White Cloud Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Primus suck! Sorry, had to... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob61 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 23/03/2022 at 12:51, SteveXFR said: I love Rush but just can't be dealing with Claypool's bass and vocals. Will he turn the Rush songs in to his usual slapfest? Was just thinking that, i can imagining all Geddy's basslines been slaughtered by that clown Claypool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Some left handed keyboard players posing as bassists trolling here obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 23/03/2022 at 18:54, Misdee said: I saw Primus opening for Rush about thirty years ago. I suppose doing a Rush tribute show is a new way for them to parade their offbeat approach to life, for better or worse. Me too, Roll the bones tour. fwiw, Les hasn’t been obsessively slapping for about 30 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 LOLs at the angry people. You’re proper hilarious. x 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I'm not a fan of Primus but I think it's cool that they're doing this. I would go to see them as I love Rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 As talented as Mr Claypool and co are, If I wanted to see a Rush tribute, I'd rather go to see these lads. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) Bloody hell. OK, I can't be the only one to have been bitterly disappointed to find Lotus Land are based in the US (thus shafting my chances of seeing them). Edited March 28, 2022 by Rich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Rich said: Bloody hell. OK, I can't be the only one to have been bitterly disappointed to find Lotus Land are based in the US (thus shafting my chances of seeing them). Yep it's a sickener. That was 10 years or so ago, and looking at their YT channel there's nothing recent, they may have called it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 On 23/03/2022 at 13:51, wateroftyne said: It's well played, but... jeez. Those vocals. A mate of mine mentioned Primus yesterday (and did I know about the Farewell To Kings gig). I know you posted this a couple of months ago, but my comment to him generally about Primus was that the component parts have pretty much everything I should adore, but I find the vocals very hard going. Sure I can live with stuff like My Name Is Mud, Winona or Too Many Puppies, but too much Primus makes my chest hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 European tour has been cancelled. Time to get your refunds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Aye... Got my cancellation email yesterday! Unfortunately the Mrs wants to keep the relatively cheapo Lowry Hotel booking and turn it into a shopping trip 😪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 As usual See tickets keep their slice for selling us a ticket to an event that didn't happen £30 lost on tickets and £60 on hotel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, jazzmanb said: As usual See tickets keep their slice The beggars kept 20 of my pounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, Geddys nose said: Lovely to see them together, but I’m glad they haven’t been tempted to go out with another drummer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 That was just awful...mostly because what Rush never needed was a second bassist and a second drummer onstage, especially the drummer(s), who sound like they're in a mediocre tribute band...oh, hang on...that's it, tho, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 If they could have been tempted to go on with another drummer, I think that just killed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 20 hours ago, Muzz said: That was just awful...mostly because what Rush never needed was a second bassist and a second drummer onstage, especially the drummer(s), who sound like they're in a mediocre tribute band...oh, hang on...that's it, tho, isn't it? Sounds like the whole vibe of that sailed by which is fine .Two completely different bands who are close friends who knocked something up and its a South Park show so the Music Police need to go and mow the lawn really I bet Geddy loved a night off on stage with his bass and mates I love both bands and was looking forward to the uk Primus shows as just a one off mad experience i must have missed the 30 years of Primus rush covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 20 hours ago, Muzz said: That was just awful...mostly because what Rush never needed was a second bassist and a second drummer onstage, It was awful because geddy can't sing those songs any more, and hasn't been able to for a while. And I say that with Rush being my favourite group, but why I haven't gone and seen them in the last 10 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 27/03/2022 at 14:07, pst62 said: As talented as Mr Claypool and co are, If I wanted to see a Rush tribute, I'd rather go to see these lads. Tidy!!! 🤘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Woodinblack said: It was awful because geddy can't sing those songs any more, and hasn't been able to for a while. And I say that with Rush being my favourite group, but why I haven't gone and seen them in the last 10 years. I dunno why he doesn’t just drop his voice an octave for the old ones, instead of tuning down a step and really struggling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On 14/08/2022 at 19:14, Muzz said: That was just awful...mostly because what Rush never needed was a second bassist and a second drummer onstage, especially the drummer(s), who sound like they're in a mediocre tribute band...oh, hang on...that's it, tho, isn't it? Geddy Lee was quoted as saying Rush sounded like a Rush tribute band in the early days of rehearsal for any tour... I really enjoyed that whole concert, it was a glorious joyous shambolic mess, just like South Park, and I loved every minute of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Apropos absolutely nothing, and in a Primus thread too, this video of Neil Peart playing after going through a tom head and having his tech swap it out is just brilliant, I used to go to a couple of shows on any Rush tour, once just to watch Peart work, what an irreplaceable force he is. There's a moment after the tom is replaced at about 4:35 where he hits a big fill and we get a little smile from him as if to say "that would have been a sod to cover up"... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 What I admire most about Rush, far more than their music, is their unerring self-confidence and the strength of their convictions. What I mean is that, in a world where musicians are almost bullied into accepting fashionable orthodoxies such as "less is more" and "play to serve the song, not your own ego", these guys just go for it and do exactly whatever they feel like, regardless of any idiotic advice to the contrary. More is more and more is better because it gives you the opportunity to do more things. Primus are kindred spirits in that respect. (I can't imagine Les Claypool switching to a P Bass with flats and lecturing folks on the virtues of restraint and minimalism). Both bands have a neurotic intensity to them, albeit that Primus are a bit (a lot) more wacky (irritating). So to me Primus doing Rush is a good fit as a tribute. It's just that I can't enjoy Les Claypool's singing in his own music, let alone murdering Rush's back catalogue! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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