Primus - Tommy The Cat with Maynard James Keenan live in Alpharetta, GA 04/09/24 4K

Primus performing Tommy the Cat live with Maynard James Keenan at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, GA on Tuesday April 9, 2024.
Filmed in 4K with iPhone 15 Pro Max.  

[@shroomshady27]

I was there, I was dead center in between the pit & the soundboard behind us. I was praying that we'd get "Maynard he Cat, but they had only done it once or twice prior to this, so I didn't want to get my hopes up for it. The moment I saw maynard come out & lay up on the stairs to the right, and saw that piece of paper in his hand, I knew exactly what was about to happen and could not have been more excited about it! There was no way in Hell I was gonna film any of this show, not even "Grand Canyon". I just took a handful of photos & watched/listened to all three bands play the most beautiful rendition of 'Grand Canyon" I've ever heard in my entire life. I've been thinking a lot about this show, and I've seen some truly LEGENDARY concerts over the years. I've seen PRIMUS fifty-something times, and their 2012 Halloween show at The Tabernacle in Atlanta was always my "Greatest show EVER", considering I did get post-show "Friends & Family" VIP passes from Ler himself, so I got to meet, and then just hang out and laugh and shoot the shit with Les, Ler & Jay Lane. I've thought about this a lot. That 2012 PRIMUS show will probably always be the greatest show/greatest night of my life, but this show, this might very well be the greatest concert I've ever attended. No post show "Friends & Family VIP hang-out" or anything, but as far as the actual show, from beginning to end, it's gotta be the greatest live concert ever. Maybe tied with PRIMUS, Halloween 2012 at The Tabernacle? It's so difficult to compare two VERY different shows, and obviously two other bands that I've been trying to see every chance I got over the last TWENTY YEARS. I FINALLY GOT TO SEE APC & PUSCIFER LIVE! WITH PRIMUS!!! I mean, it literally cannot get better than this. N Puddles showed up and sang during "The Hollow" while Tim Alexander played the drums, just like he did on "Mer de Noms"! This was the greatest concert ever. Right up there with PRIMUS Halloween 2012. -

[@greysonhaze]

mmmhmmm

[@greysonhaze]

what of a show

[@derekladyga1716]

Amphetamines much? Ffs

[@mattressfour20]

If only you'd seen the Halloween show Primus played at the Tabernacle in 2012!!

[@russellhoyt588]

My first Primus show was the one on their Hallucino*Genetics DVD. I'm the one holding up the 'Les Claypool for President" at the start of Spagetti Western. Now I keep that sticker (still on its original paper backing) in the case of my copy of that DVD.

[@KennethJLave]

"Maynard The Cat". 👏👏

[@patrickbrunelle3283]

What did we just witness? Only the pinnacle of musical greatness never before achieved until this moment!

[@SaddestClown]

the mobility lift chair on the stairs for maynards 60th birthday tour is *chefs kiss* perfection

[@bartlowden6499]

Saw this in Boston at the wang theater. Fucking awesome!

[@jakeorel3406]

True! Wasn't able to stay seated during this song, there's was a groovy dance party at the top of balcony 🤙

[@YoursTrulyMrsMoores]

Same, second night was great. So happy that I made it

[@jaspersmuck330]

Saw them in Houston and it was probably one of the greatest concerts I've been too!

[@Username-ng8jy]

I was on the lawn. Had a great time. But the staff was pissing me off. Some chick was like SpongeBob the hall monitor.

[@OneDayOfPiece]

I went to the April 17th show and i was really looking forward to puscifer and a perfect circle but i was also looking forward to Primus, because i have never before listened to them besides jerry was a racecar driver and let me tell you that Primus live was a whole different experience and that made me a fan!. I will be listening to to their music, cant believe i been missing out all these years

[@mephistophelesgoestowork4368]

Right! Les is the maestro. You have to see to believe.

[@bexdave1]

Yah Primus 'suck on this' is definite contender for best live album ever

[@quantum_shhhhart]

Check out the album Oysterhead!! one of my favorite albums ever.. Les, Phish singer ( Trey) And Stewart Copeland ( drummer of police)

[@ragnarrothbard3418]

Primus is the best show on earth. They frightened me as a child. So I also sadly didn't discover this until the age of 34. 😢 But I've now seen them four times and am going again August.

[@joedanero5360]

The chemistry is so fun. Very technical artists who played with weird sounds in the 90's. Out there having fun in the 2020's and putting on a great show.

[@jeremybunch8582]

I still can't believe I was there

[@Matt-en1kn]

Me neither man over a week later and I still cannot stop thinking about this show so good

[@t-rexfamilyoutdoorfun.311]

Ill be at the show in hollywood bowl. 7 rows back. Sooooooo fukkkn stoked.

[@jessecail8182]

Same. If I had the loot, I'd travel and go to every single one. Great show!

[@Matt-en1kn]

@jessecail8182 yes sir me too

[@justinjenkins2728]

Same, glad someone risked it all to film this

[@PrizmSeeR]

When Les came back down the stairs and the camera pans away, it was ironically bass notes as if he had fallen. Thankfully it does not happen. This was fun to watch.

[@WillHarrellMixing]

Absolutely lost it when they went into this.

[@michellebourque9035]

I saw them in Boston for the opening night, then at Foxwoods 2 days later and will be heading to NYC on May 4th for the last show and each has been slightly different. Love love love!!!

[@jakeorel3406]

I feel like Primus stole the show in Boston, such a good time!

[@purrpl3panda]

Never gonna not be jealous that GA is the only set that got this. Saw the NC show they did right before this and wish we had gotten Maynard the Cat. Tommy the Cat wasnt even in our line up.

[@keithcarter5375]

Played it in Houston

[@davidcooperii2839]

And Nashville 😂

[@vthiccup4425]

they played it tonight here in phoenix

[@Matt-en1kn]

I been saying us guys in Atlanta was lucky the entire set list was 🔥

[@yeasure6726]

And at the Hollywood bowl on 420, they also brought out tool for aenima

[@haroldoftherocks6586]

Thanks Ler, you never disappoint and the remain the #1 reason why I've listened to Primus for 30 years.

[@user-ms1og6gx5t]

In front of the soundboard as well. Stellar performance by all. Side note: kind folks at every turn: vendors, staff, security, & other patrons.

[@ProffAndy]

Probably one of the best things ever

[@charlesxcalibur]

Coolest stage and lighting I've ever seen

[@JuliettaVendetta]

I’m seeing this in a few days. The stairlift killed me 😆

[@Plan9-3127]

So effing happy they're still touring and making music... I saw them years ago when they had HELMET opening up for them in Grand Rapids Michigan... Still got the ticket stub.. Primus Sucks!!! 😅😅😅

[@hunterberry3449]

you brave soul.

[@GamanDrew]

Man, I wanted to see this show... Much love from Marietta for posting this.

[@mephistophelesgoestowork4368]

I was here! Great show.

[@tommymitchell1070]

I was there! That was awesome!

[@jayshock6162]

This was a blast to witness!

[@yoelrey]

Freaking Awesome!!!

[@DOWNINIT19NATE]

I saw this in Berkeley. Probably the best song of the night. What a show and tour!

[@marmarsmandalas]

Can’t wait for Chicago!!!!!

[@MatChew75]

I saw Primus during Frizzle Fry at Tipitina's in New Orleans in 1991 I saw a tool in 1992 for undertow@ Lollapalooza and I saw a perfect circle for Mer de noms at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans in 2001. Just don't get any better

[@nitemareman1]

I saw Primus in Pensacola in a little club right after Sailing the Seas came out. I saw Lollapalooza the year Rage and Tool opened, also. Great shows. That Lollapalooza Tool set will be forever ingrained in my skull. One of the best sets I've ever seen by any band.

[@jfoust7945]

Takes me back to '03 driving in an older kids car getting blazed af almost everyday before freshman high school in that warmer weather, class rocked! Plus my 6 song mp3 player headphones under my hair all day. Goodtimes!

[@WellsFargo-py5zy]

one of the best shows ive been too

[@hippydippy]

I would have killed to have seen that live... WOW!

[@Chonson]

Fucking righteous.

[@zepherwinds]

I was in Franklin the next night

[@clarencedthewrench8790]

Thank you for getting this footage and risking being kicked out.

[@dwprado25]

Wow, this is such a badass version with my two favorite front men.

[@nicholasminns694]

We need this in Australia!!!!

[@user-ml8kh8nc2e]

We definitely do mate 👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

Crazy, i saw Tool, Primus, & Coheed & Cambria on Halloween almost nine years ago.

[@Bepollard1]

Damn, how did I not hear of this until now!?

[@eijakaikkonen5662]

😮❤

[@metallifan84]

Seeing this live in chicago was a religious experience

[@Ring0--]

Oh SHIT!!!!

[@HeliotropicSoul1]

I can't believe You Tube hasn't pulled this yet. I got 2 strikes in 1 day for similar content...anything that isn't Grand Canyon, except when we got WBBB from Primus 420! Glad it's still here to watch though.

[@dewrey2076]

Thank you Metallica for telling Les he was good enough to make his own thing, Les found other two equaly talented musicians to form Primus, then he became friends with another talented singer who joined other talented musicians to form 3 bands. Thank you Metallica for THESE MOMENTS! And thank you for filming this, I know it's hard to film. 😄

[@deedee78fly]

Alternative Nations Festival, Brisbane Australia anyone?! 94 or 95 I think, it was 2 days in Brisbane but 1 in some of the other capitals, massive line up

[@nsrfreak]

I was at Alternative Nation at Olympic Park in Melbourne, I think it was 1994.

[@deedee78fly]

Primus, tool, nine inch nails, body count, ice t, hole, faith no more, I know I’m forgetting some, Lou reed even I think, heaps of Australian bands that went on to be massive, I think the second night finished with primus then faith no more, it pissed down rain right at the end. It was the first time my parents let me go to something with one of my mates driving

[@sebastianfischer2082]

​@@deedee78flyoh if only I had of been born

[@airsickgrove]

Tonight at the Greek Theater

[@devolucionario]

Mike Patton would do a great job as the cat

[@MatChew75]

Yeah I was there I was behind the drum set to the left I'm Tim Alexander the greatest drummer of the 90s

[@eeboswb]

Go laydown timmy

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

Tool and primus 2 of my top 10 favorite bands ever !!

[@insert_clever_name_here]

Fuck yea

[@kM-bn1tw]

Red rocks colorado ❤

[@cgmlcs]

Three of my favorite bands on the same night, tickets will be about $250 each , so $500 for a concert. I’m deciding between spending that money on a new guitar or going to the concert. I just started trying to learn guitar so I am torn between the two. What do I do, go to the concert or get a new guitar?

[@killakaminski]

I picked up a $37 lawn ticket for this show about two hours before doors opened, taxes, and fees included. Then I just went and found a bunch of open seats right behind the soundboard and sat there.

[@NemesisDarkStar]

Guitar

[@OD_30]

say baby do you want lay down with me say baby do you wanna lay down by my side say it baby

[@Tsureiki]

Jimmy The Cat

[@xbriskx]

Whats the pre recording about.

[@MisterGrooves]

well that escalated quickly.

[@seanoshea1030]

How are you not spam!?!?!? Glad you got this though!!! 😂

[@ThomwoththeWeather]

Why no Primus in western canada???

[@KalebMorrow30]

I think les was having fun lol

[@Bepollard1]

What are there 3 drum kits?

[@trukkertim88]

All three bands are on the stage simultaneously throughout the show. No openers or headliners, just one big party

[@bluecollarhero167]

Fkkk, it's Great & Terrible at the same time. IYKYK 92 TommyCat

[@ninjaman6667]

I was hoping to hear this on the new 6 string. could have boondoggled to this show dammit.

[@user-hf2lr1yl9f]

I wish Herb was my dad.

[@desoverboard]

Bro how did you not get kicked out? Maynard shows are no cameras for a reason.

[@AltNerdMusic]

*Maynard The Cat

[@shroomshady27]

I know, lol, but we didn't know that yet! It started out like any other Tommy performance, but the second I saw Maynard sneak out & lay on those stairs, THEN it became *Maynard the Cat. I'm curious what my face looked like when I first saw & pointed him out to my friends. I don't think anyone saw him until I pointed to the stairs, then everyone started mumbling & started freakin' out. Mostly confusion, I don't think most of the crowd knew anything about the possibility of Maynard the Cat. This was so fvcking epic! - -

[@killakaminski]

I make commemorative tickets, setlists, & other items! Contact info is in the short 🤘🏻

[@Matt-en1kn]

@@shroomshady27 yep lol I asked my my buddy is that maynard singing that I didn't see him but I know maynards voice that night was so epic

[@jedipat204]

Maynard The Cat 🤣

[@MD-bl2oq]

Seeing this at Red Rocks next week!

[@killakaminski]

I will be attending both nights

[@MatChew75]

It's called Tommy the cat because Tom Waits sang it

[@Skippymoogoose90]

Nope... Was written well before they recorded seas of cheese. It's a reference to a Tom Cat. Technical term for a male cat. Appears on Suck on This and was left off Frizzle Fry as Les wanted to save for when they were signed to a bigger label

[@Marklennon]

Someone’s getting turned into Spam

[@Soadium]

Mjk could have a least learned the words lol saw him totally botch this in CT

[@neilbarrows7077]

Sounds like the Suck on this version. Just a hair slower than Seas of Cheese

[@eleveneighteen6789]

Ler

[@lordjarvis]

Maynard the Cat lmao

[@MatChew75]

No point intended but you're going to skip out on the birthplace of jazz and play Atlanta and not in New Orleans I mean give me a break get your asses down here. You know we got the greatest fans in the world

[@Benjamin-om3ih]

Primus sucks

[@99bajakid]

primus sucks live

[@Brandonkissedmydog]

I cant stand myself right about ....now 😐

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

right about meow

[@andrearigonat2447]

[@zzannos]

Primus sucks