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C2B3
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (C2B3) was an experimental rock supergroup (bands), supergroup featuring bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Buckethead, keyboardist Bernie Worrell and drummer Brain (musician), Brain. History Les Claypool, bassist of many bands, including Primus (band), Primus, collaborated with virtuoso guitarist Buckethead, funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and former Primus (band), Primus drummer Brain (musician), Brain under the name Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (a combination of all the band members' names), after they met at the 2002 Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival. Worrell, Brain and Buckethead were there to perform with Bill Laswell as Praxis (band), Praxis. Laswell was not able to play at the concert, so Claypool invited them to jam with him. From this point, they developed the concept of this supergroup. Their concerts pushed the improvisational envelope by preparing no material and not rehearsing beforehand. At one of their shows t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Claypool
Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American rock music, rock musician. He is the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus (band), Primus. Listed as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, his playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and Slapping (music), slapping. Outside of Primus, Claypool has also been involved in a number of side projects, including Supergroup (music), supergroups such as Oysterhead (with Trey Anastasio and Stewart Copeland) and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (with Buckethead, Bryan Mantia, and Bernie Worrell). He also fronts the experimental rock projects Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and Les Claypool's Fancy Band. He has self-produced and engineered several solo releases from his own studio, Rancho Relaxo, in California. In 2006, he wrote and directed the mockumentary ''Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo, Electric Aprico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
