Adam Gates, aka Bob C. Cock, is a close friend and a road crew member of the alternative rock band Primus. He has appeared in a few of the band's videos ("Jerry Was A Race Car Driver" and "My Name Is Mud" among them). He often makes cameo appearances at the band's live shows, usually dressed up as something or someone (e.g. in a chicken suit or as George W. Bush). Bob also has a band called "Bob Cock and the Yellow Sock", although Les usually ends up playing the shows because "Bob Cock couldn't make it tonight". It has also been noted that Bob's middle initial is C. for Cock. The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] (also simply called alternative) were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Jerry Was a Race Car Driver is the first single off Primuss 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese . ... My Name is Mud is the 1993 smash hit song by alternative rock band Primus, the first single off of their album Pork Soda. ... 2002 Lincoln cent, obverse, proof with cameo Cameo is a method of carving, or an item of jewelry made in this manner. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ...

He was mentioned in Primus's cover of Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar". As opposed to "And by the way, which one's Pink?" as in the original, the newer version states "Who the hell's this guy they call Bob Cock?" Pink Floyd are an English rock band noted for philosophical lyrics, classical rock compositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. ... Have a Cigar is the third track on Pink Floyds 1975 album Wish You Were Here. ...

Bob C. Cock also appeared as himself in the "Cheesy Home Video." He goes fishing with the band.

As of recent, Adam has killed off Cock (the character) for some reason unknown to the Primus legions. Bob C. Cock overdosed on coke, as the story goes in 99'. However, Gates is alive and has credits on Primus's latest album and DVD release...

On the DVD that accompanies Primus' "Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People" EP; there is an extra (accessible by clicking the eye of the creature in the attic) where Bob C. Cock is in heaven (blue backdrop with clouds and a Britney Spears Calendar), doing drugs with jesus. Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a DVD/EP by Primus, released on October 7, 2003. ...

Adam Gates is currently involved in the progressive rock band Madame Blavatsky Overdrive (Homepage).

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