Guns N' Roses: Buckethead's Bizarre Time in Guns N' Roses (Chinese Democracy Era)
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- Guns N' Roses: Buckethead's Bizarre history with Axl Rose and the band during the making of Chinese Democracy.
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Guns N’ Roses would rule the world from 1988-1993 releasing several huge albums including Appetite for Destruction and the Use Your Illusion Records. Following the Use your illusion tour in 1993, the band struggled to write new material. The band cobled together a covers album that was put out in 1993 tilted the spaghetti incident and the following year they released a cover of the rolling stone’s song sympathy for the devil for the film interview with the vampire. By 1995 Slash released his side project Slash’s snakepit, signalling the end of his working relationship with frontman Axl Rose for nearly 20 years. He would leave the band the following year and would be followed by bassist Duff McKagan in 1997 and drummer Matt Sorum would be fired by Rose the same year. By 1998 Rose was the last man standing from the 80’s lineup of the band. He had to assemble a new band and while a lot of people came and went over the next 2 decades, one of the more interesting members to join the band was guitarist Buckethead. Today, let’s take a look at his time in the band.
It was frequently reported in the press in the early to mid 90’s that frontman Axl Rose was not just a fan of hard rock music, but more alternative bands including Jane’s Addiction, Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails. When Guns N’ Roses began workign on their proper follow up to 1991’s use your illusion it was reported that Rose wanted the band’s music to grow and evolve, while guitarist Slash wanted to stay closer to the band’s hard rock sound. Perhaps Rose gave us a sneek peak of where his mind was at when he put out the head scratching tune My World on Use your illusion 2. In 1995 Slash who was doing press for Slash’s Snakepit revealed where Axl’s mind was at the time musically saying to metal hammer There was a point there where Axl goes: 'I'm gonna do a solo record, and I'm gonna get Trent Reznor and Dave Navarro, and [Dave Grohl,] the drummer from Nirvana...' and so on. And it's like, he doesn't even know half of these people. He's just pulling them out of the sky." (Slash, Metal Hammer, 11/95)
In a separate interview with Canadian Radio Slash would state the same year "Then [Axl] decided his solo-project he could do with Guns, which I was like, after doing all those videos and this and that and the other, I was like: "No". [laughs] No, I don't wanna get involved in any kind of Stephanie Seymour ballads or any of that shit.
As Axl assembled his new lineup of GUns N’ Roses in the late 90’s he would bring in nine inch nails guitarist Robin Finck, who played with the band in 1998 and 1999, but he would depart the group just before the millennium leaving the band without a guitarist. While future guitarist Richard Fortus was asked to audition it would fall through with him recalling to "I was scheduled to ultimate guitar They called and said, 'Yeah, we want to fly you out this week.' I was going to be there anyway doing sessions, so I could do it at that time. They said, 'Perfect.' I didn’t hear back from them, so I just figured, 'Well, it must not be happening.'" (Richard Fortus, Ultimate Guitar, 11/26/08). In a separate interview with TImes Union he would state
"Before that audition happened, Axl saw Buckethead play, and he decided to go with him instead
Fortus wouldn’t join the band until 2002 and still plays with them to this day. As for how Buckethead joined, Rose wasn’t sure how to get a hold of the guitarist, but Guns N’ Roses drummer at the time Josh Freese knew Buckethead and helped Rose track him down. Freese would reveal to podmotaic that he had heard that buckethead was up in san francisco hanging out with the band Primus so Freese would place a call to Primus manager Dave Lefkowitzrecalling the conversation he had with Lefkowitz The first thing I was like, "Do you think Buckethead would be into this, he's such a quirky, weird, artiste?" And Dave goes, "Yeah, I think he is tired of the starving artist routine, I think he is ready to make a living"."
Things wouldn’t be solidified until Buckethead was invited to Rose’s home for Christmas in 1999. It had been a tough holiday season for bucket who was h - เพลง
The time Zakk Wylde played with GN’R
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I have an idea for a video, how about a video about Josh Freeze. The Vandals have been one of my favorite bands since the early '90's. I had no clue the other bands he's played in like gnr, perfect circle, nine inch nails, weezer,... tons of top 40 bands and artists and independent punk bands.
@@thebrandolorian9037 Ween
Of course he quit. If you go everyday to the studio and no one else shows up. What do you gonna do? Everybody tries to paint him as a crazy person but I see him as a professional who shows up to work.
And sits in a chicken coop watching porn with a bucket on his head? Yeah thats quite the professional
LOL literally
I mean he's still a crazy person regardless of his work ethic.
Agreed. I don't blame Buckethead. Chinese Democracy should've been released in 2002 at latest. Almost all of the songs on it were written from 98-00, yet Axl kept tinkering and tinkering, and all the great material ended up being drowned out by his layers and layers of adding stuff. For example, take a song like Chinese Democracy....I think the early live versions were boss, but by the time it appeared on the album they added a drawn out pointless intro, a hundred guitars, several overdubs on the vocals, and they removed all the sounds that made the early versions so good. Same thing with Street of Dreams....the early versions had an Estranged-like guitar part in the beginning and after the first verse, which is what made me fall in love with it in the first place. On most of the songs Tommy's bass is drowned out by all the layers and added bullshit. I do like the album, but it could've been better. Tinkering doesn't always make a product better, and it pisses off those that made the album a reality in the first place.
I know you aren't trying to make excuses for anyone leaving Axle? I garentee no one questioned why he left maybe how he stayed as long as he did.
Realistically, Buckethead has created more albums than physically possible. An unstoppable pecking order.
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@@gmx1100 look at his discography, the last part was a chicken joke
oh! thks @@arbyscurlyfries9490
Ik bro like bro has to be releasing and album like every month
The narrator's matter-of-fact recounting of the studio chicken coop drama and the Pakistani KFC had me double checking that today wasn't April 1.
Same lol I had just smoked a joint on top of it.
Supposedly this was all made up. That famous guns'n'roses biographer embellished many things in his book, including these Buckethead stories
@@seanmurphy26 GNR’s manager and zutaut corroborated some of the stories
@@rnrtruestories then brain came out in an interview years later, and said it was all fake about Buckethead
@@seanmurphy26 WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!
I saw Buckethead at a place called Nelson Ledges Quarry in Ohio. After his gig was done he brought out a couple of huge sacks of toys and handed them all out to the kids in the audience. I've never seen anyone do this in the hundreds of concerts I've been to nor have I heard of anyone doing this. I think this is one of the coolest things a musician has ever done for the audience.
Me, reading: "After his gig he brought out a couple of..."
Thinking: "Giant KFC buckets, and handed out chicken to the audience."
"... toys."
"Oh..."
He always does this he did it when I saw him to my father has a toy from him he handed him directly
if you bring your own toy he will trade it with you for one of his
@@ColinLast Really?
@@jaxager yeah it's a thing he does. I've never been to one of his shows but "the house of masks" mentioned it in one of his videos
Bucket certainly stole the show on Chinese Democracy. His solo on the song 'There was a time' is truly amazing and stunningly brilliant. You know you nailed it when you leave the band and then your work is still on the record when it comes out 6 years later.
Hey Bob are you sure it was TWAT..? I thought that was Brian May who did that solo
@@somewhatsomething4882 that was bucket on the big solo. None of Brian mays playing made it to the album sadly
@@somewhatsomething4882 Brian May recorded a solo for Catcher In The Rye. Axl took the solo, chopped it up, dissected it and swapped it all around. When Brian May heard Axl's updated version he was utterly dismayed. "That's not the solo I played, Bill!" The edit never made it to the final cut.
@@SuperGForce01 ah yeah I heard that story just mixed up which song it was. Apparently Axls re-edit "solo" from May's solo involved the excision of ONE NOTE that was then repeatedly manipulated in protools...
@@somewhatsomething4882May did Catcher in The Rye and Atlas Shrugged but neither made it onto the final album. Atlas was left for the album and Bumblefoot replaced May
Its ironic that Axl is complaining that someone is hard to deal with and difficult to communicate.
I've seen Buckethead play a solo show live maybe 5-6 feet away from me. I was front and center to the stage. As a fellow guitar player that was an insanely humbling and inspirational experience. To see what's possible while also knowing I'll never hit that level is just crazy.
Same here. He gave me a toy once.
@@danbremer7010 same! He gave me a Batman mask lol
@@danbremer7010 really? Is that a thing he does? I don't know much about him even that I love gnr
He sucks at guitar.
@@danielbeach5947 yeah he gives out trinkets and toys
Buckethead seems like a giant.kid, really lives the life, not just his stage persona.
He has real illnesses I believe or so I’m told anyways he’s very anti social and that’s part of why he wears the mask
@@aceneto9386 I imagine he's some type of idiot savant autistic of sorts. We just have to appreciate the talent he has.
My old guitar Teacher, Joe Gore and Jas Obrecht of Guitar Player Magazine basically discovered Buckethead...super cool to see what a legend he's become. I was lucky enough to hang out with him (not in costume, LOL!) back in the day. Got a couple of bass lesson that were freakin' MIND BLOWING...
B_______ is a super cool, nice dude. Haven't seen him in person since the 90s, but super happy for him and his success.
No idea if it exist anywhere but look up "Deli Creeps." That was the band he was in at the time. They played the I Beam in SF, up on Haight street. I remember when Buck took his solo...there was this mixture of shock, confusion and awe...(this was when he was a big Shawn Lane fan so he's do these INSANE melodic runs that sounded like a piano landing after being thrown off a building! LOL!
They hired someone named “Buckethead” & were shocked by his odd behavior, imagine that! 😝
Fun fact, Buckethead is my age & grew up in Claremont, California a few miles away. He must have really been quite reclusive as I don’t know anybody who knew him at that time in his life. Not that I know everybody but once someone becomes famous EVERYBODY was their friend…Not the case with buckethead. He was a ghost 👻
I had an old guitar world magazine that use to have a page dedicated to future guitar greats and it had a guy named Brian Carroll who ended up becoming buckethead
I believe Professor Claypool wrote a thesis on his origins around 1999 and titled it Ballad of Buckethead.
Mr Buckethead must have approved as it was put on his album that year.
I think that is factually accurate. Maybe. Bucket on head and plastic mask bit is.
Way to be Buckethead way to be
He was a complete recluse growing up. That's how he became such a skilled guitarist. He didn't leave his house and would just play guitar all day everyday.
@@jlobiafra Truth.
If I remember correctly, Zakk Wylde even worked with G&R for a while trying to make Chinese Democracy happen until it all proved too dysfunctional and he had to walk away. Oh well, when you've already got a good thing going with Ozzy and BLS, it's understandable there's only so much time and effort you can sink into something that isn't working.
Yup did a video on it a while back here it is th-cam.com/video/wxvMVJP-hGE/w-d-xo.html
Yhea and at the time izzy was also rejoined the group! Its a freaking rollercoaster
G *N'* R...
G *N'* R.
Zakk was in the auditions at "the complex" in Hollywood to replace Izzy when he quit. I had a group of friends and their band was being considered for a record deal they never got. They were invited to the complex, a place where Warner Bro's records used to develop talent. Development deal is basically directed rehearsals under the guidance of music industry professionals on their dime. People like Madonna and STP had development deals with Warner where they would go there and get lessons and training to be better artists. My friends said they were led into a studio back door to check out the GnR rehearsal room. They said they saw Zakk Wylde's amps next to Slash's setup. Their guitars and other personal items were there lined up for rehearsals/auditions. Zakk ended up not getting the gig he either didn't accept or wasn't chosen.
@@truescotsman4103 zakk wylde was the one who told that in the band when he cameup was izzy stradlin
7:50 oh man, I would 100% watch a movie about a parrallel timeline where Buckethead actually joined the army. I love the fact that out of all the horrific things that came out of 9/11 that it was the sight of a burning KFC half a world away that was where he drew the line and (in that hypothetical movie) signed up.
I find it funny how the common fan didn't realize how damn good Buckethead was when he was in the band. They had NO idea.
@@herbie747 Bucket is way more than fast. You name the style, he can play it. His discog is HUGE.
He's unbelievable in an extremely forgettable way.
@@listenup7284 LOL - I'm a fan personally.
@@herbie747 He can play fast but also does a bunch of blues and funk-inspired stuff
Maybe if they'd recorded anything the 'common fan' would have something to appreciate.
I miss Buckethead and Robin Finck so much. Wish they got featured in some of the live GnR tour these days.
I heard all kinds of crazy shit about this dude and Axl when I lived in LA. Apparently that chicken coop thing is real and that every time Axl caused friction he'd have to take Buckethead to Disneyland in Anaheim and spend the day frolicking amongst princesses.
So many lies were told about buckethead's exit of the group. Can't blame him for not wanting to talk about it
The image of Kurt Loder seriously interviewing a bad halloween mask is worth the price of admission.
He was such pro, and a straight shooter, which makes it more surreal, and hilarious. Hadn’t seen it before.
Buckethead must be pretty busy he has released over 330 albums
That Kurt Loder interview is epic! 😂 Can you believe Axl wouldn't want porn tainting his album when the song Rocket Queen has actual f'ing on it?!
Exactly
No, because it's not true.
I love Guns N' Roses and I love Buckethead. However these two weren't meant to be together.
Saw the Buckethead GnR in 2000 at the TD Garden in Boston. He was good. The band was so-so. He played the Star Wars theme song during his guitar solo.
Buckethead is wayyyyyyyyy to good to be in GNR!!!
in any band for that matter
He's amazing but a terrible fit for gnr
Cool show me the album he wrote that beats Appetite or the impact that had on the rock scene. Too good how? Tapping?
@@Despond you do know he just doesn’t tap right?
@@jakeellman7447 ignorance is bliss
I was impressed when I was talking to the sound guy at a Buckethead gig and he said that he NEVER took of his mask in the green room, sound check, in the van etc…
I don’t think you can consider it “breaking character” because it almost seems like him and the outfit are one in the same.
Impressed about some dude wearing a KFC bucket on his head..
WTF
Doesn't take much
It’s commitment…
He is really several people.
@@mikepsly73
1. The dude is a better guitarist than anyone you listen to.
2. If it’s an act, he’s certainly played it stronger than any masked band/guitarist ever.
@@johannespilvikukka6003 I remember in the early 2000s I was convinced he was Paul Gilbert.
I think it’s hard for him to have multiple people playing the same character. The dude is super tall and has a really distinct playing style.
Just discovered your channel. Thank you so much for not drawing out every single sentence. It's refreshing. I actually checked to see if my playback speed was set to "normal".
I saw bucket head at Leeds Festival with guns and roses and he stole the show....was ridiculous....one of the most talented guitarists and showmen I have ever seen. All me and my friends were talking about afterwards was that guitarist with the kfc bucket on his head but it wasn't just that bucket...it was his amazing playing and stage presence.
I love Buckethead, he's a musical genius and he seems to be great to all his fans. Ive always loved that story about the chicken coop and and stuff.
Yeah, he's weird. I was that same type of weird growing up. Couldn't talk to people unless it was through a medium, didn't want to show my face to anyone. There's a lot of that type of energy coming from the guy. I don't really think it's a gimmick, or at least that it didn't start out that way. I think it was just a thing of not being comfortable being around other people. But I could be wrong.
I agree!
Unless he is an Andy Kaufman level troll.
No. There's weird and then there's just...wtf?
Him needing a chicken coop in the studio to record music is just beyond baffling.
@@BasementPepperoni For one, this is the music industry, tales like this aren't that weird. Second off, that wasn't the point. And third off, while I do find these stories believable, some of what Zutaut said has been proven to be false, so take it all with a grain of salt.
I heard he also required some disgusting, depraved-level porn that some people around him couldn't tolerate. At 6:10 or so, that issue is broached. Can't blame them. At that point, he's trying really hard to be difficult on as many wacky levels as he could invent to rub everyone else the wrong way.
Buckethead made music that was wayyy more complicated than GNR ever intended to release. That's not to insult GNR, they take a more classic approach to guitar that I really love, but damn Buckethead must have been bored.
Just because someone is very technical, doesn't mean that playing something beneath their level is boring, only elitist dickheads have that attitude to use everything they deem less then their level boring ONLY as an opportunity to look down on everyone they see as less then themselves. Like when Portnoy went on Tour with Avenged Sevenfold, all their stuff is far from the complex the stuff Portnoy do, but he enjoyed himself just as much.
To a level-headed, down to earth guy, doing less is like being on holiday, a time of having more fun.
Trust me, no matter how good you are, complex stuff require a lot of work, a lot of mental strain, it is first when their stuff been rehearshed is when it becomes less work and more fun.
A lot of bands cut down on complexity and length to make touring easier and more enjoyable, because 1: Long songs = Shorter Set-lists. 2: You can be a lot more engaging with the crowd.
Metallica had to chop up their songs into medleys because their songs got too long, and yhe intensity etc, made them wish for simpler, shorter and more tour oriented songs.
Buckethead wouldn't been there if he didn't find less complex songs fun and engaging. Its harder to make simple riffs that is great, that in itself is a challenge.
i agree with that.
@@birdsteak9267 People can definitely play music they do not like. Lol your rant is stupid.
@@birdsteak9267 what about maiden? They songs got longer and complex over the last years
@@biomadnesstrip Yeah and so?
Must every song need to be technical and complex for them to be enjoyable?
I like technical and complex songs but
People better not forget what Music actually are all about, it's rythm and melody, if a song is good, it doesn't matter if it's easy or complex, it's not a good merit to judge what is and what isn't good based on a level of complexity.
Sit down, try to make a simple riff that is actually good, it is actually very difficult if you want it to be original and indentifiable. Fear of the dark is rather a simple song but it is good.
If you make a song, whatever serves the song goes, Sometimes adding a extra note helps, sometimes removing a note helps, it's a part of the puzzle-work. You might sit on top of a golden riff as we speak, but it's not completely there yet, cuz you need to figure out the puzzle work of what it needs to serve a song well and therefore people will like it.
Someone needs to make a movie out of this.
He's my favorite Guitarist. I went to see him live a few years ago front row on new years eve. Got the video on my channel if anyone's curious.
Seen him 3 times. Had the privilege to see him in Minneapolis, the day that Prince died. Such an amazing show.
Always loved buckethead. You shiuld have closed off this vid with, "buckethead went on from GnR to record and release an insane whopping 329 albums as of this vid with a planned release of approx 32 more in July."
Yeah it's easy to do 300+ albums when everything you play is perfect. BH is the ultimate guitarist.
There's really no one else who CAN do what he does with the SOUL he does it.
We're any of them good? Appetite is one of the greatest albums in history. If, IF, Buckethead ends up on one of the greatest albums of all time, it will be as a side man.
Sounds like an insane genius, very eccentric, but very gifted as well.
I grew up with GnR, my favorite band from my childhood in the 80s/early 90s. And I absolutely f*cking love Chinese Democracy, unlike many fans for some reason. But I’m still really disappointed that I’ve heard for years from other members who worked on it that they recorded 4 albums worth with much more to be released...it never happened. Axl has spoken about a sequel album for years, but it took 14 years to make the first, so...he’s probably TOO MUCH a perfectionist...but he IS a genius musically. One day hopefully...
I first saw buckethead in a journeys shoe store in like ‘99 when they were playing the video for “ballad of buckethead”. Good times man, no new artists like him anymore.
Mono neon
Great video.
I didn't know much about bucket head until watching this video. And today I learned that he's actually a crazy person.
we always thought he was Slash growing up when he came on the scene before he got outed as Brian Carroll....the most unassuming name you ever heard.
MF Doom and Daft Punk hide their faces too. I get it, stay invisible but make $ at the same time. Not everyone wants the game 24/7
He was too good for that band.
I disagree at the time he was the perfect fit
Axl? I dunno.. its debatable
Yes the chicken coup jerker was the cream of the crop. He’s good bird that’s not cool. Nasty mofo
He's so good he hasn't made music people know and remember.
@@listenup7284 Popular =/= good
I never knew the Halloween theme was "mind bending skronk".
Thanks for such a fantastic vid of such an interesting quirky guy
I can't believe Axl let him put a coop in the studio. 🤣
Of course Buckethead was bored. Just go look at how many albums the man has put out. After a couple of years of nothing its no wonder he left. I saw him live in Austin Tx in 2008 with That One Guy. One of the coolest shows I have ever seen. The man is a legend.
The story with the chicken coop and the porn seems fabricated to me. According to his close friends he’s a super clean guy who doesn’t even swear, so I doubt he needed to watch porn to play guitar. Seems like they were upset with his lack of communication and tried to destroy his character after the fact
But...But...the Ballad of Buckethead?!
Next you will be telling me GWAR are just humans in costumes and I will tell you to get out!
so the chicken coop story was corroborated by Zutaut and Doug Goldstein GNR's manager at the time. Brain did claim it was fabricated (I just learned today)
@@rnrtruestories the porn story is fake, the only stuff I’ve heard buckethead watch for inspiration is horror films.
Having seen bucket a few times…he’s such an underrated accomplished artist. FKin’ amazing.
KFC not hiring Buckethead as their spokesman was a PR blunder.
I hope they make a film one day about the making of Chinese Democracy, chicken coops and all.
NIne Inch Nails isnt Alternative , they are Industrial .
Buckethead is a fucking guitar god. Seriously look up his songs, guy plays it all ❤️
Lol
He's been blowing my mind since 1999. Every few years I hear a new song that's just awe inspiring. Very few musicians or guitar players seem to do that over this amount of time.
Say what you want, Buckethead can play that axe baby. Saw him do a solo concert in Austin - homie rocked the house - took a quick break to fetch his black, silk gift bag and hand out toys to the people in the front row, then right back to jamming. Never said a word
he never talks at his concerts seen him many times.i even have a unmasked picture of him with his dad and brother.its a modern picture he is old
I have to say, knowing my brother and his friend, if they heard about the Militants attacking KFC, they would have signed up for a 4 year bid too LOL.... Some people just REALLY love that Colonel....
I’m here for Bucket 🙌🏼🎸
Buckethead is literally mad af
Buckethead is an unreal artist. But that’s just the rub with him as well. He is a true artist in every sense of the word, and as such it’s almost impossible for him to work with any other artists for an extended period of time. Sure he may do a couple albums here and there like with Praxis, or his work with Claypool, but he tends to move back to his own thing pretty swiftly afterward.
It's called being narcissistic, not "true artist"
@@viking_nor so I guess Trent Reznor is narcissistic? You probably have zero talent buddy
@@viking_nor so do you know a lot of sculptors or painters that collaborate with other painters and sculptors to create their vision? Or do they just do it themselves? That’s what I’m getting at.
Buckethead is too good, too weird, too temperamental, too unique for everyone else. And considering his life story, you can see why. Made up or not, there's some very real issues that linger on in that man. And, as so often happens, we all end up benefiting by getting to hear him. He's the greatest, and has been for years IMO. Astounding combination of technique, feel and originality. Colma is some of my favorite work of his, with little to none of the fretboard calisthenics. Just him and Brain in a mausoleum. Hauntingly beautiful music, and probably the best for Bhead, just him and a great drummer. No one else to get in his way..
@@randylahey8207 Colma is an incredible album
Buckethead is a weird cat. I met him and jammed with him at a couple of parties shortly before the GnR thing happened. He is strange, but he is one of the best guitar players I have ever seen up close. He definitely smoked me.
I saw GNR with Buckethead at the Beacon Theater on NY around the time of the album release. Great show.
Buckethead would have def been a Hannibal if he didn't discover guitar. lol. great video
Seen GNR last year at hershey park it was there first show of the new tour...amazing show to say the least..seeing slash and axl / duff on stage again was epic....plus Slash playing the song Better was even cooler and unexpected...bucket heads definitely beast it was cool to see slash put his touch on that tune... awesome show
Sounds like a group of level headed professionals. Shocked it didn't work out.
It’s important to note that some of the stuff Zutaut has said about Buckethead were lies
Natternet made a video about it and has done an talked about it with Brain in an interview debunking it
Brain is the go to guy when it comes to B intel. Natter Net is a way amazing underrated channel. Woo!
Yeah, it seems really fishy that Zutaut is the only guy who's ever said disparaging things like that about Bucket. The amount of people claiming how much of a standup guy he is should be more convincing that whatever that guy said in his book.
Natternet is dropping Buckets new pikes almost daily. One dropped today actually.
axl thought buckethead was gonna break kayfabe for him and bucket was like lol nah
great video and production
"Buckethead has been creating uncertainty and confusion and making it virtually impossible to move forward with recordings, rehearsals, and live plans with confidence."
- Axl Rose, March 2004.
Substitute "Axl" for "Buckethead" in this statement, quote it as being from any GnR band member in 1991-2, and you'd have an accurate description of what things were like for the band then.
Exactly. Axl was 100% projecting there. LOL.
Utter bollocks. Without Axl there would be no GNR at all.
I saw that show at the HOB in Las Vegas, they didn't come on stage till like 3am but it was worth it!
Name drop for my hometown radio station. Nice!
Please do a episode on what ever happened to a dozen furies as a birthday episode
Buckethead is a lone wolf and plays guitar with all 10 fingers.
I love chicken
Buckethead quit GNR because he got tired of the inactivity. That's is a true creative musician. Always trying to create music. I see comments people bashing him because of his looks, but music has never been about looks. Grow up. Alot of people have said that buckethead guitar playing is very impressive and good. He'll even axel rose liked his guitar playing and sounded like he begged bucket head to stay. Less Claypool also likes him and Claypool is a Hella good bassist. Talent recongizesing talent.
Buckethead should grow up & take the damn bucket off his head. Geez.
There should be an episode on Kurt Loder
Just tells you what a sweet child like soul bucket head is. The simple things means the world to him. For him to be the greatest guitarist ever. He is just a kind soul and an unreal talent.
I was always really curious about him, he has a really cool look, it kinda sucks how slash was so hard on him originally, but those recent comments he made showing love makes me ship them both. Lol
I don't care what anyone says, I loved the 2001-2002 era of the band. Out of all the live shows available on the internet today, I always find myself watching the House of Blues show and Rio De Janeiro shows of 01, as well as many shows from 2002. This lineup was amazing.. and I think better than the old era. Their chemistry was amazing and they wrote some great material, the best of which still hasn't seen the light of day aside from some instrumental leaks.....but that said, said leaks show a band working very hard to pump out new music but Axl not doing much of anything. No wonder Buckethead and later on Finck left. Chinese Democracy should've been released back in 2001 or 2002. If that happened, I bet this lineup would've remained because they would've then released its followup in possibly 2004 and the final album of the Chinese trilogy in 2006 or 2008. Such wasted opportunity. Sometimes you don't realize how good something was until it's gone, and Buckethead was part of that. I remember reading an interview with Brain where Buckethead had said, "Why does it have to be so hard [to put out an album]?" The same can be said for Robin Finck and Bumblefoot. These guys were psyched to be part of Guns, and had really nothing to show for it. And now all these awesome songs are sitting in a vault somewhere being forgotten about....songs like Oklahoma, Atlas Shrugged, Perhaps, State of Grace, Quick Song...even Billionaire, Prom Violence, and Zodiac...all great songs that had potential. NuGNR could've been even bigger and better than the Guns of old with a new millennium sound all played by professionals. AND LETS BE HONEST HERE....BUCKETHEAD WOULD MOP THE FLOOR WITH SLASH. 'Nuff said.
Axl's critisism of Buckethead is kind of funny.. "He's so disruptive to the creative process." GnR= One new album since 1993... Buckethead= What is it... 400 albums? 😂
2 lead guitarists can either work extremely well, or it becomes a dick measuring contest.
One riff is copied with extra flairs thrown in.
But get two players symbiotic, and you will hear magic from that stage.
It's a fine line!
That whole lineup was awesome, i'm torn and have been since 2016, i love SEEING the new lineup, but loved hearing the old one
Just when I had forgotten about bucket head TH-cam is like, hey remember this.
Excellent viewing. Cheers!
I kind of wish that late 90's early 2000's GNR put out a 100% Nu Metal album. Chinese Democracy had the slightest bit of Nu Metal on it cause it's a confusing album that doesn't know what it wants to be made during two different eras. Metallica put out St. Anger their Nu Metal attempt with mixed to bad results but I like the album it's alright beside the trash can being hit on every track
The early demos from the late 90's fit better.
It would have been appropriate at the time, but in 2008 the train had already left for it.
In 2008 CD really didn't know where to go, which is a shame because the potential for something bigger was there.
2001 an album, a few videos and a full world tour and things probably would have been very different for the band.
As with most bands, a lot of old fans probably wouldn't have been thrilled, but i think under the right circumstances CD would definitely have found its audience and success.
GN'R is a band that, after UYI, with any line up, up to and including today, has left its potential untapped like hardly any other band.
Very bad
Saint Anger was effing garbage
I just recently heard the song Shackler's Revange and i thought just right away that this had to be buckethead, but then i checked whn the album came out and i thought, hmm... i guess not, but apearently he did have a part in it! Cool stuff
Josh Freese telling the bucket story was just hilarious. Bucket to Josh- hey you don’t call me Nrain when you talk about me to other people do you?😂😂. No. The Vandals are so epic. Seeing bucket with primus in 99 was amazing. Love me some bucket.
Fink was still playing with them when I saw Axl in 2006 on the 20th Chinese democracy tour.
Buckethead history of anything is bizarre.
Chinese Democracy was my first album of Guns N Roses as a teen. I liked it alot.
So _you're_ the one! 😜
@@amerocker hahaha XD
Man. That Buckethead! So ahead of his time. It was completely unknown to the world, at that time, that KFC was legitimate "medicinal chicken". A true pioneer.
interview with A vampire, well done for remembering the original actual title! (Even though according to history it never occurred), but it did though 👍
I've also read that even Ozzy was weirded out by Buckethead's behavior. That's... 🤣
And the only known unmasked photos of Buckethead are from his teenage days.
When he was in the newspaper for his finger extension device. He looked like an avg. 80's metal teen.
human minds never ceases to amaze me
The worst thing you can be, is be bored. That is when the crazy ideas come out and sound reasonable.
I lost it after the Buckethead left to join the army after seeing the KFC being destroyed
🎶He's half alive,
He's half dead,
Folks just call him buckethead 🎶
Buckethead is a genius..It would most likely be torturous to ask him to sit and wait to be creative. If you are going to hire him you have to actually use his abilities.
Buckethead is the greatest guitar player in history.
I agree 100%
Nah.
@@twistoffate4791 name one person who has more raw technique? You can hate his songs, but you can't deny his technique.
1 of them fore sure .
Lol shit sounds like garbage to me. Yeah he can play a million notes, but did I FEEL anything. The answer is no.
hey .. he's on the album .. that's cool.
Buckethead is an amazing musician, but he is an even more amazing person. He is a gem. Hail Buckethead!🐣🐤🐥🐔🎸
THis was on point. i've heard Josh and brain tell it the same way.
Buckethead was actively trolling G&R
The guy released more than 100 albums in 1 year. I can see why GnR frustrated him!
I saw this lineup in 2002 in Chicago before the tour got canceled. Buckethead was a strange dude. I figured there was no way they would ever get back together so I figured it was better than nothing. Tickets to see them now are so expensive!
GnR with Bucket, they were in a different level.