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    Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
According to Wikipedia Primus are classified as "Funk Metal": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_(band)
I'm not sure what subgenre of this site they would fit in best, maybe avant-garde metal?
I definitely think they deserve a spot on this site.

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Points: 378 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 7:02am
personally I think Primus is a bit of a stretch for a metal site but if people thought they should be here then...

cough cough... alternative metal would be a good fit... especially since Primus is mentioned in regards to it. 
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Points: 486 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 11:43pm
How about,

Post-Prog Metal or Avant Garde is good in this case. Points: Humour, Odd playing styles, though Heavy
at times, has Progressive leanings.  Think of later King Crimson meets Zappa meets Monty Python Tongue.
Yes they can get Funky, but they also can be "...pretty bizarre Gus".
Those are my thoughts anyway . . .

BIG fan I am, oh . . . by the way . . . "Primus SUCKS" Clap


Edited by MAVIIIVAM - 15 Apr 2010 at 11:47pm
"If you're happy to be an Ant in the Sand Box, you're welcome to it!" -Forbidden

For Progressive Metal and Prog Rock, come visit, request songs and explore at PrOgulus.com
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Points: 28 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Apr 2010 at 1:29am
Primus aren't particularly avant at all - they have fairly conventional song structures and instrumentation. Alt metal would be a perfect fit.

Edited by Beekeeper - 16 Apr 2010 at 1:29am
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They're under consideration for Alternative, but due to some real life business I have been embarrassingly slow evaluating new stuff Embarrassed Next week things should be better.
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Points: 124 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Apr 2010 at 6:40pm
 I see Primus in alt metal genre along with Living Colour and RHCP and many otherts 90's bands

Edited by Sean Trane - 16 Apr 2010 at 6:41pm
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RHCP? 
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I could see them fitting into alternative metal, but nowhere else.
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I would have no problem with Primus being under alt metal. I think RHCP is Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose inclusion under alt metal I would also applaud.

I'm sure both bands have had some influence on many present-day metal artists. Also, back in the day, the music press also categorized both of them as metal acts - for what it's worth ;-)
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Points: 1366 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2010 at 3:21am
RHCP has been turned down already, we'll get to making a decision about Primus soon.
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Originally posted by Pekka Pekka wrote:

RHCP has been turned down already, we'll get to making a decision about Primus soon.
Sorry I didn't know that
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Points: 1366 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 2010 at 2:16am
We've decided to exclude Primus, Fishbone and FFF at least for the time being. As a site we're still in such a place that we need to cement our reputation as a credible source for metal, and controversial borderline additions like these three could harm that, as we see them being more funk rock than metal. Once we've established a reputation we could reconsider them, but this is where we stand at the moment Smile
 

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Well done, guysThumbs Up! I'll close this one for now, ready to reopen it when the time is right.
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