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Buckethead is an American musician and songwriter. He has released 28 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. He has also made guest appearances on more than 40 different albums by various artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, thrash metal, funk, electronica, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music.

When performing in his theatrical persona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket (emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that read “FUNERAL” in black block letters) on his head and a plain white costume mask (commonly found in costume shops and used primarily for dramatic theater productions). More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dancing, and toy trading into his stage performances. Buckethead’s persona represents a character who was “raised by chickens” and has made it his “mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe.”

Although a multi-instrumentalist, Buckethead is best known for his electric guitar playing. He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the “Top 20 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time.”

Buckethead performs primarily as a solo artist. He has collaborated with a wide variety of high profile artists such as Les Claypool, Tony Williams, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Serj Tankian, Guns N’ Roses, Saul Williams, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, and with Bill Laswell in Praxis. Buckethead has also 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, and the soundtrack of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

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experimental, guitar virtuoso, instrumental, avant-garde, progressive rock
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galechik91 wrote:
yesterday evening

мужик просто нереален!! +4

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Varzavand wrote:
Monday afternoon

Soothsayer!!!

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aqu3mini wrote:
Monday afternoon

http://www.last.fm/music/Buckethead/+images/35852137 vote

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AzraelDanic wrote:
Sunday evening

All Hail the Bucket!

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screts wrote:
Sunday afternoon

come to spain bucket

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MrSummerhead wrote:
Sunday morning

мужик просто нереален!! +3

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DiegoRLL wrote:
Sunday morning

Somebody can scrobbled In The Saerch Of The? Please I need help... :B

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maturehead wrote:
Saturday evening

мужик просто нереален!! +2

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aka_DaER wrote:
Saturday evening

мужик просто нереален!! +1

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Aik-kun wrote:
Saturday afternoon

мужик просто нереален!!

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HMetalDrummer wrote:
Saturday morning

Broken Mirror - Best song Ever.

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acollyer wrote:
Friday afternoon

and the UK! :)

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JimJimJimNL wrote:
Thursday afternoon

come to the netherlands buckethead!

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Dr_Nick93 wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Diamond in the Rough = Colma.

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JDest wrote:
Thursday morning

A real diamond in the rough is as good as colma.

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Night_Clouds wrote:
Wednesday evening

Mantaray is a great track, got that hyponotic depth and feel wow

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SergeSmith wrote:
Wednesday evening

Wuja_Wro, Electric Tears, I'm listening it now =) it's beautiful

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acollyer wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

@Wuja_Wro: I'd really recommend A Real Diamond in the Rough, if you can find it. It's quite similar to Colma and Electric Tears :)

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Krzych0 wrote:
last week

@Wuja_Wro Electric Tears, Monsters & Robots.

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R3BORN6 wrote:
last week

@Wuja_Wro: Crime Slunk Scene

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