Yet, Primus’ fellow Bay Area alternative metal weirdoes, Faith No More, had just scored a huge hit with “Epic”, so maybe Interscope founders Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field thought the time was right. At the dawn of the 1990s, their mix of Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart-inspired art-rock (combined with hints of heavy metal, funk, and progressive rock) was decidedly not the type of music generally expected to appeal to wide audiences. Still, the band was an offbeat choice with which to start a major label.
While Primus wasn’t the instant success that Interscope’s first signee, Gerardo (of “Rico Suave” one-hit-wonder fame) was, the album did eventually go Gold and sell over 500,000 copies in North America. Because Primus was the second act they’d signed, they put some real marketing muscle behind Seas of Cheese.
The band had previously released two independent records-1989’s live Suck on This and their studio debut, 1990’s Frizzle Fry-after which the fledgling major label imprint Interscope picked them up. Primus‘ Sailing the Seas of Cheese was an oddity of an album when it came out in May of 1991, and it remains so to this day.
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