Antipop
Studio album by Primus
Released	October 19, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Alternative rock Funk metal Alternative metal
Length	63:03
Label	Interscope Records
Producer(s)	Primus, various artists
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Primus chronology
Rhinoplasty (1998) Antipop (1999) Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People (2003)

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The album is considered to be one of the band's heaviest, possibly due to being recorded around the time Priumus was touring with metal bands such as Limp Bizkit and Korn, who themselves claim to be influenced by Primus. Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is an American nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn or KoRn to fit their official logo) is a Grammy Award winning, influential nu metal[1] band from Bakersfield, California, and are often credited with creating and popularizing the nu metal genre. ...

The album features several well-known guest musicians and producers, including James Hetfield of Metallica, Jim Martin of Faith No More, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... There have been several people named Jim Martin: James G. Martin, a Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina Jim Martin, a Muppeteer who worked on Sesame Street Big Jim Martin, the lead guitarist of Faith No More. ... Faith No More was an experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Background information Birth name William Frederick Durst Born August 20, 1970 ) (age 36) Jacksonville, USA Genre(s) Nu metal, Rapcore, Hip-hop Occupation(s) Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer, Actor, Director Instrument(s) Vocals, Rapping Associated acts Limp Bizkit William Frederick Durst (born August 20, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida) is the lead... Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is an American nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... Tom Morello (born May 30, 1964, as Thomas Baptist Morello) is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist who played in Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine. ... Rage Against the Machine (a. ...

Track listing

• There is also a hidden track on this album, 5 minutes into the last track. It is a studio version of "The Heckler", a song that was previously only performed live. This inclusion now means that all the tracks from their live debut Suck on This have now been released as studio recordings.

Lacquer Head is the lone single off of Primus 1999 album, Antipop. ... In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. ... Suck on This is a live album by the band Primus, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) and re-issued on April 23, 2002 (see 2002 in music) along with Frizzle Fry. ...

Credits

• Les Claypool - Lead vocals, bass
• Larry LaLonde - Guitar, synthesizer (exclusively on synthesizer on track 6)
• Bryan Mantia - Drums

Guest Musicians Leslie Edward Les Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, USA) is a singer/bassist, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... Bass guitars typically have four strings instead of six as found on regular guitars. ... Larry Ler LaLonde (born Reed Lawrence LaLonde on September 12, 1968 in Richmond, California) is a guitarist who currently plays in Primus along with Les Claypool and Tim Alexander. ... Bryan Brain Mantia (whose name is more often mistakenly spelled Brian) is a contemporary rock drummer. ...

• Tom Morello - Lead guitar on tracks 2, 8 and 11
• James Hetfield - Guitar on track 6
• Jim Martin - Guitar on track 6
• Martina Topley-Bird - Vocals on tracks 9 and 13
• Tom Waits - Mellotron and Vocals on track 13

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