Editing Tim Alexander (section)

{{Short description|American drummer}}
{{other people}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2010}}
{{coi|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = Tim Alexander of Primus.jpg
| image_upright     = 1.2
| name              = Tim Alexander
| caption           = Alexander performing with [[Primus (band)|Primus]] in 2005
| birth_name        = Timothy Wayne Alexander
| alias             = Herb
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1965|4|10}}
| birth_place       = [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point]], U.S.
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Drums
* guitar
}}
| occupation        = Musician
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
* [[Alternative metal]]
* [[funk metal]]
* [[progressive rock]]
* [[experimental rock]]
}}
| years_active      = 1985–2024
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Prawn Song Records|Prawn Song]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
* [[Royal Potato Family]]
}}
| current_member_of =
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
* [[Primus (band)|Primus]]
* [[A Perfect Circle]]
* [[Puscifer]]
}}
}}

'''Timothy Wayne Alexander''' (born April 10, 1965), also credited as "'''Herb'''" '''Alexander''', is an American retired musician best known as the drummer for the rock band [[Primus (band)|Primus]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5181/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Primus|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author2=Prato, Greg|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 13, 2010}}</ref> Prior to Primus, Alexander was the drummer for Arizona's [[Major Lingo]] from 1985-1990.  Alexander has been in Primus across three stints; he initially left the band in 1996 and rejoined in 2003 before leaving again in 2010 and re-joining in 2013, again departing in October 2024. Alexander has played in several projects with [[Tool (band)|Tool]] frontman [[Maynard James Keenan]] including the bands [[Puscifer]] and [[A Perfect Circle]]. He earned the nickname "Herb" from his Primus bandmates after carrying a [[fanny pack]] full with [[herb]]s like [[ginseng]] that he would distribute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khw8Xz_CPdo|title=The Surreal Origins of Primus &#124; Les Claypool on Metallica Ties, Acid Trips, MTV Breakthrough|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>