Editing Les Claypool (section)

==== C2B3 ====
{{Main|Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains}}
Also in 2002, Claypool collaborated with guitarist [[Buckethead]], [[Parliament-Funkadelic]]/[[Talking Heads]] keyboardist [[Bernie Worrell]], and former [[Primus (band)|Primus]] drummer [[Bryan Mantia]] under the name [[Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains]] (stylized "C2B3," which is pronounced as "C Squared, B Cubed"). Their concerts pushed the improvisational envelope by preparing no material and not rehearsing beforehand. At one of their shows they prepared sandwiches onstage for the audience to eat.

C2B3 re-united in 2004 to record ''[[The Big Eyeball in the Sky]]'', an album with equal parts instrumental and vocal songs. The band began an 18-state [https://web.archive.org/web/20040825214022/http://www.c2b3.com/tour/ tour] of the US on September 24, 2004. Aux TV was dismissive of Claypool's effort,<ref name=AuxTV>{{cite web |url=http://www.aux.tv/2015/08/the-11-worst-supergroups-of-all-time/ |title=The 11 worst supergroups of all time |last=Locke |first=Jesse |date=August 6, 2015 |work=[[Aux (TV channel)|Aux.tv]] |access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref> but when the tour arrived in [[Northern California]] where Claypool lives the local press gave a very positive review.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/les-claypool/Content?oid=2179912 |title=Les Claypool |last=Cahill |first=Greg |date=November 3, 2004 |work=The Bohemian |quote=It's a carnival of carnality, a sideshow of visceral funk-metal in which the bassist dons a malevolent monkey mask and thrashes about on stage like a crazed simian while banging on a six-foot aluminum synth-stick...}}</ref>

The album features only one guest, the childlike multi-instrumentalist [[Gabby La La]] (noted as Gabby Lang on [[Les Claypool's Frog Brigade]]'s [[Purple Onion (album)|Purple Onion]]) on vocals and sitar. She also opened on every show (sometimes to scathingly negative reviews) during the 2004 tour as a solo act, and sometimes with members of C2B3. Claypool also produced and performed on Gabby La La's first album, ''[[Be Careful What You Wish For...]]''. Gabby La La is the first artist Les has signed to his label since [[Charlie Hunter]] in 1993. He has performed select shows with her (including the 2005 [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]]) and added her to his then new touring band, [[Les Claypool's Fancy Band|Les Claypool & His Fancy Band]]. The 2005 Fancy Band line-up also included [[Skerik]], [[Mike Dillon (musician)|Dillon]] and [[Jay Lane|Lane]].

At the end of 2005, Claypool released ''[[5 Gallons of Diesel]]'', a video retrospective of all of his work away from Primus.