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Buckethead - TheKnowingDirge - 07-10-2009
I wanted to hear what other members thought this oddity and a musical genius
A little info first for any one who has never heard of buckethead:
Brian Patrick Carroll,[2] better known as Buckethead, is an American musician and songwriter.[2] He has released 28 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, thrash metal, funk, electronica, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music.
When performing in his theatrical persona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that read "funeral" in capital black block letters, and an expressionless plain white costume mask. More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dancing, and toy trading into his stage performances.[/url]Buckethead's persona represents a character who was "raised by chickens" and has made it his "mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe."
Although a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-instrumentalist]multi-instrumentalist, Buckethead is best known for his electric guitar playing.[5] He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 20 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time"[6] as well as been included in Guitar World's lists of the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists"[7] also known for being in the "50 fastest guitarists of all time list".[8]
Buckethead performs primarily as a solo artist. He has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high profile artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, and was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. Buckethead has also written and performed music for major motion pictures, including: Saw II, Ghosts of Mars, Beverly Hills Ninja, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Last Action Hero, and the soundtrack of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
So any thoughts, likes and dislike
Buckethead - CMB1888 - 07-10-2009
Weird - I only heard about this guy a couple of weeks ago - not really the sort of thing I'm into but impressive skill in any case.
I also like the fact that he wears a bucket on his head- though it's not a proper bucket because it doesn't have a handle - so really it's more a genetic recepticle of some sort. I mean if it still had the KFC logo then I'd accept bucket because in that context, that makes sense but once the logo went then I don't think the name's valid.
Actually I think it's more a pot but then 'Pothead' has potentially different connotations, I suppose.
Buckethead - Music Head - 08-10-2009
CMB1888 Wrote:Weird - I only heard about this guy a couple of weeks ago - not really the sort of thing I'm into but impressive skill in any case.lol.........
I also like the fact that he wears a bucket on his head- though it's not a proper bucket because it doesn't have a handle - so really it's more a genetic recepticle of some sort. I mean if it still had the KFC logo then I'd accept bucket because in that context, that makes sense but once the logo went then I don't think the name's valid.
Actually I think it's more a pot but then 'Pothead' has potentially different connotations, I suppose.
Buckethead - Music Head - 08-10-2009
thanks dirge
Buckethead - TheKnowingDirge - 08-10-2009
about the bucket, I am pretty sure KFC got mad or something stupid like that due the fact that Buckethead mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe. Buckethead comes through Oregon about once a year and I have seen him 3 times now a very good show, plus he gives alot crazy things away, one my friends got a Halloween(Rob Zombie movie) action figure at one his show. If you like instrumental I would highly suggest checking him out.