当 Primus 于1993年4月发行 Pork Soda 时，另类摇滚的热潮正如火如荼地进行着，许多不按常理出牌的地下摇滚乐队突然出现在 Billboard 榜单上。虽然其中许多乐队通过迎合主流而获得巨大成功，但就 Pork Soda 而言，公众对疯狂的品味似乎已经赶上了 Primus。那时候，My Name Is Mud 是 Primus 最热门的歌曲，也是最不妥协的一首。尽管乐队有各种顽固的怪癖，但 Les Claypool 古怪的唱腔还是有一些友好和迷人之处。Pork Soda 是一张有维度（dimension）的专辑，感觉像一座有各种主题房间的鬼屋，又如一次沿着河流的旅行——经过一连串异域风景。专辑里既有乐队最晦涩的曲子 Bob、Pork Soda，也有最朗朗上口的 Welcome to This World、Hamburger Train，以及二者兼顾的 Mr. Krinkle。受到 Primus 新老歌迷的喜爱，Pork Soda 是一张让前卫摇滚（prog-rock）再次变得有趣的专辑。

Opening with the creaky sounds of a ship at sea, Sailing charts the funk-punk waters the San Francisco Bay area band returns to again and again. It's all here: the acerbic humor, Les Claypool's gurgling fretless bass lines, Larry LaLonde's seasick metal guitar, and Tim Alexander's Bill Bruford-inspired syncopation. The narrator of "Sgt. Baker" aims to "rape your personality," while the reapers of the "American Life" live out their dreams "residing in a cardboard box." Tom Waits makes a cameo on the funky back-alley tale "Tommy the Cat," and the protagonist of "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" has "too many cold beers one night" and "wraps himself around a telephone pole." Primus concert fave "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweakers" helps round out this bizarre prog-punk masterpiece. --James Rotondi