PIKE 299 - THOUGHT POND

Well hello, kiddies! Are you ready for another trip to BUCKETHEAD's FunHouse in BUCKETHEADLAND? Tickets are selling fast so hurry up and get yours! For those of you who already have a special pass, please follow me! It's time to board the PIKE 299 Express and today's destination is to the THOUGHT POND. Oh yea, you know of what i speak. The place where contemplation results in heavy doses of instrumental alternative metal where the Lord Supreme Chicken Lover plays every last instrument! Buckle your seat belts and please keep you hands in the ride. Some of the chickens have turned a bit nasty lately and we certainly don't want you to lose any limbs.

This PIKE experience will last approximately 28 minutes and transverse five distinct regions. The first stop will be "In The Vases" which showcases BUCK BUCK's slide guitar juju. Oh it's so bluesy and all before turning into a more standard alt metal type of tune that true fans will already be familiar with. To keep things from getting too overly weird, the following title track pretty much follows suit. Yeah, sometimes we have to keep things from getting TOO out there or we'll have another incident where our patrons jump out of the car while it's moving and end up as chicken fodder. This is horrible for the insurance policies.

And be careful, kiddies! Our next stop may appear to be the "Shit Reflection" but look more carefully as you will see it's really the "Stilt Reflection!" Even stilts need to reflect sometime and never forget it. Another tasteful dose of amplified slide guitar with some tasty guitar riffs, bass and drums. Lately BH has really gotten into the classics. Recently he did an AC/DC styled instrumental PIKE and now has gotten this bluesy rock hair up his ass! Must be ticklin' something up there! Hehe. Anyways, another decent track from he who escaped the coop so long ago. No stilt!

Now just because the next stop is a tune called "Times For Tears," do not worry! You will not be pummeled with tear gas! We promise we fixed that problem a month ago! Also we won't make you cry with a sappy done-before ballad that makes you want to pull your hair out, commit suicide or go bowling instead! No, kiddies, this is yet another heavy rocker with some riffy guitar workouts and a few breakdowns. I swear i must be having a breakdown. I could've sworn that yesterday the next stop was called "Vulcan Stroke" which made me think about Mr. Spock from Star Trek playing with himself all inappropriately but i see now it's actually called "Vulcan Stoke" so either i need to get my mind out of the gutter or increase my meds. Anywayz, this track is sorta Led Zeppelin-y in a "Kashmir" sorta way but with those BH cluck plucks of the guitar strings. Nah, i take it back it's just another riff based guitar dominant track. This one has some atmosphere however but not anything tooo overly different from previous PIKEs.

Well, ladies and gents, that concludes another adventure in BUCKETHEADLAND. We hope no limbs were lost and that sanity has been maintained! While this ride may not be the top attraction at this here theme park, it nevertheless was an honor to take you on this ride and we do hope you stick around for another PIKE is, well, just down the PIKE! Hehehehehe! That will conclude today's services. Please do mind the gap upon exiting and see you on the next chicken's wild adventure! Oh and don't forget to stamp your merch tickets. Buy four KFC bucket head covers and get the fifth one totally free!