It tells you all you need to know, that Slash needs to change the guitar work from Buckethead on Chinese era songs just so he can play them. And for the record, I'm not a fan. Better and Chinese Democracy just to name a couple, are songs that completely changed in the live set. I wish the 2002 lineup remained. I remember when DJ said that "buckethead took the cool out of Guns," yet DJ screwed up regularly on the songs way too much. He messed up several times when i saw them in 2010 and 2011, and you can see him all over yt confirming this throughout his time in the band....besides, he was way too much of a show pony. Guys like Finck, Buckethead, and even Brain were humble yet amazing players. As far as in the now, Axl needs to take a break from touring....his voice is shot. I know he is older, but touring nonstop for several years couldnt have helped...and now he sounds like mickey mouse. Time to release that album guys! You know, the one that is supposedly completed but was shelved? There's some really good stuff left from those Chinese Democracy sessions, well worthy of releasing.
The stuff he did with them was pretty cool imo. I'd be willing to bet that Chinese Democracy ends up being a better album than whatever this version of GnR ends up releasing, if they ever do another studio album. It was never going to work for fans calling it Guns n Roses without Slash but the music on that record was good.
I know what you mean. Guns N’ Roses just seems beneath him. I listen to a different Pike album every night and haven’t heard what I didn’t like yet. 660 Pike albums, and he still making them.
@@BoHorn lol I like both and I think the point is more that buckethead is wildly experimental while gnr tends to be more straightforward. Pathetic mindset if you think buckethead is boring lol, he’s out of his mind interesting and his work with gnr was actually great
@@forgettablelisa lol star wars was straightforward and the sequels were experimental. Its telling that you conflated bucketheads interesting with experimental, if we are measuring interest we can talk about how more people listen to and are interested in old gnr vs bucketheads stuff and there has been a relative lack of interest/impact gathered for bucketheads 700 albums. Its not even about whether I appreciate bucket or not really, its just that his fans refuse to face the facts that most people dont enjoy his stuff and act like he goes toe to toe with other legends people actually listen to.
or how about Bruce Dickinson getting his pilots license and flying 747's around? oh i forgot slash took i finance course. Well, 🤔 thats more than his fans will ever accomplish i guess😄
Everyone who was bashing Buckethead back then are probably talking about how awesome he is now. He was ahead of his time, and if anything his rise in popularity shows that people are finally catching up.
If he was any good he wouldn't need to wear a stupid mask and bucket on his head to draw attention to himself. His outlandish look is only meant to compensate for the fact that he can't play for shit. Just like Wes Borland; Slipknot & Kiss. Gwar has crazy looking costumes too but at least they put on a good show and if it wasn't for Gwar there would be no Slipknot.
@Jonathan Williams Well that's why if you want to rise to the top you'd better be better than the best because there's a billion other people out there that WANT to be rock stars but the majority aren't good enough. There's tons of amazing guitar players out there that you'll never hear about that are way better than Buckethead, like Ty Tabor. Grunge musicians went the exact opposite direction and stripped everything down to jeans and T-shirts or plaid because they were all about the music.
@Jonathan Williams Yeah but only the shallow, narrow-minded fans that are more about image than substance. It's no different than acting, everybody wants to be famous these days but very few actually have any genuine passion for the craft of acting and the ones who only care about getting famous don't deserve to win an Oscar.. Anyone can become technically proficient but very few actually put their heart and soul into it.
@@liquidbraino Bud sooner or later your gonna have to come to terms that buckethead is not only a legit guitar player but one of the most unique virtuosos to ever do it and not because he wears a mask. The guy has played with Bill Laswell, Les Claypool, Bernie Worrell, Mike Patton and Bootsy Collins to just name a few. Not to mention he's released like 30 solo albums. Anyone who's serious about music knows buckethead is more than a gimmick.
Buckethead can do just about anything on a stringed instrument. People who don't hear emotion in his playing hasn't listened to very much of his material.
Saying Buckethead's guitar playing doesn't have any heart is talking shit and plain wrong, he even admitted seconds earlier he didn't listen to his stuff. That's my first time hearing slash's voice and it's not a good impression lol
@@jmatt781or he shares his dope and overdoses ya. His hat was also stolen... everyone looks good through rose tinted glasses. If people would actually do a little research instead of watching a video then thinking somehow they know him personally and that he's a stand up guy... he really wasnt
Yeah so true. Slash if you think about it, ppl praise him not for how many scales or how he shreds ....Nope. Its just that he have that unique feeling ....unique way to play that no matter what artist hes playing if you hear him on radio without knowing the artist ...you will yell..THATS SLASH!!! that motherfkn scaleV that he always uses and how melodic sounds and ho unique he makes it...its just so good. Thats what makes him so good and a lot of ppl that are not musicians cant understand that.
Ability to do what…play with reverb and sound affects!!!! Tell me why ive never anyone and i mean anyone say have you heard bucket heads riffs😂😂😂how many hits has bucket head had how many stadiums has the guy sold out?? Not even clise to Slash!! Axl’s other guitarists are all better than bucket head!! Bumblefoot and DJ Asbah are far superior than bucket head and are both behind Slash …DJ is f,n straight killer , right behind slash!!! B.H. Plays tiny lil venues 300 at best!!!!
I think yiu mean by how many hits he wrote and stadiums he sold completely f,n out!! You probably take several drugs prescribed by a legal dope dealer!!
I saw GNR with buckethead, I didn't even know he was their guitarist. I was 13 and my guitar teacher took me and my friend to the show and we were playing children of bodom, trivium and bullet for my valentine kinda metal and knew buckethead very well, I was stoked to see him playing. That aside they are both amazing in their own respective lanes
You can give Slash some flak for his early comment that Buckethead "doesn't have feeling," but all things I considered I think his way of dealing with the gigantic tabloid soap opera of the original GNR line-up parting ways was very sensible and chill. Solid dude.
i agree. some of the really greats just talk crap about everyone else and it makes u hate them. i couldnt stand eddie van halen but slash giving props to other musicians made me go hey maybe hes not too bad lols. Was just watchin Ryan Martini one of the greatest bassists talking about hoping to do a good job filling in for fieldy 🤣 humble dude
I'm a huge Bucket fan, but he legitimately doesn't have much feeling. It's all just robotic. He has his tunes that are emotional, but it's all just robotic live. Nothing wrong with being robotic, just backing Slash and I'm not even much of a Slash fan
Dave Mustaine is 100%. He is real and truthful. Hes grown so much as a human being. And what a modest guy. Its rare you hear truth from most ppl in the industry imo.
Well I completely understand Slash. Of course he had nothing good to say about the guy that made his band sound completely different. But what I respect about Slash is that he managed to put his grudge aside and grew to like Chinese Democracy and learned the songs to play them live. I cannot overstate how cool that is from his part. And yeah back when I was a kid that discovered Guns I was all about Slash and Buckethead was just some imposter and I hated his guts. But I matured and gave Buckethead a chance. He's a tremendous guitar player, the song "Soothsayer", for example, is a serious work of art. His solo stuff is amazing and I sincerely recommend everyone to give it a listen. And Buckethead is not all technique and no soul, at all. The guy makes his guitar sing. I'm sure Slash would take his words back and say the same thing nowadays. Slash will always speak to me more as a guitarist but belittling Buckethead to "defend" Slash is unnecessary and just dumb. Both guitar players are great in their own right and it's okay to like one more than the other. But the "correct" thing is to like them both. Because missing out on good music is what's actually wrong.
I'm not sure cool is the words I'd use to describe a guy agreeing to play one of the bands few albums. It's his job. Even if he didn't like it, he has to play the songs Axl Rose. To not play the songs would be douchey though.
I don't think Buckethead is even close to the level of Slash honestly. Nor do I think Slash really praised the guy. If you pay close attention to what he says, you'll hear he didn't want Guns n' Roses to become this alt prog metal band that loses its hard rock core. That's exactly what happened with Chinese Democracy.
This video story requires a correction: Finck & Buckethead played together in GNR, along with the 3rd guitarist Paul Huge. Buckethead left BEFORE Finck and was replaced by Bumblefoot. Finck continued playing in GNR with Bumblefoot until he eventually quit too.
@@marw9541 Slash like the rest of the guns had his ego and it took a lot for them to "be mature", i mean how would you feel that some weird guy could easily outclass you doing your hardest solos blindfolded? Yeah Slash was talking out of his ego at the time lol and if that still were the case then the Chinese Democracy song would be left out of current Guns, i mean, people usually go for Slash and hear the First 3 albums and don't care about CD, but Slash still wants to play the songs, that's something. Also, i don't think Slash has the time to hear the +100 records buckethead has put, which a lot had a lot of soul, my favorite is Hold Me Forever tho
@@marw9541 That's what I heard as well. But then again I don't like Slash much at all. He's an average guitarist and a total dick. Bring back Buckethead and if not Bumblefoot is pretty incredible as well.
It depends by what metric you define a great guitar player- buckethead is certainly more proficient but Slash is infinitely more iconic, writing world class solos and using more of a economical, blues driven guitar style- personally I like both
Slash is just another guitar player... compared with Buckethead... no , no way to compare it.... don't take it wrong, Slash is a Good guitar player, good technique to play, and that's all.... Buckethead, is a Monster. for GnR yes, keep slash there... but there is no way someone can pick slash as better guitar player... unless you live underwater
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 both things are true. Izzy was the mortar holding that band's bricks together. (Creatively, not personality-wise or anything like that.)
I disagree. Clearly Izzy is a wonderful song composer with guitar riffs. I think of Izzy fondly as I think of Steven. However, the illusions records were remarkable despite them replaced. Having said that, I would have preferred Izzy stayed. I also would have preferred Steven not gotten abused and fired.
@@chevy4x466Steven got fired because he was too high on heroin to even record his drum parts. Civil War drums had to be spliced together from about 17 takes. That was the last song he played on because of that.
Check out Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Uli John Roth, Richie Blackmore, Allan Holdsworth, Stebe Morse, Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Pass, George Benson, Larry Coryell, Bill Connors, Michael Schenker, Paco DeLucia......
@@stevenhenry5267 Slash admits it. Come on now. Slash has physical limits to his playing that Buckethead Does not. Buckethead has no technical challenges or limits. Sol is sloppy and limited by his style. What's next Lars Ulrich is good at drums?
I hear both Slash and Buckethead are good people in their normal lives, and great with their fans, and usually other musicians. Both get equal respect from me.
I think Phil X does too. but I think once a player establishes himself firmly as a RUclips star, it's kinda hard to shake away from all that. it just keeps the talent dangling imo, even though we, as the online audience, benefit totally. I want great artists to get what they deserve, what they work so hard for.. whatever their skill level 😉
He's a freak! He wanted a chicken coup installed in the studio where he could watch porn. It stank up the whole studio, but he refused to let them clean it up.
If anybody is curious and wants their mind blown, then check out the guitar solo Buckethead does on the track "Shackler's Revenge". I've never heard anything like it, before or since.
Or the solo on the Deli Creeps song "Shadows" - a song written around the time Guns and Roses were getting huge. Shawn Lane (one of Buckets heroes) and possibly Criss Oliva were the only electric players even remotely close to that gnarly at the time and its not even close.
@@dickiemolitsanti2213 Bumblenuts? I thought I specifically read Bucketheads name in the song credits. Not only that someone posted a video on RUclips where the audio is singled out for Bucketheads parts. You sure about this???
Damn, just listened to it because of your post, that shit is nuts. There's no way Slash didn't rejoin and say "ANYTHING BUT SHACKLER'S REVENGE" when they were asking him to learn some of that album, lmao. Buckethead (or whoever) is insane....
I'm a big fan of Slash but I can't believe anybody with any musical acumen could not see the infinite abilities of Buckethead and to say he's not a rock guitarist is goofy.
I'm not sure that's the flex you think it is. He's known to be hard to work with. I saw the debut performance of Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains at the first bonnaroo in 2002 and when they started playing Buckethead just stood there on stage for the first 30 minutes not playing while the rest of the band jammed out, with Claypool occasionally saying, "Buckethead, why do you forsake us?"
@@pf100andahalfthat was probably part of their schtick. I saw Colonial Claypool & the Frog Brigade in Portland, Oregon, and they played Pink Floyd’s Animals album in it’s entirety, it was brilliant! It’s on vinyl, and the recording was from the Portland show. They all played amazing, especially Buckethead!
I’ve been playing guitar for 48 years. I studied music in college as a guitar major. Slash is a rock and roll guitar player. Buckethead is a virtuoso guitarist however strange he may be.
Mustaine came in and just made Slash snap to sense there... Like dude.. The guy can play.. Mustaine is no slouch and Slash respects him a lot.. So Mustaine saying that really did flip Slashs whole prospective on the situation.
@@pf100andahalf i guess you can be right. because bucket experiments all the time without sticking into one thing. you probably heard his work like i have and found all sorts of genres within a span of albums.. unlike slash.
@@ashandesilvaguitarist Good point but I think the issue here is that there are "plugged straight into the amp and playing raunchy and grimy" rock players which is what Slash is talking about, versus Buckethead which is not really that kind of player although I'm sure he could be if he wanted to.
@pf100andahalf Listen to the albums "Hold Me Forever" or "Claymation Courtyard" then come back and tell me Buckethead has less "feeling". It's absolute BS, just a really unfounded, untrue comment that isn't based on reality, it's just Slash trying to maintain his image.
Slash is a class dude. Didn't burn any bridges even with Stern trying to get him to dog Buckethead (which you would expect at that time in their careers). Everything he says is authentic and honest.
Yet Paradise City will still be played in 100 years when Buckethead is long forgotten. I'll let you in on a little secret...it's the songs that matter. All the guitar gymnastics in the history of the world can't hold a candle to one good song. I play guitar, the absolute highest purpose of a guitar solo is as an ornament on a good song. All just my opinion of course...
@@werewolflover8636 I don't know about radio play, but Padamasana and some other of his songs have several millions of views on RUclips, they don't chart because they are instrumentals with no vocals.
the irony is that buckethead has produced 10 times more melodic stuff than slash. and I dont blame slash for saying what he said about buckethead being emotionless. bucketheads famous tracks are all technical, but he has produced over 300 albums. you have to dig in his discovery and find these hidden gems.
Exactly, most people who say Slash is better have no comprehension of the scale of Buckethead's work. They judge him based on the tiniest fraction of his material.
There would have been a time I would have said Slash simply out of and due to His fame and notoriety, but now knowing of Buckethead and the Dudes skills and kindness towards His fans etc, it would be Buckethead for Me all the way. I'm sorry but though Slash is good, He's a cookie cutter rocker as with 100's of cookie cutter rockers whereas Buckethead does His own thing and does have soul.
Exactly how I feel. Slash was my first guitar hero, but ever since I found Buckethead it has changed my life so much that it taught me how much I really love music. Slash has tons of soul, but Buckethead’s more calm and personal albums like Colma and Electric Tears have been some of the most honest and soulful guitar music I’ve heard. It connects with me on a much deeper level
@@Johnnysmithy24 I'm glad You got what I was saying. We'll never stop liking a great guitarist but BH just has that something else that makes him stand out.
Apples to oranges and Buckethead is the entire fruit salad topped off with a Dr Seuss train of fruit salads. Love that dude, and the praise from Dave Mustaine had me laughing because it was genuinely funny! There are no many guitarists who have mastered the lengths that BH has done on that instrument simply because he falls into Olympic level category; a once in a generation type of Musician akin to Beethoven but wears a KFC Bucket and Mask.
@@christopheromarrah1785 I think its more funny that I am replying after over a year. Most estimates put at around a few million made. Most of the chunk probably came from live performance sales. There is an article from 2019 that attempted to do the best estimates and math on BH's income potential earned. There are sales stats available and also mentions of ticket sales from years ago as well.
"It doesn't have any heart." Slash on Bucket's music. Quite a hilarious take. If you're familiar with big B's work, you'll know that claim is utter nonsense. If you've 6 minutes to spare, just throw on There Was A Time off of Chinese and you'll hear everything you need to in his solo at the end. Phenomenal.
Hold me Forever (buckethead) which was dedicated to his mother has, on its own, more raw emotional incentive than most of what you can hear from slash. it's a dogshit take.
@@jessemccann9711 lol now that has to be the lamest comeback I’ve heard in a Long time. I’ll let you know when I give a fuck what you think about me how about that? Lol
I got to see G n R with Buckethead. It was a great show. Buckethead is phenomenal. Chinese Democracy got a lot of ridicule because it was in production so long but the content of the album imo is indicative Axle was certainly evolving and probably experiencing some spiritual awakening. I think the album plays front to back excellently and I love the album. I think Axle was passionate about the project and was trying to produce an epic masterpiece and did a great job. I think it’s an underrated album.
If people watched to the end of the video, they would see Slash came around on both "Chinese Democracy" and Buckethead. The video title is from a point in the past.
Slash is all talk isn't he?? If it wasn't for Rose (who kept Gn'R alive), Slash would be a nobody. Someone should ask Slash when's new Gn'R material coming out if Slash is so great. It's been 31 years (1991's Use Your Illusion I & II) since Slash put out new Gn'R material with this band.
Back in middle school I got a rolling stones magazine (sometime between 05-08) that had an interview with buckethead about his time in GNR and all that stuff but what stuck out was the 2 big stipulations bucket head had with joining. 1- a chicken coup was to be built in the studio for him to Jam in/ record 2- he was allowed to play hard-core p@*n while in there which was something that annoyed the piss out of Axl. All this is based off memory so some details may be off a bit but the main jest of it I could never forget lol. Chicken coup and adult entertainment
Buckethead is the best guitarist of all time. This is a fact. You have your work cut out for you trying to disprove this as you'd have thousands of hours of Buckethead to listen to, but you wouldn't even have to get halfway to realize nobody comes close to bucket. Bucket can play anything any other guitarist has or can play, but no single guitarist can cover all genres and play everything Buckethead can. At least not at buckets level. The only claim any guitarist can make about being better at guitar playing than bucket is shred speed, which there are a small handful of guitarists who can shred faster. But that's literally it.
Exactly, while it’s true there’s dudes who only focus on technique and speed and have little to no “soul” that doesn’t mean anyone who’s technically proficient has no soul. That’s absolutely absurd
@@Junkiescum Yeah but most of them still do have more emotional parts, it's just depends on the mood of the songs and what they aim for, sometimes a emotional solo is appropriate and other time it's something else, depending on the vision of the song. If "Emotions" is their only repertoar, they will tend to repeat the same few licks in slightly different arrangement, because they don't know anything else and all the songs would be forced to go in the same direction to accomidate that. Phrygian scales aren't particularily emotional, but they are very interesting and engaging, sometimes straight out spooky feeling. People tend to not "Feel" scale of styles their not familiar with, so a lot of musicians are misjudged on that too, because familiarity though it brings contempt with some people, it brings nostalgic rememberance with others. Vivaldi Summer is intense, it's technical but it is extremely soulful but for people who dislike Classical for some Odd reason, cuz they aren't actually listening, all of that is just noise. It just depends on our approach and attitude on how we chose to consume what we hear. Sure, some Guitarists are more like impressionists, it's all about impressing which is okay in my book, I enjoy that for a different reason and for excitement. November Rain Solo was definetely Slash best in my opinion, it's simple and exciting and that is good too.
@@Junkiescum Agreed! Just because you can't play scales or produce a B flat minor 7th sus 5th chord, doesn't mean you can't play guitar. (I'm not sure that chord even exists. I just made it up.)
Slash is an excellent guitarist and Buckethead is also very talented no doubt. If I had to choose one it would definitely be Slash as I grew up with his guitar playing in GNR. To be honest I've really only heard Buckethead's guitar playing on Chinese Democracy and what I heard I liked.
Guns and Roses have always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Everyone all knew Duff, from Seattle's mid to late ''80s punk scene. It was always kind of awkward, for me being such a fan of all of the bands, that I was in that scene with. Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Black Is Black, just to mention a few. Green River, malfunkshun, would eventually become Mother Love Bone I was never able to tell them, how unwotthy I felt, in their presence? I was a barely above average singer/guitar player, who could occasionally write a decent song. I was a man, among gods. Ultimately, heroin would become the thing that reminded me of my mortality. I won't bore you, with the sordid tale of my addiction,. It wouldn't change anyone's mind about trying it, once they make up their mind to try it. We'll just agree that it was extremely unpleasant, dealing with withdrawals. I am, today, nine years clean. I just wanted to take a moment, to thank you for your content. It's always a source of fond, remembrances.
It's true about the technicality of players. some can do anything, except write hit songs that are still on the air and relevant hits 20-40 years later. most of the superstars we know from the past were not perfect players, but they wrote amazing music. that's what it's all about as he said, coming from the heart. it just comes out of you and you go with it. I've never taken lessons or can't read music but everything I play I make up myself for the most part. but we all get nostalgic and play the rock classics too..
Buckethead don’t have shit on Slash!!! Slash is wayyyy better guitarist than buckethead ever could be. I’m not calling buckethead a poser he is a awesome guitarist as well but don’t have nothing remotely close to the G.O.A.T. Slash!!!🤟🏻🤟🏻
I'm always amazed by what a down to earth, generous guy Slash has managed to evolve into through all the madness of "celebrity" & all the shite that implies. Just a fantastic person, Duff as well. Dynamic duo.
The Heart/Soul/Feel/Emotion or whatever you wanna call it is precisely why I prefer Buckethead. Slash writes very melodic solos, and he has great feel, but Buckethead’s playing in his calmer albums feel so much more honest and personal than anything I’ve ever heard from Slash. Not to mention a lot of it is dedicated to his family or to emotional concepts. It relates to a deeper side of me, that Slash’s sleazy rock n roll just doesn’t
@@TranceSFX That's NOT what he said and what part of "Slash writes very melodic solos, and he has great feel" did you not quite get? Does Johnny have to draw a picture for your dumbbb asssss?
I always think of Velvet Revolver as GnR part 2. Same sound, same energy ....fantastic. Also we gotta recognize how Slash directs himself to Buckethead in the sense that ...a real pro will never ever shit on somebody else work. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
GNR's problem is that Izzy isn't there anymore. Slash, admittedly, isn't a great writer overall. I feel that Izzy was the main guy back in the day but Slash got all the credit because of his "name" and the top hat. Bring Izzy back and I'll bet the music goes back to actually rocking. Whatever that "new" song was they put out a year or so ago was pretty shit.
Slash is a musician.. Buckethead is a guitar teacher. wanna learn how to pickup fast and clean and making alien like noise? Buckethead.. wanna listen to a music that speaks and draw something on your mind? Slash.. you just can't learn talent.
Buckethead knows his guitar so well ,he probably didnt even need any practice learning slashes songs...not saying slash isnt bad a** himself.. im a fan of both
Slash is more about image, he has better marketing, more people are exposed to his music. Buckethead is simply one of the greatest musicians of all time, he's on a level of his own as a guitarist. Nobody compares.
Slash is my favorite and have been a fan of the band since the Illusions, but I wish he'd learn to play some of the Buckethead stuff properly like the solo on Better and There Was a Time. Or even Finck's stuff on There Was a Time, Street of Dreams and This I love. Otherwise he might as well let Fortus play the solos - he is well able for it.
Lol what ever bud. Bucket head can play more technical but thats where it ends. There's more to be being a good guitar player than shredding or spamming out forgettable songs.
@@LT-TV90 yeah buckets great I've listened to a bunch if his music he can play anything im a fan but for me Slash just has more memorable melodies with more feeling and attitude. He can definitely "come close" with less technical skills.
love slash, love buckethead. there shouldnt be a versus'. Stern is a tool, so are most interviewers. They try to create some delusional competition. its music and its subjective to the listeners. end of story!
Buckethead or Slash?
Hard to say slash is all by feel and hes clean not sloppy at all buckhead knows more but slah has more of empact
Slash, hands down, every time.
Slash is a lot more technical than people give him credit for. Buckethead has a whole lot more soul than people often give him credit for too.
@@shadowban581 lol🤣
If anyone wants to listen to slash they just play Guns N Roses.
Buckethead is a guitar wizard.
If you prefer Slash, cool. If you dismiss Buckethead as all technique & no soul then you clearly don’t know his music.
The song “Better” an Chinese Democracy is brilliant. Bucket-heads guitar playing on the song was technical and melodic. Awesome!!
Agreed.
It tells you all you need to know, that Slash needs to change the guitar work from Buckethead on Chinese era songs just so he can play them. And for the record, I'm not a fan. Better and Chinese Democracy just to name a couple, are songs that completely changed in the live set. I wish the 2002 lineup remained. I remember when DJ said that "buckethead took the cool out of Guns," yet DJ screwed up regularly on the songs way too much. He messed up several times when i saw them in 2010 and 2011, and you can see him all over yt confirming this throughout his time in the band....besides, he was way too much of a show pony. Guys like Finck, Buckethead, and even Brain were humble yet amazing players. As far as in the now, Axl needs to take a break from touring....his voice is shot. I know he is older, but touring nonstop for several years couldnt have helped...and now he sounds like mickey mouse. Time to release that album guys! You know, the one that is supposedly completed but was shelved? There's some really good stuff left from those Chinese Democracy sessions, well worthy of releasing.
Indeed!
Right on.
Slash is just jealous because Bucket Head has a bigger hat.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao
Bigger and Better 🎉
Also he wanted to be the only iconic guy with a hat
He's leagues above in technique as well
Buckethead playing with gnr is like trying to cage a wild animal.
The stuff he did with them was pretty cool imo. I'd be willing to bet that Chinese Democracy ends up being a better album than whatever this version of GnR ends up releasing, if they ever do another studio album. It was never going to work for fans calling it Guns n Roses without Slash but the music on that record was good.
I know what you mean. Guns N’ Roses just seems beneath him. I listen to a different Pike album every night and haven’t heard what I didn’t like yet. 660 Pike albums, and he still making them.
I know, you hate to see someone boring being caged inside the confines of playing something interesting.
@@BoHorn lol I like both and I think the point is more that buckethead is wildly experimental while gnr tends to be more straightforward. Pathetic mindset if you think buckethead is boring lol, he’s out of his mind interesting and his work with gnr was actually great
@@forgettablelisa lol star wars was straightforward and the sequels were experimental. Its telling that you conflated bucketheads interesting with experimental, if we are measuring interest we can talk about how more people listen to and are interested in old gnr vs bucketheads stuff and there has been a relative lack of interest/impact gathered for bucketheads 700 albums. Its not even about whether I appreciate bucket or not really, its just that his fans refuse to face the facts that most people dont enjoy his stuff and act like he goes toe to toe with other legends people actually listen to.
I love how they laugh at Duff going to school to take finance classes. He actually did & knows his shit now.
@@shadowban581 Why hate Duff? He’s always been cool and friendly.
@@shadowban581 Why hate Duff? He’s always been cool and friendly.
Some of these guys want to achieve more than just being a band member. Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology.
Gotta have one guy in the band who knows his shit or you get taken for a ride by “managers”
or how about Bruce Dickinson getting his pilots license and flying 747's around? oh i forgot slash took i finance course. Well, 🤔 thats more than his fans will ever accomplish i guess😄
Everyone who was bashing Buckethead back then are probably talking about how awesome he is now. He was ahead of his time, and if anything his rise in popularity shows that people are finally catching up.
If he was any good he wouldn't need to wear a stupid mask and bucket on his head to draw attention to himself. His outlandish look is only meant to compensate for the fact that he can't play for shit. Just like Wes Borland; Slipknot & Kiss. Gwar has crazy looking costumes too but at least they put on a good show and if it wasn't for Gwar there would be no Slipknot.
@@liquidbraino are you out of your mind? Buckethead shreds and slaps slash in his stinky mouth all day
@Jonathan Williams Well that's why if you want to rise to the top you'd better be better than the best because there's a billion other people out there that WANT to be rock stars but the majority aren't good enough. There's tons of amazing guitar players out there that you'll never hear about that are way better than Buckethead, like Ty Tabor.
Grunge musicians went the exact opposite direction and stripped everything down to jeans and T-shirts or plaid because they were all about the music.
@Jonathan Williams Yeah but only the shallow, narrow-minded fans that are more about image than substance. It's no different than acting, everybody wants to be famous these days but very few actually have any genuine passion for the craft of acting and the ones who only care about getting famous don't deserve to win an Oscar.. Anyone can become technically proficient but very few actually put their heart and soul into it.
@@liquidbraino Bud sooner or later your gonna have to come to terms that buckethead is not only a legit guitar player but one of the most unique virtuosos to ever do it and not because he wears a mask. The guy has played with Bill Laswell, Les Claypool, Bernie Worrell, Mike Patton and Bootsy Collins to just name a few. Not to mention he's released like 30 solo albums. Anyone who's serious about music knows buckethead is more than a gimmick.
Buckethead can do just about anything on a stringed instrument. People who don't hear emotion in his playing hasn't listened to very much of his material.
Except he can't sell records
@@christopheromarrah1785 I have a few, but it's hard to listen to an all instrumental albu from just about anybody.
I’m glad Buckethead got some praise ! Seems like every interviewer was baiting Slash to talk shit about BH but he wouldn’t. Stand up guy Slash is .
Unless Slash takes a liking to your wife or girlfriend. 😂
Saying Buckethead's guitar playing doesn't have any heart is talking shit and plain wrong, he even admitted seconds earlier he didn't listen to his stuff. That's my first time hearing slash's voice and it's not a good impression lol
@@jmatt781or he shares his dope and overdoses ya. His hat was also stolen... everyone looks good through rose tinted glasses. If people would actually do a little research instead of watching a video then thinking somehow they know him personally and that he's a stand up guy... he really wasnt
Slash might be a good guitar player but Buckethead’s ability is on another level.
Yeah so true. Slash if you think about it, ppl praise him not for how many scales or how he shreds ....Nope. Its just that he have that unique feeling ....unique way to play that no matter what artist hes playing if you hear him on radio without knowing the artist ...you will yell..THATS SLASH!!! that motherfkn scaleV that he always uses and how melodic sounds and ho unique he makes it...its just so good. Thats what makes him so good and a lot of ppl that are not musicians cant understand that.
Buckethead is a virtuoso but Slash is fun to listen to
Slash measures rock talent by drugs consumed
Ability to do what…play with reverb and sound affects!!!! Tell me why ive never anyone and i mean anyone say have you heard bucket heads riffs😂😂😂how many hits has bucket head had how many stadiums has the guy sold out?? Not even clise to Slash!! Axl’s other guitarists are all better than bucket head!! Bumblefoot and DJ Asbah are far superior than bucket head and are both behind Slash …DJ is f,n straight killer , right behind slash!!! B.H. Plays tiny lil venues 300 at best!!!!
I think yiu mean by how many hits he wrote and stadiums he sold completely f,n out!! You probably take several drugs prescribed by a legal dope dealer!!
Slash is great. Buckethead is one of the biggest geniuses of our time.
Lololol, yeah, okay. Hi Buckethead.
Usee your Illusion or Chinese Democracy?
@@doom4067 Buckethead's discography goes waaayyy beyond and above Chinese Democracy. Slash's peak is GnR.
@@ms16648 There's no comparison. Buckethead is a God. Slash is a great guitar player.
@@ms16648 Butthurt
I saw GNR with buckethead, I didn't even know he was their guitarist. I was 13 and my guitar teacher took me and my friend to the show and we were playing children of bodom, trivium and bullet for my valentine kinda metal and knew buckethead very well, I was stoked to see him playing. That aside they are both amazing in their own respective lanes
You lucky dog! How was the show? And did you see any of the other bands you listed?
Buckethead and Bodom. I like your style 😎
Trivium was sick asf around this time.
You can give Slash some flak for his early comment that Buckethead "doesn't have feeling," but all things I considered I think his way of dealing with the gigantic tabloid soap opera of the original GNR line-up parting ways was very sensible and chill. Solid dude.
i agree. some of the really greats just talk crap about everyone else and it makes u hate them. i couldnt stand eddie van halen but slash giving props to other musicians made me go hey maybe hes not too bad lols. Was just watchin Ryan Martini one of the greatest bassists talking about hoping to do a good job filling in for fieldy 🤣 humble dude
I'm a huge Bucket fan, but he legitimately doesn't have much feeling. It's all just robotic. He has his tunes that are emotional, but it's all just robotic live. Nothing wrong with being robotic, just backing Slash and I'm not even much of a Slash fan
Dave Mustaine is 100%. He is real and truthful. Hes grown so much as a human being. And what a modest guy. Its rare you hear truth from most ppl in the industry imo.
Buckethead is definitely amazing as a guitarist but slash just oozes rock and roll.
Slash needs a bath and a delousing
💯💯💯Slash is the G.O.A.T.!!!!!!
Thats called marketing
@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 and it was marketing back in the 80’s before they were even a big name band??
@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 no it’s called just being the definition of cool.
Well I completely understand Slash. Of course he had nothing good to say about the guy that made his band sound completely different.
But what I respect about Slash is that he managed to put his grudge aside and grew to like Chinese Democracy and learned the songs to play them live. I cannot overstate how cool that is from his part.
And yeah back when I was a kid that discovered Guns I was all about Slash and Buckethead was just some imposter and I hated his guts.
But I matured and gave Buckethead a chance. He's a tremendous guitar player, the song "Soothsayer", for example, is a serious work of art.
His solo stuff is amazing and I sincerely recommend everyone to give it a listen. And Buckethead is not all technique and no soul, at all. The guy makes his guitar sing. I'm sure Slash would take his words back and say the same thing nowadays.
Slash will always speak to me more as a guitarist but belittling Buckethead to "defend" Slash is unnecessary and just dumb. Both guitar players are great in their own right and it's okay to like one more than the other. But the "correct" thing is to like them both. Because missing out on good music is what's actually wrong.
I'm not sure cool is the words I'd use to describe a guy agreeing to play one of the bands few albums. It's his job. Even if he didn't like it, he has to play the songs Axl Rose. To not play the songs would be douchey though.
I don't think Buckethead is even close to the level of Slash honestly. Nor do I think Slash really praised the guy. If you pay close attention to what he says, you'll hear he didn't want Guns n' Roses to become this alt prog metal band that loses its hard rock core. That's exactly what happened with Chinese Democracy.
This video story requires a correction: Finck & Buckethead played together in GNR, along with the 3rd guitarist Paul Huge. Buckethead left BEFORE Finck and was replaced by Bumblefoot. Finck continued playing in GNR with Bumblefoot until he eventually quit too.
This is a fact.
Also, Thal > Buckethead
Navarro too
Finck was replaced by DJ Ashba.
Slash: "Yeah he's insanely talented but he wears a gimmickey tall hat on his head so he's not as cool as me."
the irony is thicker than leather
Its nice to see Slash praise Buckethead and not hold any animosity towards him. I like Chinese Democracy album and well as classic GNR. :)
I don't know, it still seemed like he was saying Buckethead didn't have a soul in his playing and that the interesting bits were the technicality
@@marw9541 Slash like the rest of the guns had his ego and it took a lot for them to "be mature", i mean how would you feel that some weird guy could easily outclass you doing your hardest solos blindfolded? Yeah Slash was talking out of his ego at the time lol and if that still were the case then the Chinese Democracy song would be left out of current Guns, i mean, people usually go for Slash and hear the First 3 albums and don't care about CD, but Slash still wants to play the songs, that's something.
Also, i don't think Slash has the time to hear the +100 records buckethead has put, which a lot had a lot of soul, my favorite is Hold Me Forever tho
@@ppprime98K youre wrong on all counts actually. Buckethead never once played slash's solo. He played the notes, not the solos.
I loved CD soooo many good songs on there
@@marw9541 That's what I heard as well. But then again I don't like Slash much at all. He's an average guitarist and a total dick. Bring back Buckethead and if not Bumblefoot is pretty incredible as well.
Slash is not even close to the same level of guitarist as Lord Buckethead.
True but you can tell when it's Slash playing. He definitely has a signature sound and writes solos that are going somewhere.
no but I like Slash’s guitar playing just as well and I think he writes better licks. No hate for Buckethead though, he’s amazing
Buckethead has god level playing skills, slash is a good rock and roll guitar player.
It depends by what metric you define a great guitar player- buckethead is certainly more proficient but Slash is infinitely more iconic, writing world class solos and using more of a economical, blues driven guitar style- personally I like both
Maybe so but the Buckethead gimmick is dumb.
Buckethead runs circles around slash from a skill perspective. But for rock like GnR - right up Slash’s beautiful little pentatonic alley.
I once watched Buckethead play scales for 45 minutes waiting for the reason I bought the ticket to come on stage.
@@doom4067 😂🤙
Slash is just another guitar player... compared with Buckethead... no , no way to compare it.... don't take it wrong, Slash is a Good guitar player, good technique to play, and that's all.... Buckethead, is a Monster. for GnR yes, keep slash there... but there is no way someone can pick slash as better guitar player... unless you live underwater
If Izzy stradlin hadnt left GNR would probably not have struggled releasing material
It's not Izzy's leaving. It's Axl's ego and dicking around that former members couldnt stand.
Izzy was the secret weapon of early GnR. His songwriting mark is all over AFD. And his playing really complimented Slash's style.
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 both things are true. Izzy was the mortar holding that band's bricks together. (Creatively, not personality-wise or anything like that.)
I disagree. Clearly Izzy is a wonderful song composer with guitar riffs. I think of Izzy fondly as I think of Steven. However, the illusions records were remarkable despite them replaced. Having said that, I would have preferred Izzy stayed. I also would have preferred Steven not gotten abused and fired.
@@chevy4x466Steven got fired because he was too high on heroin to even record his drum parts. Civil War drums had to be spliced together from about 17 takes. That was the last song he played on because of that.
Best guitar players I ever heard in my 51 year life are Bucket head and Roy Clark in that order.
You should listen to more than 2 guitarists.
@@derekpierkowski7641 lol
Check out Guthrie Govan
Check out Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Uli John Roth, Richie Blackmore, Allan Holdsworth, Stebe Morse, Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Pass, George Benson, Larry Coryell, Bill Connors, Michael Schenker, Paco DeLucia......
Never heard Randy rhoades John petrucci and Joe satriani?
Slash is less than half the guitarist then Buckethead is. No diss intended.
Completely false
@@stevenhenry5267 Slash admits it. Come on now. Slash has physical limits to his playing that Buckethead Does not. Buckethead has no technical challenges or limits. Sol is sloppy and limited by his style. What's next Lars Ulrich is good at drums?
Completely true.
@@jayspears7245his limitations are carpel tunnel syndrome.
It appears on all tracks.
Let's see... Appetite for Destruction vs. Chinese Democracy. I guess we know which you choose, Barney l.
I hear both Slash and Buckethead are good people in their normal lives, and great with their fans, and usually other musicians. Both get equal respect from me.
@@Johnnysmithy24 I saw some photos of Slash in a guitar magazine once. Let's just say he is a bit suss lol.
Buckethead blows Slash away easily.
not even close
Slash obviously never heard Soothsayer lmao
I think Phil X does too. but I think once a player establishes himself firmly as a RUclips star, it's kinda hard to shake away from all that. it just keeps the talent dangling imo, even though we, as the online audience, benefit totally. I want great artists to get what they deserve, what they work so hard for.. whatever their skill level 😉
Congratulations, he still can’t handle jamming with 4 other guys so there goes the technical advantage of whatever bucket head brings to the table
He probably just blows slash
Mr Buckethead sounds like a humble, based fella who's doing what he loves in life, & getting paid to do it.
Be Mr Buckethead!
Did you talk to Bucket or his hand puppet!
He's a freak! He wanted a chicken coup installed in the studio where he could watch porn. It stank up the whole studio, but he refused to let them clean it up.
If anybody is curious and wants their mind blown, then check out the guitar solo Buckethead does on the track "Shackler's Revenge". I've never heard anything like it, before or since.
Or the solo on the Deli Creeps song "Shadows" - a song written around the time Guns and Roses were getting huge. Shawn Lane (one of Buckets heroes) and possibly Criss Oliva were the only electric players even remotely close to that gnarly at the time and its not even close.
@@dickiemolitsanti2213 Bumblenuts? I thought I specifically read Bucketheads name in the song credits. Not only that someone posted a video on RUclips where the audio is singled out for Bucketheads parts. You sure about this???
Damn, just listened to it because of your post, that shit is nuts. There's no way Slash didn't rejoin and say "ANYTHING BUT SHACKLER'S REVENGE" when they were asking him to learn some of that album, lmao. Buckethead (or whoever) is insane....
I'm a big fan of Slash but I can't believe anybody with any musical acumen could not see the infinite abilities of Buckethead and to say he's not a rock guitarist is goofy.
Even a band as big as GnR can't tame a talent as big as Buckethead. Just saying.
I'm not sure that's the flex you think it is. He's known to be hard to work with. I saw the debut performance of Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains at the first bonnaroo in 2002 and when they started playing Buckethead just stood there on stage for the first 30 minutes not playing while the rest of the band jammed out, with Claypool occasionally saying, "Buckethead, why do you forsake us?"
@@pf100andahalfthat was probably part of their schtick. I saw Colonial Claypool & the Frog Brigade in Portland, Oregon, and they played Pink Floyd’s Animals album in it’s entirety, it was brilliant! It’s on vinyl, and the recording was from the Portland show. They all played amazing, especially Buckethead!
I’ve been playing guitar for 48 years. I studied music in college as a guitar major. Slash is a rock and roll guitar player. Buckethead
is a virtuoso guitarist however strange he may be.
Except Buckethead plays rock music nearly exclusively
@@charlespancamo9771i dunno about that. Some of his 8 million songs wouldn’t exactly be called rock music.
@charlespancamo9771 I have no idea where you got that information because it is objectively false.
Buckethead is THE guitar god of gods
Mustaine came in and just made Slash snap to sense there... Like dude.. The guy can play.. Mustaine is no slouch and Slash respects him a lot.. So Mustaine saying that really did flip Slashs whole prospective on the situation.
I'm not sure we watched the same video. Slash said Buckethead could play better than him but has less feeling, and I agree.
@@pf100andahalf i guess you can be right. because bucket experiments all the time without sticking into one thing. you probably heard his work like i have and found all sorts of genres within a span of albums.. unlike slash.
@@ashandesilvaguitarist Good point but I think the issue here is that there are "plugged straight into the amp and playing raunchy and grimy" rock players which is what Slash is talking about, versus Buckethead which is not really that kind of player although I'm sure he could be if he wanted to.
@pf100andahalf Listen to the albums "Hold Me Forever" or "Claymation Courtyard" then come back and tell me Buckethead has less "feeling".
It's absolute BS, just a really unfounded, untrue comment that isn't based on reality, it's just Slash trying to maintain his image.
Slash is a class dude. Didn't burn any bridges even with Stern trying to get him to dog Buckethead (which you would expect at that time in their careers). Everything he says is authentic and honest.
bucket head is 100 times the guitarist slash is lol he makes slash look stupid lol
Yet Paradise City will still be played in 100 years when Buckethead is long forgotten. I'll let you in on a little secret...it's the songs that matter. All the guitar gymnastics in the history of the world can't hold a candle to one good song. I play guitar, the absolute highest purpose of a guitar solo is as an ornament on a good song.
All just my opinion of course...
Why even compare, they're both legends.
Because Buckethead is the far more talented musician, that's why.
Slash is nowhere near
There's no comparison whatsoever! Besides, music isn't competition! It's the complete opposite of that!
slash is a rock guitarist, bucket can play any genre and it still sounds like him. GNR is a rock band, so slash fits into it more than bucket
Agreed. Bucket was thoroughly bored playing Guns and Roses music
So basically he can mimic others work. Tell me one song of Buckethead that’s charted in the top 20 or received radio play.
@@werewolflover8636 i didnt say that, got no clue about charts either, charts are for people who feel the need to validate their music taste
@@werewolflover8636 I don't know about radio play, but Padamasana and some other of his songs have several millions of views on RUclips, they don't chart because they are instrumentals with no vocals.
@@werewolflover8636 i mean you can simply look at the music he plays not really the stuff that would be charted or in radio play
the irony is that buckethead has produced 10 times more melodic stuff than slash. and I dont blame slash for saying what he said about buckethead being emotionless. bucketheads famous tracks are all technical, but he has produced over 300 albums. you have to dig in his discovery and find these hidden gems.
Exactly, most people who say Slash is better have no comprehension of the scale of Buckethead's work. They judge him based on the tiniest fraction of his material.
If you prefer Slash you either don´t play guitar or you don´t know shit;)
Bucket Head is apart of GNR in 2008 through Chinese Democracy cause he worked on every song and is shown on the second page inside the album booklet
There would have been a time I would have said Slash simply out of and due to His fame and notoriety, but now knowing of Buckethead and the Dudes skills and kindness towards His fans etc, it would be Buckethead for Me all the way. I'm sorry but though Slash is good, He's a cookie cutter rocker as with 100's of cookie cutter rockers whereas Buckethead does His own thing and does have soul.
Exactly how I feel. Slash was my first guitar hero, but ever since I found Buckethead it has changed my life so much that it taught me how much I really love music.
Slash has tons of soul, but Buckethead’s more calm and personal albums like Colma and Electric Tears have been some of the most honest and soulful guitar music I’ve heard. It connects with me on a much deeper level
@@Johnnysmithy24 I'm glad You got what I was saying. We'll never stop liking a great guitarist but BH just has that something else that makes him stand out.
Buckethead is technically superior to slash in every way...
Buckethead by far the superior guitarist
I’m surprised how many people have no clue what rock n roll is about. It’s not about music theory and technical guitar skills at all.
7:07 - I just noticed that Slash sounds a lot like Val Kilmer did.
Apples to oranges and Buckethead is the entire fruit salad topped off with a Dr Seuss train of fruit salads. Love that dude, and the praise from Dave Mustaine had me laughing because it was genuinely funny! There are no many guitarists who have mastered the lengths that BH has done on that instrument simply because he falls into Olympic level category; a once in a generation type of Musician akin to Beethoven but wears a KFC Bucket and Mask.
All the skills in the world but can't sell a record 😂
@@christopheromarrah1785 I think its more funny that I am replying after over a year.
Most estimates put at around a few million made. Most of the chunk probably came from live performance sales. There is an article from 2019 that attempted to do the best estimates and math on BH's income potential earned. There are sales stats available and also mentions of ticket sales from years ago as well.
Slash is pure 80s sleaze. Buckethead is an alien on acid. Both are talented artists. Just different. Sorta weird to compare.
I love Slash...he's as dope af...but buckethead is lightyears ahead of him as a guitarist
Yeah for real.... that thing he said about "i'm gonna have to adapt it" means he can't play that shit, lol. Love Slash though
How many hits / genuinely classic songs did Buckethead write? I’ll wait…
"It doesn't have any heart."
Slash on Bucket's music.
Quite a hilarious take. If you're familiar with big B's work, you'll know that claim is utter nonsense. If you've 6 minutes to spare, just throw on There Was A Time off of Chinese and you'll hear everything you need to in his solo at the end. Phenomenal.
There’s nothing bucket hear wrote that’s worth a second listen.
@@shanebroussard6262 let us know the next time you play on a guns n roses record
Hold me Forever (buckethead) which was dedicated to his mother has, on its own, more raw emotional incentive than most of what you can hear from slash. it's a dogshit take.
@@jessemccann9711 lol now that has to be the lamest comeback I’ve heard in a Long time. I’ll let you know when I give a fuck what you think about me how about that? Lol
@@tyhjyys ticket sales says different.
Love your channel. Can you give us a video and update on Lita Ford, please?!
I got to see G n R with Buckethead. It was a great show. Buckethead is phenomenal. Chinese Democracy got a lot of ridicule because it was in production so long but the content of the album imo is indicative Axle was certainly evolving and probably experiencing some spiritual awakening. I think the album plays front to back excellently and I love the album. I think Axle was passionate about the project and was trying to produce an epic masterpiece and did a great job. I think it’s an underrated album.
If people watched to the end of the video, they would see Slash came around on both "Chinese Democracy" and Buckethead. The video title is from a point in the past.
Slash is all talk isn't he?? If it wasn't for Rose (who kept Gn'R alive), Slash would be a nobody.
Someone should ask Slash when's new Gn'R material coming out if Slash is so great. It's been 31 years (1991's Use Your Illusion I & II) since Slash put out new Gn'R material with this band.
Yes he is weird, yes he does robot dance, yes he throws chicken at audience and yet he kicks ass
WELCOME TO BUCKETHEAD LAND 😁
GnR was Slash's band, not Buckethead's. On a neutral field, maybe Buckethead is more proficient, but Slash was better for G'n'R
Back in middle school I got a rolling stones magazine (sometime between 05-08) that had an interview with buckethead about his time in GNR and all that stuff but what stuck out was the 2 big stipulations bucket head had with joining.
1- a chicken coup was to be built in the studio for him to Jam in/ record
2- he was allowed to play hard-core p@*n while in there which was something that annoyed the piss out of Axl.
All this is based off memory so some details may be off a bit but the main jest of it I could never forget lol.
Chicken coup and adult entertainment
I read the same thing
That porn story was bs.
Coop.
Buckethead is the best guitarist of all time. This is a fact. You have your work cut out for you trying to disprove this as you'd have thousands of hours of Buckethead to listen to, but you wouldn't even have to get halfway to realize nobody comes close to bucket.
Bucket can play anything any other guitarist has or can play, but no single guitarist can cover all genres and play everything Buckethead can. At least not at buckets level. The only claim any guitarist can make about being better at guitar playing than bucket is shred speed, which there are a small handful of guitarists who can shred faster. But that's literally it.
Fun Fact: Everyone thinks that Buckethead is wearing a mask, but that's actually his real face.
The buckets really wearing him
@@JohnJacobs-uj4hu the best kept secret in rock n roll is that slash is buckethead ...
with a face as pale as pancakes and his posture in rebellion with his height
I remember seeing bucket head in a gnr show he was really good he came on and did a show with 2 nun chucks 1st very cool
Buckethead is a beast.
People need to get over the lie of "Schooled and technical" = "Less soul-ful" as if the more we advance, it somehow suck out our spirit.... 😂😂
Exactly, while it’s true there’s dudes who only focus on technique and speed and have little to no “soul” that doesn’t mean anyone who’s technically proficient has no soul. That’s absolutely absurd
@@Junkiescum Yeah but most of them still do have more emotional parts, it's just depends on the mood of the songs and what they aim for, sometimes a emotional solo is appropriate and other time it's something else, depending on the vision of the song. If "Emotions" is their only repertoar, they will tend to repeat the same few licks in slightly different arrangement, because they don't know anything else and all the songs would be forced to go in the same direction to accomidate that.
Phrygian scales aren't particularily emotional, but they are very interesting and engaging, sometimes straight out spooky feeling. People tend to not "Feel" scale of styles their not familiar with, so a lot of musicians are misjudged on that too, because familiarity though it brings contempt with some people, it brings nostalgic rememberance with others.
Vivaldi Summer is intense, it's technical but it is extremely soulful but for people who dislike Classical for some Odd reason, cuz they aren't actually listening, all of that is just noise. It just depends on our approach and attitude on how we chose to consume what we hear.
Sure, some Guitarists are more like impressionists, it's all about impressing which is okay in my book, I enjoy that for a different reason and for excitement.
November Rain Solo was definetely Slash best in my opinion, it's simple and exciting and that is good too.
if you use a lot of vibratto and bends then you got SOUL. Seems to be how it works.
@@Junkiescum Agreed! Just because you can't play scales or produce a B flat minor 7th sus 5th chord, doesn't mean you can't play guitar. (I'm not sure that chord even exists. I just made it up.)
Slash is an excellent guitarist and Buckethead is also very talented no doubt. If I had to choose one it would definitely be Slash as I grew up with his guitar playing in GNR. To be honest I've really only heard Buckethead's guitar playing on Chinese Democracy and what I heard I liked.
Guns and Roses have always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Everyone all knew Duff, from Seattle's mid to late ''80s punk scene. It was always kind of awkward, for me being such a fan of all of the bands, that I was in that scene with. Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Black Is Black, just to mention a few. Green River, malfunkshun, would eventually become Mother Love Bone
I was never able to tell them, how unwotthy I felt, in their presence? I was a barely above average singer/guitar player, who could occasionally write a decent song. I was a man, among gods. Ultimately, heroin would become the thing that reminded me of my mortality. I won't bore you, with the sordid tale of my addiction,. It wouldn't change anyone's mind about trying it, once they make up their mind to try it. We'll just agree that it was extremely unpleasant, dealing with withdrawals. I am, today, nine years clean. I just wanted to take a moment, to thank you for your content. It's always a source of fond, remembrances.
It's true about the technicality of players. some can do anything, except write hit songs that are still on the air and relevant hits 20-40 years later. most of the superstars we know from the past were not perfect players, but they wrote amazing music. that's what it's all about as he said, coming from the heart. it just comes out of you and you go with it. I've never taken lessons or can't read music but everything I play I make up myself for the most part. but we all get nostalgic and play the rock classics too..
Here's the video on Buckethead's time in Guns N' Roses ruclips.net/video/MVwC50dN9vs/видео.html
Buckethead don’t have shit on Slash!!! Slash is wayyyy better guitarist than buckethead ever could be. I’m not calling buckethead a poser he is a awesome guitarist as well but don’t have nothing remotely close to the G.O.A.T. Slash!!!🤟🏻🤟🏻
These two need to do a song together. Bury the hatchet.
Bury the bucket….
Slash would just stand there in shock, Buckethead does things with a guitar I've never seen before lol.
@@holliswilliams8426 i'm sure he'll come up with something likable by his fans. 😁😁
“buckethead has no soul in his music” has got to be one of the worst takes ive ever heard, that mans music can make me cry with a single instrument
Chinese Democracy is such an underrated album.
No it’s not it’s straight hot trash
@@shanebroussard6262 well said.
That album is shit.
I see someone must get their ears cleaned out.
It wasn't worth waiting damn near 20 years for I'll tell u that
Bucket head Smokes slash.
No doubt about it.🤘🤣
Apples and Oranges.... and there is nothing wrong with that.
Buckethead left GNR because of their inability to produce an album. This, coming from the guy who released an album a day at one point.
There isn't even a comparison.
Buckethead all the time!!! 🔥🔥😘🔥😊
When I first saw Bucket Head🤦🏾♀️ But when I heard him play🤗🤗
I'm always amazed by what a down to earth, generous guy Slash has managed to evolve into through all the madness of "celebrity" & all the shite that implies. Just a fantastic person, Duff as well. Dynamic duo.
Buckethead didn't need to evolve like that, he was always a nice person.
@@VerkingKerng Wow. Terrific. I tend to think those who need to fight for their own redemption have the more interesting journey.
Slash can’t really play the buckethead stuff. Not throwing shade but two completely different animals
Eddie "I know everybody" Trunk is a good line
oh there's more of videos about him coming soon.
the fact buckethead doesnt use looks, alcohol, cool rocker personality to be an amazing guitiarist and musician makes him so mad
Can't sell a record though and his live shows are terrible playing with action figures for 40 minutes instead of jamming
Glad to see u remember Interview With A Vampire as it ACTUALLY WAS, even though it's now always been interview with THE vampire, well done 👍
What ? How did the name change lol
Goddamn Mandela effect
The movie is THE not A. Even the book is THE.
Slash is 80's/90's guitar wankery. Buckethead is just out of the world skillful guitarist.
The Heart/Soul/Feel/Emotion or whatever you wanna call it is precisely why I prefer Buckethead. Slash writes very melodic solos, and he has great feel, but Buckethead’s playing in his calmer albums feel so much more honest and personal than anything I’ve ever heard from Slash. Not to mention a lot of it is dedicated to his family or to emotional concepts. It relates to a deeper side of me, that Slash’s sleazy rock n roll just doesn’t
Preach brother.
padmasana, coupon, barren. End of discussion.
Yes.
Garbage take lol. Slash has no heart soul or emotion? Gotta be joking
@@TranceSFX That's NOT what he said and what part of "Slash writes very melodic solos, and he has great feel" did you not quite get? Does Johnny have to draw a picture for your dumbbb asssss?
He probably doesn’t like him because Buckethead is 10 times better than him and slash knows it
"There was A Time" on Chinese Democracy is one of the best songs I've ever heard. The guitar solos are astonishing!
such an underrated song. sounds like it would carry a bond film
FUCKING FACTS; honestly I love chinese democracy idk why people hate it so much
Better might be my favorite gnr song
I always thought Buckethead was channelling Slash on Estranged on that track.
Chinese Democracy is full of amazing songs. It is my favorite GNR album no doubt.
I always think of Velvet Revolver as GnR part 2. Same sound, same energy ....fantastic. Also we gotta recognize how Slash directs himself to Buckethead in the sense that ...a real pro will never ever shit on somebody else work. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I've played with Buckethead around 2000-2001 when I was living in California.
He's a cool guy.
have you seen his face?
@@dominicijavier1575 yes
@@TheDesperateArtist well what did he look like?
Buckethead IS FANTASTIC !!
If you go to his show and he wastes 40 minutes playing with action figures instead of shredding
GNR's problem is that Izzy isn't there anymore. Slash, admittedly, isn't a great writer overall. I feel that Izzy was the main guy back in the day but Slash got all the credit because of his "name" and the top hat. Bring Izzy back and I'll bet the music goes back to actually rocking. Whatever that "new" song was they put out a year or so ago was pretty shit.
Chinese Democracy is a bad ass record. BHs riffs and solos are amazing. That said, the band shoulda been called "The Axle Rose Project"
*Axl
No it isn't that album was God awful
The Solid Axle aka Death Wobble Rose Project
Slash is a musician.. Buckethead is a guitar teacher.
wanna learn how to pickup fast and clean and making alien like noise? Buckethead..
wanna listen to a music that speaks and draw something on your mind? Slash.. you just can't learn talent.
Buckethead knows his guitar so well ,he probably didnt even need any practice learning slashes songs...not saying slash isnt bad a** himself.. im a fan of both
It was said from his friends that Buckethead worked very hard to learn the GnR songs.
It's still not GnR without Izzy
Two legends who both happen to wear stupid things on their heads 🎸
🤣🤣🤣
Slash is a class act, always.
The bucket head years were guns at their best
Surely you jest.
Ha ha no the original line up was guns at their best.
LOL
Ian Thornley of the band "BIGWRECK" made slash look weak on guitar, slash and g&r complained about that as well.
Slash is more about image, he has better marketing, more people are exposed to his music.
Buckethead is simply one of the greatest musicians of all time, he's on a level of his own as a guitarist. Nobody compares.
Slash is just a mediocre pop /blues/ rock guitarist! I don’t think he would be very famous if he didn’t have hair!lol😮
Never ask what a person who doesn’t like someone what they think of them, and take it as fact.
I always thought under the Bucket was Steve Vai.
Slash is my favorite and have been a fan of the band since the Illusions, but I wish he'd learn to play some of the Buckethead stuff properly like the solo on Better and There Was a Time. Or even Finck's stuff on There Was a Time, Street of Dreams and This I love. Otherwise he might as well let Fortus play the solos - he is well able for it.
Whereas Buckethead can play Slash's solos better than Slash can.
Buckethead was and is a way better guitar player than slash. Well not just guitar buckethead plays a bunch of instruments.
Buckethead is an amazing guitar player ,Slash couldn't come close to his playing .
Lol what ever bud. Bucket head can play more technical but thats where it ends. There's more to be being a good guitar player than shredding or spamming out forgettable songs.
@@benjaminaxselholm he realesed more thsn 300 Albums.
Guess it's not all shred stuff lol but Yeah, Go on
@@LT-TV90 yeah buckets great I've listened to a bunch if his music he can play anything im a fan but for me Slash just has more memorable melodies with more feeling and attitude. He can definitely "come close" with less technical skills.
Buckethead is a joke
@@ToneChaser79 nah he's actually pretty talented but Slash is epic
love slash, love buckethead. there shouldnt be a versus'. Stern is a tool, so are most interviewers. They try to create some delusional competition. its music and its subjective to the listeners. end of story!