And as opposed to just going in and recording the songs and playing them the way they are in the film, we twisted them up a bit…twisted them up a lot.” I really wanted to pay homage to a film that was very important to me as a kid and very influential to me musically. I think like a good portion of the planet, we were all pretty put off by the remake of the ‘Willy Wonka’ movie – the Tim Burton version.

“The idea was to combine the Frog Brigade and Primus, and do this record,’ says Claypool. The definitive Primus line-up – Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander – is back together and set to release their first full-length studio set in nearly 20 years, ‘Primus & the Chocolate Factory,’ due out on ATO Records on October 21. Catch the band’s set design full of “Pure Imagination” at the highly anticipated Wonka-themed live performances this fall. We are elated to share the New York Times’ full album stream of Primus’ upcoming album Primus & The Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble, The album is out October 21 st via ATO Records.

Pre-order from Amazon | iTunes | Official Store New York Times Streams Primus’ New Album Primus & The Chocolate Factory, out October 21 via ATO Records

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