This past October, longtime Primus drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander quit the band, leaving Primus looking for a new sticks man. They decided to run a contest of sorts to find the new drummer, documented the entire process, and created a 12-part YouTube show called the Primus Interstellar Drum Derby with the first installment airing on February 20th of this year, about a month after they announcedz that the winner was Louisiana-based drummer John Hoffman (Hoffman is featured in the May issue of Modern Drummer). Hoffman beat out co-finalist Gergo Borlai to win as documented in the 12th and final episode of the series, which aired last week. Most Rush fans know Primus' long history with Rush and how much Primus adores them, with the band even embarking on an entire tour paying tribute to Rush's A Farewell to Kings album. Part of the reason they chose Hoffman over Borlai might have been because Borlai was not a fan of Rush. In the video at about the 11:30 mark, Borlai is chatting with Claypool and calls Rush vanilla and cheesy (thanks Mike S). Later on around the 42 minute mark, the whole band is dining with Borlai, and he admits that he thinks he won't get the gig because he doesn't like Rush, and offers to learn some Rush songs overnight to impress the guys. Les tells him to learn Cygnus-X1, and Borlai pulls out his phone to listen to the song.