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Buckethead Forges Ahead

lamar | 08/31/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This guitar genius for the 21st century continues to forge ahead with conviction and authority. This may not be the fully-realized triumph of Monsters and Robots, but it shows yet more aspects of this fascinating artist. Here, Buckethead delves deeper into techno/electronica and sound effects. The amount of pointless shredding is kept to a minimum. It's now more about the overall song (or composition), textures, moods, and production than just playing. Don't get me wrong, there are some killer guitar playing in here, but they now seem to take a secondary role to better fit and complement the overall mood of the composition. The sign of maturity in Buckethead's compostion and production skills are evident in that one can hear that the music is Buckethead, not the guitar playing. In this sense, Buckethead is certainly growing by leaps and bounds.This album is a sign of Buckethead's maturity as an all-around musician, composer and producer as well as an accomplished guitar player. It has a way of growing on you. The moods are varied although they all have that twisted and quirky stamp of Buckethead's alternatively bizarre and weirdly sublime imagination. The elements of techno are more prevalent in this one than any other, but the ferocious nu-metal riffing also take on greater significance. It's as though the Chemical Brothers and Korn are trying to do something together. The results can be jarring but fascinating nontheless. And in this case, jarring is the effect that Buckethead is intentionally shooting for. Keep an open mind because that's the only way the music will really filter in deeply. It's still easy to appreciate the musicianship and other surface aspects of this album, but there is a lot more to Buckethead than meets the eye. Or should I say ears?"

Nothing can stop Buckethead!

Lord Chimp | Monkey World | 07/31/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Whether he's doing metal, fusion, hip hop, mellow guitar balladry, or other crazy stuff, Buckethead -- with his mighty guitar -- is the master. With this release, Buckethead focuses on the techno side of things, laying down some phat beats over which Buckethead's creates weird sonic textures that makes for surprisingly engaging listening. Buckethead's insanely fast leads are less frequent here, although the listener is still treated to some hyper fretwork. One thing's for certain...make sure you have at least some appreciation for techno if you're going to buy this. Yeah, Buckethead's firing out some cool guitar playing for which we all love him, but this is different from, say, Monsters & Robots (which even tended to touch on techno at times). This is more bumpin' than rockin'. Personally, I think this album smokes. After a warped version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the first real song "Help Me" sets the tone for the album with massive, groovin' beats and tasty guitar lines. "My Sheetz" is one of my favorite Buckethead songs now, with the man in the white mask sprinkling crystalline notes over some thumpin' rhythms. "Day of the Ulcer" is punctuated by an exciting techno-metal section in the middle of the song, while the rest is pretty spooky and atmospheric. Speaking of atmosphere, "You Like Headcheese?" is a moody piece as well. "Wires and Clips" is basically just weird sounds adhered to some quiet beats and samples, but it's good fun. Buckethead's going to conquer the world someday. Be careful."

9$ mp3 album from the guys that made it! tdrsmusic

lamar | new orleans | 03/28/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i say again, after years of hunting down rare albums from all times and genres, this is still availible at travis dickersons webstore, many bucket albums selling for 50$ or more are for sale for 15max. this is one is only availible for download, but you get the art work and the music, and to me it sounds the same as printed. i would sell metallica albums for 100$ even if lars ulrich sold the same for 8$, but buckethead and travis and many other artist on his site are cool and always will be, so support them, so they can keep on filling our buckets w those very sick sounds from that very strange man. plus their are other bucket items not listed on amazon such a blueprint(buckets first release, brought to bootsy and john zorn) get more bucket for you money!! [...]"