Primus
The band did not make any music from 2000 to 2003. Claypool said that making music in Primus "wasn't fun anymore". Tim Alexander played with many bands during the break. He played music with bands such as A Perfect Circle and the Blue Man Group. Claypool made his own band named Oysterhead. The other members of the band were Stewart Copeland and Trey Anastasio. He also made Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains. This was a band with Mantia, Buckethead and Bernie Worrell.