Popular rock band's drummer abruptly quits: 'Lost his passion for playing'

(KTLA) — One of hard rock’s longest-running acts is suddenly looking for a new drummer.

Primus announced on Tuesday that Tim “Herb” Alexander quit the band, “effective immediately,” via email to bandmates Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde.

“It came as a complete shock to all of us here in the Primus camp,” the band said in a social media post.

Claypool and LaLonde formed Primus in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1984. Alexander joined the band in 1989, and his precision...