Primus - My Name Is Mud (official Music Video) -

The video serves as a visual homage to the works of director Sam Raimi . Trivia & Cultural Impact

Graphic designer and musician Bob C. Cock makes a cameo in the spa scene, drinking soda containing the pig head featured on the Pork Soda album cover. Primus - My Name Is Mud (Official Music Video)

The video was famously featured on MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head , where the characters compared its vibe to the 1972 film Deliverance . The video serves as a visual homage to

A surreal sequence set in a mud bath/spa where "beauty is voluptuous," and being large is celebrated as the standard of beauty. Production Details The video was famously featured on MTV's Beavis

Les Claypool performs in character as Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie (or "Mud"), a rural loner calmly burying a body after killing a man with an aluminum baseball bat over a trivial argument. Claypool often spits chewing tobacco directly at the camera to emphasize the character's lack of refinement.

The first day of filming was nearly derailed by a massive rainstorm and freezing temperatures. The crew also accidentally put diesel fuel into a gasoline generator, causing the power to fail repeatedly.

The music video for by Primus was released in 1993 as the lead single from their album Pork Soda . Directed by Mark Kohr , the video is well-known for its unsettling imagery and gritty, rural aesthetic. Video Narrative and Themes The video consists of three distinct visual threads: