Les Claypool

E609616

bassist human musician record producer songwriter

Les Claypool is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as the eccentric and highly innovative frontman of the alternative rock band Primus.

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Label	Occurrences
Les Claypool canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6648250 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Claypool
Context triple: [Sean Lennon, associatedAct, Les Claypool]

A. Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Slayer.
B. Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Alice in Chains.
C. Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an innovative American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his experimental work with King Crimson and numerous other rock and avant-garde artists.
D. Steve Von Till
Steve Von Till is an American musician best known as a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the influential post-metal band Neurosis, as well as for his atmospheric solo and experimental projects.
E. Doug Koop
Doug Koop is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Koop.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Claypool
Target entity description: Les Claypool is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as the eccentric and highly innovative frontman of the alternative rock band Primus.

A. Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Slayer.
B. Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Alice in Chains.
C. Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an innovative American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his experimental work with King Crimson and numerous other rock and avant-garde artists.
D. Steve Von Till
Steve Von Till is an American musician best known as a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the influential post-metal band Neurosis, as well as for his atmospheric solo and experimental projects.
E. Doug Koop
Doug Koop is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Koop.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bassist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct	Buckethead NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Electric Apricot NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang NERFINISHED ⓘ Oysterhead NERFINISHED ⓘ Primus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sausage NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ Trey Anastasio NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1963-09-29 ⓘ
birthPlace	Richmond, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
directed	Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Claypool NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	alternative metal ⓘ alternative rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ funk metal ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ
givenName	Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCreativeRole	bass player of Primus ⓘ lead vocalist of Primus ⓘ primary songwriter of Primus ⓘ
influencedBy	Geddy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaco Pastorius NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrument	banjo ⓘ bass guitar ⓘ upright bass ⓘ vocals ⓘ
knownFor	humorous and surreal lyrics ⓘ idiosyncratic bass playing style ⓘ slap bass technique ⓘ use of tapping and flamenco-style strumming on bass ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Electric Apricot NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang NERFINISHED ⓘ Oysterhead NERFINISHED ⓘ Primus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sausage NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Les Claypool NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor	Primus audition for Metallica bassist position ⓘ
notableFor	frontman of Primus ⓘ
notableWork	Frizzle Fry NERFINISHED ⓘ Highball with the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ Of Fungi and Foe NERFINISHED ⓘ Of Whales and Woe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pork Soda NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Onion NERFINISHED ⓘ Sailing the Seas of Cheese NERFINISHED ⓘ Tales from the Punchbowl NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	bassist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
otherActivity	author ⓘ film director ⓘ
residence	Sonoma County, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Chaney Claypool NERFINISHED ⓘ
wrote	South of the Pumphouse NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sean Lennon → associatedAct → Les Claypool ⓘ

Robot Chicken → composer → Les Claypool ⓘ

Robot Chicken → performedBy → Les Claypool ⓘ

The Claypool Lennon Delirium → hasMember → Les Claypool ⓘ

The Claypool Lennon Delirium → associatedAct → Les Claypool ⓘ

Bootsy Collins → influenced → Les Claypool ⓘ

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