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This week, Dr. Josh Bald of Primus Tracks joins me to step deep into the wonderfully warped world of Primus — a band that never really fit into a category because they spent their entire career bending, twisting, and outright ignoring them.

From the early slap-heavy chaos of Frizzle Fry to the conceptual storytelling of The Desaturating Seven, we’re building a 10-song playlist designed to trace the full arc of Primus: the funk-metal experimenters, the surreal storytellers, the prog-adjacent architects of groove, and the band that somehow made “weird” feel like a cohesive musical language.

This isn’t a “greatest hits” exercise. It’s about mapping the different eras, textures, and philosophies that define the band — one track at a time. By the end, you don’t just hear Primus — you hear how consistent experimentation can become its own kind of identity. Love them, question them, or just try to keep up… there’s really nothing else that sounds like this run of records.

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To Defy The Laws of Tradition (Frizzle Fry)

Jerry Was a Racecar Driver (Sailing The Seas of Cheese)

The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman’s Chronicles, Part 3) (Pork Soda)

Lacquer Head (Antipop)

The Chastising of Renegade (Brown Album)

Tragedy’s a-Comin’ (Green Naugahyde)

The Carpenter & The Dainty Bride (Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People)

The Ol’ Grizz (A Handful Of Nuggs – EP)

The Seven (The Desaturating Seven)

Over The Electric Grapevine (Tales From The Punchbowl)

Digital Underground – Underwater Rimes (Remix)