The former lead singer of Primus is coming to Philly in one of the most ecclectic tours in the past year or so. the Oddity Faire Tour includes such strange pairings as: Saul Williams, Devotcka, and O’Death (the former and the latter are bleeing the stage this Friday at the Electric Factory). I think I’m almost as excited to see the crowd that shows up as I am to see the artists.

“OF FUNGI AND FOE” is the expansion of material Claypool has recorded over the past few years for the video game “Mushroom Men” and the motion picture “Pig Hunt”. Being inspired by these 2 projects Claypool decided to keep creating and turn it into an album. The song Mushroom Men on this release is a more in depth version of the theme song from the video game. Additionally a jam session with Gogol Bordello’s charismatic front-man Eugene Hutz turned into the track “Bite Out Of Life”. The band is comprised of Les Claypool on bass/vocals, Paulo Baldi on Drums (Cake), Mike Dillon on Percussion (Ani Difranco), and Sam Bass on Cello