By 1988, Primus had found success in the Bay Area music scene; it was to the point where they were “getting pretty popular […] selling out at Berkeley Square “, when they “[got] rid of” Wright. He was replaced by Jay Lane , drummer with the Freaky Executives , who were “getting dicked around by their record company” at the time, as Claypool later described it. This lineup of Claypool, Huth and Lane recorded the demo tape Sausage (which later gave its name to the band Sausage ), before “something good happened” with the Freaky Executives’ record deal and Lane left the group. Bryan “Brain” Mantia briefly joined to play drums during this period after Lane’s departure, until a broken foot forced him to leave. Huth soon also left in order to dedicate more time to his family, as he had recently had a son and was expecting another.
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