History Music / Buckethead

* OneOfUs: He once mentioned in a written interview that he's an avid video gamer and is also interested in StarWars. And, of course, one of his inspirations - GiantRobo.

* EpicRocking: Many of his songs are around 10 minutes long. Most well known example is probably ''Siege Engine''. Some are split in parts, such as ''Lurker at the Threshold''.

* EpicRocking: Many of his songs are around 10 minutes long. Some are even split in parts, each being fairly long itself, such as ''Lurker at the Threshold''.

* [[CoatHatMask Coat,Bucket,Mask]]: One of his stage outfits throughout the years consisted of this.

* [[CoatHatMask Coat,Bucket,Mask]]: One of his outfits throughout the years consisted of this.

* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Obviously.

* NightmareFetishist: Practically embodies this trope. He adores horror, has a video filmed in a cemetery, owns rubber body parts and scary masks, one of his hobbies is taxidermy, etc. And in both recorded interviews (20 years apart) he ''still'' talks about visiting slaughterhouses and [[{{Squick}} covering himself in blood]].

* WordSaladTitle: Oh, plenty. Some of the more notable are ''Bloody Rainbow Spiraling Sherbert'', ''Carpal Tunnel Tomb Torker'', ''Gory Head Stump 2006 The Pageant'', ''The Hills Have Headcheese'', ''Heaven of Black Tar Pitch'' and others.

* SignificantAnagram: The name of his side project ''Death Cube K'' is an anagram for ''Buckethead''.

* WordSaladTitle: Oh, plenty. Some more notable are ''Bloody Rainbow Spiraling Sherbert'', ''Carpal Tunnel Tomb Torker'', ''Gory Head Stump 2006 The Pageant'', ''The Hills Have Headcheese'', ''Heaven of Black Tar Pitch'' and others.

* PromotedFanboy: Bucket's a fan of Bootsy Collins and later got to meet him and work with him. Now they often collaborate on albums and are good friends.

* OneOfUs: He once mentioned in a written interview to be an avid video gamer and seems to be interested in StarWars. And, of course, GiantRobo.

He's also a painter, though as you might expect, his artworks are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible somewhat]] ''[[NightmareFuelColoringBook odd]]''.

* MistakenIdentity: For a time people would find pictures on the net of a tall guitarist with long hair, standing next to Shawn Lane. Immediately someone rushed to the conclusion that it's Buckethead unmasked, because he knew Shawn Lane personally. Turns out it was the French guitarist Fanalo, who just happens to be tall like Buckethead. Apparently Fanalo got so many e-mails of people [[FanDumb asking him if he's Buckethead]] ([[DidNotDoTheResearch despite the fact that Buckethead's American, a few years older, etc.]]) that he had to explicitly state on his myspace that he isn't. Also, he jokingly wrote on his official site that he admits to being guitarist Bumblefoot (which he isn't either).

* NightmareFetishist: Practically embodies this trope. He adores horror, has a video filmed in a cemetery, owns rubber body parts and scary masks, one of his hobbies is taxidermy, etc. And in both recorded interviews (20 years apart) he ''still'' talks about visiting slaughterhouses and covering himself in blood.

* GenreRoulette: The man does ''everything''. He tends to like separate genres by album, but sometimes he'll switch it up during the course of one, or [[BeyondTheImpossible even MID-SONG]].

Brian Patrick Carroll, better known by his [[StageNames stage name]] (or rather stage persona) {{Buckethead}}, is a prolific American experimental/avant-garde/progressive/thrash/jazz/electronica/insanity songwriter and multi-instrumentalist noted for his [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric persona]], as well as for [[BunnyEarsLawyer being really good with his instruments]]. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Really]], ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome really]]'' [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome good]]. Also, he only ever performs while wearing an [[WhiteMaskOfDoom expressionless plain white mask]] and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a KFC bucket on his head]]. To date, he has released 30 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. Played lead guitar for Music/GunsNRoses from 2000-2004, and for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_(band) Praxis]] from 1992-1999 and from 2004-present. His discography may be found [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead_discography here]].

* EpicRiff: Again, nearly all of it.

* NightmareFetishist: Practically embodies this trope. He adores horror, has a video filmed in a cemetery, owns rubber body parts and scary masks, etc. And in both recorded interviews (20 years apart) he ''still'' talks about visiting slaughterhouses and covering himself in blood.

* NightmareFetishist

Sadly, [[PopCulturalOsmosis You probably only know him]] for [[GuitarHero "Jordan"]].

Brian Patrick Carroll, better known by his [[StageNames stage name]] {{Buckethead}}, is a prolific American experimental/avant-garde/progressive/thrash/jazz/electronica/insanity songwriter and multi-instrumentalist noted for his [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric persona]], as well as for [[BunnyEarsLawyer being really good with his instruments]]. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Really]], ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome really]]'' [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome good]]. Also, he only ever performs while wearing an [[WhiteMaskOfDoom expressionless plain white mask]] and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a KFC bucket on his head]]. To date, he has released 30 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. Played lead guitar for Music/GunsNRoses from 2000-2004, and for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_(band) Praxis]] from 1992-1999 and from 2004-present. His discography may be found [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead_discography here]].

* GenreRoulette: The man does everything. He tends to like separate genres by album, but sometimes he'll switch it up during the course of one, or [[BeyondTheImpossible even MID-SONG]].

** A lot of people assume Buckethead's persona is just a stage gimmick, and that he is a normal person offstage. They are very wrong. Buckethead's persona is basically just a way he's found to allow himself to cope with his crippling fear of people. Offstage, however, he is pretty much just as weird in his private life. One anecdote going around was that when he was playing with Guns 'n Roses, while they were recording music in the studio, someone jokingly suggested that they build a chicken coop in the studio for Buckethead to live in. Buckethead ''loved'' the idea, and proceeded to do just that.

* DoNotCallMePaul: He takes his stage persona [[SeriousBusiness pretty seriously]] so unless you're one of his parents/relatives/close friends, he probably won't allow you to call him Brian. No, not even if you're OzzyOsbourne.