Oysterhead is a supergroup rock band featuring bassist Les Claypool of Primus, guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police. The style and sound of the band is a collaborative eclectic mix of the bass-oriented funk metal music of Claypool, Anastasio's jam band music and the Lebanese-influenced beats of Copeland with a focus of not "anything preconceived". The result is different than any of their previous independe...
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Oysterhead is a supergroup rock band featuring bassist Les Claypool of Primus, guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police. The style and sound of the band is a collaborative eclectic mix of the bass-oriented funk metal music of Claypool, Anastasio's jam band music and the Lebanese-influenced beats of Copeland with a focus of not "anything preconceived". The result is different than any of their previous independent works.
In April 2000 Superfly Productions asked Claypool to assemble a band to perform during New Orleans Jazz Fest. Claypool contacted Anastasio and together they agreed on mutual hero, Copeland. Oysterhead was originally intended to be a singular live performance at New Orleans Saenger Theatre on May 4, 2000. The band compiled a set of almost entirely original material for the show, practicing at Muskegon's Frauenthal Theatre. Tickets were scalped for up to $2,000 each and in the audience were Francis Ford Coppola and Matt Groening.
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