Tim Alexander joins us to talk about his new project "Sound Cipher", share some stories from early Primus days, rare records, analog recording, the South Park 25th Anniversary concert & lots more!
Topics include:
- Interview start
- Forming and recording Sound Cipher
- Were there any song structures or fully experimental?
- Memories of the band “Attention Deficit”
- Primus recording with ADATs
- Tim loves analogue recordings
- Sound Cipher music can get very emotional
- The story of Primus “Suck On This” vinyl
- Postcards in the initial records for touring recommendations from fans
- The perspective of Primus material
- Joining Primus and preparing for the “Suck On This” recording
- What songs were already written and which were made after Tim joined
- Balancing the music between the 3 Primus members
- Why was “Tommy The Cat” wasn’t on Frizzle Fry, Tom Waits
- Meeting his heroes
- Public Enemy, Anthrax, Primus shows
- Memories of making “Sailing the Seas of Cheese”
- Wynona Rider wasn’t happy about “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver”
- Prepping for South Park’s 25th Anniversary Concert
- Surprising Matt Stone with Rush
- Planning the “Farewell to Kings” tour
- Rush never toured Australia
- Sound Cipher anti-promotion
- Interview wrap up
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