And then he took a pallid mask and he glued it to his face, as it gave him the temerity to join the human race Standing up like that Ulysses with guitar in his hand, pledging to deflate the cynical that plague the glory land... BuCkEtHeAd
Buckethead wrote Soothsayer for his aunt, Susie, when she was 74 years old. Unfortunately, she passed away the following year (RIP). Aunt Susie gave Brian Carroll AKA Buckethead his first guitar when he was a kid. That woman was a vital part of music legend. THANK YOU, AUNT SUSIE, for giving us all the opportunity to witness the greatness of your nephew. And thanks to Buckethead for giving us over THREE HUNDRED ALBUMS of original music to listen to.
The whole Colma album was written so his "Mother could have some nice music to listen to" while she was in recovery. When Buckethead feels moved he surely creates some amazing musical masterpieces.
@@TheDeadStretch Fun fact: Colma is a town in California that was once entirely a graveyard. I think Aunt Susie and Buckets Mom were buried there, but all of the residents of Colma were "evicted", so to speak and moved to other locations. I think Aunt Susie and Mama Carroll were a part of the eviction of Colma, California.
You need to check out his story. This guy is a special human being. Rare virtuoso who is egoless, generous, thoughtful and lives for the music. He is a blessing if you love guitar.
And the bass solo. And BH holding out his Les Paul for people in the front row to hit the "Kill Switch"!! Oh yeah, the toys also!! Its a one man festival!
Yesssss! Seen him live 2019 at the orangepeel in Asheville NC and when he busted down with that robot I felt like god himself set me up for that experience lol
When he plays like that, I respect his wish for anonymity. He is clearly a pure artist and is not interested in personal fame. Just enjoy the music and clap at the end.
he doesnt have a wish for anonymity, his name (Spoiler alert!!!!!!!!) is Brian Carrol, and he was in guns and roses, hes talked without the mask, and another sad spoiler alert is that he has a heart defect that according to him could kill him anytime, so he is basically just playing music until his time runs out. It makes his music even better to me
He also suffers ( or at least did when younger) serious anxiety or stage fright so there is more to wearing the mask. I didn't know about the heart condition.
Buckethead has released nearly 400 albums. Dude is insane. Also there's so much improv going on in this live version. I've heard people say guitar shreddin' like this has no feeling to it. Those people are wrong.
His improving over it even sounds great, i'd imagine he has to improv at least some of it on stage the dude has so many songs he'd be a machine to remember all that
@@StephenRoberts99 I saw him live May last year. He improvised about half of Soothsayer, but most of the other songs he played were near identical to the record versions, including Jordan, Siege Engine, Lebrontron, and way too much else to remember. He literally is a robot lol
Every Buckethead show has a section where he just puts a beat on, and he does the robot and nunchucks... He also brings out a bucket full of toys and hands them out to his fans.
At least one of the greats, yes. I prefer Guthrie Govan's playing myself but yeah... Buckethead is... Well, there are no words when you get to this level of performance.
Buckethead is probably one of the most talented guitarists of his generation, if not all time. He is a master of conveying a mood without a single word on the track. He even created a new playing technique, which is something that very few guitarists can say. The man is a legend, and yet so many people have never heard of him.
He named the album Colma album after a town in California and a song on that album was inspired by a cemetery in that town called hills of Eternity where the the famous Wyatt Earp is buried.
it’s amazing that someone can go from such a tearjerking song like I love my parents and then transition to another song like flesh tearing cliffs. Bucket head is the total package when it comes to guitar composition.
Me to dude I just recently discovered him I'm blown away 💯 the best guitarist I've ever heard he's definitely the G.O.A.T when he plays he rips a hole in time and space and the stars align that's just my opinion.
How are you not going to mention Colma is famous for being a city that has more dead people than living people? The whole city is Cemetaries and a 7-11.
Just saw him Live for the first time last year. Got to tap the kill switch on his guitar as he passes it around the front row. Killer!! This mans music has LITERALLY changed my life since I dove into his catalog, which is immense by the way. 1000's of songs! I'm sooo glad you finally got to this. Don't let the bucket and mask turn you off. It's just a persona and gimmick. BUCKETHEAD (Brian Carrol) is a guitar virtuoso as you've witnessed. No need for lyrics. The guitar does the singing. His softer melodic stuff is incredibly deep. His shredding is top notch! Follow the recommendations for other songs to react to. The people won't steer you wrong. His live stuff is obviously more fun to watch, but take time to dive in on your personal time. Great long awaited reaction!!!!! 🤘🏼
Derek Charette I'm not disrespecting the guy since he's one of my favorite musicians. And I know his backstory and history. But admittedly, it's a gimmick. He threw it in his head, and it he thought it was amusing and kept the look. Yes, social issues might have influenced the idea, but everything as far as his movements and look, is for the persona. It's eccentric. Like him. A gimmick doesn't have to be negative. It can be used purposely. This is a perfect example. Oh, and Slipknot are heterosexuals, just to clarify another thing for you.
What a masterpiece. One of the most creative guitar players of all time, and in my top 3 favorites. Dude never stops putting out music, and no one sounds or plays like him.
Now if you want to hear a guitar solo that will make you weep pleeeeeeaaasseee react to Maggot Brain by Funkadelic - Eddie Hazel...just sit back and feel it..
Talk about a short lived mix of talent. Sadly when that much energy is in one spot it doesn't last long., Thanks for reminding me of a deep cut into music history.
Rick Beato on his channel did a list of “shredders” on the guitar, among those on the list were Steve Vai, Van Halen, Malmstein, and at the top of the list was Buckethead!
@@benjaminsmith6674 it was probably taken down4 copyright infringement. I'm pretty sure Rick has had problems w/ some of his videos disappearing b/c youtube is censoring everything, unless you're a transgender, babykilling communist, theyve no user4 u!!
I've seen Buckethead numerous, numerous times live, before, during, and after Guns N Roses. Playing for Guns is one of the best things he ever did, not for the work he did in the band, but having to play Slash's solos really improved his music. The last time I saw him for NYE (2017 maybe 18) his playing had tons more soul and feeling.
Buckethead is a monster, completely dedicated to his guitar and music, and throughout his career he's refused to pigeonhole himself into any single genre, and has played with a tremendous number excellent musicians with all different styles, and every imaginable type of music. He was in Guns & Roses for a few years, and even though he was incredible on-stage, most GnR fans just couldn't make out what was happening. Ozzy Ozborn even wanted him in his band, but when Buckethead refused to get rid of his costume and mask, Ozzy bailed. He was always really driven, playing guitar for 10+ hours a day, and in the early 90s he moved into longtime Guitar Player Magazine editor Jas Obrecht's basement. There he was able to immerse himself in music and had opportunities to meet and jam with artists of all sorts. For a completely different side of Buckethead in an acoustic trio, check out the album he played on with Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve, "Octave of the Holy Innocents."
The most amazing thing other than the music itself is this.. just imagine the number and frequency of calculations that have to be going through his brain as he plays these songs. You have to remember the progression of the notes, the speed at which they are played, the location on the fretboard, the specific string to manipulate with the other hand and the coordination between the two and at those speeds.. it has to be mostly muscle memory at that point. The raw talent, skill, and dedication to his craft is why he is so good. My fingers bleed at the mere thought of the hours of work he must have put in to achieve this level of performance.
You are so right!! As a 17 year old guitarist that's been playing since I was twelve, I have tried and tried to play this song and let me tell you, it is freaking insane!!! The main riff is easy, anybody can do that, but once you get to the meat of the song, there's only a select few that have mastered it.
He doesn't play it the same way every time though. When he plays live he does a lot of improv with different runs and fills in his songs so it sounds unique. He keeps to each song's general structure and sound but he just shreds any which way he feels like.
YES!!❤️ My absolute favorite artist. Thanks for your reaction. No vocals. Brian Carroll. Definately one of a kind. He has a vast collection of music (pikes) Check em out!
His family often bought buckets of K.F.C. for dinner and one evening as he polished off the last piece he was inspired to put the empty bucket on his head and looked in the mirror and declared himself to be BUCKETHEAD, and he found the plastic mask in a toy store.Not the one he wanted that was in the movie Halloween. once he wrote the word FUNERAL on the front of the bucket .He said that every bucket of chicken parts K.F.C. sold was like a Funeral for 2 or 3 chickens. Les Claypool wrote the song The Ballad Of Buckethead on his Monsters and Robots album Listen to the albums,COLMA, and BUCKETHEADLAND.
So it’s long but you need to listen to Pike 65 “Hold Me Forever” in its entirety, it’s labeled as different songs but it’s one 27 minute guitar solo that he wrote after his mom passed that basically progresses through his grief. You can feel the emotions from the guitar. It’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen written that no one knows.
I have seen him live a few times. I stood in front of him and closed my eyes for a few minutes taking in the music. When I opened my eyes that mask was looking right down at me, like he was watching me take it all in and was focused on me. I looked at his foot and pointed my head down. He pushed his wah pedal. I did it a few more times, and he incorporated those head movements into wah pedal pushes as he played his solo. Also, he hands out toys during the show and dances with nunchucks. He also plays a pretty good slap bass.
Bringing home the Bucket!! Finally, someone reacts to this legendary performer. There are no radio hits, just years of acclaim from practically every famous guitarist, and his tens of thousands of fans. He has been doing this for decades. Thank you so much for this one!!
Saw him in 2019 and was blown away. I check every couple weeks if he’s on tour anywhere in a 200 mile radius. It’s a show you don’t want to miss if you love music.
I saw this come up and clicked on it so quick !! It's about time !!!!! 🎶edit: his name is Brian Carroll and the stretch ( from his first finger to his pinky finger) is absurd !!!!
Behind Buckethead is a man with a fantastic gift that he is happy to share with us, but he also wants to retain his privacy. So please respect that and accept his name as 'Buckethead'. That's all we need to know to enjoy his great skills. We shouldn't need to see his face to get the emotion, a real musician like this can get it all out through his instrument.
Brian Carroll. He played in Guns n Rose's for a bit. Was in another band early on Called Deli Creeps. Played with Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell. Also Les Claypool of Primus. Now he writes a lot of music himself. Albums called "Pikes". Close to 300 of them. Gives out toys to fans at his shows. I saw him twice. Unbelievable talent and good person. He tours by himself with music in the background and he plays guitar over it. Great musician who also plays killer slap bass and plays banjo also. Also shows his skills with the nunchucks like a champ! On stage!
Buckethead is the real deal he has music for all. Really everyone should check out Brian’s work it is a masterpiece and has something for everyone it’s music speaks for it self gives you that good feeling inside without having to sing one word. But the guitar speaks every word this mans passion is for music is awesome thanks Buckethead!
Tyvm for this reaction, buckethead is definitely underrated, he played for guns and roses briefly but is way better solo. Jordan is probably his best song.....next to soothsayer
Brian Patrick Carroll, known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans several genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music.
Oh man. If you're headed down the Buckethead black hole, be sure to check out the Deli Creeps. Their live video of Binge and Grab got me hooked on BH Also Buckethead's name is Brian Carroll. He gave a great interview a couple of years back where he spoke pretty candidly about Buckethead, his life, and his health issues for the first time. I recommend checking it out, as well as as much of his music as you can.
Brian Carroll, A.K.A. Buckethead, is a phenom! Is from Cali and is around 50 years old by now. With nearly 500 albums under his belt and still counting!
Buckethead is an American musician, predominantly a guitarist. The Buckethead discography currently includes 317 studio albums (286 of them in the Pike Series), 1 live album, 4 special releases, 1 extended play, 5 demo tapes, 3 solo DVD video releases, 2 DVD video releases with Cornbugs, 3 music videos, 3 unreleased albums, 3 solo videography releases, and 16 videography releases with other artists. Since 1994, Buckethead has released 6 studio recordings under the anagram of Death Cube K. He has released 74 works with other bands and artists (including his work as Death Cube K). The total number of studio albums, special releases, extended plays, demo tapes, and works with other bands and projects is 382. His guest appearances total 97. His videography releases total 19. In total, Buckethead has been involved with 479 different album projects (as solo or with other bands). As of his 317th solo studio album (not counting the remixed versions) and his 288th (technically 286th as 285-6 sit yet unreleased) album in the Pikes series, Liminal Monorail, his total solo studio album running time is approximately 168 hours, 5 minutes, 59 seconds
He also does a song with Serge from System of a Down called we are one, its great. Another favorite of mine (gym playlist status) is Jump man he got Bootsy Collins from Pfunk on that one
Buckethead played at a party here in Kansas city a few summers ago. At "On the Hill". Awesome place some friends have that holds a benefit for autism 3xa year.
'He ain't goin' sing or nuttin', right?' Hahaha. As a long-time Buckethead fan, as someone who has never looked at music the same way again after coming across Buckethead and as someone who is very familiar with the majority of his material, it's super awesome to watch someone who is completely unfamiliar with Buckethead to 'wonder if he's going to sing or not'. I loved that reaction :)
Brian Carroll (born May 13, 1969), better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a virtuoso guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 40 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists.
It's worth pointing out that Bucket never plays any of his songs in exactly the same way, there is always some improv here and there. So if you listen to any other version of Soothsayer, it will sound pretty different to this one.
He's like Joe Satriani with a bucket and a mask! Something tells me that the reason for the bucket and mask is anxiety in front of a crowd. He feels like he doesn't have to worry about all of that with his mask and bucket. Some people can do amazing things when they don't feel outside pressure
Listen to his interview from last year with a psychiatrist. He talks about why he wears his bucket and mask..just search "buckethead interview" on UA-cam
I saw buckethead live and he shredded for 4 hours straight only taking a break to give random toys to people in the audience. I got a transformer and my wife got a my little pony lol!
The "mic" up front was an audience member recording the audio. He, like many "jam bands" allow the recording and trading of their concerts, so long as you aren't selling them for profit. You don't have to react, but take the time to put on one of his full concerts sometime, so you can catch the nun chuck portion of the show.
His Les Paul is a one off built just for him..it's 25% bigger than a regular. A standard looks like Les Paul Jr. In his hands. A Jr. Looks like a ukelele. Lol
He likely suffers from marfan syndrome, which is a neurological disorder characterized by the sufferer being very tall and thin and having extra long extremities, normally the fingers. All of which Bucket has. He also has a very severe heart condition, that almost forced him to retire around 2016. Another thing associated with the syndrome.
@@smward87 he does have some degenerative diasese, unfortunatley it will take him someday, he is trying to get out as much music as he can while he can
Can't believe no one here mentioned "the vein"... The vein in the back of his picking hand is extremely large, and the one sure tell-tale sign it's Brian Carroll under the bucket.
My guy pulls up his pants halfway through a fat riff and doesn't miss a chord.... Them long skeletal fingers and his inane musical gift. This guy is a wonder in the music scene.
buckethead is a prototype. god once thought "let's make a guitarist!". then he made buckethead and saw that it was not right. but then, my friends, all gods realized it will be good to keep him! and so here he is. just as good as anyone can imagine.
I saw Buckethead live in Burlington Vt years ago in a small place called Higher Ground... I got to see those long fingers perform in a blur up close... incredible isn't even close to describing this man's ability with a guitar...I read that Rolling Stone placed him at #8 out of the top 100 best guitarists in the world... Soothsayer is probably my favorite song that he does... you need to "experience" the studio version
He was born in a coop, raised in a cage
Children fear him, critics rage
He's half alive, he's half dead
Folks just call him Buckethead!
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This
And then he took a pallid mask and he glued it to his face, as it gave him the temerity to join the human race
Standing up like that Ulysses with guitar in his hand, pledging to deflate the cynical that plague the glory land...
BuCkEtHeAd
@@ATthemusician Exsqueeze Me? Your confusing Buckethead with The ballad of Buckethead. 2 different tunes my friend
@@Imbubbaboyd67 I'm not confusing the 2, lmao
Buckethead wrote Soothsayer for his aunt, Susie, when she was 74 years old. Unfortunately, she passed away the following year (RIP).
Aunt Susie gave Brian Carroll AKA Buckethead his first guitar when he was a kid. That woman was a vital part of music legend.
THANK YOU, AUNT SUSIE, for giving us all the opportunity to witness the greatness of your nephew.
And thanks to Buckethead for giving us over THREE HUNDRED ALBUMS of original music to listen to.
Well said but 400 now i believe, that's if you include all the demos and mixtapes
shaitanlavey at one stage he released a album every day for a couple weeks and multiple times hes released more than 1 album in a week
The whole Colma album was written so his "Mother could have some nice music to listen to" while she was in recovery.
When Buckethead feels moved he surely creates some amazing musical masterpieces.
Rest in peace aunt Susie
@@TheDeadStretch Fun fact: Colma is a town in California that was once entirely a graveyard. I think Aunt Susie and Buckets Mom were buried there, but all of the residents of Colma were "evicted", so to speak and moved to other locations. I think Aunt Susie and Mama Carroll were a part of the eviction of Colma, California.
You need to check out his story. This guy is a special human being. Rare virtuoso who is egoless, generous, thoughtful and lives for the music. He is a blessing if you love guitar.
Thank you for your comment! It is so true. We’re lucky to have this bro.
No truer words typed !😎
Yup. Amen to that!
What a beautiful and true comment
No one gives a s***
you need the full Buckethead experience, one with the nunchucks and the robot.
And the toys
And the bass solo. And BH holding out his Les Paul for people in the front row to hit the "Kill Switch"!! Oh yeah, the toys also!! Its a one man festival!
rubber chicken!!
Yesssss! Seen him live 2019 at the orangepeel in Asheville NC and when he busted down with that robot I felt like god himself set me up for that experience lol
Don't forget the unicorn
When he plays like that, I respect his wish for anonymity. He is clearly a pure artist and is not interested in personal fame. Just enjoy the music and clap at the end.
he doesnt have a wish for anonymity, his name (Spoiler alert!!!!!!!!) is Brian Carrol, and he was in guns and roses, hes talked without the mask, and another sad spoiler alert is that he has a heart defect that according to him could kill him anytime, so he is basically just playing music until his time runs out. It makes his music even better to me
He also suffers ( or at least did when younger) serious anxiety or stage fright so there is more to wearing the mask. I didn't know about the heart condition.
That’s a good way to put it. Hes very humble
That's what I say it's purely spiritual at that point
Buckethead has released nearly 400 albums. Dude is insane. Also there's so much improv going on in this live version. I've heard people say guitar shreddin' like this has no feeling to it. Those people are wrong.
@Dr. Krieger but he sure as hell has a killswitch
The really good improv jamming is PURE feeling. If someone hears Buckethead's playing and doesn't hear the emotion...they themselves are dead inside.
His improving over it even sounds great, i'd imagine he has to improv at least some of it on stage the dude has so many songs he'd be a machine to remember all that
@@StephenRoberts99 I saw him live May last year. He improvised about half of Soothsayer, but most of the other songs he played were near identical to the record versions, including Jordan, Siege Engine, Lebrontron, and way too much else to remember. He literally is a robot lol
Holy shit
Every Buckethead show has a section where he just puts a beat on, and he does the robot and nunchucks... He also brings out a bucket full of toys and hands them out to his fans.
Yea he does I saw him live last April and he had the most entertaining intermission I ever seen. Perfect nunchucks he has.
I still have the balloons he gave me, handed out all but one to people around me. Nearly cried when he gave them to me.
Yeah you can trade him. I gave him a thundercats for a rubber squeaky chicken. Lmao
Blank Azure still have my flash figurine lol
He threw me a My little pony figure hah
I believe that playing qualifies as “extra crispy”.
Yes, I went there.
Randy Simpson 😂🤣🤣
Pretty good lad pretty good
A little bit greasy too.
Finger lickin' good
Definitely extra crispy with large side of kick ass;
Perhaps the greatest guitarist in modern history. Truly amazing musician.
More Buckethead!
At least, one of the greatest guitar players.
At least one of the greats, yes. I prefer Guthrie Govan's playing myself but yeah... Buckethead is... Well, there are no words when you get to this level of performance.
No doubt
BUCKETHEAD - Jordan (live) is another great song
j0ssico going back to the Guitar Hero 2 days 🤘🤘
yes!!!!!!!..........gonna watch that one right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope he sees this comment mate lml
Buckethead is probably one of the most talented guitarists of his generation, if not all time. He is a master of conveying a mood without a single word on the track. He even created a new playing technique, which is something that very few guitarists can say. The man is a legend, and yet so many people have never heard of him.
Buckethead does not need to sing. He speaks with his guitar, album pictures, and appearance. He is truly special.
Theres one song where he sings but if you pay attention and carefully listen to his songs you can tell his voice when he talks in character
He makes his guitar sing for him!
The greatest guitarist in the world
Yes
Buckethead's real name is Brian Carroll. He's 50 years old, and grew up in So Cal, close to Anaheim.
He named the album Colma album after a town in California and a song on that album was inspired by a cemetery in that town called hills of Eternity where the the famous Wyatt Earp is buried.
Thank you for the information ! May God bless him !
Didn't know that. I thought he was called Barry..... something 👍
@@phatjesus57 Colma is the [City of the Dead] where they outnumber the living by 1,000:1
it’s amazing that someone can go from such a tearjerking song like I love my parents and then transition to another song like flesh tearing cliffs. Bucket head is the total package when it comes to guitar composition.
Just started exploring the Bucket about a month ago, the Bucket is Deeeeeeep. I slapped myself for ignoring this amazing artist for so long.
Then check out the deli creeps, bucketheads first band, very dark!
Listen to 'welcome to bucketheadland'
Thank me later!
Ditto
Me to dude I just recently discovered him I'm blown away 💯 the best guitarist I've ever heard he's definitely the G.O.A.T when he plays he rips a hole in time and space and the stars align that's just my opinion.
I too must shamefully admit to having just started listening to BH. I must admit to being biased against GnR, so I never gave him a chance.
"I hope that guitar was 18." LOL
Ooooooow shit
Crap, now Buckethead's gonna get cancelled...
Great comment 👍.
@Johan Hansén Same here. He's too pure for all the Twitter nonsense.
Well that guitar is actually about 25 I think
He is one of the greatest of all time. I have seen him live...and it is amazing...nothing like it. Such a virtuoso.
My favorite album of his is Colma, a truly beautiful piece of work.
Such a beautiful tribute to his beloved mother. Also Electric Tears, and Electric Sea... the trifecta of soulful Buckethead.
Welcome to buckheatland is my favourite
That, Crime Slunk Scene, and It's Alive are good albums to start your journey into Bucketheadland
Colma was named after the town Colma and hills of Eternity is the named after a real cemetery where Wyatt Earp is buried
How are you not going to mention Colma is famous for being a city that has more dead people than living people? The whole city is Cemetaries and a 7-11.
Welcome to a pure genius..this man is a true treasure.
The greatest guitarist I've ever seen! This song always makes me tear up!
Yeah, me too.
Just saw him Live for the first time last year. Got to tap the kill switch on his guitar as he passes it around the front row. Killer!!
This mans music has LITERALLY changed my life since I dove into his catalog, which is immense by the way. 1000's of songs! I'm sooo glad you finally got to this. Don't let the bucket and mask turn you off. It's just a persona and gimmick. BUCKETHEAD (Brian Carrol) is a guitar virtuoso as you've witnessed. No need for lyrics. The guitar does the singing. His softer melodic stuff is incredibly deep. His shredding is top notch! Follow the recommendations for other songs to react to. The people won't steer you wrong.
His live stuff is obviously more fun to watch, but take time to dive in on your personal time.
Great long awaited reaction!!!!!
🤘🏼
Derek Charette I'm not disrespecting the guy since he's one of my favorite musicians. And I know his backstory and history. But admittedly, it's a gimmick. He threw it in his head, and it he thought it was amusing and kept the look. Yes, social issues might have influenced the idea, but everything as far as his movements and look, is for the persona. It's eccentric. Like him. A gimmick doesn't have to be negative. It can be used purposely. This is a perfect example.
Oh, and Slipknot are heterosexuals, just to clarify another thing for you.
Electric tears is my fav slow song of his
Brian Crockett A stellar one indeed! 👍🏼
Well stated😎
What a masterpiece. One of the most creative guitar players of all time, and in my top 3 favorites. Dude never stops putting out music, and no one sounds or plays like him.
Now if you want to hear a guitar solo that will make you weep pleeeeeeaaasseee react to Maggot Brain by Funkadelic - Eddie Hazel...just sit back and feel it..
Vadershake Agreed!!! May I suggest “Maggot Brain” again!!! The original Eddie Hazel version is killer .... especially listening in the dark
Talk about a short lived mix of talent. Sadly when that much energy is in one spot it doesn't last long., Thanks for reminding me of a deep cut into music history.
Eddie Hazel one of the greatest. That song was cut in one take amazing
Rumor was that George Clinton told him his mother died before he played the track...
@@t20sgrunt36 - I think it was Clinton said play it like he just heard his mother died and later found out she was still alive.
Rick Beato on his channel did a list of “shredders” on the guitar, among those on the list were Steve Vai, Van Halen, Malmstein, and at the top of the list was Buckethead!
Rick's 1 smart & talented cat! Glad other people watch him
Tahoe Nevada I did not know this
Do you have a like to that video? I can't seem to find it.
benjamin smith I can’t seem to find it either. Maybe it wasn’t Beato?
@@benjaminsmith6674 it was probably taken down4 copyright infringement. I'm pretty sure Rick has had problems w/ some of his videos disappearing b/c youtube is censoring everything, unless you're a transgender, babykilling communist, theyve no user4 u!!
I've seen Buckethead numerous, numerous times live, before, during, and after Guns N Roses. Playing for Guns is one of the best things he ever did, not for the work he did in the band, but having to play Slash's solos really improved his music. The last time I saw him for NYE (2017 maybe 18) his playing had tons more soul and feeling.
Buckethead is a monster, completely dedicated to his guitar and music, and throughout his career he's refused to pigeonhole himself into any single genre, and has played with a tremendous number excellent musicians with all different styles, and every imaginable type of music. He was in Guns & Roses for a few years, and even though he was incredible on-stage, most GnR fans just couldn't make out what was happening. Ozzy Ozborn even wanted him in his band, but when Buckethead refused to get rid of his costume and mask, Ozzy bailed. He was always really driven, playing guitar for 10+ hours a day, and in the early 90s he moved into longtime Guitar Player Magazine editor Jas Obrecht's basement. There he was able to immerse himself in music and had opportunities to meet and jam with artists of all sorts. For a completely different side of Buckethead in an acoustic trio, check out the album he played on with Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve, "Octave of the Holy Innocents."
The most amazing thing other than the music itself is this.. just imagine the number and frequency of calculations that have to be going through his brain as he plays these songs. You have to remember the progression of the notes, the speed at which they are played, the location on the fretboard, the specific string to manipulate with the other hand and the coordination between the two and at those speeds.. it has to be mostly muscle memory at that point. The raw talent, skill, and dedication to his craft is why he is so good. My fingers bleed at the mere thought of the hours of work he must have put in to achieve this level of performance.
You are so right!! As a 17 year old guitarist that's been playing since I was twelve, I have tried and tried to play this song and let me tell you, it is freaking insane!!! The main riff is easy, anybody can do that, but once you get to the meat of the song, there's only a select few that have mastered it.
He doesn't play it the same way every time though. When he plays live he does a lot of improv with different runs and fills in his songs so it sounds unique. He keeps to each song's general structure and sound but he just shreds any which way he feels like.
YES!!❤️ My absolute favorite artist. Thanks for your reaction. No vocals. Brian Carroll. Definately one of a kind. He has a vast collection of music (pikes) Check em out!
This version is nothing but
EPIC 🙏🇺🇸
His family often bought buckets of K.F.C. for dinner and one evening as he polished off the last piece he was inspired to put the empty bucket on his head and looked in the mirror and declared himself to be BUCKETHEAD, and he found the plastic mask in a toy store.Not the one he wanted that was in the movie Halloween. once he wrote the word FUNERAL on the front of the bucket .He said that every bucket of chicken parts K.F.C. sold was like a Funeral for 2 or 3 chickens. Les Claypool wrote the song The Ballad Of Buckethead on his Monsters and Robots album Listen to the albums,COLMA, and BUCKETHEADLAND.
He created a new picking style, has tons of albums and all can be purchased super cheap because he never sold out.
So it’s long but you need to listen to Pike 65 “Hold Me Forever” in its entirety, it’s labeled as different songs but it’s one 27 minute guitar solo that he wrote after his mom passed that basically progresses through his grief. You can feel the emotions from the guitar. It’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen written that no one knows.
Saw Buckethead for the first time 2 years ago. One of if not the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. So good I saw him four more nights that week😂
I have seen him live a few times. I stood in front of him and closed my eyes for a few minutes taking in the music. When I opened my eyes that mask was looking right down at me, like he was watching me take it all in and was focused on me. I looked at his foot and pointed my head down. He pushed his wah pedal. I did it a few more times, and he incorporated those head movements into wah pedal pushes as he played his solo.
Also, he hands out toys during the show and dances with nunchucks. He also plays a pretty good slap bass.
He played lead guitar for Guns n Roses foe a few years in the early 2000s. His name is Brian Carroll.
"Siege Engine" from his album "Albino Slug" is another great song.
I saw Buckethead 3x in Colorado USA and yes He Absolutely Shredded it like Crazy..... He's a Master Musician and a Great Guitarist, 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Bringing home the Bucket!! Finally, someone reacts to this legendary performer. There are no radio hits, just years of acclaim from practically every famous guitarist, and his tens of thousands of fans. He has been doing this for decades. Thank you so much for this one!!
i love how correct your prediction was at the start, "looks like he about to be shreddin like crazy"
My first time hearing Buckethead was back in the 90s and I was tripping on acid at the time. it was quite the experience
Saw him in 2019 and was blown away. I check every couple weeks if he’s on tour anywhere in a 200 mile radius. It’s a show you don’t want to miss if you love music.
'Bout time, dude. Go down the rabbit hole. You'll never be the same.
Getting to the real stuff now!
I’ve also heard he’ll hit up the local CVS, or Target and buy a bunch of cheap toys to give out to his fans at his shows.
Seeing Buckethead live for the first time will change your outlook as a guitarist.
What I've just heard ..Man, so amazing! Just met my soul.
"I hope that guitar was 18" 😂
I saw this come up and clicked on it so quick !! It's about time !!!!! 🎶edit: his name is Brian Carroll and the stretch ( from his first finger to his pinky finger) is absurd !!!!
Big B is my all time fave! I've had the absolute pleasure of witnessing him live twice at the Park West in Chicago … amazing.
Behind Buckethead is a man with a fantastic gift that he is happy to share with us, but he also wants to retain his privacy. So please respect that and accept his name as 'Buckethead'. That's all we need to know to enjoy his great skills.
We shouldn't need to see his face to get the emotion, a real musician like this can get it all out through his instrument.
His name is Brian Carroll. 50 yo born in Huntington Beach
False. His name is Buckethead. First name Buckethead. Last name .
It's obviously a robot, man.
Thats purely rumor Stebbi. Us mere mortals can only speculate at this point.
You’re confusing him with some guy named Brian lol
He is Obviously a 6.5 ft tall robot chicken proficient at Kung Fu and a mastery of the Guitar.
This song takes me to another planet Every.Single.Time. 🔥🔥🔥
Brian Carroll. He played in Guns n Rose's for a bit. Was in another band early on Called Deli Creeps. Played with Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell. Also Les Claypool of Primus. Now he writes a lot of music himself. Albums called "Pikes". Close to 300 of them. Gives out toys to fans at his shows. I saw him twice. Unbelievable talent and good person. He tours by himself with music in the background and he plays guitar over it. Great musician who also plays killer slap bass and plays banjo also. Also shows his skills with the nunchucks like a champ! On stage!
Buckethead is the real deal he has music for all. Really everyone should check out Brian’s work it is a masterpiece and has something for everyone it’s music speaks for it self gives you that good feeling inside without having to sing one word. But the guitar speaks every word this mans passion is for music is awesome thanks Buckethead!
Tyvm for this reaction, buckethead is definitely underrated, he played for guns and roses briefly but is way better solo. Jordan is probably his best song.....next to soothsayer
Oh hell yeah. About damn time!!
Brian Patrick Carroll, known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans several genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music.
this song gives me goosebumps still! like the first time you hear it, every time!
Do Young Buckethead playing in his back yard when he was 17. AMAZING!!
Yes!
Oh man. If you're headed down the Buckethead black hole, be sure to check out the Deli Creeps. Their live video of Binge and Grab got me hooked on BH
Also Buckethead's name is Brian Carroll. He gave a great interview a couple of years back where he spoke pretty candidly about Buckethead, his life, and his health issues for the first time. I recommend checking it out, as well as as much of his music as you can.
Brian Carroll, A.K.A. Buckethead, is a phenom! Is from Cali and is around 50 years old by now. With nearly 500 albums under his belt and still counting!
Soothsayer is a gateway drug to Buckethead's music. 4 years in, and I still can't get enough. :)
I like the live version of "Whitewash" a whole lot. "Nottingham Forest" is also cool. Lots of good stuff from him.
Whitewash Live is incredible
Isn't it Nottingham lace?
@@crimsonclover8314 It is
You need to react to Buckethead - Jordan Live
This man can pop and lock with the best of em...Nunchucks, the robot, and free gifts!!
Buckethead is an American musician, predominantly a guitarist. The Buckethead discography currently includes 317 studio albums (286 of them in the Pike Series), 1 live album, 4 special releases, 1 extended play, 5 demo tapes, 3 solo DVD video releases, 2 DVD video releases with Cornbugs, 3 music videos, 3 unreleased albums, 3 solo videography releases, and 16 videography releases with other artists.
Since 1994, Buckethead has released 6 studio recordings under the anagram of Death Cube K. He has released 74 works with other bands and artists (including his work as Death Cube K). The total number of studio albums, special releases, extended plays, demo tapes, and works with other bands and projects is 382. His guest appearances total 97. His videography releases total 19. In total, Buckethead has been involved with 479 different album projects (as solo or with other bands). As of his 317th solo studio album (not counting the remixed versions) and his 288th (technically 286th as 285-6 sit yet unreleased) album in the Pikes series, Liminal Monorail, his total solo studio album running time is approximately 168 hours, 5 minutes, 59 seconds
He also does a song with Serge from System of a Down called we are one, its great.
Another favorite of mine (gym playlist status) is Jump man he got Bootsy Collins from Pfunk on that one
He does not sing but he can play just about any type of music on that guitar.
Or banjo. He's a better bass slapper than Flea, probably.
He has one song called danyel where he sings. Its a love song about a porn star cause he's a classic troll lol
@@lukearnoldinstrumentals he wrote the song after she was murdered thats why he wrote the song
Finally you found Buckethead. You must see his nunchucks performance and robot dance!!!!
Buckethead played at a party here in Kansas city a few summers ago. At "On the Hill". Awesome place some friends have that holds a benefit for autism 3xa year.
If they were to remake crossroads today, he'd be the devil's guitarist
chainframe yup and Ralph Maccio (sp?) would be screwed, cause no one's beating Buckethead in a duel lol
@@ShadDennis Buckethead isn't gonna be the idiot who uses his 3 most unbeatable licks before the contest really even starts
Jamal: Who's behind the mask?
Everyone: Folks just call him Buckethead.
Ahhh, Buckethead. That rabbit hole is a deep and interesting one indeed. Such a great guitarist.
more buckethead please. and yes there is meaning behind everything he does, he's a fascinating character :D
Buckethead “Final Wars” is a good one as well
Enjoy watching your vids. Buckethead is great! He's got some songs with Les Claypool from Primus you should check out.
'He ain't goin' sing or nuttin', right?' Hahaha. As a long-time Buckethead fan, as someone who has never looked at music the same way again after coming across Buckethead and as someone who is very familiar with the majority of his material, it's super awesome to watch someone who is completely unfamiliar with Buckethead to 'wonder if he's going to sing or not'. I loved that reaction :)
Brian Carroll (born May 13, 1969), better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a virtuoso guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 40 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists.
It's worth pointing out that Bucket never plays any of his songs in exactly the same way, there is always some improv here and there. So if you listen to any other version of Soothsayer, it will sound pretty different to this one.
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I like his smoother albums. The kind you sit back and close your eyes to.
Ya know what I mean
It was a joy watching your face melt throughout the entire song.
Him and Les Claypool together is a lot of musical fun !
His name is Brian Carroll and there's an interview with him here on the tube.
He's like Joe Satriani with a bucket and a mask! Something tells me that the reason for the bucket and mask is anxiety in front of a crowd. He feels like he doesn't have to worry about all of that with his mask and bucket. Some people can do amazing things when they don't feel outside pressure
Listen to his interview from last year with a psychiatrist. He talks about why he wears his bucket and mask..just search "buckethead interview" on UA-cam
Glad that you did this Vid in particular.....Allo from Winnipeg.....
I saw buckethead live and he shredded for 4 hours straight only taking a break to give random toys to people in the audience. I got a transformer and my wife got a my little pony lol!
"What's his name?"
His name is Buckethead. And he plays the guitar.
Truth
He's a Terminator built by Skynet sent back to terminate that guitar....
So glad you did this video! Buckethead is the man!
No preservatives. No additives. No fillers. No bi-products. That Bucket is chock full of a sheer Virtuoso of True Pure Talent.
The "mic" up front was an audience member recording the audio. He, like many "jam bands" allow the recording and trading of their concerts, so long as you aren't selling them for profit.
You don't have to react, but take the time to put on one of his full concerts sometime, so you can catch the nun chuck portion of the show.
6'6 without the bucket. can prob tell by his long fingers.
His Les Paul is a one off built just for him..it's 25% bigger than a regular. A standard looks like Les Paul Jr. In his hands. A Jr. Looks like a ukelele. Lol
He likely suffers from marfan syndrome, which is a neurological disorder characterized by the sufferer being very tall and thin and having extra long extremities, normally the fingers. All of which Bucket has. He also has a very severe heart condition, that almost forced him to retire around 2016. Another thing associated with the syndrome.
@@smward87 he does have some degenerative diasese, unfortunatley it will take him someday, he is trying to get out as much music as he can while he can
Can't believe no one here mentioned "the vein"...
The vein in the back of his picking hand is extremely large, and the one sure tell-tale sign it's Brian Carroll under the bucket.
My guy pulls up his pants halfway through a fat riff and doesn't miss a chord....
Them long skeletal fingers and his inane musical gift.
This guy is a wonder in the music scene.
heaard this song 10000000 times and had the same reaction loll. keep going w buckethead!!
buckethead is a prototype. god once thought "let's make a guitarist!". then he made buckethead and saw that it was not right. but then, my friends, all gods realized it will be good to keep him! and so here he is. just as good as anyone can imagine.
Man can that guy scratch a guitar.Very impressive for anyone let alone playing with a kfc bucket on your head
he lives in obscurity, similar to MF DOOM
I saw Buckethead live in Burlington Vt years ago in a small place called Higher Ground... I got to see those long fingers perform in a blur up close... incredible isn't even close to describing this man's ability with a guitar...I read that Rolling Stone placed him at #8 out of the top 100 best guitarists in the world... Soothsayer is probably my favorite song that he does... you need to "experience" the studio version
Every song.... no matter how remote. There you are. Thank you. You're input is flawless! You always choose the best in music. Im definitely a fan.!
Brian Carroll. Also check out his songs: seige engine, Nottingham lace, padmasana, or aunt suzie. Hell check 'em all out, you can't go wrong...
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