Primus - My Name Is Mud (official Music Video) May 2026

During their performance of this song at the rainy Woodstock '94 festival, the crowd pelted the band with mud. Claypool famously told the audience that throwing things was a "sign of small and insignificant genitalia" to get them to stop.

The video serves as a visual homage to the works of director Sam Raimi . Trivia & Cultural Impact Primus - My Name Is Mud (Official Music Video)

Shadowy shots of the band members—Les Claypool (bass/vocals), Larry "Ler" LaLonde (guitar), and Tim "Herb" Alexander (drums)—performing the song. During their performance of this song at the

Graphic designer and musician Bob C. Cock makes a cameo in the spa scene, drinking soda containing the pig head featured on the Pork Soda album cover. Trivia & Cultural Impact Shadowy shots of the

The video was famously featured on MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head , where the characters compared its vibe to the 1972 film Deliverance .

Les Claypool performs in character as Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie (or "Mud"), a rural loner calmly burying a body after killing a man with an aluminum baseball bat over a trivial argument. Claypool often spits chewing tobacco directly at the camera to emphasize the character's lack of refinement.