Add Buckethead?

Hi 

I remember that we were talking about him in Eclectic a bit at one time   (Moris of the Eclectic team knows him but is not currently with the site, and I think another team member knows them and wanted it in but he hasn't been really involved with the team), and of course it's been suggested that it might be better suited to prog Related, but he has a KFC bucketful of album, and I think someone who is really keen on the addition should prepare a really good proposal and provide sufficient musical samples to a team (from various albums), and coordinate with them.  I don't know if anyone has put a let of leg work into this to help a team out with the evaluation.

And I don't know if this ever was formally put to Prog Related.


Edited by Logan - October 20 2011 at 14:54

darkshade wrote: Yea, his discography is a problem. I would say some should be in prog-related, but some should go under prog-metal, eclectic prog, avant-prog, even jazz-rock/fusion.

Which can make him acceptable for the Eclectic category (eclectic over his discography).

Like Porcupine Tree, he has varying styles from album to album.

darkshade wrote: Logan wrote: darkshade wrote: Yea, his discography is a problem. I would say some should be in prog-related, but some should go under prog-metal, eclectic prog, avant-prog, even jazz-rock/fusion. Which can make him acceptable for the Eclectic category (eclectic over his discography). While this makes sense, I meant that he has whole albums that are prog metal, some completely jazz-fusion, etc... it's not like the styles are all over the place on each album (though this applies too), but that some albums are more focused. You know what I mean?

I know what you mean, but I mean that he could be considerable for being eclectic not for individual Eclectic appropriate  albums, but for albums covering various prog category styles over his full discography -- as long as the majority of his albums don't favour one particular prog-style.  I' know that's a really clunky way that I said it.  So, for instance, to make a really simplistic example, if an artist released one (quite pure) symph prog album, one JRF album, one progressive electronic album, it could still be suitable for the Eclectic category -- not for a particular album, but over the discography.

Is there someone familiar with majority of his albums ?

Well, this means someone will call the Ecletic Team to evaluate?

And I've heard his In Search of the... box set. It's pretty much a vast mixture of all of the previously mentioned.

Add him yet?

Based on what everyone is saying, Buckethead probably belongs in Eclectic.  We have Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie's Brains on queue for move from PR to Eclectic, but I'm the only one who has voted yes (because I suggested it).

The trouble is Buckethead's prolific nature.  We'll get to him eventually and somehow.  It's just daunting and we're still working our way out of a backlog.

Epignosis wrote: Based on what everyone is saying, Buckethead probably belongs in Eclectic.  We have Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie's Brains on queue for move from PR to Eclectic, but I'm the only one who has voted yes (because I suggested it). The trouble is Buckethead's prolific nature.  We'll get to him eventually and somehow.  It's just daunting and we're still working our way out of a backlog.

It is probably better to add 20 "smaller" artists than one big - Buckethead. You'll get to it eventually, the important thing is that the work progresses.