Why is he called Buckethead?
On every album he has put out and on every Youtube performance you watch, he wears a KFC bucket on his head and a strange looking white plastic face mask. He is very tall and the guitars he plays almost look like toys in his hands. Back to the album The album also plays songs called Sow Thistle, Revenge of the Double Man, Night of the Slunk, Who Me?, Jowls, The Shape v. Buckethead, Stun Operator, Scapula and Nun Chuka kata. Most of the tracks are a blend of electronica and insanely fast guitar playing. Although not the beautiful hypnotic melodies of a Satriani, neither are they speed for speeds sake. Each song has unique melodies and tones that will draw you in and make you pay attention. For example on Revenge of the Double Man a quite beautiful acoustic guitar melody plays with strange warbling in the background. It brought to mind a haunted insane asylum. Save Me the Slunk hammers in with crazed crunchy riffs and insane runs. Claypool’s bass is a perfect counterpoint to Bucket head’
