The rock trio Primus recently announced that its battery Tim “Herb” Alexander has left training unexpectedly. Now they are looking for “the best drummer in the world” to replace him.
The resignation of Tim “Herb” Alexanderwho was already the drummer for Primus in classics like “Frizzle Fry” (90), “Sailing The Seas Of Cheese” (91) or “Pork Soda” (93), has taken by surprise not only the trio’s fans, but also their colleagues Les Claypool and Larry LaLondewho have been in charge of communicating the news. The reason – which Alexander communicated by email – is that he has “lost the enthusiasm for playing.”
After the announcement, claypool and LaLonde They have turned to nearby musicians to make up for the loss in the next few years. concerts, like Danny Carey of Toolswhich he had already played with Primus. By 2025, the band had the second part of the “Sessanta Tour” celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle) so they have set out to find the “best drummer in the world to replace him.”
Let’s remember that Alexander has also played with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, and that this is the third time he has left the band. He left in 1996 to return in 2003, leave again in 2010 and return again in 2013. Since then he had remained in the group.
