Editing Les Claypool (section)

===Early career===
After the death of [[Metallica]] bassist [[Cliff Burton]] in 1986, Metallica guitarist [[Kirk Hammett]] reconnected with Claypool and asked him to audition as Burton's replacement. In the Metallica episode of the documentary series ''[[Behind the Music]]'', Claypool said that he jokingly asked the members of Metallica if they wanted to "jam on some [[Isley Brothers]] tunes" during the audition, a reference to his lack of experience with Metallica's [[thrash metal]] style. He later recalled Hammett had given him a copy of Metallica's 1984 album ''[[Ride the Lightning]]'', which he enjoyed, but Claypool also stressed he "wasn't a big metal guy" and did not realize how popular Metallica had become until he arrived at the audition;<ref name=BoingBoing2014>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCGFddeI8Ng Les Claypool on his Metallica audition], ''[[YouTube]]'', accessed March 7, 2018</ref><ref name="kerrang weirdos">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/primus-rocks-favourite-weirdos/|title=Primus: Rock's Favourite Weirdos|date=May 8, 2018|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> according to Claypool, he also didn't realize at the time that the intro riff of "[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]" was a bass, and thus didn't play it during the audition.<ref name="kerrang weirdos"/> Metallica frontman [[James Hetfield]] said that Claypool was not offered the job because "he was too good" and "should do his own thing". Claypool responded by admitting that he "wasn't the right guy" for the band due to being a self-proclaimed "weirdo"; he said that Hetfield was just "being nice" with his comments.<ref name=BoingBoing2014 />