Les Claypool
American musician
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| 2024 | Tim Alexander resigns from Primus 'effective immediately', seemingly retiring from music. The band announces plans to continue touring and search for a new drummer. |
| 2022 | Primus releases EP 'Conspiranoid' |
| 2022 | Primus releases 'South Park: The 25th Anniversary Experience' album |
| 2020 | Oysterhead reunited for two shows at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, with the rest of their tour cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Les Claypool collaborates with Sean Lennon to release 'South of Reality' album under The Claypool Lennon Delirium |
| 2019 | The band released their second album 'South Of Reality' with João Nogueira on keyboards. |
| December 31 2019 | Sausage reunited for a show, opening for The Claypool Lennon Delirium, marking their first performance since their initial run in the late 1980s and early 1990s. |
| 2018 | Les Claypool releases album 'All My Kin' with the band Beanpole |
| June 12 2018 | Cincinnati mayor John Cranley declared 'Les Claypool Day', presenting the declaration to Claypool during a Primus show at the Riverbend Music Center, with members of the Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation and Bootsy Collins in attendance. |
| 2017 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium released their EP 'Lime And Limpid Green', replacing Money Mark with Pete Drungle on keyboards. |
| 2017 | Primus releases 'The Desaturating Seven' album based on an Italian children's book and tours with Mastodon through 2018. |
| 2016 | Les Claypool attempted to reunite Oysterhead but instead released an album with The Claypool Lennon Delirium. |
| May 31 2016 | Featured on the Death Grips song 'More Than The Fairy'. |
| March 21 2016 | Announced the debut album 'Monolith of Phobos' with The Claypool Lennon Delirium, to be released on June 3, 2016. |
| January 19 2016 | Announced The Claypool Lennon Delirium, a collaboration with Sean Lennon, set to debut at Bonnaroo 2016. |
| 2015 | Les Claypool met Sean Lennon while on tour with Primus, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, and Dinosaur Jr. |
| October 2014 | Primus releases their eighth studio album 'Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble', a re-imagining of the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory soundtrack. |
| February 4 2014 | Released the debut album 'Four Foot Shack' with Duo de Twang and began touring in late February. |
| 2013 | Jay Lane leaves Primus for the second time, and Tim Alexander returns as the drummer. |
| September 6 2012 | Revealed a new side project, an acoustic band called Duo de Twang, initially featuring Claypool and Marc Haggard, later replaced by Bryan Kehoe. |
| June 2010 | Jay Lane replaces Tim Alexander as Primus' drummer and the band releases a free rehearsal recording and studio album 'Green Naugahyde'. |
| March 28 2010 | Performed a rendition of Rush's 'The Spirit of Radio' for their induction into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. |
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