Skerik is a sax player? Put Zorn and Skerik on a bandstand together, and my money is on Zorn all the way. Although I haven't seen Skerik criticize anyone in an audience, I have witnessed him several times saying some pretty awful things from the bandstand about fellow musicians. I believe he thinks it's funny, but I'm not amused. Dave
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:40:51AM -0800, john schuller wrote:
In most cases I would agree with you. But you obviously have not heard "Purple Onion" yet. I was not a fan of Primus and I find this to be a nice departure from the "PRIMUS" sound. An amazing album I think. With a REAL sax player that doesn't yell at his audience!!!
That sax player is Skerik, and while the Frog Brigade stuff is fairly mainstream funkrock, Claypool has joined Skerik as a guest on several of Skerik's projects. The Critters Buggin 6/2/01 show is a fine example of this. And sure, Claypool's sound is identifiable, and even in some cases predictable, but who here can't identify Zorn after a few seconds of hearing him.