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Les Claypool is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Larry Graham, Danny Carey, Chris Squire, moe. and Mark Sandman. Those roots explain a lot about how Les Claypool arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oysterhead, Sausage, Fishbone, Fantômas and King Missile, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hank Williams III, Oysterhead, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Sausage and Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Les Claypool, reaching back through Larry Graham and forward to Hank Williams III. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Leslie Edward Claypool 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 and popping.
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Les Claypool connections
Les Claypool grew out of Larry Graham, Danny Carey, Chris Squire and moe., shares an orbit with Oysterhead, Sausage, Fishbone and Fantômas, went on to shape Hank Williams III, Oysterhead, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and Sausage. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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