MUSIC BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Primus hits Hult Center with two new releases Primus, touring behind two October releases, drops in Tuesday at the Hult Center. The trio - described as "progressive metal, thrash funk, alternative rock and experimental" in a news release - has put out its first-ever "best of" CD: "They Can't All Be Zingers They Can't All Be Zingers is a "greatest hits" collection, by Primus. It was released through Interscope Records on October 17, 2006, the same day that their DVD, Blame It on the Fish, was released. : The Best of Primus." The band also has a new DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , documenting a reunion tour, called "Blame It on the Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage." The band revolves around bassist and vocalist Les Claypool Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a singer, lyricist, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. . The release says the trio is known as "one of the most acclaimed and influential underground alternative rock phenomenons of the '90s and beyond." Claypool once called his band's music "psychedelic polka." Tickets for the show, 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Silva Concert Hall, are $37.50. The Hult Center is at Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street. Top underground rapper headlines WOW show Andre Nickatina will headline a hip-hop show at the WOW Hall on Wednesday, with guests Cool Nutz, Cognito, Alias John Brown and DJ Chill. Nickatina is the 2005 Bay Area Hip Hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. Awards' underground artist of the year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a news release. The same year, he released the critically acclaimed "Horns and Halos." "It's cool, ..." he says in the release. "I heard that I was the only cat from `the Sco' (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ) to get an award. Respect to all the cats from the Bay who've been doin' it - '40, Too $hort Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28 1966 in Los Angeles, California), better known by his stage name Too $hort, is an American rapper who started his career at the age of fourteen in Oakland, California. , Mac Dre - all of them rap cats." Nickatina is working on multiple business ventures, including recording more music and working on film projects, the release said. Clout Graffiti Magazine says Nickatina has one of the most distinctive voices in rap. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. - The Register-Guard |
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