This past October, longtime Primus drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander quit the band, leaving Primus looking for a new sticks man. They decided to run a contest of sorts to find the new drummer, documented the entire process, and created a 12-part YouTube show called the Primus Interstellar Drum Derby with the first installment airing on February 20th of this year, about a month after they announced that the winner was Louisiana-based drummer John Hoffman (Hoffman is featured in the May issue of Modern Drummer). Hoffman beat out co-finalist Gergo Borlai to win as documented in the 12th and final episode of the series, with Borlai possibly losing because he didn't like Rush (blasphemy!). Well Hoffman sure as hell has no problem with Rush, and he along with his new bandmates Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde hung out with Geddy Lee earlier this week in Toronto as Hoffman details in this Instagram post:

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