Les Claypool is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the founder, lead vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Primus. Claypool’s distinctive playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping. His eccentric stage performances, which incorporate homemade costumes, have made him a cult figure. Claypool has also collaborated with Racer X, Oysterhead, Martín Léon, Tom Waits, Buckethead, Deep Banana Blackout, Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Gov't Mule, and Frog Brigade. He has also released solo albums and performed with a variety of side projects, including the Holy Mackerel, Colonel Les Claypool and the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, and Les Claypool & the Holy Goats.