Les Claypool sells ‘Large Marge’, the Primus tour bus

The frontman of Primus Les Claypool He put his “beloved” tour on eBay for $ 152,000 for sale. The bus is a prevost marathon xl tall boy from 1998, nicknamed “Large Marge”, look herecan accommodate up to six people and has wooden floors, sofas, smart TVs and what is described as a “very exclusive royal interior”. According to what is reported in the description of the vehicle, this would have traveled over 300,000 miles, at the gearbox just under 500,000 kilometers.

The auction comes after the US band, last month, announced the name of the new drummer,

After launching a global announcement to find it. In October, the band had revealed the “shocking” departure of their drummer Tim Alexanderwriting on social channels: “We are currently accepting candidates from all over the universe for the position of drummer/percussionist of the Primus”. In the end John Hoffman was selecteda drummer from Shreveport, Louisiana.

Hoffman celebrated the assumption by writing: “Luck is when the preparation meets the opportunity. I came and I did my things as I do. It went better than I could hope. Maynard James Keenan was sitting right in front of me and looked at all my hearing. It was one of the most incredible days of my life. I love you all. We did it.”

Explaining his decision to leave the band, Alexander said: “Over time, I started making that he was influencing my physical life, my mental life and was influencing my family life, and my heart was simply no longer there. When I discovered that I was fighting with all these things, I had to sit down and think exactly what I was doing. Music ‘, things came to me, accepting anything happens. “