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Primus
  • Les Claypool
    Les Claypool
    Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...

     – electric bass, string bass, six-string fretless bass, clarinet, vocals
  • Larry LaLonde
    Larry LaLonde
    Larry "Ler" LaLonde is a guitarist who currently plays in Primus along with Les Claypool and Jay Lane...

     – electric guitar, six-string banjo
  • Tim "Herb" Alexander
    Tim Alexander
    Tim "Herb" Alexander is an American musician, best known as the former drummer for the rock band Primus. Tim played on the Primus recordings Suck on This to Tales from the Punchbowl, before leaving the band in 1996, only to rejoin in 2003 for the EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People...

     – drums, water jug


Production
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Mike Bordin – two-skinned foreskin drum
  • Adam Gates – additional fisherman
  • Lance Link – additional fisherman
  • Primus – producer
  • Ron Rigler – engineering
  • Trouz – whistle
  • Tom Whalley – A&R director
  • Tom Waits
    Tom Waits
    Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...

     – voice of Tommy the Cat
  • Matt Winegar – accordion

Visual Art
  • Paul Haggard – jacket design, photography
  • Mark Kohr – cheese coordinator, scenery
  • Michael Lavine – band photo
  • Mitch Romanowski – ship (sculpture)
  • Snap – airbrushing


Bastardos
  • Drums: Brain Mantia, Mike Bordin
    Mike Bordin
    Mike Bordin is the co-founder and drummer of rock band Faith No More. He is also known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne. As a left-handed drummer, he notably plays with a right-handed kit with his ride cymbal on the left...

    , Herb
  • Guitars: MIRV Haggard
    M.I.R.V.
    M.I.R.V. is a band based in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area. Founded in 1994, it initially consisted of the band's namesake guitarist and singer Marc "Mirv" Haggard, bassist Craig McFarland, drummer Jeff Gomes, and guitarist Bryan Kehoe, who also contributed vocals and keyboards...

    , Todd Huth, Derek Greenberg, Matt Winegar, Ler
  • Bass: Butthouse, Adam Gates, Les
  • Vocals: Adam Gates, Puffster, Herb, Ler, Les


Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1991 Heatseekers 2
1991 The Billboard 200 116


Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Modern Rock Tracks 23
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