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Buckethead has released 75 albums in the past 2 years. Let's talk about him.
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SpasilliumX11
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WTF...
Anyway, I started with hearing Soothsayer (I forgot where) and continued from there.
Anyway, I started with hearing Soothsayer (I forgot where) and continued from there.
Oveja Negra
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That was hilarious:
On topic:
Buckethead is simply amazing and I just love his character.
Having said that, sometimes I think he should slow down the amount of material he releases. Longer writing times would lead to even more fascinating records.
Still, I don't complain.
I remember long time ago, when he began his career, everyone was talking about him on guitar forums and because of his physical appearance (tall, skinny and with freaky long fingers), pretty much the whole world split in two sides, one said it was a Steve Vai parallel project, the other one said it was Paul Gilbert. Obviously, they were wrong, although, Gilbert gave him guitar classes when Buckethead was a teenager.
Death Metalist
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Love him. GOAT status, been listening to him since 2005.
Oveja Negra
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The OP has his name.
I've always loved the last part of the comment:
"...all the chops you could ask for."
Damn right!!!!!
soul creator
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Wow, he does all this while posting a bunch on GAF also? Busy guy.
Hot Coldman
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The OP has his name.
! my head is exploding
teruterubozu
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I'm familiar with Buckethead from his Bill Laswell/Material/Praxis days but never listened to his solo albums.
He reminds me of John 5 - can play in any style but keeps the weirdness.
He reminds me of John 5 - can play in any style but keeps the weirdness.
apocalidiot
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You've listened to about 20 of his albums and there's "almost always at least one good song" on each album? Jesus
I haven't heard any of his albums and respect the dude as a musician, but if you're just pumping out material that is uninspiring, that's cool and all, but I like to consume music that is good, not half baked stuff that is pumped out.
That being said, he can be saying he's not making music for me or anyone expect himself which is fair. But yeah I don't think it's that impressive other than the sheer number of albums he's released in a short time
No, about 20 of his crazy 2013-2014 era where he releases an album a week.
apocalidiot
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Right. I edited my post so its a little less vague
terrisus
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I thought the topic title had said Cuphead >.>
betamax999
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Love it when he busts out his sick nunchucks and pop-and-lock routines during his performances.
Your Entertainer
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He exploded in popularity with Guitar Hero 2. I remember many "long time fans" suddenly showing themselves around that time.
Great guitarist, very prolific. No way in hell I'm even close to having listened to his entire catalog. I'm glad GnR got him even more exposure. But as good as he is, Bumblefoot is even better imo.
Great guitarist, very prolific. No way in hell I'm even close to having listened to his entire catalog. I'm glad GnR got him even more exposure. But as good as he is, Bumblefoot is even better imo.
The OP has his name.
Dat pinky finger
betamax999
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Monsters and Robots
Enter the Chicken
Colma
Electric Tears
Those are probably some of his most "accessible" albums.
Soothsayer is still probably my most favorite
FYI, Paul Gilbert was his guitar teacher.
Edit: Just remembered that I've been learning to play Soothsayer on my GuitarPro5 since just now. What a coincidence.
FYI, Paul Gilbert was his guitar teacher.
Edit: Just remembered that I've been learning to play Soothsayer on my GuitarPro5 since just now. What a coincidence.
One day...
You're obviously hungover. Get a cup of coffee first.
teruterubozu
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He's basically the Mike Patton of guitars. Not my thing, but for some reason Buckethead seems to attract the same kind of fans who want to lock you in a room to try to convince you that Mr. Bungle, Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool or Neil Peart is the GOAT.
Buckethead
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Yes, lets.
I love the dude but it's hard even for a super fan like me to keep up.
Betamax's beginner recommendations are on point.
I love the dude but it's hard even for a super fan like me to keep up.
Betamax's beginner recommendations are on point.
FelixOrion
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truly a master musician
your faves literally and empirically could never
your faves literally and empirically could never
The OP has his name.
Dude his pinky is thrice as long as a mortal man's.
Giant Robot
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I cant keep up with this guy ever. Been to many shows, caught a bunch of toys he hands out, but the last straw for me was when he put on a 3 hour show around 2005.
He's been consistently good, but I felt he's been stagnant for a while. Out of the million of albums he releases a year, he'll have a couple really standout songs.
His early Bucketheadland, Deli Creeps, and Giant Robot NTT (where my username is taken from) stuff is also great.
My absolute favorite stuff of his is with Praxis. A supergroup of musicians with Bernie Worrel, Brain Mantia, Bill Laswell and Bootsy Collins.
Praxis - The Interworld and the New Innocence
He's been consistently good, but I felt he's been stagnant for a while. Out of the million of albums he releases a year, he'll have a couple really standout songs.
His early Bucketheadland, Deli Creeps, and Giant Robot NTT (where my username is taken from) stuff is also great.
My absolute favorite stuff of his is with Praxis. A supergroup of musicians with Bernie Worrel, Brain Mantia, Bill Laswell and Bootsy Collins.
Praxis - The Interworld and the New Innocence
ComputerMKII
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He practically makes 1 album a week. This is too much.
fredrancour
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Hopefully there will be some fan-made greatest-hitshits mixes when this buckethead Pikes series ends. I'm sure that even when you drop all the mediocre tracks from the project, you'll still be left with multiple albums worth of quality jams.
I really should see this dude live sometime.
I really should see this dude live sometime.
TheFNEffecT
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Need to hear that latest he dropped, someone told me it was mellow like Colma or something?
Random tidbit, I went with a friend once to his guitar lesson with a man named Pebber Brown, long story short he actually taught Buckethead and apparently still stays in touch and Buckethead does some clinics at that music store from time to time. What's funny is when asked, Pebber told us "I only taught Brian, I don't know where the hell Buckethead came from"
Random tidbit, I went with a friend once to his guitar lesson with a man named Pebber Brown, long story short he actually taught Buckethead and apparently still stays in touch and Buckethead does some clinics at that music store from time to time. What's funny is when asked, Pebber told us "I only taught Brian, I don't know where the hell Buckethead came from"
Giant Robot
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lets not forget that Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen made a few albums together too:
lets not forget that Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen made a few albums together too:
And i see Elija Wood and Michelle Monahagan
Cover art for the latest pike:
http://music.bucketheadpikes.com/album/northern-lights
Brilliant
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Brilliant?
http://music.bucketheadpikes.com/album/northern-lights
Brilliant
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Brilliant?
indigo-cyclops
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Love him quite a bit, but a lot of the stuff is him just noodling around. But I come from a place of ignorance because I haven't heard EVERYTHING he's released. I'll take another album like Colma over 75 more albums of guitar sounds.
Robot Pants
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The best guitarist of all time.
And just a general awesome dude and extremely unique. Love him to death even though his output lately, while prolific, hasn't been great. But hes always kinda been like that. When his stuff is good it's really good.
My favs:
Soothsayer
Final Wars
Night of the Slunk
Brewer in the Air
and a soft spot for Buckethead's Toy Store
One of the best live performances of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o
Favorite album by far:
Elephant Man's Alarm Clock
And just a general awesome dude and extremely unique. Love him to death even though his output lately, while prolific, hasn't been great. But hes always kinda been like that. When his stuff is good it's really good.
My favs:
Soothsayer
Final Wars
Night of the Slunk
Brewer in the Air
and a soft spot for Buckethead's Toy Store
One of the best live performances of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o
Favorite album by far:
Elephant Man's Alarm Clock
I was on a musical diet of almost nothing but Buckethead for at least 6 years (2006 to 2012), in that time I would have purchased everything he put out including his Gibson signature Les Paul which I'll never sell (see pic below).
The guy is a musical genius, if you're new to his music I'd be happy to give recommendations depending on which styles you like. Bucket covers them all.
That said I haven't been all that impressed with the latest of the Pikes series, to the point where I rarely even stop and listen to the samples these days. I'd rather he spent some more time with these recordings and make more structured music like he used to, and bring Dan Monti back into the fold full time.
btw it's a travesty that he never got to perform his GNR solos live with the band, these are some of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded IMO. Listen to the long outro on "There Was a Time". I understand his reasons for leaving though, having to share lead guitar duties with Robin Finck is enough to make any man throw in the towel, the guy is an insult to the guitar instrument.
The guy is a musical genius, if you're new to his music I'd be happy to give recommendations depending on which styles you like. Bucket covers them all.
That said I haven't been all that impressed with the latest of the Pikes series, to the point where I rarely even stop and listen to the samples these days. I'd rather he spent some more time with these recordings and make more structured music like he used to, and bring Dan Monti back into the fold full time.
btw it's a travesty that he never got to perform his GNR solos live with the band, these are some of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded IMO. Listen to the long outro on "There Was a Time". I understand his reasons for leaving though, having to share lead guitar duties with Robin Finck is enough to make any man throw in the towel, the guy is an insult to the guitar instrument.
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