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Pianists · b. 1969

Buckethead

American guitarist

Born
13 May 1969
Huntington Beach
Country
United States
Active
1988–
Record labels
Tzadik Records, Sony Music, TDRS Music, Serjical Strike Records
Discography
139 albums

Biography

Buckethead is a jazz musician who plays piano, guitar, banjo and synthesizer. Buckethead was born on 13 May 1969 in Huntington Beach. The music is usually filed under funk, avant-garde jazz and experimental rock. Record labels: Tzadik Records, Sony Music, TDRS Music and Serjical Strike Records. The discography here lists 139 albums, from “Bucketheadland” (1992) to “Metal Health” (2026).

Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist. Buckethead's extensive solo discography currently includes 31 studio albums. In 2011, Buckethead began releasing albums in the "Pike" series, mini-albums usually around 30 minutes in length, each with a sequential number similar to a comic book. As of July 2026, Buckethead has released 810 Pike albums, including almost 300 live recordings. Buckethead has also released seven studio albums under the alias Death Cube K (an anagram of Buckethead). He has released collaborative albums with Brain, Travis Dickerson, Melissa Reese, Viggo Mortensen, Shin Terai, DJ Disk, Bootsy Collins, That 1 Guy and albums with the bands Praxis, Cornbugs, Science Faxtion, Guns N' Roses, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and Deli Creeps, in addition to many other collaborations with bands and artists.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Bucketheadland 1992 · Avant Giant Robot 1994
Buckethead with Maximum Bob Live 1996
Giant Robot (NTT release) 1996 The Day of the Robot 1996 · Sub Meta Colma 1998 · CyberOctave Monsters and Robots 1999 · CyberOctave Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse 2001 · Stray Records Bermuda Triangle 2002 · Catalyst Entertainment Electric Tears 2002 · Meta Records Funnel Weaver 2002 Bucketheadland 2 2003 · Ion Bucketheadland 2 2003 · ION Records Pandemoniumfromamerica 2003
2004-06-04: Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO, USA 2004 · Live
Bucketheadland: Island of Lost Minds 2004 Population Override 2004 · Ion The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell 2004
2005-10-26: State Theatre, Falls Church, VA, USA 2005 · Live
2005-10-27: Recher Theatre, Towson, MD, USA 2005 · Live
Enter the Chicken 2005 · Serjical Strike Records Inbred Mountain 2005 · [no label] Intelligence Failure 2005 Kaleidoscalp 2005 · Tzadik
2006-04-01: The Southgate House, Newport, KY, USA 2006 · Live
Chicken Noodles 2006 · TDRS Music Crime Slunk Scene 2006 · [no label] The Elephant Man’s Alarm Clock 2006 · [no label]
Young Buckethead Vol. 1 2006 · Live
Acoustic Shards 2007 · Avabella Productions Chicken Noodles II 2007 · TDRS Music Cyborg Slunks 2007 · TDRS Music Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot 2007 · TDRS Music In Search of The 2007 Kevin’s Noodle House 2007 · TDRS Music Pepper’s Ghost 2007 · [no label]
2008-07-28: Buffalo, NY, USA 2008 · Live
Albino Slug 2008 · [no label] The Dragons of Eden 2008 · TDRS Music A Real Diamond in the Rough 2009 · TDRS Music Forensic Follies 2009 · TDRS Music Needle in a Slunk Stack 2009 · TDRS Music Slaughterhouse on the Prairie 2009 · TDRS Music 3 Foot Clearance 2010 · TDRS Music Brain as Hamenoodle 2010 · TDRS Music Captain EO’s Voyage 2010 · Buckethead Records Flesh for the Beast Movie Soundtrack 2010 · Fever Dreams LLC. Kind Regards 2010 · TDRS Music Left Hanging 2010 · TDRS Music Shadows Between the Sky 2010 · TDRS Music Spinal Clock 2010 · TDRS Music Empty Space 2011 · [no label] It’s Alive 2011 · Hatboxghost
Look Up There 2011 · [no label]
Reunion 2011 · Perceval Press
Underground Chamber 2011 · [no label]
Balloon Cement 2012 · Hatboxghost Electric Sea 2012 · Metastation March of the Slunks 2012 · Hatboxghost Racks 2012 · Hatboxghost The Shores of Molokai 2012 The Silent Picture Book 2012 Coat of Charms 2013 · [no label] Feathers 2013 · [no label] Forgotten Library 2013 · [no label] Halls of Dimension 2013 · [no label] Hollowed Out 2013 · [no label] It Smells Like Frogs 2013 · [no label] Mannequin Cemetery 2013 · [no label] Pancake Heater 2013 · Buckethead Records Pearson’s Square 2013 · [no label] Pike 13 2013 Pikes 2013 · [no label] Propellar 2013 · [no label] Pumpkin 2013 · Buckethead Records Rise of the Blue Lotus 2013 · [no label] Slug Cartilage 2013 · [no label] Sphere Facade 2013 · [no label] Spiral Trackway 2013 · [no label] Splatters 2013 · [no label] Teeter Slaughter 2013 · [no label] Telescape 2013 · Buckethead Records Thank You Ohlinger’s 2013 · [no label] Thaw 2013 · [no label] The Astrodome 2013 · [no label] The Boiling Pond 2013 · [no label] The Mark of Davis 2013 · [no label] The Pit 2013 · [no label] The Spirit Winds 2013 · [no label] Twisterlend 2013 · Buckethead Records View Master 2013 · [no label] Wishes 2013 · [no label] Worms for the Garden 2013 · [no label] Abandoned Slaughterhouse 2014 · [no label] Aquarium 2014 · [no label] Assignment 033-03 2014 · [no label] Backwards Chimney 2014 · [no label] Bumbyride Dreamlands 2014 · [no label] Category of Whereness 2014 Caterpillar 2014 · [no label]
Celery 2014 · [no label]
Citacis 2014 · [no label] City of Ferris Wheels 2014 · [no label] Claymation Courtyard 2014 · [no label] Closed Attractions 2014 Cycle 2014 · Buckethead Records Factory 2014 · [no label] Final Bend of the Labyrinth 2014 · [no label]
Footsteps 2014
Geppetos Trunk 2014 · [no label]
Grand Gallery 2014 · Buckethead Records
Hide in the Pickling Jar 2014 · [no label] Hold Me Forever (In Memory of My Mom Nancy York Carroll) 2014 · [no label] Infinity Hill 2014 · [no label] Leave the Light On 2014 Monument Valley 2014 · [no label] Night Gallery 2014 · [no label] Outlined for Citacis 2014 · [no label] Outpost 2014 Pike 43 2014 · [no label] Pike 78 2014 · [no label] Pitch Dark 2014 Rainy Days 2014 · Buckethead Records
Roller Coaster Track Repair 2014 · [no label]
Snow Slug 2014 · [no label] The Coats of Claude 2014 · [no label] The Frankensteins Monsters Blinds 2014 · [no label] The Miskatonic Scale 2014 · [no label] Twilight Constrictor 2014 · [no label] Ydrapoej 2014 · [no label] You Can’t Triple Stamp a Double Stamp 2014 · [no label]
5 13 10 31 2017 · [no label]
Clockunwise 2020 · Buckethead Records Ghost Host 2020 · Buckethead Records Shadows Between the Sky no drums version 2022 · Buckethead Records
2024-09-24: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK, USA 2024 · Live
Veins Of Institution 2024 Metal Health 2026 · Bootzilla Productions
2006-03-05: Meridian, Houston, TX, USA · Live

Also plays on

Albums where Buckethead is credited as a sideman

2004 Please Tomorrow — Viggo Mortensen guitar

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Buckethead play?

Buckethead is known for playing piano, guitar, banjo and synthesizer.

When and where was Buckethead born?

Buckethead was born 13 May 1969 in Huntington Beach.

What are Buckethead's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Bucketheadland (1992), Giant Robot (1994), Giant Robot (NTT release) (1996), The Day of the Robot (1996) and Colma (1998).

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