PRIMUS MAKE STRONG CHART DEBUT WITH THE RELEASE OF ‘THEY CAN’T ALL BE ZINGERS’ CD AND ‘BLAME IT ON THE FISH’ DVD

DT:    NOVEMBER 1, 2006

FR:    ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/LIBBY HENRY
         MITCH SCHNEIDER/SHAZILA MOHAMMED/MSO

With their national headlining tour starting today (November 1) in Austin, PRIMUS–bassist LES CLAYPOOL, guitarist LARRY LALONDE and drummer TIM ALEXANDER–have achieved strong chart placements this week with their twin releases.  Their first-ever retrospective CD THEY CAN’T ALL BE ZINGERS (Interscope/UMe) ranks at #105 on Billboard’s Album chart, while the new DVD BLAME IT ON THE FISH (on their own Frizzle Fry Inc. imprint)–subtitled “An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour De Fromage,” their triumphant reunion trek–vaults into Billboard’s Music DVD chart at #4.   Both the CD and DVD were released October 17.

The 16-selection They Can’t All Be Zingers (Interscope/UMe) spans the band’s career from 1990 to 2003, featuring all of its original Modern Rock hits–“Jerry Was A Race Car Driver,” “My Name Is Mud” and the Grammy-nominated “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver”–plus fan favorites and a previously unreleased, extended version of “Shake Hands With Beef.”  They Can’t All Be Zingers also marks the first time that PRIMUS’ Interscope Records catalog has been digitally remastered.

In addition, They Can’t All Be Zingers includes “Over The Falls” from 1997’s The Brown Album (which sported the original “Shake Hands With Beef”), “Coattails Of A Deadman” from 1999’s Antipop–on which they collaborated with Tom Waits–and “Mary The Ice Cube” from the 2003 DVD+EP Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People which debuted at #44 on the Billboard Top 200 and was certified video platinum.

Blame It On The Fish (Frizzle Fry Inc.) is the third DVD release from PRIMUS and follows Hallucino-Genetics Live 2004 and Animals, one of the 40 top selling music DVDs of 2003.  Years in the making, this DVD of the band’s 2003 reunion tour—which was augmented by ambitious sets and innovative multi-media installations—contains live performance footage, interview segments, candid behind the scenes shots and intense visual imagery. Not a typical concert film, Blame It On The Fish is a surreal sensory adventure pushing the limits of visual artistry.  The main feature film is 70 minutes and is accompanied by over 90 minutes of bonus material.  In addition to dozens of additional scenes, the extras also include a 30-minute futuristic documentary about the band set in the year 2065 and interviews with the then-102-year-old bandleader Les Claypool.  

Blame It On The Fish’s director Matt Powers also directed the award-winning film Never Been Done Been Done (The Jon Comer Story) and was director of photography for Les Claypool’s “Electric Apricot (Quest for Festeroo).”  Fans will luxuriate in live performances of PRIMUS favorites including “Mr. Krinkle,” “Jerry Was A Racecar Driver,” “Over The Electric Grapevine” and many more.

Known as one of the most acclaimed and influential underground alternative rock phenomenons of the ‘90s and beyond, PRIMUS deliver sonic fireworks live like, well, no one else.  Their tour dates are as follows (website info below):

National:    Alexandra Greenberg x223             agreenberg@msopr.com
                Libby Henry x224                           lhenry@msopr.com
                Mitch Schneider x235                      mschneider@msopr.com

Regional:   Shazila Mohammed x238               shazila@msopr.com

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