"It's too early for Halloween party, dude!"
When you see this guy, some of you may think that he is just a superfreak tall dude in a bad Halloween costume; "Michael Myer white plain mask and KFC bucket in your head? Are you kidding? You better shave your hair, wearing a good suit and being Slendie, man!" Well, he doesn't dress up for Halloween party and such, it is his costume to perform his magical music and rock the world! Ladies and gentlemen, I present you the weirdest guitarist in the world, BUCKETHEAD!
Buckethead (real name: Brian Caroll) is an American musician, song writer and guitarvirtuoso, got well-known for his distinctive outfit and elaborate stage shows. He has released 40 solo studio albums, 4 special released, 1 EP and has performed in more than 50 albums by other artists. He plays a wide range genres of music; avant-garde, heavy metal, funk, electronic, ambient, experimental rock, etc. If you've listened his whole albums, you'll agree with me that he creates different music, different mood, in every album he released. He has been voted number 8 in a list in GuitarOne magazine "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time".
If you haven't listened to all his albums, at least you must be ever listened to his song "Jordan", I suppose. "Jordan" is originally featured on the 2006 music video game Guitar Hero II and available as a downloadable single on iTunes on 2009. Another Buckethead's popular song is "Soothsayer" in Crime Slunk Scene album which was released on 2006. This song is very frequently played in his life performance.
One of my favorite Buckethead's song is "Padmasana", released in his ninth studio album, Electric Tears. This song has soft mellow tune, ambient and somewhat that make you feel like very calm, sad, empty and relax at the same time. Anyway, result may vary. Nine year after Electric Tears, on December 2011, Buckethead released its album sequel, Electric Sea. This album has 11 songs and two of them, "La Gavotte" and "Bachethead" are originally composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. As a matter of fact, those are the same song but played in different way, and still, both of them are pretty cool. This song is like raise positive energy and bring in the joy instantly.
Buckethead and his weapon.
His album, Colma, is the most-played album on my music player. It was released on March 24, 1998. Colma is an acoustic album, most of the track are composed on acoustic guitar, simple bass guitar and drum playing parts. This album was recorded for his mother, he wanted to make an album she could enjoywhile she's recovering from colon cancer she had.
Anyway, it's possible for me to write about every single Buckethead's songs but I believe that noone will read it anyway. So, what are you waiting for? Try his awesome work by yourself!
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If you want to buy the album, preview the songs, read the review and pick according your music taste. As I write above, The genre is different from one to another album.
I wrote this post on October 11, 2012
