Guns N Roses

Did anyone see them on the MTV video awards? I was pumped until I realized it was only Axl and maybe Izzy. Big disappointment. I don't care how you wrap it, it's not G n R when their is only one or two original members. And what kind of freaks were in his band anyway?

Well I hope his new music sounds better than the so called G N R song on the End of Days soundtrack. That song sucked big time.

 

AXL sucks I turn the radio to country when they play a G n R song.

 

The freaks included Buckethead, one of the best guitarists in the world, and Brain on drums formerly of Primus and Praxis. To me, it was Axl who needed to polish up his act.

 

Who is buckethead? I mean I saw him on the show but who is he? He reminded me of the guy from Limp Bizkit

 

Buckethead is some kind of guitar prodigy. His whole schtick is to wear some freaky japanese face mask with a KFC bucket on his head. Seek out the stuff he's done. He is unfreakingbelieveable!!!

http://www.bucketheadland.com/

If you download on WinMX, Kazaa and the like, search on Buckethead. You'll get a bunch of hits. He makes Satriani look like a pussy.

 

Impossible.

 

Doubt me if you will, but I challenge you to seek out some of his material. It's easy on WinMX or Kazaa. Search on Buckethead, Praxis, Deli Creeps, or Thanatopsis. Boy's got it going on!

 

I said 'Impossible' mostly out of denial. I've never heard of, much less heard, the guy. Does he write his own material? Is he just a fast bastard like Eddie Van Halen? I've never much had a use for someone who can't eventually write his own stuff.

 

Yeah...he writes his own. He's very fast, a'la EVH, but that's not his only trick. He is a virtuoso and can improvise with the best of 'em. He's also not locked into any one particular style, but is exceptional at many.

Here's a review of one of his albums:
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Cobra Strike 2 - Buckethead
ION Records
2000

review by Terry Wickham



The masked man has transformed once again into the reptilian serpent with a hood and deadly fangs. I'm of course talking about Buckethead. The second Cobra Strike is amazing guitar playing that will rip off head and its venom will make you dizzy listening to it.

"False Radien Cross" is a wicked flood of smashing sledgehammer rhythm with lead playing that is utterly dangerous. "Poison Wind" is gloomy as a fall day. "Hellchop to Blind Claw" is like lighting striking down from the sky in the form of heavy rhythm that tears the flesh from your bones. "The Funeral" Bucket uses a beat that sounds like a distorted chorus of chickens dancing and then lays down a rhythm that is purely and simply nasty. At the start of the song there is an audio clip from Phantasm where Angus Schrimm says "The Funeral is about to begin," then goes into a mellow section that turns into nightmare shredding. "Beware of the Holding Funnel" is a mood piece where Bucket has a nice cruising rhythm, while the other guitar takes the high melodic, bluesy road with cool echo distortion.

"Traitors Gate" has a grooving rhythm played by using the on/off switch and then throwing out sweltering leads in between the rhythm. There's a section that sounds like a clucking chicken. Towards the end you can actually hear the clicking motion of Bucket picking the strings. "Moonflake" is madness! "First Master" is an audio clip from a martial arts film. Urban shred is at it's best in "Splinter Pool." Towards the end, the big B gets funky and bluesy. "Notorious Swade" is absolutely insane!

"Blood Scroll" features Buckethead messing with the power switches and throwing his guitar into robotic overdrive. He gets it to sound more like a computer than a guitar. We get a cool audio clip from Nightmare Before Christmas. "Yoshimitsu's Den" is a video game converted into guitar audio. "Cobra Cartlige" almost sounds like a Cobra Strike 2 suite (song that includes parts from all previous songs).

Buckethead turns his fret board into a hurricane of notes in "Slap To Branding Nunehuka." He rips it up so much, it's as though he is pulling the guitar apart with his hands. In "Spider Crawl" he slashes his guitar with sliding madness.

This album is not for the guitar faint of heart. It's extreme guitar playing at the highest level. Challenge yourself and face the cobra.

 

axle has had his face stretched tighter than a drum cover