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Old 03-27-2009, 04:35 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Thanks! Although all I did was to find it

I think Buckethead is an intriguing personae. I don't like all his music, but the stuff I like I'll admit I like a lot. Mostly, I enjoy his slower songs and I think it's an interesting contrast to have this robotic, mask-wearing, inhuman character playing such emotional guitar pieces. I think a lot of people who's mostly only heard about him think of him as a pure shred guitarist.
People who might like his acoustic stuff should check out Electric Tears from 2002 or perhaps even Acoustic Shards released in 2007 which is recordings of him improvising with an acoustic guitar in a studio in the early 90s. It's mostly not complete songs, but it's still nice to listen to and it's amazing some of the things he comes up with.
About Les Claypool, he actually auditioned for Metallica in 1986 after Cliff Burton had died. As we know, that didn't work out, but if there'd been no Primus, I guess he would've appeared in some other band. I also prefer him in Primus by the way.
You're welcome.

Electric Tears is a beautiful album. I, too, prefer his acoustic and more emotional pieces, but I feel like some listeners who were initially impressed with him through albums such as Monsters and Robots have a hard time adjusting to the duality of his work. I, for one, favor Bermuda Triangle (also released in 2002) out of what I've heard from him because I feel like it's somewhat close to a balance of his styles. I haven't heard Acoustic Shards in its entirety. Will have to check it out.

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