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

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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), Buckethead with Maximum Bob Live (1996), Giant Robot (NTT release) (1996) and The Day of the Robot (1996).

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