John the Fisherman

"John the Fisherman" is the first single by the alternative metal band Primus, released first live in 1989 on Suck on This, then re-released a year later, this time studio recorded, on Frizzle Fry.

Although the band did release the song as a single and filmed a video for it (featuring the band members performing the song on a boat, with a cameo appearance by Kirk Hammett of Metallica, who has been a close friend of Claypool since they attended the same school), the single had very limited success due to its being released on an indie label, and the band did not receive mainstream attention until their next single, "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", from their 1991 major label debut Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Because of this, many overlook "John the Fisherman" and claim "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" was Primus' first single. When Frizzle Fry was re-released in 2002, many fans who caught on during the major label days of the band bought the album, and it became a fan favorite. There was a new interest in this song, and it received some radio and MTV airplay.

"John The Fisherman" is the first part of a four-part story called the "Fisherman's Chronicles", which continued on Primus' later albums. Its immediate sequel was "Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)" on 1991's Sailing the Seas of Cheese, followed by "The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Pt. 3)" on 1993's Pork Soda and most recently "Last Salmon Man (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part IV)" on 2011's Green Naugahyde.

The live version of John The Fisherman that appears on Suck on This contains an intro consisting of the Rush song YYZ.

Appearances

Master recording in Guitar Hero II^[1]
South Park episode "Guitar Queer-O"
Downloadable track for Guitar Hero III Mobile

References

↑ "Guitar Hero II Final Tracklist Revealed". IGN. 2006-10-09. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

Primus

Les Claypool Larry LaLonde Tim Alexander Todd Huth Jay Lane Bryan Mantia

Studio albums	Frizzle Fry Sailing the Seas of Cheese Pork Soda Tales from the Punchbowl Brown Album Antipop Green Naugahyde Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble

Live albums	Suck on This

Compilations	They Can't All Be Zingers

EPs	Miscellaneous Debris Rhinoplasty Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People June 2010 Rehearsal

Videos	Cheesy Home Video Videoplasty Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Hallucino-Genetics Blame It on the Fish

Related articles	Discography Sausage (band) Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Oysterhead Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains Les Claypool's Fancy Band Blind Illusion Possessed Prawn Song Records Lance Montoya

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Primus singles discography

Frizzle Fry	"John the Fisherman" "Too Many Puppies" "Mr. Knowitall"

Sailing the Seas of Cheese	"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" "Tommy the Cat" "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers"

Miscellaneous Debris	"Making Plans For Nigel"

Pork Soda	"My Name Is Mud" "DMV" "Mr. Krinkle"

Tales from the Punchbowl	"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" "Mrs. Blaileen" "Southbound Pachyderm"

Brown Album	"Shake Hands with Beef" "Over the Falls"

Rhinoplasty	"Behind My Camel"

Antipop	"Lacquer Head" "Electric Uncle Sam"

Green Naugahyde	"Tragedy's a' comin" "Lee Van Cleef"

Other	"Me Llamo Mud"

Collaborations	"N.I.B."

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