Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican-American[1] rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.[2] He has won 10 Grammy Awardsand 3 Latin Grammy Awards.Awal kehidupan Santana lahir di Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Meksiko. Ayahnya adalah seorang pemain biola mariachi, dan Carlos belajar bermain biola pada usia lima dan gitar pada usia delapan. Carlos muda sangat dipengaruhi oleh Ritchie Valens pada saat ada Latin sangat sedikit rock Amerika dan musik pop. Keluarga itu pindah dari Autlán de Navarro ke Tijuana, kota perbatasan antara Meksiko dan California, dan kemudian San Francisco. Carlos tinggal di Tijuana tapi bergabung dengan keluarganya di San Francisco nanti dan lulus dari James Lick Middle School dan Misi SMA di sana. Dia lulus dari Misi Tinggi pada tahun 1965. Javier Bátiz, seorang gitaris terkenal dari Tijuana Mexico, dikatakan telah guru gitar Carlos yang mengajarinya memainkan gaya yang berbeda dari bermain solo gitar [3] Setelah mempelajari teknik Batiz itu, Santana akan membuat mereka sendiri juga.. [4] Di San Francisco, ia mendapat kesempatan untuk melihat berhala-nya, terutama BB King, melakukan hidup. Dia juga diperkenalkan berbagai pengaruh musik baru, termasuk jazz dan musik rakyat, dan menyaksikan gerakan hippie berkembang berpusat di San Francisco pada 1960-an. Setelah menghabiskan beberapa tahun bekerja sebagai pencuci piring di restoran dan busking untuk perubahan cadang, Santana memutuskan untuk menjadi seorang musisi penuh waktu, pada tahun 1966, ia membentuk Santana Blues Band, dengan sesama musisi jalanan, David Brown dan Gregg Rolie (bassis dan pemain keyboard, masing-masing). [4] Dengan perpaduan mereka sangat asli Latin-infused rock, jazz, blues, salsa, dan irama Afrika, band (yang dengan cepat menjadi hanya dikenal sebagai Santana) mendapatkan sebuah berikut langsung pada klub strip San Francisco. sukses awal band ini, capped off dengan kinerja yang mengesankan di Woodstock pada tahun 1969, menyebabkan kontrak rekaman dengan Columbia Records, kemudian jalankan oleh Clive Davis. [Sunting Kehidupan pribadi] Pada tanggal 19 Oktober 2007, istrinya 34 tahun, Deborah, mengajukan gugatan cerai dengan alasan "perbedaan bisa dipertemukan". [5] Pada tanggal 9 Juli 2010, Santana mengumumkan rencana untuk menikah drumer Cindy Blackman, di pameran Santana di Tinley Park, Illinois dengan mengusulkan panggung [6] [7] di tengah set, tepat setelah Blackman memainkan drum solo. [ 8] [Sunting] Santana Santana ditandatangani oleh CBS Records dan pergi ke studio untuk merekam album pertama mereka. Mereka tidak puas dengan pelepasan dan memutuskan perubahan perlu dibuat. Hal ini mengakibatkan pemberhentian Bob Livingston. Santana menggantikannya dengan Mike Shrieve, yang memiliki latar belakang yang kuat di kedua jazz dan rock. Marcus Malone dipaksa untuk keluar dari band karena masalah pribadi, dan band-kembali Michael Carabello terdaftar. Carabello membawa perkusi Jose Daerah Chepito, yang sudah terkenal di negaranya, Nikaragua, dan, dengan kemampuan dan pengalaman profesional, merupakan penyumbang utama band. Bill Graham, yang telah menjadi penggemar band dari awal, meyakinkan promotor Woodstock Music Festival Seni dan membiarkan mereka muncul sebelum album pertama mereka bahkan dirilis. Mereka adalah salah satu kejutan festival; mengatur mereka legendaris dan, kemudian, eksposur sebelas menit instrumental mereka "Soul Pengorbanan" di film dan soundtrack Woodstock jauh meningkat popularitas album Santana. Graham juga memberikan beberapa saran band kunci untuk merekam lagu Willie Bobo "Evil Ways", karena ia merasa itu akan membuat mereka diputar. Album pertama mereka, hanya berjudul Santana, menjadi hit besar, mencapai nomor empat di tangga album AS, dan catchy single "Evil Ways" mencapai nomor sembilan di Billboard Hot 100. Pada tahun 1970, kelompok ini mencapai puncaknya awal komersial dengan album kedua mereka, Abraxas, yang mencapai nomor satu di tangga album dan pergi untuk menjual lebih dari empat juta eksemplar. Instrumental dalam produksi album ini pianis Alberto Gianquinto, yang disarankan kelompok untuk menjauh dari perkusi kemacetan panjang dan berkonsentrasi pada struktur lagu ketat. Yang inovatif Santana musik campuran membuat nomor empat hit keluar dari "Magic band Fleetwood Mac Inggris Black Woman" dan sejumlah hit-tiga belas dari "Como legenda salsa Tito Puente's Oye Va". Namun, Woodstock dan kesuksesan tiba-tiba band ini memberikan tekanan pada kelompok, menyoroti arah musik yang berbeda di mana Rolie dan Santana mulai pergi. Rolie, bersama dengan beberapa anggota band lainnya, ingin menekankan suara dasar hard rock yang membentuk band di tempat pertama. Santana di sisi lain tumbuh di luar musik kecintaannya blues dan rock dan ingin lebih jazzy, elemen ringan dalam musik, yang dipengaruhi oleh daya tarik dengan Miles Davis dan John Coltrane, serta bunga yang tumbuh dalam spiritualitas dan meditasi. Untuk lebih rumit, Daerah Chepito terserang pendarahan otak yang nyaris fatal, dan Santana band ingin untuk melanjutkan melakukan dengan mencari pengganti sementara (pertama Willie Bobo, kemudian Coke Escovedo), sementara yang lain di band ini, terutama Michael Carabello, merasa salah untuk melakukan publik tanpa Daerah. Cliques terbentuk, dan band ini mulai hancur. Remaja San Francisco Bay Area gitar ajaib Neal Schon diminta untuk bergabung dengan band ini pada tahun 1971, walaupun, pada saat itu, ia juga diundang oleh Eric Clapton untuk bergabung Derek dan dominos. Memilih Santana, ia bergabung dalam waktu untuk menyelesaikan album ketiga, Santana III. Band ini sekarang menyombongkan tindakan dual-lead-gitar kuat yang memberi album suara keras. Suara band ini juga membantu dengan kembalinya sebuah Daerah Chepito sembuh dan bantuan Coke Escovedo di bagian perkusi. Meningkatkan suara band lebih lanjut dukungan dari Tower Bay Area populer kelompok bagian tanduk Power, Luis Gasca dari Malo, dan sejumlah teman-teman yang telah membantu dengan perkusi dan vokal, jarum suntik lebih banyak energi untuk proses. Santana III keberhasilan lain, mencapai nomor satu di tangga album, menjual dua juta kopi, dan menghasilkan hits "Semuanya Everybody's" dan "Tidak Satu untuk Depend On". Tapi ketegangan dalam band terus. Seiring dengan perbedaan musik, penggunaan narkoba menjadi masalah, dan Santana sangat khawatir hal itu mempengaruhi kinerja band. Coke Escovedo Santana didorong untuk menguasai lebih dari arah musik band ini, terkadang juga dari beberapa orang lain yang berpikir bahwa band dan suara yang merupakan upaya kolektif. Juga, penyimpangan keuangan terbuka saat berada di bawah pengelolaan Stan Marcum, Bill Graham yang dikritik sebagai tidak kompeten. kebencian Tumbuh antara Santana dan Michael Carabello atas isu-isu gaya hidup menyebabkan keberangkatannya pada istilah yang buruk. James Mingo Lewis dipekerjakan pada menit terakhir sebagai pengganti di sebuah konser di New York City. David Brown kemudian dibiarkan karena masalah penyalahgunaan zat. Tur Amerika Selatan dipotong pendek di Lima, Peru, karena protes mahasiswa terhadap kebijakan pemerintah AS dan fans sulit diatur. Kegilaan tur Santana yakin bahwa perubahan perlu dibuat dalam band dan dalam hidupnya. Pada bulan Januari 1972, Santana, Neal Schon dan Coke Escovedo bergabung Band Gypsys mantan drummer Buddy Miles untuk konser di Hawaii Diamond Head Crater, yang direkam untuk album live. kinerja itu tidak menentu dan tidak merata, namun album ini berhasil mencapai status emas-catatan pada berat popularitas Santana. [Sunting] losmen Pada tahun 1972 awal, Santana dan sisa anggota band yang mulai bekerja pada album keempat mereka, losmen. Selama sesi studio, Santana dan Michael Shrieve membawa musisi lain: perkusionis James Mingo Lewis dan veteran Latin-Jazz, Armando Peraza menggantikan Michael Carabello, dan bassists Tom Rutley dan Doug Rauch menggantikan David Brown. Juga membantu pada keyboard adalah Wendy Haas dan Tom Coster. Dengan masuknya pemain baru meresahkan di studio, Gregg Rolie dan Neal Schon memutuskan bahwa sudah waktunya untuk meninggalkan setelah selesainya album, meskipun keduanya telah memberikan kontribusi yang spektakuler untuk sesi ini. Rolie pergi dan pulang ke Seattle, membuka restoran dengan ayahnya, dan kemudian menjadi anggota pendiri Journey (yang kemudian akan bergabung Schon juga). Ketika losmen tidak muncul di 1972, menandai perubahan yang kuat dalam arah musik ke jazz fusion. Album ini mendapatkan pujian kritis, tetapi CBS eksekutif Clive Davis memperingatkan Santana dan band yang akan menyabot posisi band ini sebagai tindakan Empat puluh Top. Namun demikian, selama bertahun-tahun, album ini akan mencapai status platinum. Kesulitan Santana dan band itu mengalami selama periode ini dicatat dalam Ben Fong-Torres 'Rolling Stone cover story "Kebangkitan Carlos Santana". Pada saat ini, Deborah Santana bertemu Raja, yang kemudian menikah pada tahun 1973. Dia adalah putri dari penyanyi dan gitaris blues akhir Saunders Raja. Mereka memiliki tiga anak: Salvador, Stella, dan Angelica. Bersama dengan istri Deborah, Santana mendirikan sebuah tidak-organisasi nirlaba, Yayasan Milagro, yang menyediakan bantuan keuangan untuk kebutuhan pendidikan, kesehatan, dan lainnya. [Sunting] Perjalanan Spiritual Pada tahun 1972, Santana menjadi penggemar berat dari band fusion perintis The Mahavishnu Orchestra dan gitaris nya John McLaughlin. Menyadari kepentingan Santana dalam meditasi, McLaughlin memperkenalkan Santana dan Deborah ke gurunya, Sri Chinmoy. Chinmoy menerima mereka sebagai murid-murid pada tahun 1973. Santana diberi nama "Devadip" - berarti "lampu, cahaya dan mata Allah." Santana dan McLaughlin merekam album bersama, Cinta, Pengabdian, Menyerah dengan anggota Santana dan Mahavishnu Orchestra, bersama dengan Don Alias perkusi dan organ Larry Young, yang keduanya telah membuat penampilan di klasik Miles Davis 'Jalang Brew pada tahun 1969. Pada tahun 1973, Santana, yang telah mendapat hak hukum untuk nama band ini, membentuk versi baru Santana, dengan Armando Peraza dan Daerah Chepito pada perkusi, Doug Rauch pada bass, Michael Shrieve pada drum, dan Tom Coster dan Richard Kermode pada keyboard. Santana kemudian dapat merekrut vokalis jazz Leon Thomas untuk tur Jepang, yang dicatat untuk fusi, hidup luas, album Lotus energi tinggi. catatan CBS tidak mengizinkan perusahaan rilis kecuali materi itu kental. Santana tidak setuju untuk istilah-istilah, dan album yang tersedia di AS hanya sebagai mahal, impor, tiga set-catatan. Kelompok ini kemudian pergi ke studio dan dicatat Selamat datang, yang lebih mencerminkan kepentingan Santana di fusion jazz dan komitmennya terhadap kehidupan spiritual Sri Chinmoy. [Sunting gaya Pergeseran] pada 1970-an Malam Tahun Baru 1976; di Istana Sapi, San Francisco Foto: David Gans Sebuah kolaborasi dengan janda John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, iluminasi, diikuti. Album menyelidiki avant-garde jazz gratis esoteris, Hindia Timur dan pengaruh klasik dengan lainnya Davis Sidemen mantan DeJohnette Jack Miles dan Dave Holland. Segera setelah itu, Santana menggantikan anggota band-nya lagi. Kermode Kali ini, Thomas dan Rauch berangkat dari grup dan digantikan oleh vokalis Leon Patillo (yang kemudian menjadi sukses Kontemporer Kristen artis) dan kembali bassis David Brown. Dia juga merekrut pemain saksofon soprano, Jules Broussard ke lineup. Band ini merekam satu album Borboletta, yang dirilis pada tahun 1974. Ndugu 'Drummer Leon' Chancler kemudian bergabung dengan band sebagai pengganti Michael Shrieve, yang meninggalkan untuk mengejar karir solo. Pada saat ini, perusahaan manajemen Bill Graham menganggap urusan kelompok. Graham kritis Santana arah ke dalam jazz dan merasa ia harus berkonsentrasi untuk Santana kembali ke dalam grafik dengan suara, gelisah etnis jalan-bijaksana yang membuat mereka terkenal. Santana sendiri melihat bahwa arah kelompok itu mengasingkan banyak fans. Meskipun album dan pertunjukan diberikan ulasan baik oleh para kritikus di kalangan jazz dan jazz fusion, penjualan turun drastis. Santana bersama dengan Tom Coster, produser David Rubinson, dan Chandler membentuk versi lain Santana, menambahkan vokalis Greg Walker. Amigos Album tahun 1976, yang menampilkan lagu-lagu "Dance, Sister, Dance" dan "Let It Shine", memiliki suara funk yang kuat dan Latin. Album ini juga diputar di stasiun-album rock FM berorientasi dengan instrumental "Europa (Earth's Cry Surga Senyum)" dan kembali diperkenalkan Santana kembali ke grafik. Majalah Rolling Stone berlari cerita sampul kedua pada Santana berjudul "Santana Comes Home". Album dikandung melalui akhir 1970-an mengikuti formula yang sama, meskipun dengan beberapa perubahan lineup. Di antara personil yang datang dan meninggalkan band ini perkusi Raul Rekow, yang bergabung pada awal 1977 dan masih sampai hari ini. Paling-terkenal dari upaya komersial band era ini adalah versi tahun 1960-an Zombies hit, "Dia Tidak Ada", pada 1977 Moonflower album. Keberhasilan relatif album band ini di era ini diperbolehkan Santana untuk mengejar karir solo didanai oleh CBS. Pertama, Keesaan, Silver Dreams, Golden Realitas pada tahun 1979 dan The Swing of Delight pada tahun 1980, yang menampilkan beberapa pahlawan musiknya: Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter dan Tony Williams dari kwintet legendaris Miles Davis 1960 '. Tekanan dan godaan menjadi seorang musisi rock high-profile dan syarat dari gaya hidup rohani yang guru Sri Chinmoy dan para pengikutnya menuntut, adalah sumber konflik yang besar untuk gaya hidup Santana dan pernikahan. Dia menjadi semakin kecewa dengan apa yang dia pikir aturan itu tidak masuk akal Chinmoy dikenakan pada hidupnya, khususnya, penolakannya untuk memungkinkan Santana dan Deborah untuk memulai sebuah keluarga. Dia merasa terlalu yang terkenal adalah yang digunakan untuk meningkatkan visibilitas guru itu. Santana dan Deborah akhirnya mengakhiri hubungan mereka dengan Chinmoy pada tahun 1982. [Sunting] 1980-an Santana, 1984 Barcelona, Spanyol Lebih menyenangkan radio-single diikuti dari Santana dan band. "Memenangkan" pada tahun 1981 dan "Hold On" (remake dari lagu Kanada artis Ian Thomas ') pada tahun 1982 kedua mencapai dua puluh besar. Setelah istirahat dengan Sri Chinmoy, Santana pergi ke studio untuk merekam album solo dengan Keith Olson dan R & B legendaris produser Jerry Wexler. Album awal 1983 ditinjau kembali pengalaman musik Santana di Tijuana dengan Bo Diddley's "Siapa Do You Love" dan memotong judul, Chuck Berry's "Havana Moon". tamu Album sudah termasuk Booker T. Jones, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Willie Nelson dan ayah orkestra mariachi bahkan Santana. Santana lagi membayar upeti ke akar awal batuan dengan melakukan skor film ke La Bamba, yang didasarkan pada kehidupan tragis singkat legenda rock and roll Ritchie Valens dan dibintangi Lou Diamond Philips. Meskipun band ini telah berkonsentrasi pada mencoba untuk memproduksi album dengan daya tarik komersial selama 1980-an, perubahan selera dalam budaya populer mulai mencerminkan penjualan melorot band ini merekam upaya Beyond Penampilan terbaru mereka. Pada tahun 1985, Bill Graham harus sekali lagi menarik string untuk Santana untuk meyakinkan konser Live Aid pokok Bob Geldof untuk memungkinkan band untuk tampil di festival. energi tinggi kinerja kelompok ini terbukti mengapa mereka masih konser atas menarik di seluruh dunia meskipun kinerja buruk mereka pada grafik. Santana mempertahankan banyak hal baik dalam lingkaran jazz dan rock, dengan Pangeran dan gitaris Kirk Hammett dari Metallica mengutip dia sebagai pengaruh. Santana band kembali pada tahun 1986 dengan Kebebasan album baru. Buddy Milles, yang mencoba untuk menghidupkan kembali karier musiknya setelah menghabiskan banyak akhir 1970-an dan awal 1980-an dipenjara karena kasus narkoba, kembali untuk vokal. kehadiran-Nya di atas panggung memberikan dosis karisma ke tampilan, tetapi, sekali lagi, penjualan album jatuh datar. Tumbuh lelah untuk mencoba menenangkan para eksekutif perusahaan rekaman dengan lagu hit formulais, Santana mengambil kesenangan besar dalam kemacetan dan membuat penampilan tamu dengan tokoh-tokoh seperti kelompok jazz fusion Weather Report, pianis jazz McCoy Tyner, Blues John Lee Hooker legenda, Frank Franklin, Hidup Warna gitaris Vernon Reid, dan penyanyi Afrika Barat Salif Keita. Dia dan Mickey Hart dari Grateful Dead kemudian dicatat dan dilakukan dengan drummer Nigeria Babatunde Olatunji, yang mengandung salah satu dari tahun 1960-an terkenal Santana drum kemacetan, "Jingo". Pada tahun 1988, Santana diselenggarakan reuni dengan anggota terakhir dari band Santana untuk serangkaian tanggal konser. Catatan CBS merilis sebuah retrospektif 20 tahun prestasi band dengan Viva Santana. Tahun yang sama Santana membentuk kelompok-instrumental menampilkan semua legenda jazz Wayne Shorter pada saksofon tenor dan sopran. Kelompok ini juga termasuk Patrice Rushen pada keyboard, Alphonso Johnson pada bass, Armando Peraza dan Daerah Chepito pada perkusi, dan Ndugu 'Leon' Chancler pada drum. Mereka melakukan tur singkat dan menerima banyak pujian dari pers musik, yang dibandingkan dengan upaya era losmen. Santana merilis rekaman solo, Blues untuk Salvador, yang memenangkan Grammy Award untuk Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Pada tahun 1990, Santana kiri Columbia Records setelah dua puluh dua tahun dan ditandatangani dengan Polygram. Tahun berikutnya, ia membuat penampilan tamu di album Ottmar Liebert's Solo Para Ti, pada lagu "mengulurkan tangan 2 U" dan pada sampul lagu sendiri, "Samba Pa Ti". Pada tahun 1992, Santana menyewa band selai Phish sebagai suatu tindakan pembukaan. Dia tetap dekat dengan band ini, terutama untuk gitaris Trey Anastasio. [Sunting] Kembali ke kesuksesan komersial Carlos Santana selama konser tahun 2005 Santana catatan penjualan di tahun 1990-an sangat rendah. Menjelang akhir dekade, ia tanpa kontrak. Namun, Arista Records Clive Davis, yang telah bekerja dengan Santana di Columbia Records, ditandatangani dia dan mendorong dia untuk merekam album bintang-bintang dengan sebagian besar seniman muda. Hasilnya adalah 1999's Supernatural, yang termasuk kolaborasi dengan Everlast, Rob Thomas dari Matchbox Twenty, Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Cee-Lo, Mana, Dave Matthews, KC Porter, JB Eckl, dan lain-lain. Namun, single utama adalah apa yang menarik perhatian baik penggemar dan industri musik. "Smooth", a cha cha-dinamis stop-start co-nomor ditulis dan dinyanyikan oleh Rob Thomas dari Matchbox Twenty, adalah laced sepanjang dengan mengisi gitar Santana dan berjalan. Energi lagu itu segera jelas di radio, dan dimainkan pada berbagai macam format stasiun. "Smooth" selama dua belas minggu nomor satu di Billboard Hot 100, menjadi dalam proses terakhir # 1 tunggal tahun 1990-an. Video musik, yang dibangun di jalan barrio panas, juga sangat populer. Supernatural mencapai nomor satu di tangga album AS dan tindak lanjut tunggal, "Maria Maria", yang menampilkan duo R & B G Produk & B, juga terkena nomor satu, menghabiskan sepuluh minggu di sana pada musim semi 2000. Supernatural akhirnya terjual lebih dari 15 juta kopi di Amerika Serikat, sehingga penjualan terbesar Santana sukses jauh. Carlos Santana, bersama Santana lineup klasik dua album pertama mereka, adalah inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pada tahun 1998. Dia melakukan "Black Magic Woman" dengan penulis lagu, pendiri Fleetwood Mac Peter Green. Green Induksi malam yang sama. Pada tahun 2000 Supernatural memenangkan sembilan Grammy Awards (delapan untuk Santana pribadi), termasuk Album of the Year, Record of the Year untuk "" Song Smooth, dan Tahun untuk Thomas dan Itaal Syur. pidato penerimaan Santana menggambarkan perasaannya tentang tempat musik dalam keberadaan spiritual seseorang. Kemudian tahun itu di Latin Grammy Awards ia memenangkan tiga penghargaan termasuk Record of the Year. Pada tahun 2001, kemampuan gitar Santana ditampilkan dalam lagu Michael Jackson's "Apa pun yang Terjadi", dari album Invincible. Pada tahun 2002, Santana dirilis Dukun, meninjau kembali format Supernatural seniman tamu termasuk POD dan Seal. Meskipun album ini bukan pelarian sukses pendahulunya dulu, itu menghasilkan dua hits radio-ramah. "The Game of Love" yang menampilkan Michelle Branch, naik ke nomor lima di Billboard Hot 100 dan menghabiskan beberapa minggu di puncak chart Billboard Adult Contemporary, dan "Mengapa Don't You & I" ditulis oleh Chad Kroeger dan menampilkan dari kelompok Nickelback (asli dan remix dengan Alex Band dari kelompok The Calling digabungkan terhadap kinerja grafik) yang mencapai angka delapan di Billboard Hot 100. "The Game of Love" melanjutkan untuk memenangkan Grammy Award untuk Best Kolaborasi Pop dengan Vokal. Pada bulan Agustus 2003, Santana bernama kelima belas pada "Daftar majalah Rolling Stone tentang" 100 Gitaris Terbesar Sepanjang Masa ". Pada tahun 2005, Herbie Hancock mendekati Santana untuk berkolaborasi pada album lagi menggunakan rumus Supernatural. Kemungkinan dirilis pada tanggal 30 Agustus 2005, menampilkan Carlos Santana dan Angelique Kidjo pada "Safiatou". Juga, pada tahun 2005, Shakira Latin sesama bintang Santana diundang untuk bermain gitar rock balada lunak ilegal di album kedua bahasa Inggris studio Oral Fixation Vol. 2. 2005 album Santana's All That I Am terutama terdiri atas kolaborasi dengan seniman lain; pertama tunggal, yang penuh semangat "I'm Feeling Anda", sekali lagi dengan Michelle Branch dan The Wreckers. musisi lain bergabung dengan campuran kali ini termasuk Steven Tyler dari Aerosmith, Kirk Hammett dari Metallica, bintang hip-hop/reggae Sean Paul dan R & B penyanyi Joss Stone. Pada bulan April dan Mei 2006, Santana tur Eropa, di mana ia dipromosikan band anaknya Salvador Santana sebagai tindakan pembukaan. Pada tahun 2007, Santana muncul, bersama dengan Sheila E. dan José Feliciano, di album Gloria Estefan's 90 Millas, pada single "No Llores". Dia juga bekerja sama lagi dengan Chad Kroeger untuk single hit "Into the Night". Pada tahun 2008, Santana mulai bekerja dengan temannya waktu lama, Marcelo Vieira, pada album solo Marcelo Vieira-nya Akustik Kedengarannya, yang dijadwalkan akan dirilis pada akhir tahun. Ini fitur trek seperti "Untuk Flavia" dan "Across the Grave", yang terakhir menampilkan riff melodi berat oleh Santana. Carlos Santana tampil di American Idol 2009 finale dengan 13 finalis atas, yang dibintangi banyak bertindak seperti KISS, Queen dan Rod Stewart. Pada tanggal 8 Juli 2009, Carlos Santana muncul di Athens Olympic Stadium di Athena dengan 10-anggota band-nya semua-bintang sebagai bagian dari Nya "Supernatural Santana - Perjalanan melalui Hit" tur Eropa. Pada tanggal 10 Juli 2009, ia juga muncul di Philip II Stadium di Skopje. Dengan konser 2,5 jam dan 20 000 orang, Santana muncul untuk pertama kalinya di wilayah itu. "Supernatural Santana - Perjalanan melalui Hit" sedang diputar di The Hard Rock Cafe di Las Vegas, di mana ia akan bermain sampai akhir 2009. Santana adalah fitur sebagai karakter dimainkan dalam musik video game Guitar Hero 5. Sebuah rekaman live lagunya "No One Untuk Depend On" adalah termasuk dalam permainan, yang dirilis pada tanggal 1 September 2009. [9] Carlos baru-baru ini membuka rantai restoran kelas atas Meksiko disebut "Maria Maria". Ini adalah usaha gabungan dengan Chef Roberto Santibanez. Mereka berada di Tempe Arizona, Mill Valley (sekarang ditutup), Walnut Creek, dan Danville, California, Austin, Texas, dan Boca Raton Florida. [10] [Sunting] Pengaruh Sekitar usia 8, Santana "jatuh di bawah pengaruh" penyanyi blues seperti BB King dan John Lee Hooker [11] Ia juga kredit Jimi Hendrix dan Mike Bloomfield sebagai pengaruh yang penting;. Ia dianggap Bloomfield mentor langsung, penulisan kunci pertemuan dengan Bloomfield di San Francisco pada kata pengantar, dia menulis kepada seorang biografi Bloomfield, Michael Bloomfield: Jika Anda Cinta ini Blues-An Sejarah Lisan pada tahun 2000. [12] [Sunting] Peralatan Bagian ini lebih mirip membaca cerita dari entri ensiklopedia. Untuk memenuhi standar kualitas Wikipedia dan sesuai dengan kami netral Point kebijakan View, tolong bantu untuk memperkenalkan gaya yang lebih formal dan menghapus nada pribadi diinvestasikan. (November 2009) [Sunting] Guitars Santana tampil pada tahun 2000 Santana memainkan Gibson SG merah Khusus dengan P-90 pickup di festival Woodstock. Dari tahun 1976 hingga 1982, gitar utamanya adalah 175B Yamaha SG dan kadang-kadang putih Gibson SG Custom dengan 3 koil pick-up terbuka. Pada tahun 1982 ia mulai menggunakan gitar dibuat PRS custom, yang menjadi instrumen utama-nya sekitar 1988. Santana saat ini menggunakan model gitar Santana II menggunakan pickup PRS Santana III dengan nikel mencakup dan tremolo, dengan 0,009 042 gauge string D'Addario -. [13 gitar] Santana leher dan fretboards. Dibangun dari sepotong tunggal padat Brasil rosewood, [14] ini membantu menciptakan, bernyanyi mulus, kaca-nada seperti itu, dia terkenal. Carlos Santana juga menggunakan gitar klasik, Alvarez Yairi dengan tali nilon CY127CE ketegangan Alvarez. [15] [Sunting] Dampak Untuk suara gitar listrik yang khas Santana, Santana tidak menggunakan banyak efek pedal. PRS gitar Nya terhubung ke wah wah pedal Mu-Tron (atau, lebih dewasa ini, Dunlop 535Q wah) dan T-Rex Replica delay pedal, [16] [17] kemudian melalui switcher amp disesuaikan Jim Dunlop yang pada gilirannya dihubungkan ke ampli yang berbeda atau lemari. setup sebelumnya termasuk Ibanez Tube Screamer [18] setelah gitar. Dalam lagu "Stand Up" dari album Marathon, Santana menggunakan kotak bicara Heil di solo gitar. [Sunting] Amplifiers Memimpin Santana nada gitar dihasilkan oleh humbucker gitar dilengkapi (Gibson / Yamaha / PRS) ke dalam preamp kecil tapi efektif (terdiri dari Keuntungan & Master Volume kontrol) untuk ref Mesa Boogie [. seperti] di atas. Dia juga benar-benar menempatkan di Mesa Boogie Boogie: 'Santana seru untuk Smith, "Sialan, hal kecil Orang itu benar-benar Boogies!." Itu pernyataan yang membawa nama Boogie membuahkan hasil. " Secara khusus, Santana menggabungkan Mesa / Boogie Mark I kepala berjalan melalui kabinet Boogie dengan Altec 417-8H (atau baru JBL E120s) speaker, dan Dumbledore Overdrive Reverb dan / atau Dumbledore Overdrive Khusus berjalan melalui Brown atau kabinet 4x12 Marshall dengan Celestion G12M "Greenback" speaker, tergantung pada suara yang diinginkan. Shure KSM-32 mikrofon yang digunakan untuk mengambil suara, pergi ke PA. Selain itu, Fender Twin Amp Cyber-banyak digunakan di rumah.

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Slash Overview:

Slash is one of the most distinctive and in-demand guitarists of the last 30 years, equally confident working in hard rock and pop. As the lead guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, Slash cemented his reputation as a fluid, articulate player, but once he left that band during the ‘90s, he continued to build on his legacy by delivering high-profile guest spots on other people’s albums, not to mention signing on to be a part of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Born July 23, 1965, Slash released his first solo album, Slash, in 2010

Guns N’ Roses:

In 1985, Slash hooked up with frontman Axl Rose, guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler to form Guns N’ Roses. Within three years, their debut, Appetite for Destruction, had gone platinum several times over, establishing GNR as one of the ‘80s most dynamic hard rock groups. Slash’s ferocious riffs and searing solos quickly became the band’s signature, and the group continued their winning streak with the release of the Use Your Illusion albums in 1991. But tension over the band’s direction eventually forced Slash to exit Guns N’ Roses in the mid-‘90s.

Slash’s Snakepit:

Around the time that signs of trouble started brewing within Guns N’ Roses, Slash dabbled with a side project called Slash’s Snakepit, which contained a few newer members from GNR (guitarist Gilby Clarke, drummer Matt Sorum) and a colleague from Alice in Chains (bassist Mike Inez), as well as vocalist Eric Dover. The band released two albums that failed to come close to matching GNR’s commercial impact, 1995’s It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere and 2000’s Ain’t Life Grand (recorded with an entirely different lineup). The albums weren’t huge hits, but they did demonstrate Slash’s preference for classic arena rock.

Velvet Revolver:

Slash’s next major creative endeavor came with Velvet Revolver, a group that included GNR bandmates McKagan and Sorum, Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner, and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland. The band produced two old-school hard rock records, 2004’s Contraband and 2007’s Libertad. Both albums were well-received and produced some rock-radio hits, giving Slash a platform to show off the guitar tricks that made Appetite so memorable. But in 2008, tension between Weiland and the rest of the band caused the singer to exit the group, forcing Velvet Revolver to go on hiatus while they searched for a new frontman.

Solo Career:

While Velvet Revolver auditioned new singers, Slash went to work on a solo album, recruiting different vocalists for separate tracks. On April 6, 2010, Slash hit stores, featuring cameos from Fergie, Chris Cornell, Ozzy Osbourne, and many, many others.

For other uses, see Buckethead (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with dance musician Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, alias "Bucketheads".

Buckethead
Buckethead
Background information
Birth name	Brian Patrick Carroll
Also known as	Death Cube K Big B The Boy Bucky Bucket'
Born	May 13, 1969 (1969-05-13) (age 41)[1]
Genres	Avant-garde, noise rock, funk, thrash metal, bluegrass, instrumental rock, hard rock, progressive metal, heavy metal, progressive rock, experimental rock, funk metal, ambient, dark ambient, alternative metal, electronica, country rock, folk rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, Drums, Keyboards
Years active	1988 — Present
Labels	TDRS Music
Associated acts	Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, Serj Tankian, Deli Creeps, Science Faxtion, Cornbugs, El Stew, Arcana, Thanatopsis, Primus
Website	www.bucketheadland.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul (Buckethead Signature) Jackson Y2KV

Brian Carroll (born May 13, 1969), better known by his stage name Buckethead, is an American musician, songwriter and guitar virtuoso.^[2] He has released 29 studio albums, 4 special releases, 1 EP as of 2001, and performed on over 50 more by other artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, thrash metal, funk, electronica, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music.
When performing in his theatrical persona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that reads "FUNERAL" in capital black block letters, and an expressionless plain white costume mask. More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dancing, and toy trading into his stage performances.^[3][4] Buckethead's persona represents a character who was "raised by chickens" and has made it his "mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe."^[2]
Although a multi-instrumentalist, Buckethead is best known for his electric guitar playing.^[5] He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 20 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time"^[6] as well as been included in Guitar World's lists of the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists"^[7] also known for being in the "50 fastest guitarists of all time list".^[8]
Buckethead performs primarily as a solo artist. He has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high profile artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, and was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. Buckethead has also 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, and the soundtrack of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
career:

Early life

Buckethead began playing at the age of twelve. He has been quoted as saying, however, that he did not become serious until a year later when he moved from Huntington Beach, California, to Claremont, California. His playing began improving with lessons from various teachers including Johnny Fortune and Max McGuire. Soon, he would begin years of study with Pebber Brown. Close analysis of Carroll's technique reveals that the years spent under Brown seemed to have had the most lasting impact and influence. Later, he would also be instructed by Paul Gilbert for a few months. Carroll then began making demo recordings of both his playing as well as his writing styles.

[edit] 1988–1994: Early solo career and Praxis

In 1988 after leaving the band Class-X, Carroll entered a song called "Brazos" into a Guitar Player magazine contest. It was a runner-up:

An astonishingly skilled guitarist and bassist, he demonstrates post-Paul Gilbert speed and accuracy filtered through very kinky harmonic sensibilities. His psychotronic, demonic edge is very, very far removed from the clichés of classical metal and rock. A real talent to watch, also known as "Buckethead."^[9]

In the same year, the magazine's editor, Jas Obrecht, came to know of Buckethead when Brian and his parents left a demo recording at the magazine's reception desk for Obrecht. Impressed with this demo, he rushed into the restaurant where Buckethead and his parents were having lunch and encouraged him to make the most of his talent.^[10] They soon became friends. In 1989 a song called "Sowee" by Buckethead got honorable mention in another song contest. In 1991, Buckethead moved into Obrecht's basement (this is also where the "Buckethead in the Basement" footage for the Young Buckethead DVD was filmed). The song "Brazos" was eventually released on the 1991 demo tape of his band Deli Creeps, titled "Tribal Rites," and again as bonus material in Buckethead's Secret Recipe DVD in 2006. Luke Sacco was his teacher.
After his first two demo tapes, called Giant Robot (demo) and Bucketheadland Blueprints, Buckethead released Bucketheadland on John Zorn's Japanese Avant record label in 1992. Though available only as a pricey import, the record received positive reviews and earned some attention. At about this time, Buckethead fell into the orbit of prolific bassist/producer Bill Laswell, himself an occasional Zorn collaborator; Buckethead (as a performer, producer, or composer) was introduced to Laswell with the help of Limbomaniacs drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia, who gave Laswell a video of Buckethead playing in his room.^[11] Buckethead soon became Laswell's second staple guitar player, besides Nicky Skopelitis.
In 1992, Buckethead, with Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, and Bryan "Brain" Mantia, formed the supergroup Praxis. Their first album, Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), released the same year, was well-received. The project was Bill Laswell's concept, and has since involved other guests such as Serj Tankian of System of a Down, among many others. Buckethead did participate in all releases except the initial 1984 release and Mold (1998).
In 1994, Buckethead released an album called Dreamatorium under the name of Death Cube K (an anagram of "Buckethead"). The name was created by Tom "Doc" Darter to circumvent legal complications with Sony Music Entertainment. About his style, the official FAQ says,

Many believe, however, that Death Cube K is a separate entity that looks like a photographic negative version of Buckethead with a "black chrome mask, like Darth Vader." This apparition haunts Buckethead and appears in his nightmares.^[12]

Science fiction author William Gibson later borrowed "Death Cube K" as the name of a bar in his novel Idoru (1996). Gibson explained the reference in an interview for Addicted to Noise:

Death Cube K is actually the title of an album. I'm sorry I can't remember the name of the group, but Bill Laswell, who I don't really know but out of the kindness of his heart occasionally sends me big hunks of his output, groups that come out on his label. And Death Cube K was the title of some vicious ambient group that he had produced. And when I saw it, I thought: a Franz Kafka theme bar in Tokyo.

Also in 1994, Buckethead released his second studio album, Giant Robot, which features many guest appearances by artists such as Iggy Pop and Bill Moseley. The name of the album came from the Japanese series Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, of which Buckethead is a fan.^[13] He also released two other albums with Praxis, their second and third studio efforts: Sacrifist and Metatron.
According to Anthony Kiedis' autobiography, Scar Tissue, Buckethead once auditioned to play guitar for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, shortly after John Frusciante left the band, without having heard any of their songs. The band's bassist Flea noted that:

When he finished, the band applauded raucously. He was "sweet and normal", but they wanted someone "...who could also kick a groove."^[14]

[edit] 1995–1998: Collaboration work, movie soundtracks, and Praxis

In 1995, Buckethead did not release any solo albums but collaborated with several artists like Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve (Octave of the Holy Innocents). He also contributed to several movie soundtracks, such as Johnny Mnemonic and Mortal Kombat.
Later, in 1996, Buckethead released his solo album The Day of the Robot with the help of English producer DJ Ninj and Laswell, plus another album with Brain and keyboardist Pete Scaturro on the small Japanese label NTT Records, called Giant Robot. Both albums were printed only in small quantities and are collectors' items now. A second demo tape by the Deli Creeps was also recorded.
Also in 1996 several Sega Saturn television ads featuring a screaming mask-like face pressing through the blue orb of the Saturn logo was released, with music by Buckethead.
In 1997, Buckethead began working on the album Buckethead Plays Disney, but the album has not yet been released. According to his Web page:

This highly anticipated album, once listed in an Avant catalog, has yet to be completed. It is Buckethead's most precious personal project, so he won't record or release it until he knows he is ready.^[15]

Also in 1997, Buckethead continued to contribute to movie soundtracks, appearing on Beverly Hills Ninja and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the sequel to Mortal Kombat.
Further releases were Arcana's second and final studio album Arc of the Testimony and the one-off project Pieces, with Brain. Two live albums by Praxis, called Transmutation Live and Live in Poland (featuring recordings from European concerts) were also issued.
Death Cube K released an album that year called Disembodied.
In 1998, Buckethead released Colma, an album dedicated to his mother, who was sick during this time with colon cancer.^[16] The same year saw a compilation album by Praxis called Collection.

[edit] 1999–2004: New projects, Guns N' Roses, and public recognition

In 1999, Buckethead released his fifth album, a collaboration with Les Claypool from the band Primus, entitled Monsters and Robots — currently the best-selling album of his career. This album includes the song "The Ballad of Buckethead," for which his first music video ever was made.^[17]
Also in this year, he started three new projects, the first being the band Cornbugs, a collaboration with actor Bill Moseley, drummer Pinchface, and later keyboardist Travis Dickerson. Another project, Cobra Strike with an album called The 13th Scroll, featured Pinchface, Bryan "Brain" Mantia, DJ Disk, and Bill Laswell. Buckethead also recorded with actor Viggo Mortensen, who he first "met" through a recording project called Myth: Dreams of the World^[18] in 1996. Together they released One Man's Meat, One Less Thing to Worry About, and The Other Parade. Those releases are quite rare now, but a compilation album called This, That, and The Other was issued in 2004 to compensate for this. A reworked version of Live in Poland by Praxis, called Warszawa, plus the soundtrack of the movie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, also came out this year. Furthermore Buckethead offered fans to buy special half hour long "personalized recordings" for a price of $50 each. Buyers could choose content out of several categories.^[19]
A third Death Cube K release followed, entitled Tunnel, this time without Laswell but featuring Travis Dickerson instead. In 2000, Buckethead released the second and last album by Cobra Strike, called Cobra Strike II - Y, Y+B, X+Y.
Buckethead achieved a higher public profile as lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004.^[20] He recorded the often delayed album Chinese Democracy with the band and appeared live on stage in 2001 and 2002, including Rock in Rio 3, MTV's Video Music Awards and parts of the Chinese Democracy Tour.
Despite being a member of GN'R, Buckethead released his sixth studio album, called Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse in 2001, and also his only EP, called KFC Skin Piles. He also released two albums with his band Cornbugs, Cemetery Pinch and How Now Brown Cow. He joined two new projects, the first being Thanatopsis, with Dickerson, releasing a self-titled debut album; the other one with Laswell and Japanese producer Shin Terai, released as Unison.
In 2002, Buckethead released three studio albums: Funnel Weaver, a collection of 49 short tracks, Bermuda Triangle, and finally, Electric Tears, a calming album that is similar to his earlier release, Colma. When Laswell was not able to play with Praxis at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival, Les Claypool asked to jam with Brain, Bernie Worrell, and Buckethead, forming a new supergroup called Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains. The jamband experiment was successful enough to do some further live dates.
Later, in 2003, marking the release of his tenth studio album, Buckethead released the sequel to his debut Bucketheadland, simply called Bucketheadland 2. Together with actor Viggo Mortensen, he did Pandemoniumfromamerica, and with Thanatopsis, their second release, called Axiology.
In March 2004 Buckethead left Guns N' Roses, according to his manager, due to "Guns' inability to complete an album or tour".^[21]
Guns N' Roses' response after Buckethead's departure was as follows:

During his tenure with the band, Buckethead has been inconsistent and erratic in both his behavior and his commitment, despite being under contract, creating uncertainty and confusion and making it virtually impossible to move forward with recording, rehearsals, and live plans with confidence. His transient lifestyle has made it near impossible for even his closest friends to have nearly any form of communications with him whatsoever.^[22]

Since that time, his cult following in the underground music communities has steadily increased. He frequently performs at festivals and in clubs nationwide and often tours as the feature performer.^[23][24]
The year 2004 saw the release of three new studio albums: Island of Lost Minds, which was his first tour-only album being later re-released by TDRS Music Population Override, a blues rock tour de force with Dickerson; and The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell, considered his heaviest effort to date. The latter includes "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment," for which Syd Garon and Eric Henry made a music video based on the famous triptychs by Hieronymus Bosch. Buckethead also recorded the final two albums by the Cornbugs, Brain Circus and Donkey Town as well as another release with Viggo Mortensen called Please Tomorrow and a second with Shin Terai, entitled Heaven & Hell. C2B3 also released their only album, The Big Eyeball in the Sky, and toured it in North America.
In an interview with Revolver, Ozzy Osbourne stated that he had offered to have Buckethead play guitar in his band at Ozzfest. Ozzy quickly changed his mind after meeting with him, and realizing that Buckethead would not remove his costume to be accepted by Ozzy, said:

"I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me, but only if he got rid of the fucking bucket. So I came back a bit later, and he's wearing this green fucking Martian's-hat thing! I said, 'Look, just be yourself.' He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother.' So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum then!' I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing fucking mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up'? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a motherfucker."^[25]

Ozzy Osbourne, Revolver.

[edit] 2005–2006: Buckethead & Friends

In 2005, Buckethead released an album as "Buckethead & Friends," called Enter the Chicken, through Serj Tankian's record label, Serjical Strike. The album features Tankian himself, Maximum Bob (of the Deli Creeps), Death by Stereo singer Efrem Shulz, Bad Acid Trip, and others.^[26] It is marked by its leaning toward more traditional song structures while still featuring typical Buckethead guitar skills. "We Are One" was released as a single and also appeared on the soundtrack of Masters of Horror. "Three Fingers" was used for the soundtrack of the horror movie Saw II. The final track, "Nottingham Lace," was first made public via his home page and soon became a concert staple and one of his most popular songs. Buckethead also released two further solo albums in 2005, Kaleidoscalp and Inbred Mountain — the latter being the first album as a solo artist released on the label TDRS Music. Both albums originally were sold exclusively at concerts and only later got an official release through the label's website.
Also the same year, Buckethead released his first DVD, Secret Recipe, originally sold only on tour; the only places for other fans (those who either didn't go to a show or who lived abroad) to obtain it were auction sites such as eBay. Eventually, Travis Dickerson held a raffle for copies of the DVD on his website. Those who wanted to "win" a copy had to enter their name and e-mail address. When entries were closed, he picked 200 names at random from those who entered, and they were allowed to buy a copy of the DVD from his website. In March 2006, the DVD was finally made widely available.
Also, Buckethead released albums with other bands: with Cornbugs, he released two compilation albums, called Rest Home for Robots and Skeleton Farm; he also released (with the band Deli Creeps) their first and only album, called Dawn of the Deli Creeps. Buckethead also released self-titled album Gorgone with studio project Gorgone. This album was recorded from one of the recording sessions from the album Population Override that Buckethead released on 2004. The guitarist also released an album with the actor Viggo Mortensen called Intelligence Failure, and with the band Praxis, released a live album called Zurich.

	Main guitar riff of "Jordan" Excerpt of "Jordan" First two bars of "Jordan"
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In 2006, the highlight of the year was the cross-console video game Guitar Hero II, featuring Buckethead's song "Jordan" as an unlockable bonus track. Although the song has been performed live in the past, the video game version is the only known studio recording of the song. Also, the live version almost always contains just the verse and chorus of "Jordan"; then goes into another song, usually "Post Office Buddy"; then returns to the verse and chorus of "Jordan." However, the Guitar Hero II version contains a special solo created specifically for the game.^[27] Since late 2007, Buckethead has been known to perform the Guitar Hero version of "Jordan" within his concerts, including the solo.
Also the same year, Buckethead released two DVDs, entitled Young Buckethead Vol. 1 and Young Buckethead Vol. 2, featuring rare footage from 1990 and 1991. The DVD also contains three complete Deli Creeps shows, a sound check, backstage footage, and solo footage of just Buckethead. He also released the albums The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock and Crime Slunk Scene, both sold on his tours but later sold on the TDRS Music website. The last album has the song "Soothsayer (Dedicated to Aunt Suzie)"; this song (along with "Jordan" and "Nottingham Lace") is one of his most popular songs and is often played live.
In the same year, Buckethead released his final compilation album with the band Cornbugs, called Celebrity Psychos. He also released an album with producer, keyboardist, and owner of the label TDRS Music, Travis Dickerson, called Chicken Noodles, which was inspired by the track "Cruel Reality of Nature," from the album Population Override. He also released an album with the band Thanatopsis, called Anatomize.

[edit] 2007–2008: Continued Solo Work

The massive In Search of The box set, a set of 13 albums by Buckethead, along with each copy's cover being hand-drawn differently.

In 2007, Buckethead released an unprecedented amount of new material. In February, a box set entitled In Search of The, containing 13 albums of original material, was released. It was handcrafted, numbered, and monogrammed by Buckethead and contained over nine hours of music. A regular solo album, called Pepper's Ghost, was released in March. A disc of acoustic improvisations called Acoustic Shards was also released, becoming the twentieth studio album that the artist had released so far in his solo career. In midyear, he reissued his demo tape Bucketheadland Blueprints, with two alternative album covers: a special edition with a hand-drawn cover made by him, or a standard edition with the original cover art. In October, he released his final two albums of the year, called Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot and Cyborg Slunks. The latter again came in both a hand-drawn limited edition and (some weeks later) as a normal CD.
As Death Cube K, Buckethead released two albums in 2007: an album called DCK, limited to 400 hand-numbered copies and released in August; and in December, the 5-CD box set Monolith, which consisted of one unbroken track per CD.^[28]
During 2007, Buckethead also collaborated and appeared on numerous albums with other artists. The sequel to Chicken Noodles (a collaboration with Travis Dickerson), simply called Chicken Noodles II, was issued by TDRS in December.^[29] A live record by Praxis, entitled Tennessee 2004; the third album with Shin Terai, called Lightyears; and another album with drummer Bryan Mantia, called Kevin's Noodle House, were also released through the year.
Buckethead also created five paintings, each limited to 100 reproductions each and sold through TDRS.^[30]
That same year, it was revealed that Buckethead joined a project by the name of Science Faxtion, a band featuring bassist Bootsy Collins and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia, with Greg Hampton supplying lead vocals. Their first album, called Living on Another Frequency, was delayed several times and was finally released in November 2008.
On January 1, 2008, the band Praxis released the long-awaited album Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) in Japan. The album had actually been recorded in 2005, but had to be put on hold when the original label went bankrupt.
2008 started with the release of From the Coop through the label Avabella (where he released Acoustic Shards), consisting of the demos Buckethead gave to Jas Obrecht back in 1988. This CD also included the first ever "official" biography of/by the artist. Later that same year, he announced the release of the album called Albino Slug (a tour-only CD until official release on December of the same year). Along with this album, he appeared on the album The Dragons of Eden, with Dickerson and Mantia, and in collaboration with That 1 Guy as the Frankenstein Brothers, an album called Bolt on Neck was released. That 1 Guy and Buckethead toured together through fall 2008, playing songs from this album.
Buckethead also appeared in the documentary American Music: Off the Record, in which he appears only playing.^[31] Serj Tankian's label, Serjical Strike, reissued the album Enter the Chicken with an extra song. Furthermore, Buckethead contributed to one track of actor Viggo Mortensen's album At All, and with Travis Dickerson and filmmaker Alix Lambert on the album Running After Deer.
Buckethead appeared with Bootsy Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio, to promote the vote for the United States presidential election, 2008 for the organization Rock the Vote.^[32] He also joined Collins on Fallen Soldiers Memorial, an album with proceeds going to the National Fallen Heroes Foundation.^[33]
More than four years after his departure from the band Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy was made available. Buckethead appears on all but two songs and was given writing credits on "Shackler's Revenge" (which appeared in the popular video game Rock Band 2); "Scraped"; and "Sorry," which features guest singer Sebastian Bach. The album features eleven of Buckethead's guitar solos.

[edit] 2009: MJ Death Tribute and Signature Les Paul

On December 30, 2008, Buckethead released two new tracks via his website to honor the 24th birthday of basketball player LeBron James.^[34][35] These tracks were later made available on the album, Slaughterhouse on the Prairie which was released a month later through TDRS Music. Then, in May 2009 he released the album A Real Diamond in the Rough, and later another album called Forensic Follies, which was first sold at some of his tour dates but later released on TDRS.
Buckethead released a song entitled "The Homing Beacon" on his website, along with a drawing of Michael Jackson to serve as a tribute to the late singer after he saw the news of his death.
Following the sound of Forensic Follies, in September he released Needle in a Slunk Stack and a month later he released the long awaited album as Death Cube K called, Torn from Black Space.
By the end of the year, on November 13, Gibson released a Buckethead signature Les Paul.^[36] The guitar was part of the series of releases made through the whole month and in December he collaborated on the debut album of Travis Dickerson (founder of the label TDRS Music where he has released many of his albums to date), called Iconography.

[edit] 2010: Break for Illness

On February 5, 2010 Buckethead released an album called Shadows Between the Sky and later that month, Gibson released the Buckethead Signature Les Paul.
On April 29, 2010, Buckethead's website was updated^[37] with a picture with the message "Greetings from Bucketheadland... Buckethead wants you to know he appreciates your support all these years, it means so much to him. Buckethead is having some animatronic parts replaced, Slip Disc snuck into the park and caused some mayhem." The reference to Slip Disc is a reference to a Bucketheadland nemesis found on the Bucketheadland album.
In May, the funk bassist Bootsy Collins tweeted some updates^[38] on Buckethead's situation along with answering a couple questions some fans had regarding the downtime. The messages are, "Okay funkateer's I Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my best friend Buckethead, say a prayer for his speedy recovery, he's doing better!" Along with, "Been going through some skeletorial Pain that has set him back a few notches but with yalls support he will bounce back." And finally, "The Road will beat you down even when you take care of your self, Pain thoughout his body, Doc don't know yet what it is!".
Regarding Buckethead’s recovery, Collins later tweeted: “Yeah Bucketbots! I talked to Buckethead today he wants to thank everybody for the prayers, hope in 3 wks he be in "Boot-Cave"”. Through the whole month of June Bootsy has updated Buckethead's medical status claiming that he is improving in his condition^{[39] [40]}, he also stated that he is going to collaborate with him on his new album "Bootsy Collins Funk University" on the track "Minds Under Construction" ^[41]. As of July he is undergoing physical therapy, and that he's going to be away for a few more months^[42]. But even in therapy, in July, Buckethead in collaboration with Brain, and Mellisa Reese, released the first volume of Best Regards in a 5-CD box set.

[edit] Influences

Buckethead cites a wide variety of musical influences, including Michael Jackson, Paul Gilbert, Shawn Lane, Yngwie Malmsteen, Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, Randy Rhoads, and Angus Young, as well as the many artists he has collaborated with over the years.^[43] In addition to his musical influences, Buckethead cites a diverse range of non-musical influences including athletes Michael Jordan and LeBron James, and numerous science fiction and horror TV shows and movies including Giant Robot.^[43]

[edit] Current projects

• In July, Buckethead in collaboration with Bryan Mantia and Mellisa released a 5-CD box set titled Best Regards, this is the first volume of a series of three.

• Buckethead appears on Travis Dickerson's album, called Iconography.

• Bootsy Collins stated that Buckethead will collaborate in a group called "The Z-Class"; their first album was scheduled for release in April 2010.^[44]

• Serj Tankian stated in an interview that a follow-up to Enter the Chicken is planned.^[45]
• [1] "The Homing Beacon", a song for Michael Jackson 2009

• The newest 2010 Bucketheadland CD "Shadows Between the Sky" was released by TDRS Music on 2/5/10.

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Guitars

Gibson Buckethead Signature Les Paul Custom built Gibson Les Paul Steinberger GS (a.k.a. "Kaiser's Gift") Custom built ESP MV ESP MII Gibson Chet Atkins Ibanez X-Series Flying V Ibanez X Series Rocket Roll II Takamine Acoustic EAN40C Yamaha AES920

Gibson 1959 Les Paul Custom Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Gibson SG Gibson SST[46] Gibson 1969 Les Paul Custom[47] Custom built Jackson Y2KV Custom built Jackson KV2 Custom built Jackson Doubleneck[48][49] Vigier Excess Indus 4-String Bass[46] Heartfield Talon II model (by Fender)

[edit] Effects

Digitech Whammy II Digitech Whammy IV Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Vox V847A Wah Pedal Alesis MidiVerb II BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor[46] BOSS RC-2 Loop Station BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay BOSS RV-5 Digital Reverb

Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer[50] Snarling Dogs Mold Spore Wah Pedal Roger Mayer Octavia DOD Electronics FX-25B envelope filter AnalogMan Bicomprossor MXR EVH Phase 90 MXR Phase 100[46] Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler Effects Pedal Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler Effects Pedal Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler Effects Pedal Line 6 X2 XDR95 Wireless

[edit] Amplifiers

Peavey Renown Peavey 5150 Marshall 1960 Slant 4x12 cabinet Diezel Herbert

Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Mesa Boogie Stiletto Trident Matt Wells 17½-watt head wired through a Harry Kolbe 4x12 cab[50]

[edit] Picks

Dunlop .73mm

[edit] Discography

Main article: Buckethead discography

Studio albums

1992: Bucketheadland 1994: Giant Robot 1996: The Day of the Robot 1998: Colma 1999: Monsters and Robots 2001: Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse 2002: Funnel Weaver 2002: Bermuda Triangle 2002: Electric Tears 2003: Bucketheadland 2

2004: Island of Lost Minds 2004: Population Override 2004: The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell 2005: Enter the Chicken 2005: Kaleidoscalp 2005: Inbred Mountain 2006: The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock 2006: Crime Slunk Scene 2007: Pepper's Ghost 2007: Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot

2007: Cyborg Slunks 2008: Albino Slug 2009: Slaughterhouse on the Prairie 2009: A Real Diamond in the Rough 2009: Forensic Follies 2009: Needle in a Slunk Stack 2010: Shadows Between the Sky

Special releases

2007: In Search of The 2007: Acoustic Shards 2007: Bucketheadland Blueprints 2008: From the Coop

EP's 2001: KFC Skin Piles

[edit] Buckethead's bands

Note: As well as being a solo artist since 1992, Buckethead often releases albums as Death Cube K. He has used this name as an alias since 1994 (he used it most recently in 2009).

[edit] Bands

Current

• Praxis (1992–present)
• Shine/Shin Terai (2001–present)
• Thanatopsis (2001–present)
• Science Faxtion (2007–present)
• Frankenstein Brothers (2008–present)
• Death Cube K (1994–present)

Former