Talk:Buckethead

Other work

Buckethead appears on the soundtrack for the John Carpenter flick Ghosts of Mars along with Anthrax. Source. --- Trench 23:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Deli Creeps

Needs info on his first band - the Deli Creeps

Real Name

I've seen rumours that Brian Carrol is Buckethead, but nothing I'd call definitive. What's the source for this? -- Wapcaplet 04:13, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I'm in favor of removing the reference to Brian Carrol, unless someone can provide a reliable source for it. The other two alterations are correct; Giant Robot was originally released in 1994, and Buckethead is no longer in Guns 'n Roses. -- Wapcaplet 02:46, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

To RickK, let me first explain a few things: I'm a Buckethead fan, and it pains me to see erroneous information on a site like this that is community-run and in some sense, very pure. I'm not a longtime member of this wiki community, so I was not entirely sure how it worked. All I knew was that if there was something wrong, that I, as a user, could change it. What happened last night was a mix of miscommunication and confusion. I had entered in those changes, but kept noticing that they kept reverting back. I thought that it had something to do with my cache, or perhaps with wiki's servers, or I don't know what. I just knew that my changes weren't taking hold. That's why I kept trying to change it. I didn't know you were online at the same time changing it back. You say on the "protected pages list" you asked me to explain these changes, however I never saw those msgs. You can blame that on me being a novice wiki user. I still don't see where those msgs are. In any event, I did try to contact you through your own talk page because I didn't know how else to reach you. You don't have an e-mail address with which I can contact you either. All I did was try to explain the changes that needed to be made. But now you have protected the page, and the wrong information is still on the page. The information that needs to be changed is the same as what was indicated above by user wapcaplet. The only thing I really tried to change was his name, because if you're a Buckethead fan, you'll know that he's an extremely private and shy person who does NOT want his name, whether correct or not, to be known in public. As a fan, I am just trying to protect his privacy in whatever way I can. I hope you see this, and I hope you make these changes. I wasn't trying to start an edit war. If what has transpired isn't considered correct wiki etiquette, I apologize for my ignorance. However I still think the changes need to be made, because what's on there is based on hearsay, and some of the rest of it is just factually incorrect. BTW RickK if you read this, please e-mail me at bucketbot19 at yahoo dot com. I'd like to resolve this.

The only thing I repeatedly asked for was an explanation for the deletes, which you declined to do. Now that you have explained, I have no problem with the edits. RickK | Talk 04:51, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I believe he did explain, prior to the last edit before the page was protected. -- Wapcaplet 18:05, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Some references to the real name:

1. http://www.guitarworkshop.com/guestinstructors/patmetheny/
2. http://www.axemojo.com/guitarists/buckethead.htm
3. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Buckethead
4. http://www.isound.com/music/buckethead/

I'd call them authentic as far as authenticity on the Internet goes.. Then again it's possible he just spread a fake name around :) // Gargaj 01:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Buckethead chooses not to reveal his real name, and we should respect that. Since he chooses not to reveal his name, there is actually no way of knowing what his real name is, short of finding his birth certificate. Buckethead is a great artist, and his wish to remain anonymous should be granted. *Lizz*

Helios Creed

Didn't BH do some recording with Helios Creed? I'm sure they played some shows together back in the mid 90s googuse 19:44, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

I think it should be noted in the article that Buckethead was named the 8th fastest guitarist in the world by Guitar One magazine.

I believe this article is lacking the great intellectuallity and genius of Buckethead, maybe you should add his background (where the buckt came from, his obssession with robots and chicken coops.

DJ Qbert

Bucket head also appears in The DJ Qbert animation movie Wave Twister for a brief 10 seconds.

im not a fan of bucket head but he always managed to pick my curiosity also when i saw him in that movie.

So maybe you guys want to add that as a fact in the article.

that's not kabuki mask he wears. Kabuki uses no masks of any sort. it's a regular white mask.

Buckethead is obviously Steve Vai.

Brian Carrol. Yeah right. Why would PFunk end up with a no name kid. No way. It is for sure Steve Vai.

You have no way of knowing that....he may not be Brian Carroll, but he's probably not Steve Vai either. Everyone should just respect Buckethead and stop discussing his identity. That's not what's important about him. It's his musical ability that we should be focusing on. *Lizz*

Old picture of Carrol without his mask

Check out this messy fansite It contains an old newspaper picture of Buckethead without his mask (note his fingers!), plus some additional info (with no source ofcourse). Should we use this site? -- Face 17:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

WHICH fansite? I can see two ... -andy 80.129.92.102 14:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Huh. Somebody must've deleted it. I'm talking about this one:
http://www.geocities.com/stringcheese242001/
Face 13:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

His Mask

It is obviously a Kabuki mask or a plain white mask, it isn't a Michael Myers mask because is doesn't have eye brows or the full face type of the slasher film character's. Vlame 03:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC) Vlame

Kabuki has NO masks. EVER. Noh does but even then, the masks in that Japanese theater form do not look like that.