It was 1995, and the band from Georgia was touring the world on the strength of three smash-hit albums in a row when Bill Berry collapsed—and everything almost fell apart.

Drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander of Primus performs during a stop of Slayer’s Final World Tour at MGM Grand ... the band said it is now searching for the “greatest drummer on earth.” ...

Drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander of Primus performs during a stop of Slayer’s Final World Tour at MGM Grand ... the band said it is now searching for the “greatest drummer on earth.” ...

Songs of a Lost World is the triumphant power-doom epic it needed to be, fully the Cure’s best since Disintegration, as Smith ...