this very first Primus album still sounds very agressive and punchy - "Heckler","Jellikit","John the fisherman" are full of energy and anger. Claypool's virtuoso bass lines,Herb's hard drumming and some noisy guitars are what Primus is famous for on their live showes.here we have them in all grace.

The songs have many black humour in lyrics.Les is not only amazing bass player and vocalist,i believe he is the best lyricist in modern avantgarde rock.

i prefer their studio albums but i love the raw sound they have got here.brutal and unpolished.

hats off for Primus.

When i first glanced at suck on this a couple of months ago, I wasn't all that well motivated. After all, I already had frizzle fry, which 5 of the song on it, and pork soda which had "the pressman," and i also think that this is why there so few people reviewing it.

But then how did i come to buying it awhile later? As it turns out, this cd isn't all that appealig if you view it as an entirely different album, but if you view it as the songs from two early primus concerts packed in this really cool little digipack (if you get the re-release), so that it can be heard any time, any where.

As far as the music itself goes, it is amazing. and there are slight differences in the songs from thier studeo versions(except for jellikit, which a studeo if any, is yet to come), for example "John the fisherman," has a different, yet better intro, or the chorus of "the pressman," the drums are louder, and more appearent, which makes it sound a lot less awkward than the studeo version from "pork soda," the only critisizm here was the abscence of tom waits in "tommy the cat" but its still a good song.

One last comment isthat this is one of those great live albums, where the sound doesn't occaisianally get marred by the audience, when they are cheering in the middle of the song, nor are there those times when the singer pauses to let the audience sing part of the song, and you can't make out what they are saying. which makes it one of best collections of live songs I've ever heard.

overall 5/5

The craziest thing about this album is that Les Claypoole had only been playing with the other members, "Herb" and Ler for three months when this was recorded. You would have never noticed judging by the great songs. The only things this CD offers that "Frizzle Fry" doesn't is "Tommy the Cat", "Jellikit", and "The Heckler". The sound isn't as clean, but you do get a live "ballroom" sound. This CD is getting tougher and tougher to find these days. If you're a fan, you better buy it right now!!!

Primus DOES NOT SUCK!! The first and the best. Shows how an 8 track tape recorder can make a career!!

This album is what Primus was. They have mellowed out a fair share since the 80s, for better or worse. This album is full of disgusting bass fills, mind blowing guitar riffs, and non-stop in-your-face drum slamming. Easily one of my favorite live albums by a band in their early years.

If you like Les Claypool than you owe it to yourself to give this a listen.

Robert Kenneth Perlstein