Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (C2B3) was an

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featuring bassist

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, guitarist

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, keyboardist

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and drummer

Bryan "Brain" Mantia Bryan Kei Mantia (born February 4, 1963), known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill ...

History

Les Claypool, bassist of many bands, including Primus, collaborated with virtuoso guitarist

, funk keyboardist

, and former Primus drummer Brain (

Bryan Mantia Bryan Kei Mantia (born February 4, 1963), known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bil ...

) under the name Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (a combination of all the band members' names), after they met at the 2002

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Music and Arts festival. Worrell, Brain and Buckethead were there to perform with

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. Laswell was not able to play at the concert, so Claypool invited them to jam with him. From this point, they developed the concept of this supergroup. Their concerts pushed the improvisational envelope by preparing no material and not rehearsing beforehand. At one of their shows they prepared sandwiches onstage for the audience members to eat. Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains reunited in 2004 to record ''

The Big Eyeball in the Sky ''The Big Eyeball in the Sky'' is the 2004 album by Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, known by fans as "C2B3," released on Les Claypool, Les Claypool's own Prawn Song Records, Prawn Song label. Reception AllMusic gave the album an a ...

'', an album with equal parts instrumental and vocal songs. The band began an 18-state tour of the US on September 24, 2004. Claypool said the tour was "a traveling, oversized sock-puppet show spawned by the characters of a

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film and scored by

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on bad acid." The album features only one guest, the multi-talented

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(noted as Gabby Lang on

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's '' Purple Onion'') on

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and

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. She also opened on every show during the 2004 tour to mixed reviews as a solo act, sometimes with members of C2B3. Produced and Engineered by Les Claypool, with photography by

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and album packaging designed by

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Lineup

- vocals, bass *

- guitar *

- keyboards *

- drums

Discography

Studio album *2004: ''

'' 2004 Fall Tour *Downloads at the official site (

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format) Compilations *2003: '' Bonnaroo, Vol. 2'' - Featuring the live track "Number Two" *2004: '' Concrete Corner: October Sampler 2004'' - Featuring the track "Junior"

Videography

*2005:

- ''

5 Gallons of Diesel ''5 Gallons of Diesel'' is a retrospective music DVD featuring Les Claypool and his various side projects. Released on November 15, 2005 by Prawn Song Records Prawn Song Records is an independent record label owned by Les Claypool of Primus. Th ...

'' Features the four live tracks: "Opening Jam," "Encore Jam," "Tyranny of the Hunt," and "Scott Taylor." *2003: '' Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002'' Features the only live performance of the song "Number Two."

References

External links

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains' official website

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains official live download website
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