"Oh there would be nothing different because they would have booted me out after about, I would have given it five weeks." Claypool first met his best friend, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, in high school and auditioned for Metallica after bassist Cliff Burton died. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Jul 25, 2006 #1. I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. ... Join our newsletter! From time to time he gets prodded about the Metallica opportunity, and he has admitted that he didn't have the enthusiasm for heavy metal that would have been required of him. A: "I remember it being extraordinarily loud. As the leader of the geeky power trio Primus, Les Claypool somehow managed to turn his love of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart into a tangible career in rock music. At the time of the audition, Claypool was struggling to establish a constant Primus lineup and years away from recording the band's watershed debut album, Frizzle Fry. His style of music is too avant garde for metallica robert trujillo fits the band better.les claypool is better off on his own. Primus bassist Les Claypool and Metallica's Lars Ulrich recently revisited their memories of Claypool's audition for the thrash metal band in the 1980s. The founder, bassist, and lead singer of the funk metal band Primus, Les Claypool has reminisced about the day when he was auditioned for Metallica back in 1986 and admitted that he felt James Hetfield thought of him as a thug. Why didn't metallica want les claypool in their band? As you may or may not know, Primus bass maestro Les Claypool was one of the dudes that auditioned for Metallica back in ’86 when Jason Newsted got the gig. BrandonBass ... and i'd say that i am glad that les didn't join metallica, because then there'd be … I do … Greg Prato recently spoke with PRIMUS singer/bassist Les Claypool for Rolling Stone. Discussion in 'Bassists [BG]' started by BrandonBass, Jul 25, 2006. 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