#363 PRIMUS Pork Soda Album Review

“Chimpanzee, he said it…he said chimpanzee…”   PRIMUS is always a fun stop on the road to Relaxerville (especially if you’ve got something to inhale), and PORK SODA (the band’s 3rd official studio long player) is the perfect soundtrack for just such an occasion.    Released on April 20th, 1993, almost 50 years to the day after Albert Hofmann’s legendary trip on Bicycle Day, PORK SODA ups the dosage of weird that was previously experienced on Sailing the Seas of Cheese with a unique formulation that only PRIMUS is capable of delivering. If anything, PRIMUS should be called “psychedelic metal” because in a weird way, that’s kind of exactly what it is.    It’s jazzy, ugly, funky, and heavy, with some of the most potent, caricaturized, and cartoonesque lyrics in metal delivered in the weirdest, most absurd & surreal manner possible. For people who have never ingested entheogens and wonder what Dr. Hofmann’s historic lysergic fueled bike ride might have been like, PORK SODA is an excellent reference point.    Discover the difference between low rise jeans & high-rise jeans (and find out why one variety is (allegedly) better than the other), understand that Amber Alerts are “only important if your girlfriend’s name is Amber”, and “go get you some weird” before you JOIN US as we crack open a can of PORK SODA and marvel at the wonderous weirdness of PRIMUS. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast   Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “No, these are 4.5…”/ “That’s what it sounds like…when dubs cry…or when dubs fly…”/ “I am now listening to the Duff McKagen audio book…”  (NOTE: There are two books – It’s So Easy *And Other Lies* & How To Be a Man (And Other Illusions) / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “Waste not, want not…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE AND THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #surprisebuttons /  ***PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Is it...what?”/ “Not that there’s anything wrong with that…because it’s not June anymore…”/  “(Aussie) Dave, let us know if ‘floral cunt’ or ‘right cunt’ is better…”/  ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram & #TikTok /  ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com and VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!***   (05:05): “There’s a lot of excitement in the Forbidden camp…”/ “Did you say dropped?”/ “Forbidden was always kinda proggy…”/ #Forbidden PSYCLOPS (Forbidden – 10/22/2026) “He’s wearing a #KISS shirt…that’s awesome!”/ “There it is!”/ “Sounds like Forbidden…”/ “I’m kinda digging the KISS basketball jersey…I think that’s Bill’s favorite part of the video…”/ “Oh wow, there IS a tracklisting…”   (10:50): “Let’s do some weirdness…” / “Primus is a fun stop in Relaxerville…if you’ve got something to set on fire and inhale, you should totally do that with the Primus…/  #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  PRIMUS – PORK SODA / #Primus #PorkSoda “Released (appropriately) on April 20, 1993…”/  (NOTE:  Suck On This is a live album that came out before Frizzle Fry…and John The Fisherman was on bolth albums.) “They should almost call it psychedelic metal…because in a weird way that’s kinda what it is…” / “The cool thing about a Primus album…even for people who have never