Buckethead: Greatest Guitarist Of Our/All Time?

blastingas10 · 02-10-2012, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

September 4 2011 at a place called the Alter Bar in Pittsburgh. And my buddy got a bunch of the toys sadly I did not. Also he didnt have his band with him it was just backing tracks, granted if your a guitar nut and buckethead fan you dont need the whole band

Same here, it was just him and some backing tracks. Those backing tracks were bassing so hard it was blowing my hair

I was front row. I still really enjoyed even though there wasnt a band with him. Im going to see him again march 2nd. He's playing with "that 1 guy". They're known as the Frankenstein Brothers. I can't wait. That 1 guys "magic pipe" is insane. Its going to interesting.

Mrd00d · 02-10-2012, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Same here, it was just him and some backing tracks. Those backing tracks were bassing so hard it was blowing my hair

I was front row. I still really enjoyed even though there wasnt a band with him. Im going to see him again march 2nd. He's playing with "that 1 guy". They're known as the Frankenstein Brothers. I can't wait. That 1 guys "magic pipe" is insane. Its going to interesting.

Aww lucky dog you. That One Guy is hilarious and very talented and creative. Are you saying That One Guy and Buckethead together make Frankenstein Brothers, because I'm aware of the project but not aware of that fact.

About Acoustic Shards, I played the hell out of that album and I don't really enjoy it as much anymore. That's my fault. I, too, love hearing proto versions of some of his work. My favorite track on that album is Spirals. Its fantastic for an acoustic track...

Dr_Rez · 02-10-2012, 03:08 AM

Whats awesome is his guitar strap.

blastingas10 · 02-10-2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

Whats awesome is his guitar strap.

The Bungee strap? It is awesome.

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

Aww lucky dog you. That One Guy is hilarious and very talented and creative. Are you saying That One Guy and Buckethead together make Frankenstein Brothers, because I'm aware of the project but not aware of that fact.

About Acoustic Shards, I played the hell out of that album and I don't really enjoy it as much anymore. That's my fault. I, too, love hearing proto versions of some of his work. My favorite track on that album is Spirals. Its fantastic for an acoustic track...

Yes, The Frankenstein brothers are Buckethead and That One Guy.

Spirals is also my favorite song off Acoustic Shards. A great song it is.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-10-2012, 12:34 PM

I've only heard one off songs he's done in collaborations with other artists and I've managed to hate every single one I've heard.

VEGANGELICA · 02-10-2012, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Try Electric Tears, it seems like one of the sides of Buckethead you would enjoy (or as far as I can read from that post)

Thank you for the suggestion, Frownland. I listened to this song, "Electric Tears," off the Electric Tears album, thinking that it might represent well Buckethead's style on that album, and...

Buckethead - Electric Tears - YouTube

...unfortunately, ^ this is exactly the sort of music I dislike quiet vehemently!

The song is so slow, faintly sweet, and repetitive that it sounds insipid to me, and by 1 minute into it I was writhing in my seat in music agony, praying to the music gods that the song would change. The only change that occurred was that the image of the fountain (a type of fountain I *also* hate) shifted to...and image of Buckethead's head.

Now his stage persona looks even creepier to me.

I did, however, like the low note at 3:46 in the song...so that's one good thing about it. :/

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

He's a regular sweetheart. There's nothing inherently creepy about the man (Brian Caroll). I guess the Michael Myers mask and the KFC bucket is the creepy bit. Or how he does the robot and acts mechanical.

But I wanted to say, about his bucket/mask... He's shy. He makes music that people love and that I'm sure he enjoys, but doesn't want it to follow him home. Some people really dislike this for multiple reasons, but I see nothing wrong with that. He wants his privacy. He does not want the rockstar treatment. He doesn't want to get caught at the grocery store or bank or wherever and bombarded with publicity or fans or anything. Again, he's shy. I think his outfit is smart and I respect his will to privacy. It took ages for the masses to finally figure out his name.

I just wanted to share with you. It's not a gimmick. It's a matter of privacy. And once that was established, it becomes his stage persona. Which many people enjoy and many people detest. But try not to be bothered with it, if possible.

If I knew you and your taste better, Vegangelica, I'd try to personalize a recommendation for you. But BH is not for everyone. If you're not down with instrumental shred, funk, ambient, acoustic, or mellow rock [whatever the term to describe his softer works like Colma, Electric Tears, etc.] then he may not be for you.

Do you enjoy instrumental music? I'm gonna throw some Buckethead, Brain & Travis Dickerson out for you to sample. Thanatopsis

Thank you, Mrd00d, for your thoughtful reply and explanation for the bucket. I can understand his being shy and wanting to live his life as a normal one. I was over-hasty in writing the bucket off as just a gimmick. However, I still do think he could have covered up his hair without using a distracting *bucket*.

I'm glad you described the type of music he plays, because I think you are right: the situation here is that I'm not down with instrumental shred, funk, ambient, acoustic or mellow rock. It's kind of nice to have words, now, to describe succinctly some types of music that I must not like much.

I also frequently don't enjoy instrumental music (unless it is classical or unusual electronic music). So this would explain why I don't like Buckethead's music. I listened to Thanatopsis, for example, and didn't like it much at all, but thank you for the suggestion. I really do appreciate your making the effort to give one, even though I didn't like the song.

blastingas10 · 02-10-2012, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

Thank you for the suggestion, Frownland. I listened to this song, "Electric Tears," off the Electric Tears album, thinking that it might represent well Buckethead's style on that album, and...

Buckethead - Electric Tears - YouTube

...unfortunately, ^ this is exactly the sort of music I dislike quiet vehemently!

The song is so slow, faintly sweet, and repetitive that it sounds insipid to me, and by 1 minute into it I was writhing in my seat in music agony, praying to the music gods that the song would change. The only change that occurred was that the image of the fountain (a type of fountain I *also* hate) shifted to...and image of Buckethead's head.

Now his stage persona looks even creepier to me.

I did, however, like the low note at 3:46 in the song...so that's one good thing about it. :/

Thank you, Mrd00d, for your thoughtful reply and explanation for the bucket. I can understand his being shy and wanting to live his life as a normal one. I was over-hasty in writing the bucket off as just a gimmick. However, I still do think he could have covered up his hair without using a distracting *bucket*.

I'm glad you described the type of music he plays, because I think you are right: the situation here is that I'm not down with instrumental shred, funk, ambient, acoustic or mellow rock. It's kind of nice to have words, now, to describe succinctly some types of music that I must not like much.

I also frequently don't enjoy instrumental music (unless it is classical or unusual electronic music). So this would explain why I don't like Buckethead's music. I listened to Thanatopsis, for example, and didn't like it much at all, but thank you for the suggestion. I really do appreciate your making the effort to give one, even though I didn't like the song.

I wouldn't recommend Electric Tears, that album puts me to sleep except for a song or two. You need to listen to albums like "Population Override" and "Decoding the Tomb of Bansheboot".

buckethead-Population Override - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I've only heard one off songs he's done in collaborations with other artists and I've managed to hate every single one I've heard.

Don't waste your time with collabs from people like Serj Tanken. I don't like any of his collabs unless it's with Claypool, or some of his projects like The Frankenstein Brothers and Praxis, or the guys he plays with on the album "Octave of the Holy Innocents".

**Frownland** · 02-10-2012, 09:03 PM

I thought that you didn't like his hectic and agitated shred bits, vegangelica. Too bad you don't like electric tears, but to each his/her own.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-11-2012, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Don't waste your time with collabs from people like Serj Tanken. I don't like any of his collabs unless it's with Claypool, or some of his projects like The Frankenstein Brothers and Praxis, or the guys he plays with on the album "Octave of the Holy Innocents".

I wasn't talking about those type of collaborations. I meant ones where a couple of people work together for one song on a compilation album or a soundtrack album.

I don't think I could sit through a whole album of this guy.

Mrd00d · 02-11-2012, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

or the guys he plays with on the album "Octave of the Holy Innocents".

That'd be Jonas Hellborg! And Michael Shrieve on drums.

Hellborg is da man!

@Vegangelica You're welcome, it was worth a try in my opinion.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I thought that you didn't like his hectic and agitated shred bits, vegangelica. Too bad you don't like electric tears, but to each his/her own. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x