Watch: PRIMUS Performs First Live performance Since TIM ‘HERB’ ALEXANDER’s Newest Departure

PRIMUS performed the primary live performance because the current surprising departure of longtime percussionist Tim “Herb” Alexander final night time (Monday, December 30) on the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. Sitting behind the drums for the present was Bryan “Mind” Mantia, who beforehand performed with PRIMUS when Alexander initially left the band in 1996.

In gentle of Alexander‘s newest departure, PRIMUS additionally enlisted musicians from frontman Les Claypool‘s facet initiatives, THE HOLY MACKEREL and FROG BRIGADE, to carry out throughout final night time’s efficiency.

Fan-filmed video of the complete gig will be seen beneath.

The setlist was as follows:

THE HOLY MACKEREL

01. Holy Mackerel (LES CLAYPOOL AND THE HOLY MACKEREL music) (with LES CLAYPOOL AND THE HOLY MACKEREL)
02. Highball With The Satan (LES CLAYPOOL AND THE HOLY MACKEREL music) (with LES CLAYPOOL AND THE HOLY MACKEREL)
03. Hendershot (LES CLAYPOOL AND THE HOLY MACKEREL music) (all three bands)

FROG BRIGADE (with Larry LaLonde)

04. Up On The Roof (THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE music) (with THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE)
05. David Makalaster (THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE music) (with THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE)
06. Riddles Are Abound Tonight (SAUSAGE cowl) (with THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE)
07. D’s Diner (THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE music) (with THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE)

PRIMUS (with Mind)

08. Restin’ Bones (first time since 1997)
09. These Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
10. American Life
11. Fisticuffs
12. Shake Fingers With Beef
13. Jerry Was A Race Automotive Driver

Encore:

14. Right here Come The Bastards (all three bands)
15. Cosmic Freeway (THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE music) (all three bands)

With Mantia, PRIMUS recorded two studio albums — “Brown Album” (1997) and “Antipop” (1999) — in addition to the covers EP “Rhinoplasty” (1998) and the unique theme music for the TV present “South Park”.

Final month, Alexander shared a letter with Rolling Stone journal explaining his resolution to go away the band.

“Lots of instances, you do one thing you’re keen on for a very long time, and typically the fervour turns right into a job, and typically that job does not really feel prefer it’s your being anymore,” he mentioned.

He mirrored on the affect his resolution had on his bodily, psychological and household life.

“After I found that I am fighting all these items, I needed to sit and take into consideration precisely what am I doing,” Alexander mentioned. “I do not suppose I’ve ever chosen my path in life, I believe I’ve simply all the time thought ‘I am a drummer, I am simply gonna do music,’ and issues got here to me, accepting no matter occurs.”

The information of his departure was initially shared on October 29 by his now-former bandmates, who claimed that they obtained an e-mail from him almost two weeks earlier saying he had “misplaced his ardour for taking part in.”

Alexander joined PRIMUS in 1989 and left in 1996, then rejoined after they reformed in 2003. He exited the group once more in 2010 however returned in 2013.

PRIMUS is not planning to cancel any upcoming reveals. For TOOL‘s “Reside In The Sand” vacation spot competition, they are going to be joined by the latter band’s Danny Carey. As for his or her 2025 “Sessanta” dates, they’re “looking for the ‘biggest drummer on earth’.”

In July 2016, Alexander revealed that he suffered a second coronary heart assault after he beforehand endured the same well being scare in 2014.

A decade in the past, Les Claypool‘s plan to reform the “basic” PRIMUS lineup — with Alexander and guitarist Larry Lalonde — was placed on maintain when Alexander suffered his first coronary heart assault, a “minor” assault that resulted within the drummer requiring triple bypass surgical procedure. To meet its touring obligations, PRIMUS recruited Carey to fill in for just a few dates. Three months after open-heart surgical procedure, Alexander rejoined PRIMUS on the highway.