Add Buckethead?

HughesJB4 wrote: He was already rejected for inclusion, so not sure why this is still going.

Tapfret wrote: The guy has created more music in the last 10 years than most people even listen too.

Logan wrote: Tapfret wrote: ...[snip] Just picked up Kaleidoscalp, no other way to describe the album than Progressive Metal. The guy has created more music in the last 10 years than most people even listen too. One of his particularly experimental albums, I've read.  Can't say I know it. Yeah, he has had quite a varied solo career, hasn't he? Very prolific, and involved in so many projects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/buckethead Can make it difficult in both prolific and diverse cases since there's so much material to consider for a proper evaluation.  What do people consider to be his most essential releases (from a progressive standpoint)?  And sorry if this has been covered already, I haven't gone through the topic yet.

Point well taken. Yep, quite varied. I don't know what albums/songs were chosen when he didn't pass before, but I can well understand that 5 or 10 random songs from his discography could cause someone to think the suggestion would be absolutely ludicrous. And which albums would be most essential? Hard to say. from a progressive standpoint, certainly the one I just picked up, Kaleidoscalp. I would also include Monsters and Robots, One Flew Over the Slaughterhouse and Day of the Robot. 

It would be difficult to know where to place him to. What I just listened to would be Prog-metal. Some, like Day of the Robot would be more Electronic Prog.  Some of his stuff is ultra-mellow like Colma and Electric Tears.  His aura, mythology and lack of being able to classify him really fits RIO.

I will add this: the one time I saw him perform live was it the International Progressive Music Festival in SF, 1998.  So somebody out there with some knowledge of what they can get away with calling progressive thinks he's progressive enough to be included in a progressive festival.

I have to admit i was a little dissappointed that he joined Guns and Roses. It was pretty funny though that he was kicked out of the band and Axel Rose called his behavior "...erratic..." and had a "...transient lifestyle."  Pot...kettle...black...anyone?

Tapfret wrote: I have to admit i was a little dissappointed that he joined Guns and Roses. It was pretty funny though that he was kicked out of the band and Axel Rose called his behavior "...erratic..." and had a "...transient lifestyle."  Pot...kettle...black...anyone?

Hadn't heard he got kicked out.
Maybe because his hat wasn't as cool as Stab's.

HughesJB4 wrote: Tapfret wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: He was already rejected for inclusion, so not sure why this is still going. So has Metallica, and we all know how beaten that horse is on a daily basis. Just picked up Kaleidoscalp, no other way to describe the album than Progressive Metal. The guy has created more music in the last 10 years than most people even listen too. If I came across as bashing Buckethead, that's not the case at all. He is in my top 5 favorite guitarists of all time always manages to sit in my top ten most played artists in my Last FM profile and indeed, I have learnt a few of his songs on guitar. I consider him to a truly amazing genius and to have been able to have played with so many artists and bands over the years, is no easy feat. The problem with Buckethead is consistency in progressive or prog related output... but the same can be said of even many prog artists too, so perhaps. I haven't heard all his albums yet, since as you mention he has a huge discography. Some of his stuff, really is truly experimental music. And that's not even before we talk about the experimental and avant-garde artists and bands he has played with.

No, I didn't think you were bashing him. You just happened to be the last post to reply to after I did a search for him so I wasn't starting an extraneous new thread.  My only contention was that we have several examples (and one glaring example) that being denied once does not end the discussion.

And yes, that huge discography is big problem.  I am sure I have not found the material that best exemplifies his progressive work. Nor have I found the worst.  Although, I suppose G n' R would have to be close. 

I'll support him. But who's gonna add his huge discography ? That would be job for a madman.

I know Clarke he is, but I look it from this point of view: He collaborated, or released under his name countless (how much exactly, 40? 70?) of albums and for sure 10-20 of them are truly prog.

Nah, am just guessing, but you know the point, when someone is so prolific, prog it can mean a lot of prog albums here.

The truth is that I listened just few of his albums, but from what I heard, I was amazed. Yesterday I was listening Exivious and I recalled him.

I wanted to fear the day when Metallica will be added, but when I search for it, it was already done.

This time, it's expectation for Buckethead.

There's nearly a 3:1 vote over the yes:no ratio.  Give in already and accept the fact that he's written progressive rock music.

Sorry not sure, but...Hasn't this poll changed recently in a dramatic way?