Ep388: Tim 'Herb' Alexander - Primus, Sound Cipher
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Tim Alexander joins us to talk about his new project "Sound Cipher", share some stories from early Primus days, rare records, analog recording, the South Park 25th Anniversary concert & lots more!
Topics include:
- Interview start
- Forming and recording Sound Cipher
- Were there any song structures or fully experimental?
- Memories of the band "Attention Deficit"
- Primus recording with ADATs
- Tim loves analogue recordings
- Sound Cipher music can get very emotional
- The story of Primus "Suck On This" vinyl
- Postcards in the initial records for touring recommendations from fans
- The perspective of Primus material
- Joining Primus and preparing for the "Suck On This" recording
- What songs were already written and which were made after Tim joined
- Balancing the music between the 3 Primus members
- Why was "Tommy The Cat" wasn't on Frizzle Fry, Tom Waits
- Meeting his heroes
- Public Enemy, Anthrax, Primus shows
- Memories of making "Sailing the Seas of Cheese"
- Wynona Rider wasn't happy about "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"
- Prepping for South Park's 25th Anniversary Concert
- Surprising Matt Stone with Rush
- Planning the "Farewell to Kings" tour
- Rush never toured Australia
- Sound Cipher anti-promotion
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Tim Alexander. You might know me from playing drums in that band called Primus. |
| 0:07.1 | The new Sound Cipher is coming out April 21st, 2003 on Royal Potato Family. Be sure and pick it up. |
| 0:16.7 | Come see us if you get a chance and listen to the vinyl guide. |
| 0:20.3 | This episode is brought to you by Seams Easy record sleeve repair strips. |
| 0:24.1 | If you collect used records, you need some Seams Easy strips handy for record sleeve repair. |
| 0:29.0 | They're super easy to use and repair those seam splits to make them like new. |
| 0:33.5 | Ask your record store for Seams Easy or go to SeamsEasy.com. |
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| 0:39.7 | SeamsEasy.com. |
| 0:42.2 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:46.2 | Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to episode 388 of The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:51.2 | The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:55.5 | And holy moly people's, |
| 1:02.7 | today's guest is Mr. Tim, Herb Alexander, who you may know from Primus, and he's got a fantastic new project, SoundCypher. With Skarek and Tim Mason, the album, All That Sinks Must Diverge, |
| 1:10.0 | is absolutely captivating, and I can't wait to hear it on glorious vinyl. |
| 1:14.6 | Available on Royal Potato Family Records, it's out April 21st. |
| 1:18.6 | Vinyl can be had from your local shops, just ask them to order SoundCyfer, or you can get direct from Royal PotatoFamily.com. |
| 1:26.6 | And there's a few tracks on streaming services now. |
| 1:30.2 | Go check them out for free and set yourself up to get the full album download on April 21st. |
| 1:36.6 | Now today, Tim shares all about the story of SoundCyfer as well as his other gig, being the drummer and Primus. |
| 1:43.6 | We talk about Tim's love of |
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