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Primus Enlist Former Drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia For New Year's Eve Eve Oakland Show

,   and  Lucia Z. Liner
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Primus are in the New Year’s spirit, as the alt-metal oddballs are looking for a new drummer. The band has had a reported 5,000 submissions from piqued-interest percussionists, but the final decision will come in a few months, with the selected skinsperson debuting in late April on the Sessanta v2.0 tour alongside Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. 

In the meantime, though, the band has a handful of shows on the docket, and for part of their recent show in Oakland, CA on December 30th, Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde were joined by the band’s former drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia. Brain previously played with the band in 1989 before the recording of Suck on This, and manned the kit for the band’s late Nineties output: 1997’s Brown Album, 1998’s covers EP Rhinoplasty, and 1999’s nu metal-leaning Antipop. 

See Primus Live

The aforementioned Oakland show was not solely Primus, but an amalgamation of Primus, Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, and Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. The setlist ran as follows:

  1. "Holy Mackerel"
  2. "Highball With the Devil"
  3. "Hendershot"
  4. "Frog Brigade"
  5. "Up on the Roof"
  6. "David Makalaster"
  7. "Riddles Are Abound Tonight"
  8. "D's Diner"
  9. "Restin' Bones"
  10. "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers"
  11. "American Life"
  12. "Fisticuffs"
  13. "Shake Hands With Beef"
  14. "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"
  15. "Here Come the Bastards"
  16. "Cosmic Highway"

This marks the first time that “Restin’ Bones” was played live since 1997.

Tickets for the Sessanta v2.0 tour are available now. The full list of dates is as follows:

4/24 Palm Springs, CA Acrisure Arena

4/25 Las Vegas, NV PH Live at Planet Hollywood

4/27 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater

4/29 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum

5/1 Tulsa, OK BOK Center

5/2 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP

5/4 Huntsville, AL The Orion Amphitheater

5/6 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood

5/8 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

5/10 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion

5/11 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

5/14 Manchester, NH SNHU Arena

5/15 Philadelphia, PA TD Pavilion at The Mann Center

5/17 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

5/18 Fairfax, VA EagleBank Arena

5/20 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center

5/22 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage

5/24 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Music Center

5/25 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center

5/28 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena

5/29 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

5/31 Milwaukee, WI American Family Insurance Amphitheater

6/1 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center

6/3 Omaha, NE Baxter Arena

6/6 Portland, OR RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater

6/7 Auburn (Seattle), WA White River Amphitheatre

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