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Legendary ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland has a fascinating new project: Oysterhead, with Les Claypool (bassist from Primus) and Trey Anastasio (guitarist from Phish). They have a new album, The Grand Pecking Order. Their website has recent video footage. The Modern Drummer website has interesting interviews with Claypool and Anastasio about what it’s like to play with Copeland, as a teaser for the current paper magazine which features “The Return of Stewart Copeland.”

(Here’s an archive of three great, interesting interviews with Copeland, dating from 1980, 1990, and 1997.)

Music samples from Grand Pecking Order: Amazon, oysterhead.com.

So I’ve listened to all the samples, and I’ve ordered the CD (I mean, come on, it’s Stewart Copeland!), and I find myself wishing Claypool hadn’t done any of the singing.

I had to stop listening to Primus because the of the goofy lyrics and goofier vocals. They’re irritating. I chucked my Primus CDs and was much relieved when Tim Alexander’s Attention Deficit albums came out, as they afford an opportunity for me to enjoy his drumming without having to endure Les’ adolescent babbling.

I guess what I really wanted from Oysterhead was more music, and “Les” Claypool. (I am proud to say I stole that joke from WKRP in Cincinnati.)