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The Les Claypool Frog Brigade

Group

The Les Claypool Frog Brigade

From
San Francisco, United States
Active
2000–2004
Rating
★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases
11
  • experimental
  • funk
  • rock

About

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is a musical project with rotating personnel, led by American singer/bassist Les Claypool. The Frog Brigade was formed during a hiatus from Claypool's main group Primus.

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The original band was formed in summer 2000 and consisted of Claypool, Todd Huth (guitars, vocals), Jay Lane (drums), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), Skerik (saxophone), and Eenor Wildeboar (guitars, cümbüş). Les Claypool has described their sound as, "It's kind of a King Crimson meets Pink Floyd meets Frank Zappa type thing."
The band released two live recordings in 2001, Live Frogs Set 1 and Live Frogs Set 2. Set 1 is a mix of covers and originals, including "Thela Hun Ginjeet" (King Crimson) and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Pink Floyd). Set 2 is a live cover of the entire Pink Floyd album Animals. A studio album, titled Purple Onion, was also released in 2002.
All three albums were released on Les Claypool's Prawn Song Records.

From Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

Albums 1
Singles 1
Live 9

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Concerts

Reference

Also known as

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade · Les Claypool & His Fearless Flying Frog Brigade · Les Claypool & The Rat Brigade · Les Claypool Frog Brigade · Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade · Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade · Les Claypool's Frog Brigade

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000079343049

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.