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.
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.
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
@@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 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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 TH-cam 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....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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......
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. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@@werewolflover8636 I don't know about radio play, but Padamasana and some other of his songs have several millions of views on TH-cam, they don't chart because they are instrumentals with no vocals.
@@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.
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..
Okay, so Primus did the Internet Infiltration video (it's floating around on youtube) in 1998, and Buckethead is in that video so he was definitely hanging out with Primus a lot. So then in this GnR video I find out that Josh Freese contacted David Lefkowitz for Axl in 1999 to get in touch with Buckethead. That gave me another piece of the puzzle about that part of time around 1998-2003, so thanks.
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.
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?
Growing up, I loved slash. Then Buckethead came along, and I loved his stuff a lot. They are different and bring things to music that no one can. I'm glad that Axel was open to different forms of music and could understand that it changes as do people.
I love slash, he is my all time favourite guitarist. He can make a guitar sing and cry. Buckethead is a more technical guitarist, also brilliant but in a different way. If you love Guns & Roses originally, it has to be Slash, because they are very soulful. The original line up was the best without a doubt, that era of Guns was amazing and they rocked the world, they were the best. Buckethead is a great guitarist and he was right for that time.
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.
"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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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 one of my favourite guitarist, buckethead is an amazing guitarist too and i love the fact he was talking to managers through his hand puppet he marches to his own beat and truely is one of a kind
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 think Phil X does too. but I think once a player establishes himself firmly as a TH-cam 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 😉
Comparing the 2 guitar players is extremely difficult, almost like comparing a quarterback to an edge rusher. Both play the same sport but do completely different things. It’s pretty obvious to me that slash had to hide behind the “feel” argument because it’s not something you can technically argue against. Feel is all a matter of opinion and can change from person to person and it can’t be measured, where technical proficiency can and slash knew he was clearly outmatched. Also people who know buckethead know that the “feel” and “soul” aspects are 100% there considering that colma was already several years old at that time and electric tears was either already out or soon to come depending on the date. In my personal opinion slash would have never had the catalog that buckethead has had he started out making solo guitar music, however I don’t think buckethead would have been able to make as commercially successful music. But who knows, just be glad we have both and enjoy their creations
Well put, mate! The "feel" argument LOL. Funny how the NuGuns nailed all the old material without having to change the guitarwork to fit the "feel" of Finck or Buckethead....yet Slash has to completely change the guitar layout of the NuGuns to fit his "feel." It's because you are not the best thing to touch a guitar, Slash...Buckethead would own you...Believe it. That said, I'm not a fan of the way Slash plays ANY of the Chinese Democracy songs. I think it was a mistake bringing in Slash and Duff at this point. They are just too old now, and the band is a shadow of its former self. You can tell that Duff and Slash are not having fun out there...of course I don't blame them, Axl sounds the worst he has ever sounded, and Frank Ferrer can't drum like a professional...you can see Slash trying to jam out or do a solo and Frank just doesn't get it Part of a good drummers job is to work as a team with the bassist to make a concrete rhythm foundation for the others....but Frank can't even mold with Duff. Bring back Brain!!!
to me they ruled from like fall of 87 onward. I knew first time i heard them. They were good from the start. idk what to say. Right off the rip their songs were top notch. Yeah!!!!!
Always crazy to me these guys get together as kids, strive and fight for such a massive dream and then make it, and then start despising one another. You'd think that grind of making it would make u as close knit as could be, guess not tho
@@joshlewis575 yep, you got a point. you'd figured they would be closer thru all the hardships to get famous. Money and drugs are sure a corrupting influence . . . I guess. I still think Axel is a dick. lol
Exactly. The only difference is Buckethead dresses up because he said it made him feel free to express himself without social anxiety, whereas Slash dresses up to look like a “cool rockstar”
@@Johnnysmithy24 Okay so wearing a KFC bucket makes you “original” while wearing a top hat makes you a poser? LOL Buckethead fans will just say anything to make him creditable won’t they?
@@Johnnysmithy24 the point is is you technically don't know why Slash wears that outfit. It might make him feel like he's more of the part expected of him, therefore helping him mask and reduce social anxiety. I'm autistic with severe social anxiety, and I often will dress "the part" when I go out to certain venues. I want to fit in and not stick out like a sore thumb.
@@Johnnysmithy24 also the fact that he's had severe substance use disorder issues is likely also due to anxiety or depression, or both. In interviews he's talked about how he suffers from serious stage anxiety.
I’ve always been partial to Bucket when it came to guitar. He, Gilbert, and Becker are probably my top 3. I’ve lost track of how many hours and weeks Ive spent trying to play Buckethead tunes. There are so many track in so many styles it’s hard not to find something you like out of sheer quantity and variety.
Didnt Zakk Wylde and Bumblefoot also play on Chinese Democracy? I remember hearing that there were like 23 different guitar players throughout the 13 years they were working on that album.
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 absolutely love Slash. I also love Buckethead. The man is insane with the guitar. As a 9 year old hearing Sweet Child I was amazed at Slash’s guitar playing, then GNR Lies, and Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 he was cemented as a guitar god. Buckethead is a technical genius at guitar. You listen to his solo stuff and you will be amazed. Listen to him with Les Claypool as well and you will see how amazing he is.
I loved the 2002 era lineup. These guys were awesome. If Axl got his ass in gear and actually released albums, buckethead would've stuck around. I do like Slash, but let's be honest here...buckethead would mop the floor with Slash
I love how at the end Slash performed the CD songs and gave Buckethead his due. I wish the chili peppers would do the same for Dave Navarro and One Hot Minute.
Different strokes for different folks. Velvet revolver was an amazing band that again showed Slash's ability to switch up. Soothsayer from Buckethead is on another level.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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 TH-cam 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....
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
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.
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 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 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.
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 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!!
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.
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
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.
"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.
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?
Buckethead is a beast.
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
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
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.
Love your channel. Can you give us a video and update on Lita Ford, please?!
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. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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 TH-cam, 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
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!
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.
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..
Okay, so Primus did the Internet Infiltration video (it's floating around on youtube) in 1998, and Buckethead is in that video so he was definitely hanging out with Primus a lot. So then in this GnR video I find out that Josh Freese contacted David Lefkowitz for Axl in 1999 to get in touch with Buckethead. That gave me another piece of the puzzle about that part of time around 1998-2003, so thanks.
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.
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.
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.
7:07 - I just noticed that Slash sounds a lot like Val Kilmer did.
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?
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?
Growing up, I loved slash. Then Buckethead came along, and I loved his stuff a lot. They are different and bring things to music that no one can. I'm glad that Axel was open to different forms of music and could understand that it changes as do people.
I love slash, he is my all time favourite guitarist. He can make a guitar sing and cry. Buckethead is a more technical guitarist, also brilliant but in a different way. If you love Guns & Roses originally, it has to be Slash, because they are very soulful. The original line up was the best without a doubt, that era of Guns was amazing and they rocked the world, they were the best. Buckethead is a great guitarist and he was right for that time.
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.
"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.
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
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
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 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.
Never ask what a person who doesn’t like someone what they think of them, and take it as fact.
Yes he is weird, yes he does robot dance, yes he throws chicken at audience and yet he kicks ass
WELCOME TO BUCKETHEAD LAND 😁
Your channel has been so consistently good for so long now
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
Buckethead IS FANTASTIC !!
If you go to his show and he wastes 40 minutes playing with action figures instead of shredding
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.
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.
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. 😁😁
I'll admit Buckethead can play but Slash has style which is the reason we loved GNR. Slash all day everyday
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
Slash is one of my favourite guitarist, buckethead is an amazing guitarist too and i love the fact he was talking to managers through his hand puppet he marches to his own beat and truely is one of a kind
Apples and Oranges.... and there is nothing wrong with that.
I hate when artists beef over trivial things. These two talented guitarist should collaborate on cool projects.
Eddie "I know everybody" Trunk is a good line
oh there's more of videos about him coming soon.
It’s cool the feud ended and they’re able to enjoy jamming together again. They were also young as hell when it started.
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.
I saw G'n'R in 1993 in UK.
When I first saw Bucket Head🤦🏾♀️ But when I heard him play🤗🤗
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 TH-cam 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
Slash is a pure class act. Too classy for rock & roll. You rule Slash!
Buckethead is the best guitarist to ever live and he has never done anything to have his character disparaged.
It is good to know that Slash changed his mind about Buckethead later in his carrer
Buckethead all the time!!! 🔥🔥😘🔥😊
Hint for tomorrow's video.....I have so much love and affection for all my subs.
Comparing the 2 guitar players is extremely difficult, almost like comparing a quarterback to an edge rusher. Both play the same sport but do completely different things. It’s pretty obvious to me that slash had to hide behind the “feel” argument because it’s not something you can technically argue against. Feel is all a matter of opinion and can change from person to person and it can’t be measured, where technical proficiency can and slash knew he was clearly outmatched. Also people who know buckethead know that the “feel” and “soul” aspects are 100% there considering that colma was already several years old at that time and electric tears was either already out or soon to come depending on the date. In my personal opinion slash would have never had the catalog that buckethead has had he started out making solo guitar music, however I don’t think buckethead would have been able to make as commercially successful music. But who knows, just be glad we have both and enjoy their creations
Well put, mate! The "feel" argument LOL. Funny how the NuGuns nailed all the old material without having to change the guitarwork to fit the "feel" of Finck or Buckethead....yet Slash has to completely change the guitar layout of the NuGuns to fit his "feel." It's because you are not the best thing to touch a guitar, Slash...Buckethead would own you...Believe it. That said, I'm not a fan of the way Slash plays ANY of the Chinese Democracy songs. I think it was a mistake bringing in Slash and Duff at this point. They are just too old now, and the band is a shadow of its former self. You can tell that Duff and Slash are not having fun out there...of course I don't blame them, Axl sounds the worst he has ever sounded, and Frank Ferrer can't drum like a professional...you can see Slash trying to jam out or do a solo and Frank just doesn't get it Part of a good drummers job is to work as a team with the bassist to make a concrete rhythm foundation for the others....but Frank can't even mold with Duff. Bring back Brain!!!
About time! Great you tube stuff enjoyed it 😮😂❤
Robin Finck is so underrated
I like the way Ozzy put it :
Ya got to take the f@ckin bucket off your head ….
to me they ruled from like fall of 87 onward. I knew first time i heard them. They were good from the start. idk what to say. Right off the rip their songs were top notch. Yeah!!!!!
Always crazy to me these guys get together as kids, strive and fight for such a massive dream and then make it, and then start despising one another. You'd think that grind of making it would make u as close knit as could be, guess not tho
@@joshlewis575 yep, you got a point. you'd figured they would be closer thru all the hardships to get famous. Money and drugs are sure a corrupting influence . . . I guess. I still think Axel is a dick. lol
I love all the GNR albums, been listening for 15 years, love slash's work but Chinese Democracy is my favorite album of all time
Slash is as much of a character as Buckethead (glasses, hat, cigarette), but Slash thinks highly of himself
Exactly. The only difference is Buckethead dresses up because he said it made him feel free to express himself without social anxiety, whereas Slash dresses up to look like a “cool rockstar”
@@Johnnysmithy24 Okay so wearing a KFC bucket makes you “original” while wearing a top hat makes you a poser? LOL Buckethead fans will just say anything to make him creditable won’t they?
@@werewolflover8636 You’re missing the point
@@Johnnysmithy24 the point is is you technically don't know why Slash wears that outfit. It might make him feel like he's more of the part expected of him, therefore helping him mask and reduce social anxiety. I'm autistic with severe social anxiety, and I often will dress "the part" when I go out to certain venues. I want to fit in and not stick out like a sore thumb.
@@Johnnysmithy24 also the fact that he's had severe substance use disorder issues is likely also due to anxiety or depression, or both. In interviews he's talked about how he suffers from serious stage anxiety.
“Eddie ‘I know everybody’ Trunk.” That was so awesome.😂
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…
I’ve always been partial to Bucket when it came to guitar. He, Gilbert, and Becker are probably my top 3.
I’ve lost track of how many hours and weeks Ive spent trying to play Buckethead tunes. There are so many track in so many styles it’s hard not to find something you like out of sheer quantity and variety.
Fun side fact… Mike McCready and Duff are close friends.
Duffs a Seattle guy isn't he?
Didnt Zakk Wylde and Bumblefoot also play on Chinese Democracy? I remember hearing that there were like 23 different guitar players throughout the 13 years they were working on that album.
Here's the video on Buckethead's time in Guns N' Roses th-cam.com/video/MVwC50dN9vs/w-d-xo.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!!!🤟🏻🤟🏻
I absolutely love Slash. I also love Buckethead. The man is insane with the guitar. As a 9 year old hearing Sweet Child I was amazed at Slash’s guitar playing, then GNR Lies, and Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 he was cemented as a guitar god. Buckethead is a technical genius at guitar. You listen to his solo stuff and you will be amazed. Listen to him with Les Claypool as well and you will see how amazing he is.
I loved the 2002 era lineup. These guys were awesome. If Axl got his ass in gear and actually released albums, buckethead would've stuck around. I do like Slash, but let's be honest here...buckethead would mop the floor with Slash
No. He wouldn’t. Slash has more feel and soul in his limp penis than Bucket has through his entire nervous system.
I love how at the end Slash performed the CD songs and gave Buckethead his due. I wish the chili peppers would do the same for Dave Navarro and One Hot Minute.
“Eddie I know everybody Trunk”. Hahahaha taking a shot and burying him
He’s a bloated wannabe critic
@@jeremywanner4526 he’s a mark, he thinks he’s the Dave meltzer of rock and heavy metal.
The Rock in Rio Festival is in Portugal ?
Different strokes for different folks. Velvet revolver was an amazing band that again showed Slash's ability to switch up. Soothsayer from Buckethead is on another level.
I prefer a gnr with slash, but buckethead is light years ahead of slash in ability. Soothsayer crushes.
both guitarists are phenomenal they are just in two different lanes and are equally as great in their chosen lanes
Buckethead is technically superior to slash in every way...