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Frizzle Fry
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | February 7, 1990 |
| Genres | Funk Metal, Alternative Metal |
| Labels | Caroline Records, Prawn Song Records |
| Format | CD, Digital, Vinyl, Cassette |
| Length | 51:25 |
| Ranked | #142 for 1990 , #8,933 all-time |
Frizzle Fry Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | To Defy the Laws of Tradition | 6:42 | 81.7 | 3 | |
| 2. | Groundhog's Day (alternative title: Ground Hog's Day) | 4:58 | 78.3 | 3 | |
| 3. | Too Many Puppies | 3:57 | 78.3 | 3 | |
| 4. | Mr. Knowitall | 3:51 | 81.7 | 3 | |
| 5. | Frizzle Fry | 6:04 | 78.3 | 3 | |
| 6. | John the Fisherman | 3:37 | 80 | 3 | |
| 7. | You Can't Kill Michael Malloy (performed by Matt Winegar) | 0:25 | 73.3 | 3 | |
| 8. | The Toys Go Winding Down | 4:35 | 72.5 | 2 | |
| 9. | Pudding Time | 4:08 | 72.5 | 2 | |
| 10. | Sathington Willoughby | 0:24 | 67.5 | 2 | |
| 11. | Spegetti Western | 5:43 | 67.5 | 2 | |
| 12. | Harold of the Rocks | 6:17 | 67.5 | 2 | |
| 13. | To Defy | 0:36 | 67.5 | 2 |
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Line-up (members)
- Les Claypool : Bass, Electric Upright Bass, Double Bass, Vocals
- Larry LaLonde : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Tim "Herb" Alexander : Drums
Guest / additional musicians
- Todd Huth : Acoustic Guitar on "The Toys Go Winding Down"
- Sathington Willoughby Orchestra
- Les Claypool a.k.a. "Snap" : Banjo, String Bass
- Larry LaLonde a.k.a. "Chunker" : Archtop Acoustic Guitar
- Tim Alexander a.k.a. "Herb" : Toy Organ
- Matt Winegar a.k.a. "Exxon" : Toy Piano
- Todd Huth : Acoustic Guitar
Production staff / artist
- Primus : Production
- Matt "Exxon" Winegar : Production (except "hello skinny/constantinople")
- Ron Rigler : Engineering
- Matt Murman : Second Engineer
- Stephen Marcussen : Remastering
- Lance "Link" Montoya : Sculpture
- "Snap" : Airbrushing, Cartooning
- Paul Haggard : Jacket Design, Photography
2002 reissue bonus track
14. Hello Skinny/Constantinople (The Residents cover) (4:48)
Different Fur, San Francisco, CA, USA – recording
Marcussen Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, USA – remastering
14. Hello Skinny/Constantinople (The Residents cover) (4:48)
Different Fur, San Francisco, CA, USA – recording
Marcussen Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, USA – remastering
Frizzle Fry Lists
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Frizzle Fry Reviews
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Date : Jun 15, 2024
"Frizzle Fry" by Primus is an electrifying journey through a bass-driven wonderland. Les Claypool's virtuoso bass lines, especially in "John the Fisherman" and "Too Many Puppies," are mesmerizing. Larry LaLonde’s guitar and Tim Alexander’s drumming are equally stellar, creating a surreal, psychedelic soundscape.
This album defies conventions with its blend of funk, metal, and prog rock. It’s as if Salvador Dalí formed a rock band! Every track is a playful, audacious exploration of musical boundaries. "Frizzle Fry" doesn't just push the envelope; it mails it to another dimension.
So, crank up the volume and let Primus fry your brain—in the best possible way. Remember, “They can’t all be zingers,” but this one definitely is!
This album defies conventions with its blend of funk, metal, and prog rock. It’s as if Salvador Dalí formed a rock band! Every track is a playful, audacious exploration of musical boundaries. "Frizzle Fry" doesn't just push the envelope; it mails it to another dimension.
So, crank up the volume and let Primus fry your brain—in the best possible way. Remember, “They can’t all be zingers,” but this one definitely is!
Date : Feb 13, 2021
Primus help launch a new decade of metal with a release going against a lot of what 80’s metal was. Frizzle Fry was not exactly a parody album, but it combined silly and nonsensical themes, goofy vocals, and technical prowess.
Straight from your first glimpse of the cover, Frizzle Fry looks like an absolute joke. What you find inside is only halfway so, because in the songwriting and ability department, Primus take themselves very seriously. It’s no secret that it’d take a real expert to not only play, but come up with this stuff. There’s Math Rock and Experimental influence all over this thing. However, one thing Primus is not quite good at is writing a good riff, or a good guitar solo, or really anything musically memorable. The songs do their thing, dance around chaotically with some impressive technique and then leave nothing to remember them by.
The vocals, lyrics, and themes are a big weakness here for me. It’s all just too silly, never clever enough to make me laugh but annoying enough to take away from the music. The vocal style doesn’t make use of any nice hooks or melodies either, further instigating the issue of songs having no memorably strong moments.
Straight from your first glimpse of the cover, Frizzle Fry looks like an absolute joke. What you find inside is only halfway so, because in the songwriting and ability department, Primus take themselves very seriously. It’s no secret that it’d take a real expert to not only play, but come up with this stuff. There’s Math Rock and Experimental influence all over this thing. However, one thing Primus is not quite good at is writing a good riff, or a good guitar solo, or really anything musically memorable. The songs do their thing, dance around chaotically with some impressive technique and then leave nothing to remember them by.
The vocals, lyrics, and themes are a big weakness here for me. It’s all just too silly, never clever enough to make me laugh but annoying enough to take away from the music. The vocal style doesn’t make use of any nice hooks or melodies either, further instigating the issue of songs having no memorably strong moments.
Date : Sep 14, 2019
debutové album od skupiny Primus sa nesie v štýle Alternative/Funk/Experimental Rock -u s občasnými prvkami Metal -u. Poznávacím a asi aj najsilnejším (alebo skôr najznámejším) prvkom kapely je hra na basovú gitaru v podaní Les Claypool -a, ktorý má na starosti aj spev. Avšak kým jeho experimentálne pojatie basgitary je väčšinou zaujímavé, o jeho speve sa to nedá povedať. Ich diskografiu a albumy mám napočúvané mnoho krát, avšak vždy mi v piesňach vadil jeho spev. Má takú divnú farbu/tón, rovnako ako aj štýl spevu (tón a farba hlasu) a frázovania (miestami až falošný), čím mi vždy v piesňach prekážal - aspoň keby ho dali viac do pozadia... O gitaru sa postaral Larry "Ler" LaLonde, pričom jeho hra je prevažne postavená na rôznych vyhrávkach a experimentálnych prvkoch (inak v minulosti člen kapiel ako Possessed, Blind Illusion), prípadne ťahavých prvkov. Podporu, rytmus a doprovod zabezpečil technický zdatný bubeník Timothy W. "Tim" Alexander. Zhrnutie: hudba je celkom podarená (aj keď určite nepatrí medzi moje najobľúbenejšie štýly), avšak spev je z môjho pohľadu slabý a znižuje výslednú kvalitu hudby, čím aj moje hodnotenie.
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Primus Discography
| Album | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suck on This | Live | Nov 1989 | - | 0 | 0 |
| ▶ Frizzle Fry | Album | Feb 7, 1990 | 71 | 5 | 3 |
| Sailing the Seas of Cheese | Album | May 14, 1991 | 77.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous Debris | EP | Mar 12, 1992 | 75 | 1 | 0 |
| Pork Soda | Album | Apr 20, 1993 | 81.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tales from the Punchbowl | Album | Jun 6, 1995 | 68.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Brown Album | Album | Jul 8, 1997 | 65 | 3 | 0 |
| Rhinoplasty | EP | Aug 11, 1998 | 77.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Antipop | Album | Oct 19, 1999 | 71.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People | EP | Oct 7, 2003 | - | 0 | 0 |
| June 2010 Rehearsal | EP | Aug 5, 2010 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Green Naugahyde | Album | Sep 12, 2011 | 77.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Primus & The Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble | Album | Oct 21, 2014 | 75 | 2 | 0 |
| The Desaturating Seven | Album | Sep 29, 2017 | 80 | 3 | 0 |
| Conspiranoia | EP | Apr 6, 2022 | 90 | 1 | 0 |
