一聽音樂網

Primus的激動不安早從1991年就開始了,這一年里他們發表了首張專輯"Sailing The Seas Of Cheese".這支三人組合已出現就震動了舊金山城,狂野不羈的嬉皮風格與當時席卷全國的西雅圖風潮實在是太背道而馳了.主音Les Claypool也許是90年代以來最不可思議的歌手和創作歌手,他與他的同伴們在這張唱片里對陳腐的傳統搖滾樂著實作了一次徹底的大手術.他們在表露自信的同時也沒忘記自嘲.專輯第二首"Here Come The Bastards"就是Primus亮出的第一面旗幟. 而他們的具體行動就是樂器演奏上的毫無章法.Les同時也是貝斯手,因此可以猜到Primus 與一般搖滾樂隊結構上的差別.在Primus的一出出音樂劇中,貝斯扮演的不再是一個模糊的配角,反之成了樂團表達自己情感旗幟火力最強的一劑彈藥.唱片中的一首"Fish On" 就是一次長達7分40秒的樂器革命.樂團吉他手也彈奏班卓琴,這為Primus的情感表達提供了一個更寬容的管道,不能不提的是Les的演唱,更多的時候你感覺自己聽到的更像是滑稽劇中小丑乾巴巴的獨白.

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