<P> Lead singer and bassist Les Claypool told Rolling Stone of his fascination with Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: "I don't think it was until Jaws came along that I was more obsessed with a film, when I started drawing sharks all over my binders and notebooks . Prior to that it was everything Wonka ." </P> <P> During an interview at The Greene Space, Les Claypool explained that one idea for his next record was a cover of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour . Although this project never came to fruition, he stated that he was glad it didn't work out since he later found out that The Flaming Lips were producing their cover of Sgt . Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band around the same time . </P> <P> The track "I Want It Now" is the first Primus song to feature guitarist Larry "Ler" Lalonde on lead vocals . </P> <P> Drummer Tim Alexander used an intentionally unusual drum kit throughout the album, which contained various rototoms, frying pans, a HAPI UFO drum, and more in addition to his already - large drum kit . About the odd choice of percussion, Alexander explains "It went back to the original meaning of a contraption, which is what a drum set initially was when they were first being put together in the early 1900s . Putting all these things together, I just had all these different sounds to work with them . It made me have to think about what I'm doing to create rhythms using all this stuff ." </P>

Primus & the chocolate factory with the fungi ensemble