Primus sucks
I went to Lollapolooza where Primus headlined, and I bet half the crowd left, including me. I like them a lot more now than I did then, and think Claypool is a fantastic bassist, but I never really understood their appeal.
Most of my friends were very into them as teens, but they never really clicked for me other than the occasional song. I've loved all of Claypool's side projects though. He's great. Primus is just ok imo. But they do have a lot of diehard fans.
āPrimus sucksā was like the calling card for their fan base in the 90s. The band even used it as a slogan.
I made my list based on what I thought different people would think is cool. I think Faith No More is cool. And I really like the Pixies, but they don't seem as cool now as they did then. And same goes for INXS, but at their height they were cool too. Anthrax is cool to a lot of metal heads. Primus will probably be cool again one day, they seem like the type to have a renaissance based on false nostalgia of people who think they like them but then get to the show and think, damn, Primus sucks.The whole conversation is around the coolest/hippest album MoFi have doneā¦
On that note INXS were cool in the 80s no doubt but can a band that are so inextricably of their time and place ever maintain that cool outside their own era? Or is that reserved for the bands that are more influential that mahoosive
Itās glue sniffinā hillbilly funky metal lizard brain fun. They are cool in the sense that they do their own thing and donāt give a fuck how theyāre perceived.
I think Michael Hutchins untimely death kinda preserves them in the carbonite for that place and time. Itās like the 80s version of Jim Morrison.The whole conversation is around the coolest/hippest album MoFi have doneā¦
On that note INXS were cool in the 80s no doubt but can a band that are so inextricably of their time and place ever maintain that cool outside their own era? Or is that reserved for the bands that are more influential cool than cool because theyāre massive
That description makes me want to see them. Just remembered that right before COVID one of the last shows I went to was with a friend who dragged me to a bar in Atlanta and they had a Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band, with a Primus cover band opening for them. It was only $5 to get in otherwise I'd have bailed. They weren't half bad though, but not an experience I needed. Cheap Terrapin on tap made it better.
i was interpreting it as "woah that's cool that MoFi did that". Primus definitely isn't the "coolest" band. definitely one of the most unexpected.The whole conversation is around the coolest/hippest album MoFi have doneā¦
On that note INXS weāre cool in the 80s no doubt but can a band that are so inextricably of their time and place ever maintain that cool outside their own era? Or is that reserved for the bands that are more influential that mahoosive
I focused on my beer and played darts in the corner. My ears were not happy for most of it.
There is something to that. However I like to think that they likely had absolutely nothing to do with it since it was their major label debut and they probably don't own the rights to a single note of it.Iām beginning to develop the opinion that once MoFi does your album you cease being cool ever again
Agreed but this is partly why I think Sonic Youth wins. Because they were awesome, and then just went away. That's cool.
Well I've probably got ten on order, so I'm just hoping they're spaced out a little. But new and expanded genres would be better than going back.