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Les Claypool

1963 - Today

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Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of Primus. Ranked as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, his unique playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping. Claypool has been involved in a number of non-Primus projects, including supergroups such as Oysterhead (with Trey Anastasio and Stewart Copeland) and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (with Buckethead, Bryan Mantia, and Bernie Worrell) and duos such as Duo de Twang (with Bryan Kehoe) and The Claypool Lennon Delirium (with Sean Lennon). He also fronts the experimental rock projects Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and Les Claypool's Fancy Band. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Les Claypool is the 2,092nd most popular musician (up from 2,217th in 2024), the 11,174th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,748th in 2019) and the 829th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Les Claypool ranks 2,092 out of 3,175. Before him are Terry Chimes, Terry Callier, The Rev, Charlie Puth, Roman Totenberg, and Lena Raine. After him are Tom Angelripper, Graham Coxon, Joe South, Jimmy Van Heusen, Chino Moreno, and Don Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Les Claypool ranks 505. Before him are Graham Norton, Borislav Mikhailov, Tarō Kōno, Yelena Baturina, Jiří Parma, and Rami Saari. After him are Petra De Sutter, Tom Angelripper, Jan Zahradil, Cristiana Oliveira, Spud Webb, and Andrea Sawatzki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Les Claypool ranks 11,176 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Rudin (1958), Red Skelton (1913), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Harlan F. Stone (1872), Lena Raine (1984), and Erwin Hahn (1921). After him are Granville Woods (1856), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Virginia Davis (1918), Brooke Smith (1967), Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), and David Dixon Porter (1813).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Les Claypool ranks 829. Before him are Sid Wilson (1977), Woody Shaw (1944), Terry Callier (1945), The Rev (1981), Charlie Puth (1991), and Lena Raine (1984). After him are Joe South (1940), Jimmy Van Heusen (1913), Chino Moreno (1973), Don Williams (1939), Dwight Yoakam (1956), and Debbi Peterson (1961).

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