Primus | 10 Question Music Multiple Choice Quiz

Answer: Les Claypool

Les Claypool was born in Richmond California in 1963 and lived his early years in El Sobrante, California. He started playing bass guitar at the age of fourteen. He worked as a carpenter before forming Primus.

Les Paul was an American guitarist, Les Ferdinand an English football player and Les Dawson an English comedian.

Answer: Suck on This

The album was a live recording of gigs in Berkley, California and featured nine songs. Most of the material was written by Les Claypool and some of the songs were "John the Fisherman", "Tommy the Cat" and "Pudding Time". Apart from Claypool the other members of the band were Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexander.

All other options were also released in 1989. "Oranges & Lemons" was released by XTC, "The Raw and the Cooked" by Fine Young Cannibals and "Make Them Die Slowly" by the White Zombies.

Answer: Frizzle Fry

The album contained 13 tracks that varied in length from 0:24 seconds ("Sathington Willoughby") to 6:42 minutes ("To Defy the Laws of Tradition"). "John the Fisherman" became the band's first single and was released both from the live album and later from a studio album.

"War Pigs" and "Paranoid" were songs by Black Sabbath.

Answer: Cheese

The album contained 13 songs and was released on the Interscope label. Primus produced the album themselves. Three of the songs, "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", "Tommy the Cat" and "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" were released as singles with "Jerry" reaching number 23 on the US Billboard alternative songs chart.

Answer: Pork

"Pork Soda" contained 15 tracks and was released on the Interscope, Prawn Song label. Three of the tracks, "My Name is Mud", "DMV" and "Mr. Krinkle" were released as singles. "Mud" reached number nine on the US Billboard alternative songs chart. The album was certified Gold in 1993 and Platinum in 1997 by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The album cover showed the head of a pig.

Answer: Wynona

"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" charted at 12 on the US Alternative Rock Tracks. The opening lyrics are "Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver and she shows it off to all her friends". The album itself, the band's fourth studio album, was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Answer: Brown

The "Brown Album" had the usual mixture of short and long tracks. It had 15 tracks in total and the playing time was 56:54 minutes. Brian "Brain" Manta played drums on the album. Two of the tracks, "Shake Hands with Beef" and "Over the Falls", were released as singles. The video for "Shake Hands with Beef" was directed by Les Claypool.

From the options given only brown was a composite colour.

Answer: South Park

According to Les Claypool he saw "Spirit of Christmas South Park" before writing the theme which begins with "I'm goin' down to South Park gonna have myself a time, Friendly faces everywhere humble folks without temptation". The song also features on the compilation album "Chef Aid: The South Park Album".

"Charmed" and "Felicity" were not animated series.

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne

On this tribute track Les Claypool was on bass, Brain on drums and Larry LaLonde on guitar. Other bands appearing on this tribute album were Godsmack, Slayer, System of a Down and Megadeth. The album contained 12 tracks and Ozzy also did the vocals on "Iron Man" that was performed by Busta Rhymes.

Answer: Leather

The drums on the album were played by Jay Lane, Claypool provided bass and vocals, and LaLonde played guitar. The 13 tracks on the album had a total play time of 50:46 minutes. The album charted at number four on both US Billboard Independent Albums and Top Alternative Albums. The tracks "Tragedy's a'comin'" and "Lee Van Cleef" were released as singles.

Naugahyde was first produced in 1936 at Naugatuck, Connecticut.