While Green Naugahyde did reasonably well financially - many critics saw it as just another Primus album - but no one can say that Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble is an easy cash grab. Merely having Alexander back behind the kit is a huge feather in this band's cap, but he seems to have brought with him the same creative spark that helped their first run of records speak to a generation. In late 2013, Lane left to continue his work with Bob Weir in RatDog, and Alexander was brought back into the fold. In 2011, they cracked the Billboard top 20 with Green Naugahyde, their first album since 1999 and highest ranking since 1995's Tales from the Punchbowl. They reformed as a live band in the early 2000s, and played with Alexander for many years after that, but it wasn't until old-time member Jay Lane got back on the kit that their creative juices started flowing again and they returned to the studio.

When Alexander left, the band started having less fun, eventually going on hiatus for a few years because of it. He was there for Primus' debut, one gold and two platinum albums, all in the early to mid-'90s, which made the band a headliner in the golden age of alternative rock. There have been over half a dozen drummers in Primus over the years, but it's widely accepted that the Tim 'Herb' Alexander years were their best.

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