Is Buckethead Prog?
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Topic: Is Buckethead Prog?
Posted By: Sweet Prog
Subject: Is Buckethead Prog?
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:29
| The sheer variety of his music and the constant change ups makes me wonder, would he be classified as somewhat prog? |
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Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:32
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I heard one of his many "buckethead with friends" and although it is variable, it is not prog IMO ------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:37
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Does he really always wear that bucket? Is that his "thing"? Does he expect to be taken seriously with the bucket on? Is he challenging us to tune out the goofiness and focus on his chops? Why ,when there are so many Caravan, GG, Moody Blues cds I haven't heard that I know are worth spendng time with (not to mention good books to read), do I want to listen to a guy with a KFC bucket on his head? These are my questions. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:55
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Listen to Cuckoo Clock's of Hell. Now, that's how prog-metal should be done. The rest of his catalogue is also pretty progressive. One thing that is recurring on his albums, is poor monotone drumming - and that is the only valid argument for not classifying him as prog rock.
The main advantage of wearing a bucket on your head in public, is that when you become famous, you won't have maniacs running around shooting at you/cutting off your hair, because they don't know what you look like. The main disadvantage, however, is that you will never become famous. |
bluetailfly wrote:Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 18:47
To say the least, the bucket is his "thing" and he refuses to take it off when performing. He once got an offer to play guitar with Ozzy, but he turned it down because Ozzy wanted him to play without the mask and bucket. He also conducts all interviews with the press via a hand puppet. As far as prog rock, It's questionable. He's at least as prog as Vai, but every bit as doubtable, too. I love a great deal of his catalog, and he does some interesting genre fusion, everything from shred to tribal breakbeat to all kinds of world themes. I wouldn't submit him for inclusion myself, but I would back him up and review him if he were added. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Pafnutij
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 06:12
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The bucket is the only prog thing about him. |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 07:32
Should I be answering questions posed by a fly with a blue tail ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 14:58
Is a guy wearing a bucket on his head sane never mind prog  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 15:20
is prog sane? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 01:53
I feel the same way. I can't take him seriously. And the whole "chicken" theme is meh, not that funny. Nottingham Lace pwns, though. |
Posted By: Oxygen Waster
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 02:06
That makes no sense. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 09:50
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Arthur Brown's band once featured a guitarist called Android Funnel "Because he's an android," explained Brown, "and he wears a funnel on his head." Compared with that, Buckethead is a model of sanity. Conducting interviews via a glove puppet is just engaging with journalists on their own intellectual level, after all (if it's a particularly unintelligent puppet, obviously). I've heard him on a few things now, including the excellent Col. Claypool's Big Bucket of Bernie Brains, and he's a lot more than the mindless shredder I first took him for. I don't know if he's prog or not, but I expect to see his name cropping up as guest performer on more and more prog related albums in the future. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |