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Primus的激动不安早从1991年就开始了,这一年里他们发表了首张专辑"Sailing The Seas Of Cheese".这支三人组合已出现就震动了旧金山城,狂野不羁的嬉皮风格与当时席卷全国的西雅图风潮实在是太背道而驰了.主音Les Claypool也许是90年代以来最不可思议的歌手和创作歌手,他与他的同伴们在这张唱片里对陈腐的传统摇滚乐着实作了一次彻底的大手术.他们在表露自信的同时也没忘记自嘲.专辑第二首"Here Come The Bastards"就是Primus亮出的第一面旗帜. 而他们的具体行动就是乐器演奏上的毫无章法.Les同时也是贝斯手,因此可以猜到Primus 与一般摇滚乐队结构上的差别.在Primus的一出出音乐剧中,贝斯扮演的不再是一个模糊的配角,反之成了乐团表达自己情感旗帜火力最强的一剂弹药.唱片中的一首"Fish On" 就是一次长达7分40秒的乐器革命.乐团吉他手也弹奏班卓琴,这为Primus的情感表达提供了一个更宽容的管道,不能不提的是Les的演唱,更多的时候你感觉自己听到的更像是滑稽剧中小丑乾巴巴的独白.

Opening with the creaky sounds of a ship at sea, Sailing charts the funk-punk waters the San Francisco Bay area band returns to again and again. It's all here: the acerbic humor, Les Claypool's gurgling fretless bass lines, Larry LaLonde's seasick metal guitar, and Tim Alexander's Bill Bruford-inspired syncopation. The narrator of "Sgt. Baker" aims to "rape your personality," while the reapers of the "American Life" live out their dreams "residing in a cardboard box." Tom Waits makes a cameo on the funky back-alley tale "Tommy the Cat," and the protagonist of "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" has "too many cold beers one night" and "wraps himself around a telephone pole." Primus concert fave "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweakers" helps round out this bizarre prog-punk masterpiece. --James Rotondi