Primus's Les Claypool teams up with Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hütz for Volodymyr Zelensky tribute song, The Man With the Iron Balls

[L-R] Les Claypool, Eugune Hütz and Volodymyr Zelensky
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Primus leader and bass guitar legend Les Claypool has joined forces with Eugene Hütz – the Ukrainian-born frontman of American punk rock outfit Gogol Bordello – for a new tribute single dedicated to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Dubbed Zelensky: The Man With the Iron Balls, the track also features The Police drummer Stewart Copeland, John Lennon's son Sean on guitar and vocals, Billy Strings on acoustic guitar and Hütz’s bandmate Sergey Ryabtsev on violin.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.