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Frizzle Fry

Band
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
Released
GenresFunk Metal, Alternative Metal
LabelsCaroline Records, Prawn Song Records
FormatCD, Digital, Vinyl, Cassette
Length51:25
Ranked#138 for 1990 , #8,893 all-time
Reviews :  2
Comments :  1
Total votes :  3
Rating :  65 / 100
Have :  4       Want : 1
Added by level 9 MetalMusic
Last modified by level 21 Eagles
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Frizzle Fry Information

Line-up (members)

  • Les Claypool : Bass, Electric Upright Bass, Double Bass, Vocals
  • Larry LaLonde : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
  • Tim "Herb" Alexander : Drums

Guest / additional musicians

  • Todd Huth : Acoustic Guitar on "The Toys Go Winding Down"
  • Sathington Willoughby Orchestra
  • Les Claypool a.k.a. "Snap" : Banjo, String Bass
  • Larry LaLonde a.k.a. "Chunker" : Archtop Acoustic Guitar
  • Tim Alexander a.k.a. "Herb" : Toy Organ
  • Matt Winegar a.k.a. "Exxon" : Toy Piano
  • Todd Huth : Acoustic Guitar

Production staff / artist

  • Primus : Production
  • Matt "Exxon" Winegar : Production (except "hello skinny/constantinople")
  • Ron Rigler : Engineering
  • Matt Murman : Second Engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen : Remastering
  • Lance "Link" Montoya : Sculpture
  • "Snap" : Airbrushing, Cartooning
  • Paul Haggard : Jacket Design, Photography
2002 reissue bonus track
14. Hello Skinny/Constantinople (The Residents cover) (4:48)

Different Fur, San Francisco, CA, USA – recording
Marcussen Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, USA – remastering

Frizzle Fry Lists

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Frizzle Fry Reviews

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Reviewer :  level 12   50/100
Date : 
Primus help launch a new decade of metal with a release going against a lot of what 80’s metal was. Frizzle Fry was not exactly a parody album, but it combined silly and nonsensical themes, goofy vocals, and technical prowess.

Straight from your first glimpse of the cover, Frizzle Fry looks like an absolute joke. What you find inside is only halfway so, because in the songwriting and ability department, Primus take themselves very seriously. It’s no secret that it’d take a real expert to not only play, but come up with this stuff. There’s Math Rock and Experimental influence all over this thing. However, one thing Primus is not quite good at is writing a good riff, or a good guitar solo, or really anything musically memorable. The songs do their thing, dance around chaotically with some impressive technique and then leave nothing to remember them by.

The vocals, lyrics, and themes are a big weakness here for me. It’s all just too silly, never clever enough to make me laugh but annoying enough to take away from the music. The vocal style doesn’t make use of any nice hooks or melodies either, further instigating the issue of songs having no memorably strong moments.
Reviewer :  level 21   75/100
Date : 
debutové album od skupiny Primus sa nesie v štýle Alternative/Funk/Experimental Rock -u s občasnými prvkami Metal -u. Poznávacím a asi aj najsilnejším (alebo skôr najznámejším) prvkom kapely je hra na basovú gitaru v podaní Les Claypool -a, ktorý má na starosti aj spev. Avšak kým jeho experimentálne pojatie basgitary je väčšinou zaujímavé, o jeho speve sa to nedá povedať. Ich diskografiu a albumy mám napočúvané mnoho krát, avšak vždy mi v piesňach vadil jeho spev. Má takú divnú farbu/tón, rovnako ako aj štýl spevu (tón a farba hlasu) a frázovania (miestami až falošný), čím mi vždy v piesňach prekážal - aspoň keby ho dali viac do pozadia... O gitaru sa postaral Larry "Ler" LaLonde, pričom jeho hra je prevažne postavená na rôznych vyhrávkach a experimentálnych prvkoch (inak v minulosti člen kapiel ako Possessed, Blind Illusion), prípadne ťahavých prvkov. Podporu, rytmus a doprovod zabezpečil technický zdatný bubeník Timothy W. "Tim" Alexander. Zhrnutie: hudba je celkom podarená (aj keď určite nepatrí medzi moje najobľúbenejšie štýly), avšak spev je z môjho pohľadu slabý a znižuje výslednú kvalitu hudby, čím aj moje hodnotenie.

Frizzle Fry Comments

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level 15   70/100
Frizzle Fry is kinda boring

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