Primus’ Les Claypool Warns Potential Drummers of “Pranksters” Pretending to be the Band

Ever since their drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander abruptly quit the band late October, Primus has been without someone behind the kit. As such, they’ve been holding open auditions over the internet. And while it’s certain they’ve gotten extremely talented people from all over the world submitting incredibly impressive auditions, this is the internet so we’re talking about shitty people taking any chance they can to ruin a good thing.

Primus bassist and frontman Les Claypool gave a quick update about the ongoing search, stating that there’s been a concerning number of fake accounts posing as the band and trolling people that submitted footage.

“As we begin to wrap up the process of scouring the over 5,000 applications we’ve received and we begin to schedule the auditions for later in January, we unfortunately have been plagued by a handful of pranksters who think it is funny to contact some of the applicants on their own and pretend to be a representative from Primus. Although this is obviously the work of some extremely clever individuals whose intellect and sophistication must far exceed any of the general public to the point that none of us are really able to comprehend and appreciate this kind of humor, it is our duty here in the Primus camp to at least give a “heads up” as it were, to those who may be duped by these sad individuals who are obviously struggling with their own insecurities and shriveled genitalia.

“Please note that any correspondence from Primus to would-be drum candidates will come from our management and will have confirmation information within the email.

“Sorry for any inconvenience if you’ve experienced any of this.”

Man, talk about being a shitbag. These people are trying to land a dream job on one of the more interesting bands out there and some fuck faces gotta go out there and lead people on. If you’re one of those jackasses — stop.