’90s funk-rock goofs Primus have long histories with intense whimsy and with top hats, and it should not shock you that their new album Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble is an LP-length Willy Wonka tribute. The album reimagines the soundtrack to 1971′s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory...

Funk rockers Primus are known to have some fun with their releases — previous album titles have included Sailing The Seas Of Cheese and Pork Soda. Their newest album may be their strangest yet: it’s a tribute album to Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory called Primus And The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble....

'Primus and the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble' will be released on October 21

Tom Waits, the legendary lounge singer turned iconoclast bluesman Cookie Monster genius freak, made his first concert appearance in five years Sunday at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California. He performed a 10-song set backed by a large band including Les Claypool of Primus on bass and David Hidalgo of Los Lob...

At the show-closing jam at last month's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, an unprecdented supergroup took the stage to perform Robert Johnson's 'Crossroads.' Among them Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart of Rush and Public Enemy leader Chuck D