Frizzle Fry
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| Studio album by Primus | |||||
| Released | February 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | Christmas 1989 at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Funk rock | ||||
| Length | 51:25 | ||||
| Label | Caroline Records (1990), Prawn Song Records (2002) | ||||
| Producer | Primus and "Exxon" Matt Winegar | ||||
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Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus. Suck on This, a live album, preceded its release.
Released in 1990 on Caroline Records, it included the tracks Frizzle Fry and Groundhog's Day as well as the bands first single and minor radio hit "John the Fisherman". It was remastered in 2002, after the original had been out of print for years, and it was released on Prawn Song Records. It included 2 extra tracks, "Hello Skinny" and "Constantinople" (both covers of songs by The Residents).
"You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" is an excerpt from the Spent Poets song of the same name. The album's producer, Matt Winegar (who also recorded and produced "Suck on This" with merely a four-track recorder), was a member of the group, and a clip is featured just before "The Toys Go Winding Down." During Primus' 2004 Hallucino-Genetics Tour, where the second set would be Frizzle Fry in its entirety, the entire song of "You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" is used, as opposed to merely the excerpt. The album included Primus's first single, John the Fisherman, which was slightly popular and attracted attention. "Too Many Puppies" has been adopted into a song at sports arenas. Frizzle Fry quickly went gold in 2002, shortly after it was reissued.
The track "John the Fisherman" was used in the video game Guitar Hero 2.
The beginning of "To Defy the Laws of Tradition" and the intro into "John the Fisherman" on Primus' Suck on This is also the intro to the Rush song "YYZ".
[edit] Track listing
- "To Defy the Laws of Tradition" - 6:41
- "Groundhog's Day" - 4:58
- "Too Many Puppies" - 3:57
- "Mr. Knowitall" - 3:51
- "Frizzle Fry" - 6:04
- "John the Fisherman" - 3:38
- "You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" - 0:26
- "The Toys Go Winding Down" - 4:35
- "Pudding Time" - 4:08
- "Sathington Willoughby" - 0:25
- "Spegetti Western" - 5:43
- "Harold of the Rocks" - 6:17
- "To Defy" (reprise) - 0:39
Prawn Songs 2002 reissue contains one bonus track after "To Defy";
- "Hello Skinny/Constantinople" - 4:44
[edit] Personnel
- Les Claypool - bass guitar, vocals
- Larry "Ler" LaLonde - guitars, synthesizer
- Tim "Herb" Alexander - drums, percussion
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