September 12th

 My ticket stub from the September 12th, 2015 Primus concert I saw at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

July 16th

  July 16th, 1999 I was in Vancouver to see Ozzfest at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. I got to see the original line-up of Black sabbath with a shit load of other bands such as Slayer, Primus, System Of A Down, Rob Zombie, Slipknot and bunch of others.

May 28th

  I saw Primus play the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton on May 28th, 2013. This was a great show with lots of visuals in 3D, neat to see the crowd decked out in 3D glasses for the show.

Primus Live in Edmonton June 10th 2022

My buddy Nazz and I attended this Primus show in Edmonton at The Expo Centre. When I saw that Black Mountain was opening. Don't get me wrong, I really like Primus but Black Mountain was an added bonus. This would be my fourth time seeing Primus in concert and second time seeing Black Mountain. We got to the venue early as we didn't want to miss the Vancouver band Black Mountain. Black Mountain's line up has changed from the last time I saw them which was back in 2008. It was great to see a great turn out for the openers. I was actually surprised by how many people were there for Black Mountain. I dig their style of pschedelic/stoner rock music. They sounded great and put on a great show. Black Mountain.

Now it was time for Primus. This tour was dubbed A Tribute To Kings with the band playing the Rush album A Farewell To Kings in its entirety. In the weeks before this show I'd been listening to the Primus album Antipop an album I didn't realize I like as much as I do. The song Lacquer Head being one of my favorites on the album, I just couldn't get enough of it. I had said to my buddy nazz on the way to the show "I really hope they play this song tonight". Well after the opening song "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers" what do they play, yes "Lacquer Head", well that made my night and we were only two songs into the show. Other songs I recall them playing were "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver", "Fisticuffs" and "My Name Is Mud" plus others that I can't remember now. Keep in mind this show was last June, so my memory isn't great. Primus then did the Rush album "A Farewell To Kings" in which they did an amazing job of. After doing the album in full the band came back for an encore of a few songs, one of them being "Here Come The Bastards". I'd seen primus three times before this show and I think this was probably my favorite show of theirs. Primus sucks! Good times!!! Primus.

Primus Live In Edmonton Sept.12th 2015

Last Saturday my buddy RCD and I went to the Primus show here in Edmonton. This was my third time seeing Primus in concert, and have to say, way better then the last time I saw them which was three years ago. This time around Primus are on tour in support of their album Primus and the Chocolate Factory. This album is Primus doing the soundtrack to the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and of course it is all done in Primus style, which makes it very weird.

The show was made up of two sets, the first set was an hour long and consisted of the three band members Les Claypool on bass and vocals, Tim Alexander on drums and Larry LaLonde on guitar, no special effects, no stage props and fancy lighting, just the band jamming out. The first set started and ended with the songs from my favorite albums of theirs Sailing The Seas Of Cheese. Opening with Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers and closing with Jerry Was A Race Car Driver. I have to admit the rest of the songs in the first set I wasn't all that familiar with, sounded great just didn't know them all that well, lots of jamming through out, more then I recall them doing before live. The best surprise in the first set was the little snippet of an old Stompin' Tom Connors song they did The Bridge Came Tumblim' Down, that's the second time I have seen Les pull out some Stompin' Tom in concert. Nice to see he appreciates a Canadian icon.

After a half hour break it was time for the second set, which means it was time for shit to get weird. The second set started with the Chocolate Factory album in its entirety. Primus brought out the Fungi Ensemble which was two more musicians Sam Bass on cello and Mike Dillon playing multiple instruments. Their rendition of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory soundtrack was well done with a sinister twist to it. The stage now was adorned with huge wrapped candys and blow up mushrooms, and with Les Claypool dressed up as Willy Wonka, drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander in some kind of bunny costume and the Fungi Ensemble wearing weird old man masks. Then of course you had the Oompa Loompas making an appearance though out the show. Like I say, things got weird. Along with all that there was a screen in the back ground showing clips from the 1971 movie. It looked like the Oompa Loompas got out and about during the day with clips of them visiting the Gretzky statue, the Edmonton Eskimos office, Muttart Conservatory among other places around the city. The Chocolate Factory set was very entertaining and it took me days to get that damn Oompa Loompa song out of my head.

Right after the Chocolate Factory album was done Primus went right into some classics to close out the show, playing Too many Puppies, in which the guy standing next to me sang his heart out to. This guy knew his Primus I tell you. Then Les asked for a request in which a fan in the front row yelled out Is It Luck, which is what Primus did next, and that song has some amazing bass in it, excellent choice for a request. Then of course Primus had to play what is probably the most well known song of theirs Wynona's Big Brown Beaver, then closing out the show with another classic from Sailing The Seas Of Cheese playing Here Come The Bastards. An awesome show, and it just amazes me how effortlessly Les Claypool can play the bass, the man is an amazing bass player. A great show this time around. Weirdest thing I saw all night, a guy dressed up in Peter Criss of KISS make-up, what the hell was that about! Good times!!!

Primus setlist for Edmonton.

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Primus in Edmonton.


T-shirt front.

Back of t-shirt.

Limited edition black light poster bought at show.