most talented individual instrumentalists in alternative music at that time. All they needed to do, the wag […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Deluxe Edition, Les Claypool, Primus, Sailing The Seas of Cheese ·

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