''Videoplasty'' is the third home video by Primus, following 1993's '' Cheesy Home Video'' and the fan club exclusive ''Horrible Swill''. ''Videoplasty'' was released at the end of 1998 to complement the band's recent covers EP ''

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'', and is composed mostly of highlights from a live show performed on October 14 that year at The Phoenix Theater in

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. This live footage is interspersed with montages of clips filmed during previous tours and at other recent shows, footage shot backstage and in the studio, animations by bassist

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 ...

, and the band's then-current

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s, spanning the previous two years back to the recording of the ''

Brown Album ''Brown Album'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Primus. It was released on July 8, 1997, by Prawn Song and Interscope Records. It was the band's first album with new drummer Brain, who replaced former drummer Tim Alexander. ...

'' and presented in approximate reverse-chronological order.

Track listing

#"To Defy the Laws of Tradition" #"Groundhog's Day" #''

'' Recording Session #

Sno-Core Tour The SnoCore Tour, occasionally typeset as Sno-Core, was an annual festival tour of the United States. It features performances by some of the most popular groups largely of the alternative rock and metal spectrum. Other than 2008 and 2016, the eve ...

Fall 1998 #"Kalamazoo" #" Too Many Puppies" / "Hello Skinny" #In the Studio with the

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for he''

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'' Movie #Recording with

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for he'' South Park'' Album #Primus and Spearhead

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Benefit for Calder Spanier #"

Tommy the Cat "Tommy the Cat" is a song by the American funk metal band Primus, released on their second album, ''Sailing the Seas of Cheese''. Recording The song contains spoken word portions (as the voice of Tommy the Cat) interspersed with the singing of ...

" (partial) / Europe Summer 1997 / Australia Spring 1998 #DJ Disk and Brain jam / "Tommy the Cat" (reprise) #''The Pitfalls of Eating Your Own Genitalia'' (animation) #"Seas of Cheese" / " Over the Falls" (intro) #"Over the Falls" (music video) - Directed by Les Claypool #The Making of the "Over the Falls" Music Video #Primus Records with

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in 1997 #"Bob's Party Time Lounge" #New Year's Eve Dec. 31, 1997 #US Tour Fall 1997 #"

Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" is a song by the American rock band Primus. It was released as the third single from their 1991 album '' Sailing the Seas of Cheese''. Unlike its preceding singles "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" and "Tommy the C ...

" #The

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Tour Summer 1997 #''The Skeeter Drinks the Taboo Fluid and Enters the World of the Undead'' (animation) #" Shake Hands with Beef" (music video) - Directed by Les Claypool #The Making of he"Shake Hands with Beef" Video #The Making of the ''

'' #"Here Come the Bastards" #Credits #"

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" (music video) - Directed by Mike Johnson

Notes

*All songs written by Primus, except "Hello Skinny" by The Residents and "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band. *Calder Spanier was the

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for

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's band. He was killed in a road accident in December, 1997. *The song seen being recorded with Tom Waits is a

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of Jack Kerouac's track "On the Road" for the compilation album ''

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''. It was also later included on Waits' collection '' Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards''. *2003's ''

Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People ''Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People'' is a career-spanning retrospective DVD plus bonus EP by American band Primus, released on October 7, 2003. The title was inspired by a crayon-made story book written by guitarist Larry LaLonde's son ...

'' DVD includes the three music videos from ''Videoplasty'' together with the "Making of the ''Brown Album''" segment. *Design by

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Personnel

- bass, vocals *

Larry LaLonde Reid Laurence "Larry" LaLonde (born September 12, 1968), also known as Ler LaLonde, is an American musician best known as the guitarist for Primus, a position that he has served since 1989, where he is known for his experimental accompaniment t ...

- guitar *

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 ...

- drums *

DJ Disk DJ Disk is a turntablist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is of Panamanian, Colombian, and Nicaraguan descent. Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age. In 1992, he joined ...

- turntables on the DJ Disk and Brain jam / "Tommy the Cat" (reprise) and "Here Come the Bastards" *

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- guitar on "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers", stage theatrics during the DJ Disk and Brain jam and "Here Come the Bastards" *"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" performed by Festus Clamrod and The El Sobrante Twangers **Les Claypool - vocals and bass **Larry LaLonde - banjo **Bryan "Brain" Mantia - drums ** Mark "Mirv" Haggard - slide guitar and voice of Johnny ** Bryan Kehoe - voice of the Devil **Violina Misteriosa - violin

References

{{Primus Primus (band) video albums 1998 video albums Interscope Records video albums Prawn Song Records video albums