Buckethead
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Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative virtuose electric guitar playing.[4] His music spans several genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, although he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, and Skating Polly. He was also a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has recorded 435 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP.[5] He has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists. Buckethead has 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, Falling, and contributed lead guitar to the track "Firebird" featured on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie soundtrack.
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| Birth name | Brian Patrick Carroll |
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| Born | (1969-05-13) May 13, 1969 (age 54)[3] Pomona, California, U.S. |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Formerly of | Deli Creeps, Praxis, Cornbugs, El Stew, Guns N' Roses, Thanatopsis, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, The Frankenstein Brothers, Science Faxtion |
| Website | bucketheadpikes |
Buckethead performs wearing a KFC bucket on his head, often emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading FUNERAL in block letters, and an expressionless plain white mask inspired by the 1988 slasher film Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.[6] At one point,[when?] he changed to a plain white bucket without a KFC logo, but subsequently reverted to his emblematic KFC bucket without the funeral sticker. He also incorporates nunchaku and robot dancing into his stage performances.[7][8][9]
Buckethead was credited by Guitar World as "ushering in [a] new era of virtuosity" while ranking the release of his 1992 debut album Bucketheadland the 45th greatest moment in electric guitar history.[10] The magazine has also listed him among the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists"[11] and the "50 fastest guitarists of all time".[12]