Danny will be joining Primus for their Riot Fest appearances in Chicago and Denver, as well as an after party at the Windy City's Concord Music Hall on September 13th.

According to frontman Les Claypool, Primus decided to go through with the shows as a way to give Alexander some financial relief. And Danny Carey was their top choice, since they figured "it would be hard to get [Police drummer] Stewart 'Stew-daddy' Copeland out of his ivory tower", Les Claypool jokes.

There's a connection between Primus and Tool, so Danny's involvement is not totally surprising: Tim Alexander also plays with Tool singer Maynard James Keenan's bands Puscifer, and A Perfect Circle.

Tim "Herb" Alexander is expected to return on the drum stool for the Primus and the Chocolate Factory tour, beginning in October. Comments Les:

"The great Herbinator has undergone his surgery and has come out with flying colors, but alas, it will be weeks before he can man the Primus percussion helm."

Fortunatley they have managed to recruit Danny Carey to step in. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Les compares both drummer in his own poetic way:

"The mighty Tim 'Herb' Alexander is a polyrhythmic Viking of extreme and unique talent. Whereas Herb is the stocky, Easter Island-faced, boulder of a drumming human, at nearer to seven feet, Danny Carey is the mighty redwood tree of percussion; towering over his kit like a golden-haired noble sequoia. I can't wait to see that menacing grin of Danny's shine out as we pound our way through 'Here Come the Bastards' and 'Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers'."