Primus - January 13, 1990 Cattle Club 2 cam edit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Thanks to Jerry Perry and Shayne Stacy for making their footage available for this project. Transferred from the master tapes.
Mr. Knowitall / 0:00:40
To Defy The Laws Of Tradition / 0:04:32
Too Many Puppies / 0:11:52
Harold Of The Rocks / 0:16:23
Groundhog's Day / 0:24:22
Toys Go Winding Down / 0:29:25
The Heckler / 0:34:50
Spaghetti Western / 0:38:44
Frizzle Fry / 0:44:38
John The Fisherman / 0:50:50
Pudding Time / 0:56:45
Tommy The Cat / 1:02:20
I want to erase my memory and find out about Primus again. This band is so good
I just did, like last night. What the absolute fuck 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This is what TH-cam was made for!
You coudn't possibly be more right!
Indeed!
Corrrectomondo kidda
Hell yeah
preach
Nothing beats those early Primus crowds. I will never forget it; it was insane.
yeah, i rarely see crazy crowds nowadays on shows. Everybody is "too normal" nowadays, stays with a fkn phone and is afraid to go nuts!
@@aerahtv0000 to be fair... this rocks... latest primus shows are great, but not like back in the day where their whole set was nuts.. I still go crazy at primus shows .. obviously less heavy than they were at this time
@@aerahtv0000 they exist. Go to a machine girl show
@@alexbirminghan9332 Les heavy?
@@Croot_Music death grips fans are crazy enough for listening to death grips and the crowds are insane. A bunch of shy white guys but once the music starts it turns into a mosh pit..
I was there !!
it still blows my mind that Les was this good at bass this early in his career and he only got better and better.
I met Les on this tour. I think the band TAD was opening for Primus and Les was just in the audience leaning up against a pole with braided mohawk watching the show. I really don't think anyone else recognized him? Hard to believe. Being really into fishing at the time I asked him "Did you really catch 100 pound sturgeon on 30 pound test?" and he replied, "No, my dad did". Later I got to read the lyrics and realized I should have known! It was a rowdy, sweaty, beautifully painful show. Saw a guy in the restroom trying to look at the top of his head in the mirror, he asked if it was okay, all I saw was about a three inch split to the skull, from contacting previously mentioned pole... Good times.
Amazing show that night. I remember riding my motorcycle there and it wouldn't start because of the cold🤣
Mr Tim Alexander on the drums ladies and gentlemen..
Hey, that's Herb.
HERB THE GINSENG DRUMMER
his fills are amongst the very nastiest I've ever heard
The only thing better than hearing that, is hearing "ladies and gentlemen, the man, the myth, the legend: brain
That's right H.G. Herb the ginseng drummer!
I will never cease to be amazed by this band! Les's playing is phenomenal, Ler is underappreciated and Tim kills it as usual. It's like a guitar, bass and drum solo played in unison. So complicated, yet it sounds so loose and dirty. Notice how the audience sang all the songs and the album hadn't even come out yet? There's some true fans! And the best part is there's no Auto-tune!
Man that looks like a good time to see primus live in 1990
It was a blast!
First got to hear "Frizzle Fry" over here in the U.K about 1991 or whatever!. Soon as i heard it .... i knew!.
Few months later as an errant 31 year old i ended up in California n Arizona on a few months of partyi n stuff and Primus was the soundtrack to several good party sessions along with Nirvana!.
Fantastic times, still listening n viewing Primus now as a crusty old 63 year old.!
Les’s little high knee kick when he’s in the groove is something of the stuff of legends 🤘
These people have no idea how lucky they were to see Primus play live at this time in this tiny little club
Frizzle fry is by far my favorite album. Primus at their best 😄
I love how progressively more drunk Larry gets lol
I miss the fookin 90s
Holy shit Tim's drum work on Mr. Knowitall is fucking mind blowing
Primus came along at just the right time with just the right sound , the bay was rockin in the late 80s early 90s, and Primus was ground zero , in my opinion they paved the way for so many amazing underground bands fungo mungo , limbomaniacs, bluchunks,psychafunkapus,dot3,and many more, Mr bungle was already doing their thing but they fit right in to the thrash funk movement, I stumbled across primus in 1989 at the Omni in Oakland ca where they opened for Testament, it literally changed my musical direction, I became like a deadhead following primus wherever they played , I think I have over 40 primus shows I’ve attended, my favorite being the night they played as “CACA” with jay lane and Todd huth playing side by side with Larry and Tim , at the Berkeley square! Thank you for the post this is an amazing moment in music history for sure
I'm a 54yr old woman that stumbled on Primas by accident...fuck!!!...what I've been missing out on!!! Where have I been? Thank God for Utube. I've a lot to catch up on
Amazing Band ! Crazy time signatures that gel ! I was lucky enough to discovering them in the late 80's and have seen them play several times ! They put on one of the best shows on the planet ! Highly recommended!
Same here Sister.
Fukin A..Heard these guys at UCSC.1990..(Santa Cruz)...My friend from South Central L.A..He lived in a dorm, somewhere in '90..He wanted a visit..So, I drove up to the campus, from L.A..He said, " Bring up some of that PCP."..So, I did..Next thing, he gave me some shrooms, and mescaline..Next day, after my high wire off, some dude in the communal dorm kitchen, yelled out, "Too many puppies".. From that, It was history..Then, found out that, Ler, was from the band Possessed! A Classic Deathmetal band, from the mid- Late 80's...Wow..👊
That rendition of The Heckler just melted my fucking face off
A true testament to the relative audio quality of VHS. Thanks Jim for this bit of my concert history!
This show is in January 1990..
The month between when Frizzy Fry was recorded (Dec '89) and released (Feb '90).
Which is why the songs sound so spot-on with the album!
It’s uncanny how on point it is. Great call
Great observation!
89-92 the Bay Area music scene was amazing, starring primus, bungle, deli creeps (buckethead), limbo maniacs, fungo mungo!
Charlie conustedes don’t forget Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys!
Victim's family !
Bluchunks!
Disciples of Ed
Walrus, Kai Kln
Primus always puts on the best shows. I've seen them well over 20 times in my life and every show was better than the last. I hope they keep making music for a long time to come.
Herb kills it during Puppies!
Those kids in the front row, their music standard are forever set.
Who are you, kid? Raise your hand. Tell us about this show.
...couple of kids. All of you, where are you now?
You must be in bands of your own after witnessing this masterpiece.
This is probably the best primus show
in this small concert hall Le Fri-Son in Fribourg in Switzerland I saw them on November 10, 1990 and June 24, 1991 and it was just incredibly good
In this small hall of 1200 seats I saw Nirvana Muse the Beastie Boys GBH some Swiss groups some French groups and some groups of friends
the solo and outro of frizzle fry!! holy shit!! that's what i call a precise drummer. tim's truly a badass!!
What a gem! Thanks for sharing, this is what makes the Internet great!
I thanks my friends for making me a huge fan of all Primus first and second album. Me and 2 of my best friends just smoke a joint or bong(depends of our money, we didn't have a job., I was 18...). But I remember all of that time. Every weekend in the underground club just jumping poko and always a chick to kiss or home and fuck. Best times in my life. So happy I wasn't a mainstream loser. In the start of the 90tees I moved from home and my god(I'm a ateist), but grunge came, Faith no more incl Mr Bungle, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers and a lot of good influence from the 60tees music.
So after 3 years in highschool listening to ALL the 60tees music. I was at library every day to lend both LP's and notes. I❤ music and music, if you don't know, was invented by our brothers, neandertaler. For 650000 years ago a man found a bone a blovt in it. Thanks to the neandertaler who did that 450000 years ago, 250000 years before our human homo sapiens came to life. Evolution not made by a person with long grey hair and beard in heaven. Darwin found out. All objective is the only thing. Subjective is only in YOUR head...
So🖕
O MYYY !!!! Les is such a BABE !!!! And that rite thur is LER and the drummer for APerfect Circle and Pusifer Tim “HERB” Alexander … THANK U SOO MUCH FOR THIS !!!! This Beautiful creation helped me through suicidal teenage years …. I LOV U LESLIEEEEeE !!!!! Xxxxxxxxxxx
I have this on VHS...bootleg trading in the early 90's was fun.
+grahammj This version has never been on vhs and has only existed since 2014. But yes, one of the cameras has been on the trading circuits for a long time. Most of those versions are of lesser quality since I digitized the master 8 mm tape.
Thanxs for sharing this "rising" period of Primus...and my skate & hardcore youth...25 years and I still listen to this bastard music! Thanx a lot.
Les sporting the airwalks and Powell Peralta bones sweat pants . NOSTALGIA aplenty! One of Sactowns finest venues at the time
Saw my first Primus show at Slayer’s Last Show Last years and they rocked!
Shit, I think I like this better than the Woodstock performance! It's hilarious, the crowd can just reach out and touch them. Back in the day!
That is fucking funnY. Wish I seen that !!
That's fucking awesome. That's the way to hear Primus, given their penchant for singing about food and other mundane shit.
HIPPOSTOMPER somebody could've screwed up Les's pedalboard he uses for that crunchy effect and that flanger effect... yep that's pretty close.
Man, the pit and all the rest of the drunks would push you onto the stage/monitor/foot pedals- all suspect to breaking- IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!
magic times!
13:49 Love how Les is like "eh, whatever" and just ignores the shirt.
Great show! 49:10 best part drummer Tim Alexander!
I first saw Primus live at UC Davis. I couldn’t tell how many shows I went to at The Cattle Club
I remember watching this version of Primus at The Blue Max nightclub in Chico.
"this guy is pretty bizarre". what a skills, what a performance!
My uncle was at this show, you could here him scream YEAH!!!
I thought that was him
I was in highschool in NH in '90 and was given a tape as gift from Heidi who lived in Sebabstopol CA. it had Frizzle Fry on one side and Fugazi Repeater on the other. I becasme an instant Primus fan. I listened to that tape so much and this brings me right back there like 33 yearrs was a blink of an eye.
hard to find excellent footage like this from way back then. 👍👍
This is sick - love that TH-cam allows us to go back to these times!
I’ve never seen a band in a club this small, and then go on to be arena and amphitheater headliners. Must have been awesome to witness this and then see them at a lollapolozza a mere 4-5 years later.
It was. It truly was. We were really lucky to have this club is Sac that allowed minors into most shows. Saw the Cranberries, Nirvana, and a bunch of others before theybwere famous... all from the pit about 6 feet from the band. It was really good times.
I was there,, and can still smell this place,, cattle club,, Folsom rd Sacramento,, it was epic
My first Primus show was either a few days before or after this show, at the Omni in Oakland. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! Had so much fun at those shows I can barely believe they happened, but here's the evidence.
The Omni was so awesome, I first saw primus open for testament at the Omni , after that it was like every weekend! Any time they played the floor was jumpin! Literally spent the 89-92 following them from venue to venue ,it was a special thing to be a part of in that time 👍🏼
Charlie conustedes except Primus Sucks! Saw them for the first time at the Berkeley Square, different human after that.
Was les in his pig mask
@@jakesullivan5998 His pig mask came much later in his career, he only wore it on the 90s for the Mr. Krinkle video.
Did Fungomungo open for those shows? Trying to figure out if I was there at this show.
Thanks!!
Look at how Herb grabs a new stick at 51:45 without losing the beat!!
Just like walkin' the dog, baby. Herb's got this. Man he was dynamite back in the day. And he only got more subtle & fancy as the years moved on. But I still love the energy he was bringin' in 1989-90. :D
best ive ever seen primus live.....ive seen the band in person a shit load of times,but this is prime stuff man....this is the best ive seen les play as well....unreal
I saw them in Paris this same year in "theatre d'Ornano" wich was a similar Venue.
I was quite similar to this tape so I'm really happy to find this video.
Video and sound quality are very good for an 1990's recording ; thanks a lot !!
I was 12 when this was recorded, and also on the opposite side of the country. Who knows what path my life would have set on had I seen this in real time. (Assuming a 12 year old would have found a way to sneak in there.) I eventually found Primus and many other awesome bands of the 90s, including 80s bands that avoided the glam and makeup BS of their time, but it wasn't easy thanks to the crap radio stations in my area. MTV did help, before the drama, when they played actual videos that were not trying to sell you something besides a band's album, but it wasn't fool proof!
you are an absolute saint for uploading this gem. the whole show is nasty; i particularly love the Frizzle Fry > John the Fisherman. Nobody can play like that.
Makes me wish I was born 20 years earlier.
Thanks for posting! It's Les doing Les, and primus doing primus! Good as it gets, even though they still suck.
I love it when people aimlessly walk around on stage when the band is performing.
It wasn't aimless, they were discouraging would be stage divers.
Legend has it he still doesn’t know they were people potential stage divers.
Mr. Knowitall 0:40
To Defy The Laws Of Tradition 4:32
Too Many Puppies 11:52
Harold Of The Rocks 16:23
Groundhog's Day 24:22
Toys Go Winding Down 29:25
The Heckler 0:34:50
Spaghetti Western 38:44
Frizzle Fry 44:38
John The Fisherman 50:50
Pudding Time 56:45
Tommy The Cat - 1:02:20
Absolutely bonkers!
Or in Croatian: "A daj ne seri!"
1991. was the year they floated into my life on friends birthday party. He said "look at this now, I'm gonna play this band and everybody will leave the room." And they did. Except for Igor and me, we had headbangers ball till', well we still have it. :D
damn....and they still rock..
56:10 This guy was yelling for all of us for the encore
And to think that this would be one of their last club appearances.
well... they did suck... ;-)
I seen em at bottom of he hill and bimbos shit even slims in later years. But I was damn lucky
@@ZillMob I can see Bimbo’s with their Hydraulic stage, Slim’s would’ve been something too(loved that room). The Bottom of the Hill is hard to see no matter how many times they knocked out a wall to push the stage back.
It's was REALLY cool. Secret show advertised as "brown" and beanpole opened. We were touching the stage. Les' bass was next to us and we got to touch it for one second. Till... I forget the tech guys name (Todd?) said hey don't do that. They played master of puppies. Best show ever for me. Feel like mirv was involved but might be mixing memories
I love slims too. Never been back to bimbos. That was the charlie hunter quartet benefit when a member died on the bay bridge. A bit is on videoplasty. I was at the taping for that show too. Pretty much my late teens were just concerts. God I hate ,2020/21
I have a feeling Les still looks this good shirtless and clean shaven.
yeah but he's all growed up
Love the sound of herb's ice bells
What a setlist..
This is freaking nuts! holy hell primus they are on fire here
I love how the crowd never sees puppies coming
Middle of January and I remember the Cattle Club being 100 degrees that night.
AHHHHH this show! I remember it well! Thank you so much for making this video!
Around the time I first saw them. Opening for Sea Hags in San Jo.
I saw them in Ann Arbor and Detroit in August of this year. It was amazing, and, yes, in a small bathroom of a club.
Oh my. It’s been a long time. I used to see them often in the 1990ish years. The stone, Omni, cattleclub, etc. It wasn’t until now I see these videos from those puke filled clubs. Good times
Holy sh!t I miss those days. Mind blowing
Thanks for uploading this, it's legendary !
Absolutely amazing raw and at full speed. Primus at their peak
30 years..... I miss Cattle Club
este video es un verdadero tesoro!! viva primus cabrones!
18:33 casual master of puppets
I just ate a brownie
_Can I Have One?_
THC vape for me rn
Never seen this vid, one of the best!! And perfect audio sound! I love TH-cam
Crowds back then
🙌🙌🤘🤘💃🕺🪩💃🕺🔥🤸🏻🤸🏻
Crowds now
🤘😳📸
amazing footage
Love it!!!
Les is MORE!!!
BADASSERY-nice work, thanks for sharing.🤘🖖✌️🥁🎤🎹🎸
Ah... the good ol days
Blew the roof off of this venue!
I got their demo tape around this time. Buddy's older brother brought it to ADAK, AK
Very possibly the best trio in rock of all time based on virtuosity. They are all incredible players and managed to make interesting music playing stuff that also amazes musicians but can be appreciated just as a song by non-musicians. Nobody has surpassed this as far as I know.
Would list Rush, King's X, and as obscure as it may seem NoMeansNo (who were playing in the back ground during opening) to your list.
Zappa?
@@ZillMob Love Zappa, but he is the opposite of Primus/Trio in terms of making so much music with 3 people, Zappa had 2 drummers and a horn section, an orchestra sometimes.. He did a lot with a lot, Primus does a lot with a little.
@@gleventhal too true
Amazing show!
Thanks for posting!
The best and only PRIMUS line up 👍👍👍👍
I wish I'd been at this. My first time with Primus was later that year when they played The Crest.
primus is amazing to
Wish the played a set of just Primus songs like this. Miss the old days. Now, every tour Primus or Les are covering another bands album. I like Rush, and I love Floyd, but I love Primus too. Time for a tour with just Primus songs. And maybe mix in a cover or two to appease Les.
FKN cool upload!! cheers for the share!
Sounds so together, just like the album but ofc in the moment
it's amazing what methamphetamines can do I suppose!
They taped over Family Ties. Perfect ending to this video.
Who knew ol' farmer john could rock the drums like that.
Che figata pazzesca 🔥🤩
i love primus
This was a good year to be 21.