In the direct aftermath of Nirvana’s success with their 1991 album Nevermind, a myriad of odd, alternative and underground bands managed to sign deals with major labels, regardless of how unsuitable they were to mainstream ears.
Surely none of them were as odd as Primus, though. An experimental, cartoon-like funk rock band, they made enough headway into pop culture that the video for one of their songs (in which they were dressed as plastic cowboys, obviously) saw them get massive MTV airplay. It also earned them a Grammy nomination and lead to the band being confronted by a confused Hollywood A-lister to enquire whether the song was written about her. Thirty years after its release, it's time to ask the question; how the hell did Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver become a hit?!
