| Artist: | Primus |
| Studio: | 9 |
| Live: | 1 |
| Ep: | 5 |
| Compilation: | 2 |
| Video: | 6 |
| Singles: | 22 |
| Music Videos: | 20 |
This is a discography for the American rock band Primus. For individual songs, see the category listing.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
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| US [1] | AUS [2] | BEL (FL) [3] | BEL (WA) [4] | CAN [5] | FIN [6] | GER [7] | NLD [8] | NZ [9] | SWI [10] | UK [11] | |||||
| 1990 | Frizzle Fry
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| 1991 | Sailing the Seas of Cheese
| 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1993 | Pork Soda
| 7 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 45 | — | 56 |
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| 1995 | Tales from the Punchbowl
| 8 | 8 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | 101 | |||
| 1997 | Brown Album
| 21 | 34 | — | — | — | 14 | 99 | — | — | — | 180 | |||
| 1999 | Antipop
| 44 | 33 | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 | Green Naugahyde
| 15 | — | 84 | 95 | 27 | 21 | 100 | 62 | — | 74 | 115 | |||
| 2014 | Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble
| 17 | — | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | The Desaturating Seven
| 26 | 97 | 105 | 136 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||
| 2006 | They Can't All Be Zingers
| 105 | |
| 2022 |
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | NLD | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Miscellaneous Debris
| — | 69 | — | |||||||||||
| 1998 | Rhinoplasty
| 106 | 81 | 97 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
| 44 | — | — |
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| 2010 | June 2010 Rehearsal
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| 2022 | Conspiranoid
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Airplay | US Alt. [14] | US Main. [15] | AUS | ||||
| 1990 | "John the Fisherman" | — | — | — | — | Frizzle Fry | |
| "Too Many Puppies" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mr. Knowitall" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" | — | 23 | — | — | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | |
| "Tommy the Cat" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Making Plans for Nigel" | — | 30 | — | — | Miscellaneous Debris | ||
| 1993 | "My Name Is Mud" | — | 9 | — | — | Pork Soda | |
| "DMV" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mr. Krinkle" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" | 62 | 12 | 23 | 80 | Tales from the Punchbowl | |
| "Mrs. Blaileen" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Southbound Pachyderm" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1997 | "Shake Hands with Beef" | — | — | — | — | Brown Album | |
| "Over the Falls" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Lacquer Head" | — | — | — | — | Antipop | |
| "Electric Uncle Sam" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "N.I.B." | — | — | 2 | — | Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath | |
| 2010 | "Me Llamo Mud" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2011 | "Tragedy's a' Comin'" | — | — | — | — | Green Naugahyde | |
| "Lee van Cleef" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2022 | "Conspiranoia" | — | — | — | — | Conspiranoid | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
| Year | Album details | Certifications | |
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| 1992 | Cheesy Home Video | ||
| 1998 | Horrible Swill: A Tawdry Look at Primus on the Road in 1998
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Videoplasty
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| 2003 | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
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| 2004 | Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004
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| 2006 | Blame It on the Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage
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Primus hired many of their friends from the Bay Area to be in the stage crew, and many of them appear in Primus's videos and home videos.
| Song | Director | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "John the Fisherman" | Mark Kohr | 1990 | Kirk Hammett appears in the video. Never officially released. |
| "Too Many Puppies" | Kevin Kerslake | Never officially released. | |
| "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" | Mark Kohr | 1991 | Bob Cock appears in the beginning clip. Live footage shot at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA. |
| "Tommy the Cat" | Shot entirely in black and white, with clips of black and white animation. | ||
| "My Name Is Mud" | 1993 | Bob Cock appears throughout the video. | |
| "DMV" | The band was asked to make this video by the record label. | ||
| "Mr. Krinkle" | The camera does not move during the entire video; shot in one take. | ||
| "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" | Les Claypool | 1995 | Shot at Rancho Relaxo, Claypool's home. Shot at 3/4 speed to give the band irregular and strange movements when played at normal speed. |
| "Southbound Pachyderm" | Entirely claymated, except for the band appearing on a TV. | ||
| "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" | Mike Johnson | 1996 | Entirely claymated. |
| "Shake Hands With Beef" | Les Claypool | 1997 | This was also shot at 3/4 speed, giving the band irregular and odd movements at normal speed. LaLonde also goes for a fly during his solo. Trailer scenes shot at Rancho Relaxo. |
| "Over the Falls" | Shot entirely in black and white. Outdoor live footage shot at Baker Beach in San Francisco, CA. | ||
| "Lacquer Head" | 1999 | Blends claymation and real video. Including clips from many previous music videos. Banned by MTV because of drug references, despite being an anti-drug song. | |
| "Tragedy's a' Comin'" | Les Claypool & Mark Kohr | 2011 | Features Les Claypool dressed as a giant lobster in a tank at a restaurant, watching how the other lobsters are being eaten by socialites. In the meantime, lobster Claypool fantasizes about being on a beach. |
| "Lee Van Cleef" | Team Coco | 2012 | An entirely animated video set up in a fictional "The Good, The Band & The Ugly" world, showing a hanged Lee Van Cleef coming back to life to kill Clint Eastwood. |
| "Jilly's On Smack" | Jordan Copeland | The video, directed by The Police drummer Steward Copeland's son, Jordan, consists of live performance of the band interspersed with old, grainy footage of Christmas-themed family life. | |
| "HOINFODAMAN" | Team Hiho | 2015 | Winner of a video contest. |
| "Candyman" | Ivan Landau, Edgar Alvarez & Webster Colcord | Entirely claymated. | |
| "Conspiranoia" | Cage Claypool | 2022 | |
| "Follow The Fool" | |||
1988 - Germ's Choice: A KUSF Compilation (promo for KUSF radio, featuring the demo version of "Tommy the Cat")
1991 - A Different Sound (promo for Carlsberg Light lager, featuring "Tommy the Cat")
1992 - Plan B: the questionable video features Here come the bastards, Tommy the cat.
1991 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (soundtrack, featuring "Tommy the Cat")
1991 - Expand-O: CD Tune Up 12 (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
1993 - The Beavis and Butt-head Experience (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Poetry and Prose")
1993 - In Defense of Animals (benefit compilation album, featuring "Too Many Puppies")
1993 - Lollapalooza '93 (sampler, featuring studio version of "Mr. Krinkle")
1994 - Airheads (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Bastardizing Jellikit")
1994 - Brainscan (soundtrack, featuring "Welcome to This World")
1994 - Caroline Records 1994 Sampler (promo for Caroline Records, featuring "John the Fisherman")
1994 - Woodstock 1994 (live album, featuring "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers")
1995 - Obdurate (promo for HM magazine, featuring a live version of "Here Come the Bastards")
1995 - Phuq! (featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")
1996 - Bored Generation (featuring "Hellbound 17½")
1996 - Eyesore: A Stab at The Residents (The Residents tribute album, featuring the Primus cover of "Hello Skinny/Constantinople")
1996 - Music for Our Mother Ocean, Vol. 1 (promo for the Surfrider Foundation, featuring a live version of "Mr. Knowitall")
1996 - X Games Volume 1: Music from the Edge (promo for ESPN's X Games, featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
1997 - Crossing All Over!: Volume 6 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
1997 - Rock Sound: Volume 10 (promo for Rock Sound magazine, featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
1997 - Universal Attaque!: Vol. 1 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
1997 - Zoo Magazine: CD Sampler 10 (promo for Zoo magazine, featuring "My Name is Mud")
1998 - (soundtrack, featuring the original tracks "South Park Theme" and "Mephisto and Kevin")
1998 - Indie 2000: Volume 3 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
1998 - Interscope Sampler: Volume One (promo for Interscope Records, featuring the Primus cover of Stanley Clarke's "Silly Putty")
1998 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Three (promo for Visions magazine, featuring "To Defy the Laws of Tradition")
1998 - Pinkpop 1998 Sampler (featuring a live version of "Bob's Party Time Lounge")
1998 - Tijdloze Honderd: Vol 4 (featuring "Too Many Puppies")
1999 - Celebrity Deathmatch (soundtrack, featuring the studio version of "The Heckler")
1999 - Family Values Tour 1999 (live album, featuring "Lacquer Head" and "My Name is Mud")
1999 - Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road (Jack Kerouac compilation, featuring a cover of "On the Road" recorded by Tom Waits and Primus)
1999 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Nine (promo for Visions magazine, featuring "South Park Theme")
1999 - Opscene: CD#11 (featuring "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool")
1999 - Take Off 2000: Loud Music for the Next Millenium (featuring "Lacquer Head")
1999 - Visions 75th Anniversary Compilation: Part II (promo for Visions magazine, featuring the Primus cover of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar")
2000 - Big Noize (featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")
2000 - Nativity in Black II (Black Sabbath tribute album featuring a cover of "N.I.B." recorded by Primus and Ozzy Osbourne)
2003 - Triple J's Hottest 100 10th Anniversary: Hottest Box (promo for Triple J radio's Hottest 100, featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")
2004 - Alternative Rock Edition (featuring "Too Many Puppies")
2004 - Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (live album, featuring "Frizzle Fry")
2005 - Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne box set, featuring the cover of "N.I.B." recorded by Primus and Osbourne)
2005 - Triple J's Super Request: Dog's Breakfast (promo for Triple J radio's Super Request, featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")
2006 - (Tom Waits compilation, featuring the cover of "On the Road" recorded by Primus and Waits)
2008 - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (soundtrack, featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")
