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Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | |
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 Claypool playing the Whamola at The Rave (Milwaukee, WI). | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Years active | 2000–2004, 2022–present |
| Labels | Prawn Song |
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is a musical project with rotating personnel, led by American singer/bassist Les Claypool. The Frog Brigade was formed during a hiatus from Claypool's main group Primus.
The original band was formed in summer 2000 and consisted of Claypool, Todd Huth (guitars, vocals), Jay Lane (drums), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), Skerik (saxophone), and Eenor Wildeboar (guitars, cümbüş). Les Claypool has described their sound as, "It's kind of a King Crimson meets Pink Floyd meets Frank Zappa type thing."[1]
The band released two live recordings in 2001, Live Frogs Set 1 and Live Frogs Set 2. Set 1 is a mix of covers and originals, including "Thela Hun Ginjeet" (King Crimson) and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Pink Floyd).[2] Set 2 is a live cover of the entire Pink Floyd album, Animals.[3] A studio album, entitled Purple Onion, was also released in 2002.[4][5]
All three albums were released on Les Claypool's Prawn Song Records.
- ^ Dansby, Andrew (January 30, 2001). "Claypool to Release Frogs". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009.
- ^ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (May 9, 2001). "Les Claypool's Frog Brigade Preps Summer Tour". MTV. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Kevin (March 19, 2020). "Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade's "Live Frogs" Reissued on Vinyl". No Treble. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Goller, Josh (February 4, 2013). "Revisit: The Les Claypool Frog Brigade: Purple Onion". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Liner notes.