Six String Giant

Last updated
Six String Giant
Six String Giant.jpg
Studio album by
Recorded1992, 2000
Length27:20
67:33

Six String Giant is a bootleg CD by Buckethead that includes two live shows: live at The Palace in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 1992, and live at The Electric Church in New York, New York, on April 27, 2000.

Contents

Track listing

Live at The Palace
No.TitleLength
1."Skids Looking Where"3:02
2."End of Phantom Monk"0:48
3."When You Wish Upon a Star"0:53
4."Cattle Prod/Solo"1:39
5."Aquabot"4:24
6."Pirate's Life for Me"0:29
7."Beginning of Phantom Monk"5:42
8."I Love My Parents"1:15
9."Nosin'"1:04
10."Terminator Theme"1:23
11."Taccato and Fugue in D Minor"0:43
12."Halloween Theme"0:17
13."Unknown Theme Song"1:41
14."Interlude/Solo"2:50
15."Giant Robot"1:10
Total length:27:20
Live at The Electric Church
No.TitleLength
16."Introduction"1:45
17."Jowls"4:24
18."Jumpman"4:26
19."Giant Robot/Solo/Nuntyaku"6:06
20."Pirate's Life for Me/Chicken Pickin'"1:45
21."Huge Unaccompained Solo"9:25
22."Big Sur Moon"6:36
23."Night of the Slunk"5:46
Total length:40:13

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brain (musician)</span> American drummer

Bryan Kei Mantia, known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Les Claypool, and Buckethead. He has also done session work for numerous artists and bands.

Giant Robot may refer to:

Praxis is the name of an experimental rock project, led by producer/bassist Bill Laswell and featuring guitarist Buckethead and drummer Brain in nearly every incarnation of the band.

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (C2B3) was an experimental rock supergroup featuring bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Buckethead, keyboardist Bernie Worrell and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia.

<i>Enter the Chicken</i> 2005 studio album by Buckethead & Friends

Enter the Chicken is the fourteenth studio album by musician Buckethead. The album was released on October 25, 2005 by Serj Tankian's label Serjical Strike. It has eleven songs, two of which are less than twenty seconds long. It contains appearances from such artists as Saul Williams, Maximum Bob, Efrem Schulz and Serj Tankian.

The Deli Creeps were an avant-garde band consisting of singer Maximum Bob, guitarist Buckethead, drummer Pinchface and various bass players, most recently Daniel Monti. Though Buckethead is the only member who makes a consistent effort to hide his identity, little is known about the other members of the band. Deli Creeps have never released an official album, but many of their songs have been repurposed for Buckhead's solo albums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pinchface</span> American drummer

Michael Andrew Hakopian, better known as Pinchface is the drummer of the Deli Creeps, Giant Robot II, and the Cornbugs. He has also appeared on numerous Buckethead albums, such as Population Override and Giant Robot. He has also appeared on numerous occasions in Buckethead's Binge Clip Videos. In 2006 he toured the United States with Buckethead and Delray Brewer. He also works as a real estate agent according to his Facebook page.

<i>Bucketheadland</i> 1992 studio album by Buckethead

Bucketheadland is the debut studio album by American guitarist and songwriter Buckethead. It was released on John Zornʼs Japanese record label, Avant, in 1992. It features several samples of the 1960s Japanese television series, Giant Robot, amongst guitar riffs and several fast, technical solos. The concept of the album is a tour around the construction of Bucketheadʼs fictional "abusement" park, “Bucketheadland”. Because of this, the album is divided into sections that relate to distinct areas of the park. A sequel was released in 2003, simply titled Bucketheadland 2.

<i>Giant Robot</i> (Buckethead album) 1994 studio album by Buckethead

Giant Robot is the second studio album by avant-garde guitarist Buckethead and loosely following the same "amusement park" concept as his previous album (Bucketheadland). It has some re-recorded songs from Buckethead's band Deli Creeps, as well his earlier demo tape Bucketheadland Blueprints. Giant Robot has a more professional sound than its predecessor in terms of recording and production value; the re-recorded tracks have lost their initial "basement" or "video game" sounding beats and guitar licks. As with Bucketheadland, the album was originally only released in Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival</span> Defunct music festival held in Kansas

Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival was a four-day music festival held annually in early June from 2004 to 2015 at Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. Named for the Wakarusa River, the festival was first held at Clinton State Park immediately outside of Lawrence, Kansas. It moved to its new location, just outside Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2009. The festival is known for an eclectic mix of music and has featured artists like Grammy award winners the Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Activities other than music included disc golf, yoga, hiking, and swimming in the Mulberry River.

<i>Monsters and Robots</i> 1999 studio album by Buckethead

Monsters and Robots is Buckethead's fifth studio album, released April 20, 1999, by Higher Octave records. A large part of the album was co-written with Les Claypool, who also plays bass on several tracks and lends his vocals to the track "The Ballad of Buckethead".

<i>Crime Slunk Scene</i> 2006 studio album by Buckethead

Crime Slunk Scene is the eighteenth studio album by Buckethead and his fourth tour-only album. It was originally only sold on his 2006 tour but was later made available on Travis Dickerson's record label, TDRS music, until it eventually went out of print.

<i>Bucketheadland 2</i> 2003 studio album by Buckethead

Bucketheadland 2 is the tenth studio album by guitarist Buckethead. Released in 2003, it is a sequel to his debut album, Bucketheadland, a concept album about his fictional "abusement" park.

Arcana was an American jazz fusion band that formed in 1995 and originally comprising guitarist Derek Bailey, bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Tony Williams. The original lineup released one album, The Last Wave, in July 1996, before Bailey left the band. Guitar duties for the second album were recorded by guest musicians Nicky Skopelitis and Buckethead, and Arc of the Testimony was released in October 1997. The band split up after the release of their second album due to the death of Williams in February 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan (Buckethead composition)</span> 2009 single by Buckethead

"Jordan" is a musical composition by American musician Buckethead. Originally featured as a playable track on the 2006 music video game Guitar Hero II, "Jordan" was officially released as a downloadable single via iTunes on August 18, 2009.

<i>Disembodied</i> (Buckethead album) 1997 studio album by Death Cube K

Disembodied is Buckethead's second album under the name Death Cube K. It was released on July 22, 1997, by ION Records, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buckethead discography</span> List of recordings by the guitarist Buckethead

Buckethead is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Buckethead's discography currently includes 435 studio albums, one live album, four special releases, five demo tapes, three solo DVD video releases, two DVD video releases with Cornbugs, three music videos, three solo videography releases, and 16 videography releases with other artists.

<i>Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)</i>

Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) is the first album by Bill Laswell's ever-changing "supergroup" Praxis. The album was released in 1992 and features Buckethead on guitar, Bootsy Collins on bass and vocals, Brain on drums, Bernie Worrell on keyboards and DJ AF Next Man Flip on turntables.

<i>Young Buckethead Vol. 1</i> 2006 video by Buckethead

Young Buckethead Vol. 1 is the second DVD made by the guitarist Buckethead, released in 2006 by Jas Obrecht's label, Avabella.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buckethead</span> American guitarist

Brian Patrick Carroll, known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans several genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, although he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, and Skating Polly. He was also a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has recorded 435 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP. He has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists. Buckethead has written and performed music for major motion pictures, including Saw II, Ghosts of Mars, Beverly Hills Ninja, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Last Action Hero, Falling, and contributed lead guitar to the track "Firebird" featured on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie soundtrack.