Frizzle Fry

Frizzle Fry
Studio album from Primus
Publication (s)	February 7, 1990
admission	1989
Label (s)	Caroline Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Alternative metal , funk metal
Title (number)	13
running time	51:17
occupation	Vocals , electric bass : Les Claypool Guitar : Ler LaLonde Drums : Tim Alexander
production	Primus, Matt Winegar
Studio (s)	Different Fur, San Francisco , (USA)
chronology Suck on This (1989) Frizzle Fry Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Single releases May 17, 1990 John the Fisherman July 26, 1990 Too many puppies 1990 Mr. Knowitall

Frizzle Fry is the first studio album by the band Primus . It was released on Caroline Records in 1990.

background

The album, released in 1990, contains the band's first single, John the Fisherman . In 2002 a remastered new edition of the album was released, which contains a cover of the songs Hello Skinny and Constatinople by the band The Residents as a bonus title under the name Hello Skinny / Constatinople .

The beginning of To Defy the Laws of Tradition is an excerpt from the song YYZ by the band Rush from their album Moving Pictures . This excerpt can also be heard at the beginning of the track John the Fisherman , the first track on the album Suck on This .

You Can't Kill Michael Malloy is an excerpt from the song of the same name by the group Spent Poets, whose member Matt Winegar produced the album. Another excerpt from the song can be heard shortly before The Toys Go Winding Down .

John the Fisherman is featured as a title in the Guitar Hero II game .

title

Texts: Les Claypool, music: Primus, unless otherwise indicated.

No.	title	music	Guitars from	length
1.	To Defy the Laws of Tradition		Todd Huth	6:42
2.	Groundhog's Day (Alternative Title: Ground Hog's Day )		Todd Huth	4:58
3.	Too many puppies			3:57
4th	Mr. Knowitall			3:51
5.	Frizzle Fry		Todd Huth	6:04
6th	John the Fisherman		Todd Huth	3:37
7th	You Can't Kill Michael Malloy (Spent Poets / Matt Winegar)	Winegar		0:25
8th.	The Toys Go Winding Down			4:35
9.	Pudding Time		Todd Huth	4:08
10.	Sathington Willoby (Alternative Title: Sathington Willoughby )			0:24
11.	Spegetti Western			5:43
12.	Harold of the Rocks		Todd Huth	6:17
13.	To Defy		Todd Huth	0:36
Overall length:				51:17

New edition (remastered) 2002
No.	title	Songwriter	length
14th	Hello Skinny / Constantinople (Cover, Original: The Residents )	The Residents	4:48
Overall length:			56:05

occupation

All information about the cast comes from the album cover.

Primus

• Les Claypool - bass , vocals
• Larry LaLonde - electric guitar , acoustic guitar
• Tim Alexander ("Herb") - drums

More musicians

• Todd Huth - acoustic guitar on The Toys Go Winding Down
• Sathington Willoughby Orchestra:
  • Les Claypool ("Snap") - banjo , bass
  • Larry LaLonde ("Chunker") - guitar
  • Tim Alexander ("Herb") - toy organ
  • Matt Winegar ("Exxon") - toy piano
  • Todd Huth - acoustic guitar

reception

Siggy Zielinsky from Babyblauen Seiten gives the album a rating of 12/15 and recommends it to everyone "who is enthusiastic about playful, excellent funk metal with a lot of prog and a touch of self-irony."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/09/guitar-hero-ii-final-tracklist-revealed
2. ↑ Primus - Frizzle-Fry at Discogs
3. ↑ http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/index.php?albumId=1973&content=review