Les Claypool is a 52 year old Bassist, known for his membership in the band Primus. Claypool is especially known for his Flamenco- style strumming, tapping, slapping, and whammy bar usage. Claypool typically plays alternative rock, funk metal, and progressive rock. As a group, Primus plays funk metal. Personally, I find their music a bit strange, especially in their hit song "my name is mud", because of the repetition of the phrase "my name is mud" throughout the song. As a bassist, Claypool incorporates musical styles from around the world very successfully to create a distinct musical voice for himself. As a young adult, Claypool began playing bass and was just having fun with it. His good friend during his childhood was Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Later, Hammett pushed Claypool into joining the band after the death of their beloved bass player, Cliff Burton. James Hetfield, the singer for Metallica said that "Claypool was too good" to be part of their band, and that he should do his own thing. Claypool did so, creating Primus, which became unusually successful for their type of genre. I think the video I posted below shows his skill in bass the most-- slap bass is pretty difficult to master, and he plays it well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5XeVLJeMdE
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