When Primus hit the road next month, they’ll be without drummer Tim Alexander, who is currently recovering from open-heart surgery. Fortunately, they’ve found themselves a worthy replacement in Tool’s Danny Carey.

According to Rolling Stone, Carey will sit behind the kit for a handful of the band’s shows in September, including their appearances at Riot Fest Chicago and Denver (win tickets here).



Primus’ always colorful frontman, Les Claypool, said in a statement to Rolling Stone: “The mighty Tim ‘Herb’ Alexander is a polyrhythmic Viking of extreme and unique talent so the one person that we thought could step into his shoes and do it justice is the one and only Mr. Danny Carey. Whereas Herb is the stocky, Easter Island-faced, boulder of a drumming human, at nearer to seven feet, Danny Carey is the mighty redwood tree of percussion; towering over his kit like a golden-haired noble spruce.”

“I can’t wait to see that menacing grin of Danny’s shine out as we pound our way through ‘Here Come the Bastards’ and ‘Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers.’ He’s a dear old friend and we are extremely excited to have him aboard, and I would wager we are equally if not more intrigued than most by what kind of sounds are going to come out of the three of us once we actually get in a room together and do more than just consume fancy booze.”

(Read: It’s official: drummers are smarter than you and everybody else)

In addition to Alexander’s work in Primus, he’s drummed for both of Maynard James Keenan’s Tool side projects, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, which explains how he and Carey have crossed paths.

Alexander is expected to rejoin the band when they embark on their Primus and the Chocolate Factory tour in October. See the band’s full tour schedule below.

Primus 2014 Tour Dates:

09/12 – Maplewood, MN @ Myth

09/13 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall

09/12-14 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest Chicago

09/19-22 – Denver, CO @ Riot Fest Denver

10/22 – Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre

10/24 – Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre

10/25 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

10/26 – Burlington, VT @ Flynn Center for Performing Arts

10/28 – Waterbury, CT @ Palace Theater

10/29 – Baltimore, MD @ Hippodrome

10/31 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre

11/01 – New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre

11/02 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory

11/03 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit

11/05 – St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Opera House

11/07 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

11/08 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

11/09 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live

11/11 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater

11/12 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall

11/14 – Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

11/15 – Austin, TX @ ACL live at the Moody Theater

11/16 – Dallas, TX @ The Majestic Theatre

11/17 – San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre

11/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre Phoenix

11/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre LA