Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine by Primus & Greg Prato

Author:Primus & Greg Prato [Prato, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2014-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Tim Has Left the Building

DAVID LEFKOWITZ: I can’t tell you exactly when the distance between Tim and the guys started. But clearly they had been on the road huge chunks of every year together. He was just a different personality. It was nothing good or bad about it, he was just a quieter guy. He had a very physical job, and he was tired, and he’d go back to his hotel room after a show. And Larry was a younger guy, and Les is a fun guy, so they would not go back to the hotel room. They just liked to have fun, go out, and be social. And Tim was not that guy. I think that’s how the wedge started.

LARRY LaLONDE: It was probably during when we were making Tales from the Punchbowl. It was a lot of work, and you’ve got to be flexible a lot of times—as far as if a part is not working, or if someone doesn’t like a part. Everyone had different ideas of how things should be going.

LES CLAYPOOL: I’m not sure exactly when it was. It was sort of a slow dissolve. I really don’t know, to tell you the truth. I’m not even sure how that bit of touring went. He lost interest, and subsequently we lost interest in him. And we went our separate ways.

TIM “HERB” ALEXANDER: The split happened in ’96, I think. After doing the last show of the Punch Bowl tour in Alaska, I really didn’t talk to Les the three days we were there. I think it’s one of those relationships where we just don’t connect on any level except music and comedy. It’s so strange. I have never had a relationship like that in my life. And I have never made such interesting music, either. I think it’s our extreme differences that make it work. And it gels when we are at our instruments. But take the instruments away and it’s very quiet. If I could see it as just business then maybe it could have been easier. But when on tour, we are around each other 24/7, and it’s not cool to have silence when we’ve spent seven years working and traveling together. Music and drumming has always been a passion, and when it turned into a job, I just couldn’t do it. And neither could Les.

LES CLAYPOOL: As far as the Alaska show, it was the only show that we cancelled—we postponed it—because my son was born right around the time we were supposed to do the original gig. So we postponed that show and wound up going there a month or two later.

ADAM GATES: I just remember them not hanging out a lot. It seemed [Tim] was outside of Les and Larry hanging out a lot. I remember Tim sleeping a lot on the tours—he was just kind of absent, in a weird way. That was clearly an indication of something going on—the dynamic. Also, Les has a very strong, persistent way he wants the music, and he’ll let you know.

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