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Music For Rhinos
Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
edited August 2011 in Other Music
Yeah, he has like 500 solo albums out.....look here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead

Im not a GnR or a Buckethead fan really but I stumbled across his wiki page....damn thats a lot of albums. Anybody actually listened to all that shit? How can Buckethead or anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??

To be fair, I havent listened to any of it so maybe i'm missing out. Just thought it was a massive amount of material for a solo artist to put out.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    That is a lot. I've not really been into him.

    I do know that a lot of jazz musicians put out albums pretty quickly. One a year was not unheard of. You are right though the manis prolific. I wonder if it is all good though...... :?
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  • dcfaithful
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    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    Yeah, he has like 500 solo albums out.....look here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead

    Im not a GnR or a Buckethead fan really but I stumbled across his wiki page....damn thats a lot of albums. Anybody actually listened to all that shit? How can Buckethead or anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??

    To be fair, I havent listened to any of it so maybe i'm missing out. Just thought it was a massive amount of material for a solo artist to put out.
    When you hear Buckethead's music, it's easier to understand how he releases so much stuff.

    That's not a bash on his stuff, he's a talented guy... but I don't think he's an everyday kind of flavor.
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  • dcfaithful
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    Also, if you have seen Buckethead's discography and are impressed, you should look at Frank Zappa's.
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  • Bushleaguer28
    Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    I personally think Buckethead is the most talented, versatile guitarist out there. And I havent even come close to listening to all of his solo stuff. Name a style of guitar instrumental, and hes most likely released songs and very likely full albums that fit in said genre. And he does all of them supremely well. Anyone who likes instrumental guitar work should definitely check him out if they havent already
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    he can play the shit out of a guitar
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  • capthowdy1027
    capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    I just seen Buckethead in concert for the first time last week. I had heard his work on Chinese Democracy but never one of his solo albums. The show was completely awesome. This shit that guy does on the guitar is just insane and fun to watch. I honestly don't think I would ever buy any of his solo albums though but I'll go see him again next time he comes to town for sure. 2 hours of just strait guitar awesomeness.
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  • randallanddarcy
    randallanddarcy Posts: 813
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??
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    If you put out 32 solo albums you ARE remaining vital and creative.
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  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    randallanddarcy wrote:
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??
    .
    If you put out 32 solo albums you ARE remaining vital and creative.

    oooooook.
  • Bushleaguer28
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    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    randallanddarcy wrote:
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??
    .
    If you put out 32 solo albums you ARE remaining vital and creative.

    oooooook.

    If you don't believe he is still creative, listen for yourself. I can tell you with 100% conviction that he still is - he just released a straight forward Banjo album for christs sake. Vital is very subjective. He's never been mainstream so Im not sure what you really mean . . .
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    randallanddarcy wrote:
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??
    .
    If you put out 32 solo albums you ARE remaining vital and creative.

    oooooook.

    Well, he has a point... :?
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  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    i just dont know how seriously i could take an artist if they released that much material. at some point it becomes overkill.
  • randallanddarcy
    randallanddarcy Posts: 813
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    i just dont know how seriously i could take an artist if they released that much material. at some point it becomes overkill.
    You don't have to buy it. Prince used to put out multiple albums are year: sometimes a triple album and a single in the same year. Is it all good? Probably not. Is he 'vital'? Vital to whom? To his fans he is, I'm sure. Is he creative? If you write songs, or make other art, you are creative. Whether you release it or not is irrelevant to the creative process.
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  • Jeremys Spoken
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    Amazing guitarist.

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  • Bushleaguer28
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    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    Amazing guitarist.

    I listen to Electric Tears.. ALOT.

    Padmasana is a FANTASTIC song. Soothsayer off of Crime Slunk Scene is IMHO one of the finest guitar instrumentals I have ever heard.
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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    he's playing a free show (need admission to get in) at the new york state fair in syracuse next month. i look forward to checking him out there.

    anyone who has seen him live...does he have a backing band? and how is he?
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  • capthowdy1027
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    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    he's playing a free show (need admission to get in) at the new york state fair in syracuse next month. i look forward to checking him out there.

    anyone who has seen him live...does he have a backing band? and how is he?

    No backing band, it's just him on stage. There are other instruments that are just played over the PA, mostly just drums, but nobody else is on stage.
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  • Bushleaguer28
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    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    he's playing a free show (need admission to get in) at the new york state fair in syracuse next month. i look forward to checking him out there.

    anyone who has seen him live...does he have a backing band? and how is he?

    A lot of his studio work uses drum tracks, so that's what he uses live. There are bass lines in some of his songs, but he normally records those for the studio albums as well so if they play those live what you are hearing is probably a recording of him.
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  • igotid88
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    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    Yeah, he has like 500 solo albums out.....look here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead

    Im not a GnR or a Buckethead fan really but I stumbled across his wiki page....damn thats a lot of albums. Anybody actually listened to all that shit? How can Buckethead or anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??

    To be fair, I havent listened to any of it so maybe i'm missing out. Just thought it was a massive amount of material for a solo artist to put out.

    is it 500 or 32?
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  • Music For Rhinos
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    igotid88 wrote:
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    Yeah, he has like 500 solo albums out.....look here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead

    Im not a GnR or a Buckethead fan really but I stumbled across his wiki page....damn thats a lot of albums. Anybody actually listened to all that shit? How can Buckethead or anyone remain vital and creative when theyve put out 32 solo albums??

    To be fair, I havent listened to any of it so maybe i'm missing out. Just thought it was a massive amount of material for a solo artist to put out.

    is it 500 or 32?

    Both. Imagine that. ;)
  • DewieCox
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    But that list is just his solo albums. How much else has he played on. I know some of Chinese Democracy and didn't he do an album with Claypool, Bucket of Bernie Brains?

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