So we had to come up with another income stream, so we’re making chocolate bars because you can’t digitize a chocolate bar - yet.”Īlong with the album announcement, they’ve shared a studio version of their cover of “Pure Imagination,” which you can listen to below. Because the fucking recording industry rolled over and let this Internet shit all over us. “That’s the whole impetus of this entire project. “The tour and the album are solely a marketing tool just so we can sell candy bars,” Claypool quipped. Krinkle peanuts, Professor Nutbutter and dark chocolate, the Bastard Bar. Three flavors will be available: crisped rice, called Mr. The band will also be distributing band-themed candy bars at the show. Willy Wonka closes the factory Michael leave Neverland. The best chocolate creator The best entertainer in the world HIStory album cover. Willy Wonka makes sweets Michael Jackson looooves sweets. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 musical film adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy. “We’re gonna do an early show that’s only the Wonka thing - and it’ll be a short show ’cause kids have a short attention span.” Willy Wonka so becomes a real defender of justice and gives them a lesson. “We’re also talking about doing a matinee stage production of it, for kids,” frontman Les Claypool told Rolling Stone. : Fiona Apple, : Pure Imagination Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory cover, : 03:22.
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They’ll start the show with a normal Primus show before revealing a chocolatier’s dream with a full set of Wonka material. Fiona Apple Pure Imagination Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory cover. They will also go on tour, building off of a Wonka-themed performance they put on for New Year’s in Oakland, California.
The album will be released on chocolate-colored vinyl and five golden copies will be made and distributed at random, mirroring the plot of the famous book/movie. It’s the first album that sees the classic ’90s line-up recording together since 1995’s Tales From The Punchbowl. Their newest album may be their strangest yet: it’s a tribute album to Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory called Primus And The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble. But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as down the sugary corridors and amongst the incredible edible delights, the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems.įeaturing ingenious stagecraft, the wonder of the original story that has captivated the world for almost 50 years is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman, and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash), a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig (The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet), set and costume designs by Mark Thompson (Mamma Mia! One Man, Two Guvnors) and choreography by Peter Darling (Billy Elliot The Musical Matilda The Musical).Ī chocolate garden, an army of squirrels and the curiously peculiar Oompa-Loompas must be believed to be seen in this spectacular new musical that is choc-full of fantastical treats to dazzle your senses.Funk rockers Primus are known to have some fun with their releases - previous album titles have included Sailing The Seas Of Cheese and Pork Soda.
When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory, it’s the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he’s always dreamed of.
ROALD DAHL’s deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes to life in a brand new West End musical directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes.