Mud (official Music Video): Primus - My Name Is

Outdoor scenes were shot in the Palo Alto area near Interstate 280, while the mud bath scenes were filmed in Calistoga, California .

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. Primus - My Name Is Mud (Official Music Video)

A surreal sequence set in a mud bath/spa where "beauty is voluptuous," and being large is celebrated as the standard of beauty. Production Details Outdoor scenes were shot in the Palo Alto

The video was famously featured on MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head , where the characters compared its vibe to the 1972 film Deliverance . A surreal sequence set in a mud bath/spa

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.

The first day of filming was nearly derailed by a massive rainstorm and freezing temperatures. The crew also accidentally put diesel fuel into a gasoline generator, causing the power to fail repeatedly.

The video serves as a visual homage to the works of director Sam Raimi . Trivia & Cultural Impact