Definitely Buckethead is absolutely phenomenal, a true master of his craft, unique, innovative, absolutely one of a kind. My favorite metal band of all time is Iron Maiden, there's nothing like their musicianship and style, I love all music though with real authentic musicians of course. Thank you very much.
No he just see's music as its own language like many other artists, the notes are like words and you don't even need to make sense with the words to create structure.
lol I bet most of them sound the same. I don't think 300+ albums allow a lot of originality, it sounds to me he just makes jamtracks, jams over them a couple of times and sells them as a finished product.
So many albums and pikes. Buckhead is the Mozart of the 21st Century. My favourite guitarist and his play has so much depth. He doesn't need to sing, his guitar does it for him. He's one of the best I've ever heard. Albino Slug album is worth checking out.
Yeah, Axl wanted Buckethead (Brian Carroll) remove his Buckethead persona while on stage. he declined, so he left GNR. But Buckethead did played with band called Praxis. Praxis is associated with Primus.
@@MrTech226 that's not true. Axl never asked him to take off the bucket and mask. You're thinking about when Ozzy wanted him to play the ozzfest shows with him.
Buckethead has released over 300 ALBUMS under his own name let alone all the other bands and projects he has been a part of: Deli creeps, Les Claypool projects, praxis, GnR, ect. Oh and did I mention he gives his music away for free or very little money. True class act. Thank you Bucket
Rich your lucky lucky man dude .. Kelly is AMAZING she really feels the music and i connect in that same way being a guitarist myself ..Keep her HAPPY MAN 🤘🏼😁
Watching people listen to Buckethead for the first time is my favorite thing ever. I cry whenever I hear this song and watching you guys listen with your eyes closed makes me know you feel it too.
5:20 so much anguish ,love , sadness flowing through his fingers , such a great art , he really did love his aunt , hope she is watching over him from heaven 💓 , I hope she knows that she created a legend
Buckethead is a beast. Him and D. Gilmour are my two favorite guitarists. Different techniques but both masters. Buckhead has to be the fastest guitarist I have ever seen. Gotta watch a live video.
Buckethead - "The way to heaven" from the Electric Tears album is probably my favorite. It's slower and has a lot of emotion in it. The whole album takes me on a journey through my mind.
You should watch some buckethead videos, You need to see him in action to truly appreciate how much of a ridiculously talented and creative guitarist he is.
Man... I love this song. The fact that someone can make you feel so much, just with a fuckin' guitar, not needing any lyrics or anything. Absolutely beautiful. This man is a freakin' genius. Everytime I listen to this song, it really feels like the first time, and I cry every god damn time. I believe it was dedicated to her aunt Suzie. What a great way to honor someone you loved. Great reaction guys! 🖤
This was so fun to watch for me I don't know were to begin ! Never seen your channel before but RUclips recommended this Buckethead one. It's obvious to me that Kel totally gets it on her very first listen! So did I just last year when RUclips place Buckethead Soothsayer into my recommended list. If you read all you can find about Buckethead you'll probably, like me, wonder what's really going on with him. My conclusion is that he is one of the most gifted musicians of our time ! I'm very thankful that he is supported by his crew and able to share his talent with us. If you are looking into and through some of his magical & melodic musical creations.. it's like seeing the reflection of God. I don't know how else to put it. The unimaginable genius within that we just see the shadow of. I can barely wait to go to 2 live events I have tic's for in my home state of Ohio. I've very blessed to see live so many amazing shows since 1976 including Zeppelin , Queeen , Luciano Pavarotti , Andrea Boccelli , Roy Orbison, Shania ,Eddie , Satriani , Rush like 30 times ! and many ,many more. But buckethead is the end of my journey. My Bucketlist will be complete soon !! 57 years is all it took.
I’ve been listening to Buckethead since Praxis ‘Transmutation’ in 1992. I highly recommend ‘Colma’ if you enjoy his lighter side & ‘Enter the Chicken’ if you want to hear him in the context of songs with vocals. ETC was produced by Serj Tankian of System of a Down. Buckethead is a beast🎸🤘🏻 #Colma #EnterTheChicken #ColonelClaypoolsBucketOfBernieBrains
Wow this is such a nice suprise to wake up to!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I'm a big fan of instrumental guitar and Buckethead stands out among the legends. Kel you were right about the albums. But the number is 306 to be exact. Not all of it is as amazing as this and mostly experimental but even still the guy is such a fountain of creativity. "The anonymous, mostly mute guitarist Buckethead is one of the more over-the-top, mysterious figures in rock. Sporting a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head and a white mask over his face, the artist has claimed in his rare interviews (and online biography) that he was raised in a chicken coop by . . . chickens. The birds scratched him so severely that he must forever cover his face. And the KFC bucket, you see, is a kind of homage to all the chickens fried for food, whose souls Buckethead channels whenever he picks up his axe." If you were to do another Buckethead song I would reccomend any of these Siege Engine Welcome to Bucketheadland Hold me forever Crumple Lebrontron Jordan I cracked up when you said Dicksmash McIroncock. Thanks again! So happy you liked my request.
Holy shit you guys are only ones on youtube that react to the studio version of this song. I got tired of looking for reaction of this version since everyone else and their grandfather reacted to all the various 30+ variation of the love version of soothsayer.
Rich, Buckethead aka Brian Carroll has over 300 albums or as he calls it "Pikes". Live version of the song is awesome to react, showing his awesome skills on the guitar. I have seen & heard some of Buckethead's songs in few years. He has one dedicated to his late mother died about a decade ago.. It is called "For Mom".
I think the live versions are amazing. The juxtaposition of hearing the emotion from the guitar and watching the guitarist standing like a robot with an emotionless mask on. Wild stuff...
Just took my 7 year old to his concert and she loved it!! He gave us gifts!!! 👍👍 great people at the house of blues got him to sign my guitar and he killed it here in Houston. I’ve seen em all and HANDS DOWN, BEST GUITAR PLAYER ON PLANET EARTH!!!!!
The way he tells his stories through music alone blows my mind! It literally brings me to tears until this day. So much love and pain mixed together. Goddam what an artist!
Sweet. Saw Buckethead live at this tiny club of about 200 people here in Breckenridge and it was so much fun! It was literally just him onstage by himself with the backing tracks and he still killed it. Gonna be a #painintheask again and keep requesting Kalmah - Heroes to Us. Thanks in advance!
BH can play so many genres, rock, metal, shred, funk blues, progressive. Its mind blowing, really. I myself have been emersed since first of this year. I was sceptical at first. Then BAM, a whole new world opens up. And off so many people radar. Kinda like our musical secret. Enjoy!
Thank you for this. Big B is so great in concert. My bro and his wife checked him out on 3/9 and Dallas and it was such a great concert all three of us are flying up to Michigan the end of April to see him again. Yes Buckethead has a record breaking catalog of material. He has over 300 hundred albums of his own and has appeared on another 150 other albums. He self publishes his albums so he doesn't have to do what publishers want him to do and of course he has never gotten main stream popularity because of it. Also he is misunderstood because alot people see the bucket and are turned off, but he hasn't shown his face in public in over 25 years because he has no interest in fame and being popular...with bucket it is all about the music...I have alot of respect for him. So one of his most popular songs would be the song he wrote for his mother which is Pike 65 Hold me Forever but that is 30 minutes long and to long for you to react here. For your channel, I would suggest doing either Jordan, Whitewash, or Nottingham Lace for your next one. Keep rocking love you guys, you have hit on alot of my favs like Iron Maiden, Queensryche already....you might want to consider the legend himself....Dio Holy Diver or Last in Line at some point. Sweet.
#painintheask Very well put. Very special musician and person. Pike 65 is indeed very special. My wife listens to a lot of metal too but she is very eclectic with "shredders". She discovered Pike 65 and still plays it (the whole thing) very regularly after 3-4 years. It just drips emotion and you know it's very sincere playing and expression. I would love to see a reaction to it. PS: Zed Yago - Fear of Death. German heavy metal with female vocals. A billion times better than what you expect.
I liked it, nice to see you two listening to soothsayer, I felt at home, beautiful couple listening to a relaxing song from our Big B, i loved! oh one more thing, few know about it i only found out later, heard soothsayer for the first time in 2013 on guitar hero 3, but i only found out in 2018 this song was dedicated to bucket's aunt called: Suzie, who passed away in 2007. and soothsayer is from 2006. so there's another song called sail on soothsayer from 2007, everything indicates that his aunt was already sick in 2006. this explains why two songs were dedicated to her.
Buckethead the best and badest guitarist ever the dude sure has a gift no other like him I am a trucker and listen to him while hauling ass down the road and I love the energy this guy has and gives me also and thank you for for putting this angel upon us cause he's sure the best that has ever walked hands down the best that has ever lived
From his Wikipedia: "I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me, but only if he got rid of the [profanity] bucket. So I came back a bit later, and he's wearing this green [profanity] Martian's-hat thing! I said, 'Look, just be yourself.' He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother.' So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum, then!' I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing [profanity] mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up'? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a mother[profanity]."[33] Ozzy Osbourne, Revolver.
He is an interesting fellow. I met him back in the late 1990's and he would never speak. I was shocked by how big he is. I'm 6'5" and he had a couple inches on me.
Currently he has released 660 album in his "Pike" series, combined with other 150+ albums we reach a quota of more than 800 studio albums.. the guitar God
It is said when he was young his aunt Suzie gave him a guitar and that's why he started playing. Hence the name soothsayer, a person who can see the future
I have so many emotions tied up in this song. It got me through some tough times in high school. I'm 30 now and it still gets me years later. Buckethead is such a unique guitarist. He makes sounds you never thought a guitar could make, he takes you to places you never thought music could take you, and he gives you insight into the mind of a very strange, very emotional man. There will never be another artist like him.
Buckethead is a sole musician. There isn't a band, while he may hire a support drummer or someone for his live performances, most of the time the supporting rhythms/percussion is just a pre-recorded track, and Buckethead plays the lead. He has so much freedom with his work, he doesn't have to cooperate with other band members, he just plays and records and does what he loves. He has tried to play in a band in his early years but it just isn't his thing. His work is complex, but simple. There is usually no vocal track, just him playing and doing his thing. That's how he can do so much work in so little time. What makes him even more impressive is he is only 49. He only really started playing professionally in 1988. 1988 through 2009 he made a few albums, collaborated on other artists work, and played with several bands. In 2010, he departed all bands and projects and started his solo career and his Pikes. From 2010-2013 he released 31 albums. Starting in 2014, he started seriously ramping up his solo album production. 2014: 60 Pikes 2015: 118 Pikes 2016: 24 Pikes 2017: 30 Pikes He calls them Pikes because they are short albums, typically around ~30 minutes. It will be hard to pick a "song" from any of these albums, most songs are 1-3 minutes long and aren't really meant to be listened to individually. If you were to do any of the pikes, it's probably best to listen to the entire pike. But Buckethead does have a good amount of full length song material to listen to as well. Even I haven't had the chance to listen to each one of those pikes. And you're right, 200 albums is an inaccurate number, he has released over 300 like others have already mentioned! And most of those are only 5 years old. Buckethead is truly talented fellow, and not because of quantity... but pick anyone and you'll go on a 30 minute adventure.
I love this song and I also love the songs “Buckethead” and “Ballet of Buckethead” both with Les Claypool on bass and vocals but yeah he is amazing and very humble… such a nice guy
This is going to sound nuts but I just closed my eyes and enjoyed this track along with you both .... and missed all your reactions!! ;) Love you both!! xx
Buckethead is an undisputed master of shred. But let's just talk about his melodies for a moment. They're just genius. They keep you engaged and transport your mind to places not on this Earth. The combination of both shred and melodic offerings, plus that tone (OMG his tone!), is what gives BH his unique sound. It's just amazing.
Later this week...so much to catch up on before the BH came to be. Top picks? Do we have yours in #Buckethead (song name) (where you are from) yet? If not, please do. It's the only way to stay on top of this massive mountain of requests. Each one is worth capturing. Impossible any other way...rich
@@Kel.N.RichReactions There are so many Buckethead songs and albums you could retire on just his reactions. Anything is good, but if you go down that rabbit hole, I suggest you start old and work your way to more recent. Enjoy!
Buckethead - lurker at the threshold. Most amazing ride of a song he’s ever done. I’m a huge fan for many many years and have held this opinion ever since.
Yes, Buckethead has released almost 170 hours of solo music, plus collaborations. Last 8 years, he has been releasing 30-minute albums, so called "Pikes". 275 of them so far. These are some of the songs I like in the Pikes series: Pike 1 : Crack the Sky Pike 3 : Griffin's Spike, Three Headed Guardian Pike 9 : Magellan's Maze, The Robot Who Lost Its Head Pike 10 : Blind Cyclops, Whirbird, Ropelight Pike 11 : Corpse Be Animated Pike 22 : Viewing Deck Pike 23 : Between Sea and Sky Pike 25 : Trough Feeder, Beak to Scoop, Storing Feed Pike 26 : Worms For The Garden Pike 35 : Thank you ohlingers Pike 37 : Trading Post Pike 39 : The Closed Triptych Pike 40 : Jettison Pike 42 : West of Arkham, Other Paths Pike 45 : The Coats of Claude Pike 51 Pike 53 : The Cape of Good Hope Pike 54 : Boris Pike 64 : Beyond the Windmill Pike 65 Pike 66 : Leave the Light On Pike 71 : Celery Pike 73 Pike 76 Pike 86 : Our Selves, Standing in the Field Pike 87 : Flat Fleet Pike 90 Pike 95 Pike 99 : The Light in the Fog, Polar Trench Pike 100 : The Mighty Microscope, Inner Space Pike 104 Pike 105 : The Moltrail Part 2 Pike 110 : The Miracle Molecule, Wall to Wall Cobwebs Pike 111 : Phantom Steamboat Pike 118 : 10th Floor, 11th Floor, 12th Floor, 13th Floor Pike 119 : Solar Sailcraft, Flying Saucer, Fragments Pike 121 Pike 123 : Nest Boxes Pike 125 Pike 126 : Glow Worm Pike 138 : From, Giant Claw Returns To The Center Of The Earth Pike 139 Pike 140 : Glasses Pike 143 : QZ 9 Pike 144 : Scream Sundae Pike 149 : Chickencoopscope Pike 151 : The Bottle House, Track Pike 153 : Such As Straw, Overgrown Shrubs Pike 154 : Damp Pike 158 : Collapse Cliff Pike 160 : Land Of Miniatures Pike 162 : Midnight Sun, Four Forms Pike 166 : Castle Stairs Pike 167 : Shapeless Pike 210 : Wall Slide Pike 211 : Sc, Are, Ee, Do, Or Pike 213 Pike 215 : Teflecter Pike 216 : Stapler, B Train To Bronx, Wax Barrell Pike 218 : Old Toys Pike 219 : The Cookie Monster, I Know You Know What That Present Is... Pike 224 : Buildor part 2 Pike 225 Pike 230 : Hexagon Pike 231 : Streamlet Pike 232 : Lightboard, Tales Pike 233 : 22222222 Pike 234 : Coupon Pike 235 Pike 236 : Corridor part 1 Pike 241 : A Long Days Walk Pike 244 : Assortments Pike 245 : Ever Pike 246 : Nettle, Storms, Barren part 1, Barren part 2 Pike 249 : The Moss Land, Groves, Faint Clicking Pike 252 : Mirrors of the Sleeping Mind Pike 253 : Rooms of Brooms Pike 256 : Mountainous Mine Pike 257 : Lockrun Pike 259 : Undersea Dead City, Mangled, Odor of Book Pike 261 : Crayon factory Pike 263 : Glacier, Flood Pike 264 Pike 265 : Ramp Ahead Pike 266 : Far 2, Far 3, Far 4, Far 5 Pike 271 : The Squaring Of The Circle Pike 274 : Fourneau Cosmique :-)
He has a lot, he's on my Spotify, and I haven't counted them all, but I spent an hour and a half adding each album when I found a the one's he's put on there. I lost count at around 60 - 70 albums. Some only have like one track or 4 while some have 10 or more. But none are under 30 min hardly (tracks). Skadoosh indeed!
"If GOD played guitar, he would ask Bucket head for lessons" 🤣🤣🤣🎸💥 this is not my personal comment but I had to share it with all of you, Bucket head is a gift to humanity, Ozzy told Bucket head if you want to play in the band the bucket and mask have to come off...
have a listen to an amazing guitarist.now 12 years old.when he was 10 he did a cover of soothsayer.he does mainly rock and blues.quite amazing.his name is taj farrant
#Painintheask Sabaton - The lion from the north Judas Priest - Painkiller Manowar - Black wind, fire and Steel In Flames - Where the dead ships dwell Candlemass - The well of souls Mustasch - I hunt alone Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird Gojira - L'enfant sauvage Really enjoy your reactions. Keep on keeping on.
Kel tell us how you feel about Buckethead stop holding back ................. love you guys. Your next epic road trip concept should be Spock's Beard "Snow". Montrose "Make It Last" and so so many more.
huge Buckethead fan here, he writes a ton of stuff, but he does have some really juicy works in the mix. Strangely, although I love "Nottingham Lace" and his basketball tribute jams, I love "Ghost".
thing about bucket head, is he is very much like classical composers in that he will take a simple melodic phrase and repeat it throughout the composition with embellishments and variations. his technique is flawless , and his feel for melody and harmony's beyond compare. I've taught guitar for 35 years and im a shredder from the 80, s so the bar is pretty high for me , and B H never fails to impress me. p . s your very lucky to have a girl that likes the same music as you do, my girl hates my music lol best regards
My friends all say my guitar playing sounds like Buckethead crossed with Dave Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Which is weird because I grew up playing Megadeth and stuff. Maybe they were influenced by those guys as well. But that's in terms of note choice and phrasing. I don't use wah-wah, or whammy pedal, or a killswitch button. Those are the weird sounds you guys are hearing. I'm more plug and play. Thanks for this. I know others will suggest another song called Jordan, and if they do I wholly endorse that request.
This is one of the guitar greats.. and awesome showman. He prefers to be solo.. doing his own thing for the sheer joy of music. He has turned down deals that could net him lots of $$… he simply loves to play. From what I have read, he is an orphaned robot , raised by chickens, which were murdered and fried at KFC, I guess wearing the bucket as a protest...
While you were listening to this Buckethead released 5 more albums.
Right?!
It's rare that a RUclips comment makes me laugh,,, Well-Done!
Actually laughed
😂😂😂 that's true mate 😂😂😂
Yeah, he must write songs on a rocket traveling near speed of light.
You should really check out his live performances. He's mesmerizing.
HE'S A MUSICAL GENIUS!
Indeed! ✌️
Would love to see this guy composing songs together with Lennon, maccartney and Beethoven
Buckethead is a riddle wrapped in an enigma, there's really nobody like him
MF DOOM is the rap version of Buckethead. Except he more or less stopped making music once the 2010's hit aside from the odd thing
Definitely Buckethead is absolutely phenomenal, a true master of his craft, unique, innovative, absolutely one of a kind. My favorite metal band of all time is Iron Maiden, there's nothing like their musicianship and style, I love all music though with real authentic musicians of course. Thank you very much.
Could you imagine playing a kazoo this fast😂
I personally think buckethead has genius level intelligence. Like he only thinks in music notes and mathematics.
Everyone knows he's a robotm. Nothing but wires under that mask.
@@SparkHoundCam sorry but i have to disagree theres so much more behind that mask than just some wires theres a talented master of guitar robot god
watching him live on a nylon string guitar will destroy any thoughts of him being human, lol
Looks like karma police didn't arrest him yet ;)
No he just see's music as its own language like many other artists, the notes are like words and you don't even need to make sense with the words to create structure.
200 albums is wrong... It's 306 studio albums to be exact!
I said over 200 lol.... the man is too prolific to keep up with hahahaha
in a few days there will be 307 probably hahah
how in the F do you put out so much music?
lol I bet most of them sound the same. I don't think 300+ albums allow a lot of originality, it sounds to me he just makes jamtracks, jams over them a couple of times and sells them as a finished product.
So many albums and pikes. Buckhead is the Mozart of the 21st Century. My favourite guitarist and his play has so much depth. He doesn't need to sing, his guitar does it for him. He's one of the best I've ever heard. Albino Slug album is worth checking out.
Your facial expressions says it all. Buckethead is in his own world of creativity.
Buckethead has released over 300 albums. And Buckethead is ONE. He's an soloartist. He was in the band Guns n Roses 2000-2004.
Yeah and they didn't even make any albums with him. Though it is obvious if you listen to Chinese Democracy he wrote a few solos and stuff on it.
Yeah, Axl wanted Buckethead (Brian Carroll) remove his Buckethead persona while on stage. he declined, so he left GNR. But Buckethead did played with band called Praxis. Praxis is associated with Primus.
@@MrTech226 that's not true. Axl never asked him to take off the bucket and mask. You're thinking about when Ozzy wanted him to play the ozzfest shows with him.
@@bluesapphire7548 slash isn't an idiot.
Many gems to be heard in the Pike series..In Search Of is amazing
Buckethead has released over 300 ALBUMS under his own name let alone all the other bands and projects he has been a part of: Deli creeps, Les Claypool projects, praxis, GnR, ect. Oh and did I mention he gives his music away for free or very little money. True class act. Thank you Bucket
The greatest guitar player on planet earth......period
What about mars or Uranus? ???
Someone had to take over when Jeff Healey died.
Nick Johnson...?
I was lucky enough to catch him on this tour down in St. Louis May 11!
Weak ass vibrato though
Rich your lucky lucky man dude .. Kelly is AMAZING she really feels the music and i connect in that same way being a guitarist myself ..Keep her HAPPY MAN 🤘🏼😁
Watching people listen to Buckethead for the first time is my favorite thing ever.
I cry whenever I hear this song and watching you guys listen with your eyes closed makes me know you feel it too.
If there’s a feeling or emotion, Buckethead has a song for it. The dude is amazing.
I like how you each catch the other one with your eyes closed at different times, appreciating the music :-)
5:20 so much anguish ,love , sadness flowing through his fingers , such a great art , he really did love his aunt , hope she is watching over him from heaven 💓 , I hope she knows that she created a legend
9:05 get you a girl thats looks at you like this
Mine does ;)
I’m all alone ;(
Buckethead is a beast. Him and D. Gilmour are my two favorite guitarists. Different techniques but both masters. Buckhead has to be the fastest guitarist I have ever seen. Gotta watch a live video.
i´m with you ...
Thats dave Gilmorton, pink floyd for anyone who would like,e to know , two of my faves
How sick would a duet between Gilmour and Buckethead be?
Okay but hear me out. The dooo and bucket head do a collab
Yes! One of the most creative musicians you’ll ever hear. What a masterpiece
i listen to Buckethead - Crack the Sky
every day
N bet Blake Griffin not even heard this once. lol
There's no-one better than Buckethead
Love Love Love BH xxx
GO SEE HIM LIVEEEEEEEEEE SEE HIM LIVE ASAPPPP HES NOT IN THE BEST HEALTH FOR YEARS NOW!! IVE SEEN HIM 7 TIMES NOW
Buckethead - "The way to heaven" from the Electric Tears album is probably my favorite. It's slower and has a lot of emotion in it. The whole album takes me on a journey through my mind.
That manta ray and datura are my favorites off Electric Tears. I fall asleep to Electric Tears and Capitans EOs voyage all the time.
You should watch some buckethead videos, You need to see him in action to truly appreciate how much of a ridiculously talented and creative guitarist he is.
The live performance of this is fantastic
Fuck yes. It's literal magic
Buckethead is arguably the greatest guitarist alive. That's my humble opinion anyway
Can’t disagree with you there. Ever heard of the dooo?
Guthrie Govan? Love buckethead though :)
You do you, Rich and Kel!! Yeah, Buckethead is CRAZY talented. My favorite song of his. So emotional and blistering.
dedicated this song to his Aunt Suzie!!
Man... I love this song. The fact that someone can make you feel so much, just with a fuckin' guitar, not needing any lyrics or anything. Absolutely beautiful. This man is a freakin' genius. Everytime I listen to this song, it really feels like the first time, and I cry every god damn time. I believe it was dedicated to her aunt Suzie. What a great way to honor someone you loved. Great reaction guys! 🖤
This was so fun to watch for me I don't know were to begin ! Never seen your channel before but RUclips recommended this Buckethead one. It's obvious to me that Kel totally gets it on her very first listen! So did I just last year when RUclips place Buckethead Soothsayer into my recommended list. If you read all you can find about Buckethead you'll probably, like me, wonder what's really going on with him. My conclusion is that he is one of the most gifted musicians of our time ! I'm very thankful that he is supported by his crew and able to share his talent with us. If you are looking into and through some of his magical & melodic musical creations.. it's like seeing the reflection of God. I don't know how else to put it. The unimaginable genius within that we just see the shadow of. I can barely wait to go to 2 live events I have tic's for in my home state of Ohio. I've very blessed to see live so many amazing shows since 1976 including Zeppelin , Queeen , Luciano Pavarotti , Andrea Boccelli , Roy Orbison, Shania ,Eddie , Satriani , Rush like 30 times ! and many ,many more.
But buckethead is the end of my journey. My Bucketlist will be complete soon !! 57 years is all it took.
Next Buckethead you do, you should do a live performance so you can see him play. 🤟
I’ve been listening to Buckethead since Praxis ‘Transmutation’ in 1992. I highly recommend ‘Colma’ if you enjoy his lighter side & ‘Enter the Chicken’ if you want to hear him in the context of songs with vocals. ETC was produced by Serj Tankian of System of a Down. Buckethead is a beast🎸🤘🏻
#Colma
#EnterTheChicken
#ColonelClaypoolsBucketOfBernieBrains
Wow this is such a nice suprise to wake up to!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I'm a big fan of instrumental guitar and Buckethead stands out among the legends. Kel you were right about the albums. But the number is 306 to be exact. Not all of it is as amazing as this and mostly experimental but even still the guy is such a fountain of creativity.
"The anonymous, mostly mute guitarist Buckethead is one of the more over-the-top, mysterious figures in rock. Sporting a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head and a white mask over his face, the artist has claimed in his rare interviews (and online biography) that he was raised in a chicken coop by . . . chickens. The birds scratched him so severely that he must forever cover his face. And the KFC bucket, you see, is a kind of homage to all the chickens fried for food, whose souls Buckethead channels whenever he picks up his axe."
If you were to do another Buckethead song I would reccomend any of these
Siege Engine
Welcome to Bucketheadland
Hold me forever
Crumple
Lebrontron
Jordan
I cracked up when you said Dicksmash McIroncock. Thanks again! So happy you liked my request.
#painintheask buckethead - pike 65.... Ultimate eargasm
Holy shit you guys are only ones on youtube that react to the studio version of this song. I got tired of looking for reaction of this version since everyone else and their grandfather reacted to all the various 30+ variation of the love version of soothsayer.
Rich, Buckethead aka Brian Carroll has over 300 albums or as he calls it "Pikes". Live version of the song is awesome to react, showing his awesome skills on the guitar. I have seen & heard some of Buckethead's songs in few years. He has one dedicated to his late mother died about a decade ago.. It is called "For Mom".
I think the live versions are amazing. The juxtaposition of hearing the emotion from the guitar and watching the guitarist standing like a robot with an emotionless mask on. Wild stuff...
Great video. Passion . Sometimes words are not needed just ears!
Just took my 7 year old to his concert and she loved it!! He gave us gifts!!! 👍👍 great people at the house of blues got him to sign my guitar and he killed it here in Houston.
I’ve seen em all and HANDS DOWN, BEST GUITAR PLAYER ON PLANET EARTH!!!!!
FUCK not fair when lived in H-Town he never played now that back in SA seems he plays there all the time wtf,
By the way. This was the short version of soothsayer. Lol
*original
The way he tells his stories through music alone blows my mind! It literally brings me to tears until this day. So much love and pain mixed together. Goddam what an artist!
So happy u chose the studio version! \M/
Sweet. Saw Buckethead live at this tiny club of about 200 people here in Breckenridge and it was so much fun! It was literally just him onstage by himself with the backing tracks and he still killed it. Gonna be a #painintheask again and keep requesting Kalmah - Heroes to Us. Thanks in advance!
He came by fort collins too, was wonderful.
BH can play so many genres, rock, metal, shred, funk blues, progressive. Its mind blowing, really. I myself have been emersed since first of this year. I was sceptical at first. Then BAM, a whole new world opens up. And off so many people radar. Kinda like our musical secret. Enjoy!
Lol now I remember. You two remind me a Chevy chases neighbors in Christmas Vacation. Lol
Thank you for this. Big B is so great in concert. My bro and his wife checked him out on 3/9 and Dallas and it was such a great concert all three of us are flying up to Michigan the end of April to see him again.
Yes Buckethead has a record breaking catalog of material. He has over 300 hundred albums of his own and has appeared on another 150 other albums. He self publishes his albums so he doesn't have to do what publishers want him to do and of course he has never gotten main stream popularity because of it.
Also he is misunderstood because alot people see the bucket and are turned off, but he hasn't shown his face in public in over 25 years because he has no interest in fame and being popular...with bucket it is all about the music...I have alot of respect for him.
So one of his most popular songs would be the song he wrote for his mother which is Pike 65 Hold me Forever but that is 30 minutes long and to long for you to react here.
For your channel, I would suggest doing either Jordan, Whitewash, or Nottingham Lace for your next one. Keep rocking love you guys, you have hit on alot of my favs like Iron Maiden, Queensryche already....you might want to consider the legend himself....Dio Holy Diver or Last in Line at some point. Sweet.
#painintheask Very well put. Very special musician and person.
Pike 65 is indeed very special. My wife listens to a lot of metal too but she is very eclectic with "shredders". She discovered Pike 65 and still plays it (the whole thing) very regularly after 3-4 years. It just drips emotion and you know it's very sincere playing and expression. I would love to see a reaction to it.
PS: Zed Yago - Fear of Death. German heavy metal with female vocals. A billion times better than what you expect.
#painintheask Jordan from Buckethead, live at the culture room
This one for sure. I second this recommendation.
Yeees
FK yes
One of the best versions I have ever seen
Ok, so this guy already has two guns for biceps, but he still decided to wear a literal "muscle-shirt" anyway. I respect that.
Watch the live version to see the finger movement. "Most emotional" video! Love your channel!!
I liked it, nice to see you two listening to soothsayer, I felt at home, beautiful couple listening to a relaxing song from our Big B, i loved! oh one more thing, few know about it i only found out later, heard soothsayer for the first time in 2013 on guitar hero 3, but i only found out in 2018 this song was dedicated to bucket's aunt called:
Suzie, who passed away in 2007. and soothsayer is from 2006. so there's another song called sail on soothsayer from 2007, everything indicates that his aunt was already sick in 2006. this explains why two songs were dedicated to her.
You do exactly what I do when I listen to him! Loving the vibe of you two as well. Odd style. Lovely chemistry.
Buckethead the best and badest guitarist ever the dude sure has a gift no other like him I am a trucker and listen to him while hauling ass down the road and I love the energy this guy has and gives me also and thank you for for putting this angel upon us cause he's sure the best that has ever walked hands down the best that has ever lived
You guys really need to watch the live version of this song. He is so effortless in his playing, it just gives you chills watching him.
From his Wikipedia:
"I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me, but only if he got rid of the [profanity] bucket. So I came back a bit later, and he's wearing this green [profanity] Martian's-hat thing! I said, 'Look, just be yourself.' He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother.' So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum, then!' I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing [profanity] mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up'? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a mother[profanity]."[33]
Ozzy Osbourne, Revolver.
He is an interesting fellow. I met him back in the late 1990's and he would never speak. I was shocked by how big he is. I'm 6'5" and he had a couple inches on me.
What about his height?
@@SteveBownMusic nice
For >My< FIRST time hearing Buckethead - AMAZING job!
The Hulk and Scarlet Witch! I didn't know! I saw Buckethead live for New Year's Eve a couple of years ago...best way to spend it
Currently he has released 660 album in his "Pike" series, combined with other 150+ albums we reach a quota of more than 800 studio albums.. the guitar God
He wrote this as a tribute to his mother.
nope. to aunt.
Aunt Suzie*
Aunt Suzie
It is said when he was young his aunt Suzie gave him a guitar and that's why he started playing. Hence the name soothsayer, a person who can see the future
Knifiac This is correct, when he was young his aunt bought him a guitar and he learned to play guitar thanks to her. imagine a world without bucket :O
I have so many emotions tied up in this song. It got me through some tough times in high school. I'm 30 now and it still gets me years later. Buckethead is such a unique guitarist. He makes sounds you never thought a guitar could make, he takes you to places you never thought music could take you, and he gives you insight into the mind of a very strange, very emotional man. There will never be another artist like him.
Give pike 65 a listen. Thats on another level imo. And its dedicated to his mom
@@apenation4042 oh trust me, I'm familiar with Hold Me Forever. I genuinely think it's possibly the most beautiful song ever written.
Agreed with everything kel said after the song. So much commitment is required for this level of playing
Buckethead is a sole musician. There isn't a band, while he may hire a support drummer or someone for his live performances, most of the time the supporting rhythms/percussion is just a pre-recorded track, and Buckethead plays the lead.
He has so much freedom with his work, he doesn't have to cooperate with other band members, he just plays and records and does what he loves. He has tried to play in a band in his early years but it just isn't his thing. His work is complex, but simple. There is usually no vocal track, just him playing and doing his thing. That's how he can do so much work in so little time.
What makes him even more impressive is he is only 49. He only really started playing professionally in 1988. 1988 through 2009 he made a few albums, collaborated on other artists work, and played with several bands. In 2010, he departed all bands and projects and started his solo career and his Pikes. From 2010-2013 he released 31 albums. Starting in 2014, he started seriously ramping up his solo album production.
2014: 60 Pikes
2015: 118 Pikes
2016: 24 Pikes
2017: 30 Pikes
He calls them Pikes because they are short albums, typically around ~30 minutes. It will be hard to pick a "song" from any of these albums, most songs are 1-3 minutes long and aren't really meant to be listened to individually. If you were to do any of the pikes, it's probably best to listen to the entire pike. But Buckethead does have a good amount of full length song material to listen to as well. Even I haven't had the chance to listen to each one of those pikes.
And you're right, 200 albums is an inaccurate number, he has released over 300 like others have already mentioned! And most of those are only 5 years old. Buckethead is truly talented fellow, and not because of quantity... but pick anyone and you'll go on a 30 minute adventure.
do not 4get Death Cube K, Cobra Strike, Deli Creeps, Praxis, and the boxsets(everyone forgets he boxsets that were rare n limited.)
I love this song and I also love the songs “Buckethead” and “Ballet of Buckethead” both with Les Claypool on bass and vocals but yeah he is amazing and very humble… such a nice guy
BH released alone 118 albums in 2015, roughly an album every 3 days...🖤🙏🏽✨
You two seem like awesome people to hang out with. And you make me feel very welcome to listen to music with you.
That song is an everyday listen for me. It was awesome watching you guys like it so much.
Around 278 to this point and time. Many different styles. I saw him twice. Look up his history. He's one of a kind talent.
i LOVE This music, Buckethead is simply crazy and passionate, I really like his songs, he is a guitarist with a lot of content.
Thanks to react.
This is going to sound nuts but I just closed my eyes and enjoyed this track along with you both .... and missed all your reactions!! ;) Love you both!! xx
This is what I call a reaction video. Loved it.
Buckethead is an undisputed master of shred. But let's just talk about his melodies for a moment. They're just genius. They keep you engaged and transport your mind to places not on this Earth. The combination of both shred and melodic offerings, plus that tone (OMG his tone!), is what gives BH his unique sound. It's just amazing.
MORE BUCKETHEAD NOW!!!
Later this week...so much to catch up on before the BH came to be. Top picks? Do we have yours in #Buckethead (song name) (where you are from) yet? If not, please do. It's the only way to stay on top of this massive mountain of requests. Each one is worth capturing. Impossible any other way...rich
@@Kel.N.RichReactions There are so many Buckethead songs and albums you could retire on just his reactions. Anything is good, but if you go down that rabbit hole, I suggest you start old and work your way to more recent. Enjoy!
@@Kel.N.RichReactions but for my favorite songs, Magellan's Maze, Previous Plate, Inward Journey, Machete, Lebrontron, Launch Pad, Blood Bayou, etc...
Thx for reaction. Try to do more Buckethead reactions!
You are wrong...The Great Bucket has over 300 albums...listen to anything on his Pike series if you want epicness...wooo
these people are awesome bringing more people into the buckethead fan community
Personal favorite of Buckethead is "Whitewash" live the start the buildup and the wind down are sublime
Buckethead - lurker at the threshold. Most amazing ride of a song he’s ever done. I’m a huge fan for many many years and have held this opinion ever since.
Yes, Buckethead has released almost 170 hours of solo music, plus collaborations. Last 8 years, he has been releasing 30-minute albums, so called "Pikes". 275 of them so far. These are some of the songs I like in the Pikes series:
Pike 1 : Crack the Sky
Pike 3 : Griffin's Spike, Three Headed Guardian
Pike 9 : Magellan's Maze, The Robot Who Lost Its Head
Pike 10 : Blind Cyclops, Whirbird, Ropelight
Pike 11 : Corpse Be Animated
Pike 22 : Viewing Deck
Pike 23 : Between Sea and Sky
Pike 25 : Trough Feeder, Beak to Scoop, Storing Feed
Pike 26 : Worms For The Garden
Pike 35 : Thank you ohlingers
Pike 37 : Trading Post
Pike 39 : The Closed Triptych
Pike 40 : Jettison
Pike 42 : West of Arkham, Other Paths
Pike 45 : The Coats of Claude
Pike 51
Pike 53 : The Cape of Good Hope
Pike 54 : Boris
Pike 64 : Beyond the Windmill
Pike 65
Pike 66 : Leave the Light On
Pike 71 : Celery
Pike 73
Pike 76
Pike 86 : Our Selves, Standing in the Field
Pike 87 : Flat Fleet
Pike 90
Pike 95
Pike 99 : The Light in the Fog, Polar Trench
Pike 100 : The Mighty Microscope, Inner Space
Pike 104
Pike 105 : The Moltrail Part 2
Pike 110 : The Miracle Molecule, Wall to Wall Cobwebs
Pike 111 : Phantom Steamboat
Pike 118 : 10th Floor, 11th Floor, 12th Floor, 13th Floor
Pike 119 : Solar Sailcraft, Flying Saucer, Fragments
Pike 121
Pike 123 : Nest Boxes
Pike 125
Pike 126 : Glow Worm
Pike 138 : From, Giant Claw Returns To The Center Of The Earth
Pike 139
Pike 140 : Glasses
Pike 143 : QZ 9
Pike 144 : Scream Sundae
Pike 149 : Chickencoopscope
Pike 151 : The Bottle House, Track
Pike 153 : Such As Straw, Overgrown Shrubs
Pike 154 : Damp
Pike 158 : Collapse Cliff
Pike 160 : Land Of Miniatures
Pike 162 : Midnight Sun, Four Forms
Pike 166 : Castle Stairs
Pike 167 : Shapeless
Pike 210 : Wall Slide
Pike 211 : Sc, Are, Ee, Do, Or
Pike 213
Pike 215 : Teflecter
Pike 216 : Stapler, B Train To Bronx, Wax Barrell
Pike 218 : Old Toys
Pike 219 : The Cookie Monster, I Know You Know What That Present Is...
Pike 224 : Buildor part 2
Pike 225
Pike 230 : Hexagon
Pike 231 : Streamlet
Pike 232 : Lightboard, Tales
Pike 233 : 22222222
Pike 234 : Coupon
Pike 235
Pike 236 : Corridor part 1
Pike 241 : A Long Days Walk
Pike 244 : Assortments
Pike 245 : Ever
Pike 246 : Nettle, Storms, Barren part 1, Barren part 2
Pike 249 : The Moss Land, Groves, Faint Clicking
Pike 252 : Mirrors of the Sleeping Mind
Pike 253 : Rooms of Brooms
Pike 256 : Mountainous Mine
Pike 257 : Lockrun
Pike 259 : Undersea Dead City, Mangled, Odor of Book
Pike 261 : Crayon factory
Pike 263 : Glacier, Flood
Pike 264
Pike 265 : Ramp Ahead
Pike 266 : Far 2, Far 3, Far 4, Far 5
Pike 271 : The Squaring Of The Circle
Pike 274 : Fourneau Cosmique
:-)
Update , Buckethead is currently pumping out MORE in 2020!
His studio albums alone are in the 300+ range and his pike series are rapidly approaching the 300 mark as well. He is a beast!!
415 plus albums love that Buckethead thanks
LISTEN TO PIKE 65. Incredible!!! He made that for his mom when she passed away. Unreal!!!!!
Thats my favorite tbh
Especially at the 3:40 mark where he goes ham lol
Genius legendary beautiful...that is a small part of the description of the unique BUCKETHEAD.
He has a lot, he's on my Spotify, and I haven't counted them all, but I spent an hour and a half adding each album when I found a the one's he's put on there. I lost count at around 60 - 70 albums. Some only have like one track or 4 while some have 10 or more. But none are under 30 min hardly (tracks).
Skadoosh indeed!
"If GOD played guitar, he would ask Bucket head for lessons" 🤣🤣🤣🎸💥 this is not my personal comment but I had to share it with all of you,
Bucket head is a gift to humanity, Ozzy told Bucket head if you want to play in the band the bucket and mask have to come off...
you both can really feel the music :) i love it
have a listen to an amazing guitarist.now 12 years old.when he was 10 he did a cover of soothsayer.he does mainly rock and blues.quite amazing.his name is taj farrant
Buckethead released 118 solo albums in 2015 alone. He is a pure virtuoso and creative genius!
This song is an absolute masterpiece in every way it’s sad too lol great emotion
One of my goals on my bucket list is to see buckethead live
Nice reaction kel you're spot on. Yes Buckethead has over 200 albums. Plethora of amazing material! Greatest guitarist ever
Paul Gilbert has Created a Monster
I think, for Buckethead, guitar is a language. It is the only way her can express his soul. He is simultaneously one of us, and not one of us.
#Painintheask
Sabaton - The lion from the north
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Manowar - Black wind, fire and Steel
In Flames - Where the dead ships dwell
Candlemass - The well of souls
Mustasch - I hunt alone
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird
Gojira - L'enfant sauvage
Really enjoy your reactions.
Keep on keeping on.
I thought I was the only person on the planet that listens to music with my eyes closed. I do it to get the full effect. No distractions.
Yes, you're the only person in the entire world that does that. Don't be so dense.
Kel tell us how you feel about Buckethead stop holding back ................. love you guys. Your next epic road trip concept should be Spock's Beard "Snow". Montrose "Make It Last" and so so many more.
She's really into it!!! I love it!!!!
huge Buckethead fan here, he writes a ton of stuff, but he does have some really juicy works in the mix. Strangely, although I love "Nottingham Lace" and his basketball tribute jams, I love "Ghost".
thing about bucket head, is he is very much like classical composers in that he will take a simple melodic phrase and repeat it throughout the composition with embellishments and variations. his technique is flawless , and his feel for melody and harmony's beyond compare. I've taught guitar for 35 years and im a shredder from the 80, s so the bar is pretty high for me , and B H never fails to impress me. p . s your very lucky to have a girl that likes the same music as you do, my girl hates my music lol best regards
If you dont close your eyes listening to buckethead are you even listening? Such an appropriate reaction.
My friends all say my guitar playing sounds like Buckethead crossed with Dave Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Which is weird because I grew up playing Megadeth and stuff. Maybe they were influenced by those guys as well. But that's in terms of note choice and phrasing. I don't use wah-wah, or whammy pedal, or a killswitch button. Those are the weird sounds you guys are hearing. I'm more plug and play.
Thanks for this. I know others will suggest another song called Jordan, and if they do I wholly endorse that request.
YOU REALLLLLYYY need to do more buckethead
This is one of the guitar greats.. and awesome showman. He prefers to be solo.. doing his own thing for the sheer joy of music. He has turned down deals that could net him lots of $$… he simply loves to play. From what I have read, he is an orphaned robot , raised by chickens, which were murdered and fried at KFC, I guess wearing the bucket as a protest...
no one ever talks over buckethead ,respect