# The Best Primus Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Primus guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Jerry Was a Race Car Driver (1991), then Tommy the Cat and Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers.

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Primus is known for Les Claypool's bass, but Larry LaLonde, a former student of Joe Satriani, gives the band its strange, dissonant lead voice. Rather than shredding in the usual way, he uses skronky chromatic runs, heavy effects and outside note choices that owe more to Zappa and free jazz than to hair metal.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Primus discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_discography), [Wikipedia – Sailing the Seas of Cheese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_the_Seas_of_Cheese), [Wikipedia – Frizzle Fry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frizzle_Fry)

1. [Jerry Was a Race Car Driver](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-jerry-was-a-race-car-driver/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
2. [Tommy the Cat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-tommy-the-cat/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
3. [Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-those-damned-blue-collar-tweekers/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
4. [John the Fisherman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-john-the-fisherman/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1990
5. [Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-fish-on-fisherman-chronicles-chapter-ii/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
6. [Too Many Puppies](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-too-many-puppies/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1990
7. [Here Come the Bastards](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-here-come-the-bastards/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
8. [Frizzle Fry](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-frizzle-fry/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1990
9. [My Name Is Mud](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-my-name-is-mud/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1993
10. [To Defy the Laws of Tradition](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-to-defy-the-laws-of-tradition/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1990
11. [Wynona's Big Brown Beaver](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-wynona-s-big-brown-beaver/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1995
12. [Eleven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-eleven/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
13. [Harold of the Rocks](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-harold-of-the-rocks/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1990
14. [American Life](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-american-life/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1991
15. [Mr. Krinkle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-mr-krinkle/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1993
16. [Southbound Pachyderm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-southbound-pachyderm/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1995
17. [Shake Hands with Beef](https://greatestsolos.com/song/primus-shake-hands-with-beef/) — Primus · solo by Larry LaLonde · 1997

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