One of Buckethead’s great thrills was the chance to work with a singer he’s admired for years, the Iranian-born, Indian-raised Azam Ali of world music group Vas, who guests on the ethereal “Coma.” “She has a disembodied voice I like a lot,” he says. “I don’t talk so good, but Herbie communicated to him a bunch of stuff.” Last year, after hearing demos of Buckethead’s latest work, Tankian offered to produce the album and release it through his own Serjical Strike label.Įnter the Chicken was not planned as a vocal album, but as the project evolved Tankian began recruiting artists. He has always been very fun to be around,” Buckethead says, answering questions through his rubber hand-puppet Herbie. “We ate Indian food at my coop a couple times. Tankian first met the guitarist at Ozzfest in 1999, shortly before Buckethead’s four-year stint with Guns n’ Roses, and the two hit it off. And unlike his mostly instrumental efforts, this album features guest turns from a diverse bunch, billed as “Buckethead and Friends,” including Tankian, spoken-word poet Saul Williams, opera singer Ani Maldjian and Death by Stereo’s Efrem Schulz. And, of course, there was his stint as a member of the reformed (if short-lived) Guns n’ Roses, beginning in 2000.Īnd now Buckethead returns, with Enter the Chicken, due October 25th, produced by System of a Down singer Serj Tankian. The KFC man also recorded a track with Bootsy Collins, played several live gigs with Primus and toured with the prog-rock trio’s bassist Les Claypool. Beginning with 1992’s Bucketheadland, Buckethead went on to release a handful of solo efforts. What we actually know for certain about the guitarist is the following: Formerly known as Brian Carroll, he started out in the San Francisco metal/funk outfit the Deli Creeps, a local cult success that split up before releasing an album. And the KFC bucket, you see, is a kind of homage to all the chickens fried for food, whose souls Buckethead channels whenever he picks up his axe. The birds scratched him so severely that he must forever cover his face. Sporting a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head and a white mask over his face, the artist has claimed in his rare interviews (and online biography) that he was raised in a chicken coop by.
The anonymous, mostly mute guitarist Buckethead is one of the more over-the-top, mysterious figures in rock.
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