- Born
- Birth nameLeslie Edward Claypool
- Nickname
- Snap
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Les Claypool was born on September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), Pig Hunt (2008) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008). He has been married to Cheney since 1995. They have two children.
- SpouseCheney(1995 - present) (2 children)
- Slap and Flemenco styles on bass
- Eccentric personality
- Auditioned for bassist position in Metallica in 1986 after their previous bassist, Cliff Burton, was killed in a tour bus accident. Claypool didn't get the gig because his style was considered "too funky".
- The original Primus members are Claypool, Jay Lane (drums) and Todd Huth (guitar). The side project band Sausage is a reunion of the original Primus members (who recorded the Primus demo "Sausage" before Lane and Huth left, hence the side project name).
- High-school friend of Metallica's Kirk Hammett.
- Member, with Sean Lennon, of Claypool Lennon Delirium.
- In 2012 he established a boutique winery, Claypool Cellars, in Sonoma County, California.
- In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.
- I'm a big believer in spontaneity.
- I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin' all these years is changin' it up.
- I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property.
- Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.
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