Despite this, to me, they’re an eminently listenable mix of rock, funk, pop, metal, jazz and a myriad of other styles into the bargain. Their singer is - at best – poor you can’t really say that they have written many great songs and they’re prone to the odd bit of wackiness that confounds even us fans (Hail Santa from their “Pork Soda” album being a great case in point). Fans of the band were almost rabid in their devotion whilst the non-believers felt this was the worst noise that you’d ever heard.īeing honest, if you forced me to sell Primus to you, I wouldn’t be able to do it. They were touring in support of their classic “Sailing The Seas of Cheese” album and although they were an artist who had to “grow on you” I found that they did and that they were also the musical equivalent of marmite. As I did back then, I decided to investigate the band before the gig as I prefer to try and enjoy the support band, rather than frequenting the bar, whilst they play. I’ve loved Primus since I found out they were going to be the support band to a Rush gig I went to back in 1992. They appeared in one of the “Bill and Ted” films playing “Tommy The Cat” and if you’ve ever watched South Park – the theme tune is them.

You most probably have heard some music by Primus, even if you’re not aware of it.

Primus chocolate factory full album