For other uses, see Buckethead (disambiguation).

Buckethead
Buckethead performing live at Summercamp 09.
Background information
Birth name	Giri Putra Prasodjo
Also known as	Death Cube K Big B The Boy Bucky
Born	October 7, 1978 (1969-05-13) (age 31)
Genres	Avant-garde, noise rock, jazz fusion, funk, jazz, thrash metal, bluegrass, instrumental rock, hard rock, progressive metal, heavy metal, experimental rock, funk metal, ambient, dark ambient, alternative metal, electronica, country rock, folk rock
Occupations	musician, guitarist, songwriter
Instruments	guitar, bass guitar, drums, mandolin, piano, banjo, organ
Years active	1992—present
Labels	TDRS Music
Associated acts	Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, Serj Tankian, Deli Creeps, Science Faxtion, Cornbugs, El Stew, Arcana, Thanatopsis, Primus
Website	www.bucketheadland.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul (Buckethead Signature) Jackson Y2KV

Giri Putra Prasodjo, better known as Buckethead, is an Indonesian musician, songwriter and virtuoso. He has released 30 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, thrash metal, funk, electronica, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music.

When performing in his theatrical persona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that read "FUNERAL" in capital black block letters, and an expressionless plain white costume mask. More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dancing, and toy trading into his stage performances. Buckethead's persona represents a character who was "raised by chickens" and has made it his "mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe."

Although a multi-instrumentist, Buckethead is best known for his electric guitar playing. He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 20 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" as well as been included in Guitar World's lists of the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists" also known for being in the "50 fastest guitarists of all time list".

Buckethead performs primarily as a solo artist. He has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high profile artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, and was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. Buckethead has also written and performed music for major motion pictures, including: Saw II, Ghosts of Mars, Beverly Hills Ninja, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Last Action Hero, and the soundtrack of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

Influences

Buckethead cites a wide variety of musical influences, including Michael Jackson, Paul Gilbert, Shawn Lane, Yngwie Malmsteen, Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, and Angus Young, as well as the many artists he has collaborated with over the years.^[37] In addition to his musical influences, Buckethead cites a diverse range of non-musical influences including athletes Michael Jordan and LeBron James, and numerous science fiction and horror TV shows and movies including Giant Robot.

Current projects

• Buckethead appears on Travis Dickerson's album, called Iconography.

• A Pleasant Fiction, the 2004 album by Meridiem featuring Buckethead will be re-issued in March 2009.

• A special three-disc version of the movie Flesh For the Beast entitled The Pick Up Media Pack, featuring the soundtrack by Buckethead was released in September 2009.

• Bootsy Collins stated that Buckethead will collaborate in a group called "The Z-Class"; their first album was scheduled for release in April 2009.

• Serj Tankian stated in an interview that a follow-up to Enter the Chicken is planned.
• "The Homing Beacon", a song for Michael Jackson 2009

• "Needle in a Slunk Stack" was released by TDRS Music on 9/24/09.

• The Newest 2010 Bucketheadland CD "Shadows Between the Sky" was released by TDRS Music on 2/5/10.

Equipment

Guitars

Gibson Buckethead Signature Les Paul Custom built Gibson Les Paul Steinberger GS (a.k.a. "Kaiser's Gift") Custom built ESP MV ESP MII Gibson Chet Atkins Ibanez X-Series Flying V Ibanez X Series Rocket Roll II Takamine Acoustic Yamaha AES920 Gibson 1959 Les Paul Custom

Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Gibson SG Gibson SST[42] Gibson 1969 Les Paul Custom[43] Custom built Jackson Y2KV Custom built Jackson KV2 Custom built Jackson Doubleneck Vigier Excess Indus 4-String Bass Heartfield Talon II model (by Fender)

Effects

Digitech Whammy II Digitech Whammy IV Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Vox V845 Wah Pedal Alesis MidiVerb II BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor BOSS RC-20 Loop Station BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay

Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer[46] Snarling Dogs Mold Spore Wah Pedal Roger Mayer Octavia DOD Electronics FX-25B envelope filter AnalogMan Bicomprossor MXR EVH Phase 90 MXR Phase 100[42] Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler Effects Pedal

Amplifiers

Peavey Renown Peavey 5150 Marshall 1960 Slant 4x12 cabinet Diezel Herbert

Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Mesa Boogie Stiletto Trident Matt Wells 17½-watt head wired through a Harry Kolbe 4x12 cab

Picks

Dunlop .73mm Discography Main article: Buckethead discography Studio albums 1992: Bucketheadland 1994: Giant Robot 1996: The Day of the Robot 1998: Colma 1999: Monsters and Robots 2001: Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse 2002: Funnel Weaver 2002: Bermuda Triangle 2002: Electric Tears 2003: Bucketheadland 2 2004: Island of Lost Minds 2004: Population Override 2004: The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell 2005: Enter the Chicken 2005: Kaleidoscalp 2005: Inbred Mountain 2006: The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock 2006: Crime Slunk Scene 2007: Pepper's Ghost 2007: Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot 2007: Cyborg Slunks 2008: Albino Slug 2009: Slaughterhouse on the Prairie 2009: A Real Diamond in the Rough 2009: Forensic Follies 2009: Needle in a Slunk Stack 2010: Shadows Between the Sky Special releases 2007: In Search of The 2007: Acoustic Shards 2007: Bucketheadland Blueprints 2008: From the Coop EP's 2001: KFC Skin Piles Buckethead's bands Note: As well as being a solo artist since 1992, Buckethead often releases albums as Death Cube K. He has used this name as an alias since 1994 (he used it most recently in 2009). Bands Current Praxis (1992–present) Shine/Shin Terai (2001–present) Thanatopsis (2001–present) Science Faxtion (2007–present) Frankenstein Brothers (2008–present) Former Zillatron (1993) Cornbugs (1995–2007) Giant Robot (1996) Pieces (1997) Cobra Strike (1999–2000) El Stew (1999–2003) Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (2002–2004) Buckethead & Friends (2005) Gorgone (2005) Guns N' Roses (2000–2004) Deli Creeps (1991–2005) With artists Current with Viggo Mortensen (1999, 2003–2005, 2008–present) with Travis Dickerson (2004–present) with Brain (2007–present) Former with Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve (1995)