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Cut from lead, since one of their defining traits is being musically uncategorizable, and Les Claypool doesn't consider them Funk Metal, since he's the only member influenced by Funk


''Frizzle Fry'' is the debut studio album of FunkMetal band {{Music/Primus}}, released in 1990. After the underground success of the LiveAlbum Suck on This, Les and Co. began recording on December 1989, with songs from Suck on This, now in a studio version.

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''Frizzle Fry'' is the debut studio album of FunkMetal the band {{Music/Primus}}, released in 1990. After the underground success of the LiveAlbum Suck on This, Les and Co. began recording on December 1989, with songs from Suck on This, now in a studio version.
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* Larry LaLonde – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

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* Larry LaLonde [=LaLonde=] – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
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* Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, {{UsefulNotes/DoubleBass}}

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* Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, [[UsefulNotes/DoubleBass]]

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* Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, [[UsefulNotes/DoubleBass]]{{UsefulNotes/DoubleBass}}
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* Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, double bass

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'''Frizzle Fry''' is the debut studio album of FunkMetal band {{Music/Primus}}, released in 1990. After the underground success of the LiveAlbum Suck on This, Les and Co. began recording on December 1989, with songs from Suck on This, now in a studio version.

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'''Frizzle Fry''' ''Frizzle Fry'' is the debut studio album of FunkMetal band {{Music/Primus}}, released in 1990. After the underground success of the LiveAlbum Suck on This, Les and Co. began recording on December 1989, with songs from Suck on This, now in a studio version.

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* ProtestSong: "Too Many Puppies".



* WordSaladLyrics: On the title track, where Les believes in Cap'n Crunch and thinks himself as "The Frizzle Fry".

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* SpokenWordInMusic: "Spaghetti Western" has this excluding the chorus.
* WordSaladLyrics: On the title track, where Les believes dosen't believe in things except for Cap'n Crunch Crunch, and thinks himself as "The Frizzle Fry".

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Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, double bass
Larry LaLonde – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Tim "Herb" Alexander – drums, percussion


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* Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, double bass
* Larry LaLonde – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Tim "Herb" Alexander – drums, percussion



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* {{Bookend}}: The album ends with a Reprise of "To Defy The Laws of Tradition".


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* OneManSong: "Mr. Knowitall", "John The Fisherman" and "Sathington Willoughby".

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!!Personnel:
Les Claypool – vocals, bass, electric upright bass, double bass
Larry LaLonde – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Tim "Herb" Alexander – drums, percussion




* BrokenRecord: "SathingtonWilloughby" has "this and that" repeating on the end. It even appears on "Spaghetti Western" for a brief second.

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* BrokenRecord: "SathingtonWilloughby" "Sathington Willoughby" has "this and that" repeating on the end. It even appears on "Spaghetti Western" for a brief second.

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* BrokenRecord: "SathingtonWilloughby" has "this and that" repeating on the end. It even appears on "Spaghetti Western" for a brief second.



** "John The Fisherman" has the band fishing, with clips of the band performing in the boat.
** "Too Many Puppies"
* ContinuityNod: Sathington Willoughby appears in The Brown Album in "The Return Of Sathington Willoughby"
** "John The Fisherman" would be a start in a weird quadrology called The Fisherman Chronicles.



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** MinisculeRocking: "You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" and "Sathington Willoughby", both of which aren't even a minute long.
* {{Sampling}}: "You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" is actually an excerpt of the track of the same name by The Spent Poets.
* WordSaladLyrics: On the title track, where Les believes in Cap'n Crunch and thinks himself as "The Frizzle Fry".
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[[caption-width-right:302:To defy the laws of tradition... is a crusade only of the brave.]]

'''Frizzle Fry''' is the debut studio album of FunkMetal band {{Music/Primus}}, released in 1990. After the underground success of the LiveAlbum Suck on This, Les and Co. began recording on December 1989, with songs from Suck on This, now in a studio version.

Frizzle Fry became a hit, with signature songs like "To Defy The Laws of Tradition", "Too Many Puppies" and of course, "John The Fisherman". Even Les himself said that this was his favorite Primus album.

!!Tracklist:
# "To Defy the Laws of Tradition" (6:42)
#"Groundhog's Day" (4:58)
#"Too Many Puppies" (3:57)
#"Mr. Knowitall" (3:51)
# "Frizzle Fry" (6:04)
# "John the Fisherman" (3:37)
#"You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" (performed by Matt Winegar) (0:25)
#"The Toys Go Winding Down" (4:35)
#"Pudding Time" (4:08)
#"Sathington Willoughby" (Title misspelled as “Sathington Willoby” on back cover) (0:24)
#"Spegetti Western" (5:43)
#"Harold of the Rocks" (6:17)
#"To Defy" (0:36)

!!They call me Mr. Tropeitall:
* ConceptVideo: "Too Many Puppies" and "John The Fisherman":
* EpicRocking: "To Defy The Laws of Tradition" and "Harold Of The Rocks", which are both 6 minutes in length.
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