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== Early life == Claypool was born into a working-class family of car mechanics in [[Richmond, California]], in 1963.<ref name="bio" /> He was raised in [[El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California|El Sobrante, California]]. He learned to play the bass guitar at age 14, but didn't begin a career in music until much later. He attended [[De Anza High School]] in Richmond, where he was friends with [[Kirk Hammett]]. Claypool worked as a [[carpenter]] for several years after graduating from high school.<ref name=BoingBoing2014 /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuXufXYFMfc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/kuXufXYFMfc| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title=Les Claypool: An Offbeat Odyssey|website=YouTube| date=September 13, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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