Lacquer Head

{{Infobox song

| name = Lacquer Head

| cover = Lacquer Head.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Primus

| album = Antipop

| released = 1999

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| length = 3:56

| label = Interscope

| writer = Claypool/LaLonde/R Mantia

| producer = Primus and Fred Durst

| prev_title = Over the Falls

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Electric Uncle Sam

| next_year = 1999

}}

"Lacquer Head" is the first single from Primus' 1999 album, Antipop. It is about three children, and the harm that comes to them from inhalants. MTV banned the single's music video for drug references and "violent content". The song was produced by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst,{{Citation

| last = Gundersen

| first = Edna

| title = Primus exerts 'Animal' magnetism

| newspaper = USA Today

| date = 2003-08-07

| url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-08-07-primus_x.htm}} who encouraged the band to return to the more aggressive sound of their earlier albums.{{cite book |last1=Devenish |first1=Colin |title=Limp Bizkit |year=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's |isbn=0-312-26349-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/159 159–60] |url=https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/159 }} On December 11, 2020, the song was performed live for the first time in 20 years via the band's online pay-per-view special, "Alive at Pachyderm Station".

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