Primus have joined South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to play a bunch of classic South Park songs live in Colorado.
Primus wrote the satirical cartoon's iconic theme song and performed it at South Park's two 25th anniversary concerts at the Redrock Amphitheatre. They also joined Parker and Stone for several more songs during the 30-song set. You can watch them performing the theme in the fan footage posted below.
Primus weren't the only rock legends to join the South Park creators during the concert, with Ween also appearing, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of prog legends Rush also took the stage, performing the classic Closer To The Heart.
The appearance by Lee and Lifeson was kept a secret from Stone who is a total Rush STAN and you can see that he is giddy with joy during the performance.
The sets included well-known songs from the 25-year run of the show, as well as songs from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and Team America: World Police.
Highlights reportedly included Lemmiwinks from season six, Let's Fighting Love from season eight, and Have You Heard About My Robo Friend? from season eight. You can watch Parker, Stone, Primus and Ween performing The Ballad of Lemmiwinks below.
South Park's relationship with the world of metal and rock has run deep. The most iconic moment for Maniacs is arguably the appearance of Korn in 1999.
A meeting of two of the biggest counter-cultural forces of the era, Korn's guest-starring turn in this Halloween-themed episode of South Park, has lingered long in the memory of Gen-X and elder Millenial Maniacs.
In the episode, Korn (voicing themselves) accepts an offer to play a festival in South Park called Halloween Haunt. However, someone or something is out to stop the concert from happening (boo!) and that's when Korn goes full Scooby-Doo! That's right, Korn and their 1999 dialogue go on the hunt for the ghosts (or as it turns out clergymen) responsible for the disruption. It's a quality bit of satire that makes some inspired references to the efforts of conservative church groups' repeated witch-hunt-style campaigns to ban heavy metal and/or blame it for the prevalence of social violence.
Jonathon Davis busts out some killer lines and South Park makes the most obvious site-gag in history, Korn turning into different types of actual corn, somehow work. Hilarity ensues throughout the entire episode and dated dialogue aside this episode and its double-layered satire still hold up well today!
Watch the animated Korn performing Falling Away From Me at Halloween Haunt, to the delight of the people of South Park below.
If you're looking for more metal/cartoon crossovers check out our list of 10 Metal Surprises In TV Shows/Movies
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