World's Fastest Guitarist [part.4]
Original Name: Brian Carroll
Place / Date of Birth: California, (date of birth kept secret)
Style Games: Rock, Shredd
Previous Band Group: Deli Creeps, Cornbugs, Praxis, Cobra Strike, Buckethead (Solo), Primus (Ozzfest 1999), Giant Robot, Guns N 'Roses
Group Band now: solo artist
Musical influences: Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Shawn Lane, Bootsy Collins, Angus Young, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, John Zorn
Mainstay Technique: Chicken Picking, Sweep
Guitar Used: Jackson Flying V, Steinberger GS, ESP MII, Gibson Chet Atkins, Ibanez X-Series Flying V, Takamine Acoustic, '59 Les Paul Custom, Gibson SG. '69, Gibson Les Paul Custom
Ampli: Peavey Reknown, misc. Marshall & Mesa Boogie heads, Matt Wells head, Harry Kolbe Cabinets
Effect: Roland SE 50, Rocktron Intellifex, Rockman, Zoom, Alesis Midiverb II, Wah Wah, Lexicon JamMan, Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer, Pro Co Rat, Digitech Whammy Pedal, Misc Toys.
Also known as Death Cube K, this one is arguably the most unique and mysterious one. Always wear a mask in every appearance on stage and wear a KFC glass as a head covering. Even so, in fact he is a shredder guitarist who is quite capable. According to the news, he once studied with Paul Gilbert. The image he formed, he was inspired from the movie Giant Robot and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Action stage is considered great because Buckethead often bersolo guitar while styled like the robot movement even Moonwalk and some foot movements are usually exhibited by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Not many know the real life history. Biography circulating on the internet mostly just a theory that is not guaranteed the truth. Buckethead's childhood is quite different from the children of his age. He plays more and bigger with chicken. It may also be an inspiration for him to display a chicken image. Some say that he is the son / grandson of Colonel Sanders (founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken).
He has released several solo albums and was part of a guitar partition for Hollywood movies with musician Michael Kamen. For the solo albums he has released include Giant Robot (1994), Monsters and Robots (1999), Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (2004), Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse (2001), Population Override (2004). And the albums he released using the name Death Cube K Dreamatorium (1994), Disembodied (1997), and Tunnel (1999).
In 2001, Buckethead made a breakthrough as a new guitarist of Guns N 'Roses and was present at the world's biggest rock event, Rock In Rio in Brazil. But this time he performed with another lead-guitarist, Robin Finck (former guitarist of Nine Inch Nails). In the event Buckethead get a more lively reception when bersolo guitar with his trademark style and improvise in November Rain song Anyar. After that, he performed again with Guns N 'Roses as a mysterious guest star at the MTV Video Music Awards event in 2002 located at Radio City Music Hall. While G N 'R fans are waiting for the release of Chinese Democracy's latest album because they want to see the original game and determine who is the right guitarist to be a replacement for Slash, Buckethead suddenly decided to get out of G N' R. It makes G N 'R cancel the show at the Rock In Rio event in Lisbon, Portugal.
