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    Posted: October 05 2013 at 16:29
Hi, I think that Buckethead should definitely be in Prog Archives. There are many prog elements in his albums and I think that it should be recognised on this website. I would also love to see others' ratings of his albums because I can't really be bothered to track down and listen to each of his 60 something studio albums individually, it would be much easier if I just found the highest rated ones that I haven't heard! Thoughts??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2013 at 16:32

It's been discussed before. He's not going to be added, try using the search function. 


Edited by Andy Webb - December 20 2013 at 20:01
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2013 at 16:40
^ try not to make an ass out of yourself as well.  And just for the record, Buckethead will be added one day and it won't ruin the site. Wink

But yeah, dude, use the search function first and free to chime in. Big smile


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 05 2013 at 16:43
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 09:56
the reason he will not be added is because his discography is too complicated
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 11:45
^ That's a stupid reason.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 11:54
That's because it's not true, just nonsense. 

Inb4 Buckethead debate. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 12:01
^ so you say
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 13:32
Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

the reason he will not be added is because his discography is too complicated

No it's not. It's because he ain't progLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 13:42
I have no idea how he isn't prog enough to be on this site.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 15:59
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

the reason he will not be added is because his discography is too complicated

No it's not. It's because he ain't progLOL
I respect your opinion but do not agree
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 16:23
Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

the reason he will not be added is because his discography is too complicated

No it's not. It's because he ain't progLOL
I respect your opinion but do not agree

And I respect yours, honestly. However, this is one of those cases which has been discussed almost to death, and he will never be added. Too many people disagree with your opinion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 16:30
He's definitely prog or at least "Prog-Related" and how is his discography too complicated? Just because he puts out a lot of albums? Ermm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 16:52
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

the reason he will not be added is because his discography is too complicated

No it's not. It's because he ain't progLOL
I respect your opinion but do not agree

And I respect yours, honestly. However, this is one of those cases which has been discussed almost to death, and he will never be added. Too many people disagree with your opinion.
My opinion is more important to me than"too many people"'s opinion but I respect it is not my database and at the end of the day it is not earth shattering.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 18:32
I listened to some of the new Pikes albums. Now he did just release around 19 or 20 albums within THIS YEAR very recently.

It might be worth checking out some of those. Anyone that actually really likes Buckethead and doesn't think he is prog rock should do this.

I tried to listen to all the songs that were over 10 minutes long and while I found them to kind of have progressive elements, obvious virtuoso skill, etc... I find his work to have less modal changes, layered counterpoint, time signature changes, and more 'progressive type guitar solos' instead of progressive riffs. Often times there isn't much variance in riffs during the much longer songs and I find him to be more on the experimental music but not prog side of things.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 18:34
...this is not a regular CD. It's hand made, hand burned. The cover is whatever is deemed to be written on it. This is not a manufactured deal, each one is different and will be numbered and monogramed. No two of these will be the same. I have never heard of an artist doing something like this. This is as direct from the artist to the fan as I have ever heard of.

As far as the content, I don't know, but the mystery around it is no surprise. Again, I can't speculate because I don't want to mislead anyone, I just don't know anymore. My gut sense is this is a conceptual work, a piece of art. It could contain anything.

The original box set could be purchased as either a box set or separately.[3] There seems to be no underlying theme or thread to the songs on the separate discs, and they feature many different and diverse styles of music. In addition, each song stands alone; none of the tracks fade into each other. The set also lacks any type of track listing as all the songs are untitled, however, unofficial track names have been assigned by fans of Buckethead which are known to reflect his personality and his previous work. As such, references to past material are present. There are a total of 92 songs in the set ranging in lengths from 0:33 to 19:45, not including "Vol. 13: E" which is one unbroken 45-minute track.

Buckethead drew the covers on each set of In Search of The until he reached the 999th copy.[4] All further copies available are no longer hand-made and feature the same artwork from set to set.[5]


But to me, progressive ideas does not mean progressive rock. I have not heard this 9 and a half hour album.

Anyone here hear it? 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2013 at 18:54
"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2013 at 10:54
^ because smurph totally didn't make that an obvious quote.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2013 at 09:45
Originally posted by Xonty Xonty wrote:

He's definitely prog or at least "Prog-Related" and how is his discography too complicated? Just because he puts out a lot of albums? Ermm
 
Not sure if this is the reason or not. I doubt it, although his discography is certainly daunting. From what I've heard, this gentleman certainly has released progressive music. If anyone does want to provide a review before ProgArchives get their collective heads around this one (or not), they could of course keep it in the family and vist the nice people on MMA -
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2013 at 12:32
I believe some of Bucketed One's "proggier" moments to be on the earlier Praxis albums like Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) and Metatron. Those are more or less funk-fusion albums.

I think some of his solo albums like Giant Robot, Population Override and maybe the two Chicken Noodles albums (which feature only himself and Travis Dickerson on Rhodes piano) could be categorized as "Prog Related" in that the latter are neo-jazz and the former are conceptual with stylistic/thematic shifts.

Then there's stuff like Enter The Chicken which is most definitely NOT prog.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2013 at 12:42
Well you guys are forgetting the 30 albums he's released this year.

Someone needs to check them out fully and spend time deciding if it's Prog or not. Maybe he will head in that direction.
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