Todd Richard Huth (born March 13, 1963) is an American guitarist, best known as an original member of the band Primus, along with bassist/lyricist

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and author. He is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the ro ...

. Huth and Claypool began playing together, along with a drum machine, in or around 1984, originally calling themselves Primate until about 1986 when they changed their band name to Primus. With the lineup of Huth, Claypool, and

Jay Lane Jay Lane (born December 5, 1964) is an American drummer. He is a founding member of Bob Weir's RatDog, with Weir and Rob Wasserman, Wolf Bros, Furthur, Golden Gate Wingmen and Alphabet Soup. He was the 7th drummer to play in Primus, playing ...

, Primus became an underground sensation in and around San Francisco, prompting them to record a demo tape, ''Sausage'', to distribute at their shows. Around 1989, however, with his wife expecting a child, Huth decided to leave Primus to dedicate time to his family. Huth was replaced by

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, an old friend of Claypool's who remains in the band to this day. Huth still appears on Primus’ debut studio album, ''

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,'' playing acoustic guitar on a few tracks. After Primus went on to mainstream success without him, Huth reunited with Claypool and Lane in 1994 to produce an album on Claypool's label,

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. Unable to use their original band name, Primus, the trio instead adopted the title of one of their original demos,

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. The album was entitled ''

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''. Following that project, Huth formed a band, Porch, with former Today Is The Day bassist Christopher Frey and former

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drummer Dave Ayer. They released a single,

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ously titled album on Mammoth Records (via Claypool's Prawn Song label) in 1994. In 2000, Huth again reunited with Les Claypool and toured with Claypool's side-project, Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.James Sulliva
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'', March 5, 2001 Huth's guitar style is quite distinctive, combining creative use of dissonance with heavy use of

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. His style is clearly

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-influenced, incorporating extensive use of bends, and the

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