The Primus co-founder has worked with a who's who of music luminaries, including Stewart Copeland, Trey Anastasio, Bernie Worrell, Buckethead and Sean Lennon. By Glenn Peoples If a musician is judged ...

One hot and humid day in June 2002, singer and bassist Les Claypool joined three fellow musicians—Bernie Worrell, Buckethead, and Brian "Brain" Mantia—on stage at the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. Les Claypool said he’s never heard his band, Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains, referred to as a ...

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Bucket of Bernie Brains (especially given the musicians who comprise it) is how surprisingly wank-free and cohesive it is, despite the enormous potential ...

Imagine, Jean Luc Picard of the Star Ship Enterprise leads an away mission onto a menacing Borg cube. In its depths he encounters Les Claypool (base), capped by a helmet of golden ram horns, his ...

is a strange, mysterious guitar player, no doubt. But his eccentricities haven’t prevented him from collaborating with an impressive list of open-minded musicians. The oddball ax man has teamed with ...

Virtuoso bassist/frontman Les Claypool will be leading Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (that would be Claypool on bass and vocals, Buckethead on guitar, Brain on drums, and original ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If a musician is judged by the company he keeps, Les Claypool is one of rock music’s great talents and most desirable bandmates.