Primus has to be one of the weirder bands ever to put out major-label records and score top-10 hits on the Billboard charts.

There were/are probably weirder, but Primus is pretty weird: Try to imagine their dark, skronky alt-funk-metal attracting corporate investment and playing on TV and radio these days. Would a cockeyed, bass-driven disciple of the Rush/Zappa/Beefheart School of Oddball Rock fit into 2013’s pop-music landscape, alongside Demi Lovato and Imagine Freakin’ Dragons?

Probably not. But then again, “Pork Soda” hit No. 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart during the reign of Whitney Houston’s “The Bodyguard” soundtrack, so I suppose anything is possible.

To be clear, Primus is not coming to Bend to play a show. But Les Claypool is, and Primus always revolved around Claypool’s brilliance on the bass, so it seems relevant to talk about his best-known band.

Lesser known, but still Claypool’s: Duo de Twang, the … uh … twangy duo he shares with guitarist Bryan Kehoe.

There is not a ton of info on the Internet about Duo de Twang, but a handful of YouTubes reveal that it sounds about how you’d expect it to sound. Claypool holds down the low end in his highly distinctive way, while Kehoe gets twangy on the slide guitar.

It’s not Primus, but it definitely has a Primus-tucky vibe. Whatever. Go see one of the best rock ’n’ roll bass players who ever lived, OK?

Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang, with Reformed Whores; 6 p.m. Saturday, doors open 5 p.m.; $28 plus fees in advance (ticket outlets listed at the website below), $33 at the door; Century Center, 70 S.W. Century Drive, Bend; www.randompresents.com.