Primus Suck On This (Blue Vinyl)

Description

Condition: Brand New

• Description
• Release details
• Tracklist

• Suck On This, released in 1989, is the debut live album from Primus and the recording that first introduced their singular brand of funk-metal weirdness to a wider audience. Captured at Berkeleys famed club The Berkeley Square, the record brims with the raw energy and eccentric humor that would soon become the bands hallmark. Les Claypools elastic, virtuosic bass playing drives tracks like John the Fisherman and Tommy the Cat, while guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Herb Alexander add off-kilter textures and rhythms that push the music into uncharted territory.

  Though rough around the edges, the albums unpolished quality adds to its charm, capturing Primus at their most unfiltered. The songs, many of which would later be re-recorded for studio releases, already showcase the bands unique chemistry and refusal to fit into any one genre. Pressed here on blue vinyl, Suck On This stands as both a collectible artifact and the starting point for one of alternative rocks strangest and most inventive bands.

  Reviews

  Suck On This is a bizarre, funky, and wildly original debut that set Primus apart from everyone else. AllMusic

  Even in their earliest recordings, Primus were unlike anything in rockpart metal, part funk, part cartoon. Rolling Stone

  Raw and unpolished but brimming with ideas, Suck On This is Primus in their purest form. The Guardian

  A live debut as strange as it is thrilling, it marked the arrival of one of rocks most eccentric bands. Spin

• Artist: Primus Label: Prawn Song Format: LP Units: 1 Country: USA & Canada Genre: Metal

• A1 John The Fisherman
  A2 GroundhogS Day
  A3 The Heckler
  A4 Pressman
  A5 Jellikit
  B1 Tommy The Cat
  B2 Pudding Time
  B3 Harold Of The Rocks
  B4 Frizzle Fry