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Optimus Primus

Did you grow that mustache because you molest children or because you want to look like you do?

About Me

I play bass in the band I Want o Kill You. I now also have 2 side projects called The Punk/Jazz Ensemble, and Hot Asian Women. I play 4 and 6 string basses, electric upright bass, and the occasional didgeridoo. I use Line 6 Bass POD XT Pro, Crown Power Amps, Ampeg cabinets and my basses are by Warwick, Spector and Pallatino.

My Interests

Bass Guitars, Making music with my friends, Skateboarding, Road and Mountain and Biking, Zen Buddhism, Concrete skateparks and wooden bowls, Vegetarianism, My Scottish Heritage, Bagpipe bands.

I'd like to meet:

If you don't like Leon Redbone, you're not my friend!

Here is a clip of Les Claypool looking stylish as ever


MC Chris rules!

Music:

PRIMUS and all things Les Claypool, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Leon Redbone, Clutch, the Police, 311, I want to kill you, All, MC Chris, Yo-yo Ma, Victor Wooten, Edgar Meyer, Blue Man Group, Dead Milkmen, Brother, Dillinger Escape Plan, Beastie Boys, Norah Jones, Descendents, Earth Crisis, Paul Simon, fIREHOSE, Soul Coughing, Jaco Pastorius, Cannibal Corpse, Mr. Bungle, Lamb of God, Old and in the way, John Patitucci, Chick Corea, Ween, Incubus, the Scofflaws, Stanley Clark, etc., etc.,etc.

I like rock, metal, jazz, and any music that takes real creativity, musicianship, and originality.

Here's the video for "Drawn and Quartered at Gunpoint" from my band "I Want To Kill You."

MY DISCOGRAPHY:

GROW

Demo (Unsigned)(1992), lead guitar

CORNERED

Shedding EP (Unsigned)(1994), 6 string bass and turntables

Let the Games Begin (Sugardaddy Records)(1996), 4 and 6 string basses, turntables and programming

Music for the Suburban Bub (Compilation)(Song = Let the Games Begin)(Bub Records)(1996) 6 string bass and turntables

SARIN

Demo (2001), 4 and 6 string basses

The Shock and Awe Sesions (2003), 4 and 6 string basses and 4 string fretless

I WANT TO KILL YOU

4 Precious Melodies (DRP Records)(2003), 6 string bass

The Inevitability Of Mind Control Through Nanotechnology (DRP Records)(2004), 6 string bass

A Tribute to Slipknot (Compilation)(Song = Surfacing)(Tributized Records)(2007), 6 string bass

THE PUNK/JAZZ ENSEMBLE

DEMO COMING SOON!, 4 and 6 string basses, Electric upright bass and Didgeridoo


HOT ASIAN WOMEN
EP COMING SOON!, Electric upright bass and programming

Television:

Brit-com and cartoons are what I watch when I'm not watching something educational or insightful.

Books:

Red Dwarf - Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, by Grant Naylor, Penguin Publishing.

Heroes:

Les Claypool, Victor L. Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Lemmy, Michael Manring, John Patitucci, Mike Watt, MCA, Joe Lally, P-Nut, Sting, Brian Bromberg, and Jaco Pastorius. Bass players... get it?

My Blog

Last TSI trip...

So here I am. Sitting in the airport wondering if Delta will ever have a flight that is not delayed, canceled, over sold, or otherwise f'ed up. It seems fitting that this is my last trip as a TSI (The...
Posted by Optimus Primus on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:08:00 PST

Tragedy in MacWorld...

OK. So here's the story...I just got a brand spankin' new MacBook Pro. In less than a week I've already managed to put a nice dent in the lid. Good f'n job. Here's the story:I like to sleep with a fan...
Posted by Optimus Primus on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:32:00 PST

New Bike...

I just bought a brand new road bike and donated my Fuji to my brother. I feel kinda like a traitor because my old bike was a fixed gear and my new one has gears and a derailleur. I have to admit thoug...
Posted by Optimus Primus on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:15:00 PST

My Bass...

I am just sitting in a hotel room, as I frequently have to with my new job, thinking about playing my bass. It's at home. A thousand miles away. I can go to the local Sam Ash or Guitar Center but they...
Posted by Optimus Primus on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:33:00 PST

Fixed Gear Bikes...

Check out www.fixedgeargallery.com to see some cool fixed gear bikes!
Posted by Optimus Primus on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST