Het album is gebaseerd op een boek dat Les Claypool regelmatig aan z'n eigen kroost voorleest:
The album is based on a 1970 children’s book which frontman Les Claypool often reads to his kids, in which goblins steal all the colour out of the world,
“The dark imagery and beauty of the art struck me immediately and I thought, ‘This would make good fodder for a piece of music’,” explains Claypool in a press release. “The use of color and darkness both in the paintings and the writing was compelling and now, near two decades later, the metaphor of greed, gluttony, and deceit vs unity of the masses is eerily relevant. I brought the notion to the Primus guys and they were all for it. Plus, I figured it’s about time someone brought ‘Goblin Rock’ back to the fold.”
Goblin Rock dus!
