Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative and virtuosic electric guitar playing.
Buckethead's extensive solo discography currently includes 31 studio albums. In 2011, Buckethead began releasing albums in the "Pike" series, mini-albums usually around 30 minutes in length, each with a sequential number similar to a comic book. As of October 2024, Buckethead has released 662 Pike albums, including almost 300 live recordings.
Buckethead has also released seven studio albums under the alias Death Cube K (an anagram of Buckethead). He has released collaborative albums with Brain, Travis Dickerson, Melissa Reese, Viggo Mortensen, Shin Terai, DJ Disk, Bootsy Collins, That 1 Guy and albums with the bands Praxis, Cornbugs, Science Faxtion, Guns N' Roses, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and Deli Creeps, in addition to many other collaborations with bands and artists. Between 2000 and 2004, Buckethead was a lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses, recording on the long-delayed Chinese Democracy (2008) album. He also performed with the band on the first legs of the album's accompanying tour.
Buckethead performs wearing a KFC bucket on his head, sometimes emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading FUNERAL in block letters. This is accompanied by an expressionless plain white mask inspired by the 1988 slasher film Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. He also incorporates nunchaku and robot dancing into his stage performances. Buckethead stays in character in performances and interviews, and does not appear without some sort of mask.
Buckethead was credited by Guitar World as "ushering in [a] new era of virtuosity" while ranking the release of his 1992 debut album Bucketheadland the 45th greatest moment in electric guitar history. The magazine has also listed him among the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists" and the "50 fastest guitarists of all time".
Lees meer...13 mei 1969 was een dinsdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 132e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Richard M. Nixon.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 57 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op woensdag 13 mei 2026, 0 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op donderdag 13 mei 2027, in 364 dagen. Je hebt 20.819 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 499.666 uur, of ongeveer 29.980.003 minuten, of ongeveer 1.798.800.180 seconden.
Date: 13 May 1969
Dispatch of The Times, London
party pub Rude Pravo criticizes Czech journalists for not actively endorsing Presidium statement issued in Apr upholding number of prominent conservative politicians; takes issue with article in Reporter which says Oatis case shows 'how easily one can mfr spies'
Date: 14 May 1969
By VARTANIG G. VARTAN
Vartanig VARTAN
Date: 14 May 1969
deploring Marchi-Battista alliance against Lindsay
Date: 13 May 1969
Special to The New York Times
2 leading Cairo newspapers feud over pub rights to Zhukov memoirs
Date: 14 May 1969
By FRANKLIN WHITEHOUSE
Franklin WHITEHOUSE
Leases 39,000 sq ft in office bldg at Water, Front and Pine Sts, NYC
Date: 13 May 1969
Dodge repts bldg costs, yr ended Apr 30, 4% over preceding 12-mo period; links major part of increase to higher labor and material costs; lists avg increases by regions
Date: 14 May 1969
is scored by Guatemala press and businessmen for spending only few hrs in country
Date: 14 May 1969
Special to The New York Times
SDS announces plans to disrupt coll and univ grad ceremonies