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• Suck On This, released in 1989, is the debut live album from Primus and the recording that first introduced their singular brand of funk-metal weirdness to a wider audience. Captured at Berkeleys famed club The Berkeley Square, the record brims with the raw energy and eccentric humor that would soon become the bands hallmark. Les Claypools elastic, virtuosic bass playing drives tracks like John the Fisherman and Tommy the Cat, while guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Herb Alexander add off-kilter textures and rhythms that push the music into uncharted territory.

  Though rough around the edges, the albums unpolished quality adds to its charm, capturing Primus at their most unfiltered. The songs, many of which would later be re-recorded for studio releases, already showcase the ban