Christ, it's fucking hilarious how ass backwards you are. Take a general consensus of rock n roll fans outside of this board. They'll all tell you how great Slash is. And they'll tell you they don't even know who the fuck Buckethead is.
ass backwards??? Aaah yes that?s an intelligent comment. Believe me outside the gnr-community nobody gives a flying fuck about Slash?s pentatonic noodling. Buckethead enjoys much greater respect. It?s only the gnr-fans who see Slash as the guitargod he isn?t.
Buckethead shreds, shreds, shreds. That's it. Like I said, any guitar teacher can do that. The only thing Buckethead does differently is don a ridiculous bucket on his head. Not one classic song at all. Not one that's ever going to be remembered. Name one of his songs known by the vast majority of rock fans. Just one.
Listen to Colma and Electric Tears. There is no shredding on these albums . It?s calm ambient music. Slash is all about messing up and playing like a washed up drunk. The only difference with other burned out drunks is that he wears a tophat.
The vast majority of rockfans??? Wow are you speaking for the vast majority of rockfans?? It?s no surprise to me that the VAST MAJORITY of rockfans can?t appreciate Buckethead?s work. His solostuff is experimental guitarmusic and not rock, maybe that?s the reason?but you?ll probably don?t get that..
I bet if you named a Buckethead song, the vast majority would not have heard of it, or know who performed the song.
Indeed yes! Just like not many would recognize Lane?s music. That doesn?t mean that these players blow Slash away in a second. By your poor reasoning Britney Spears would be a modern day Mozart!! Who cares for what the VAST MAJORITY likes?. Usually it?s crap anyway.
The people who have been listening to the best modern day guitarplayers have to offer have known Buckethead for more then thirteen years now. It?s just you reasoning from your own ignorance who can?t grasp it.
And Izzy is a great guitarist, but he's nowhere near Slash's caliber. Slash wrote all the kickass GNR solos, not Izzy.
Izzy was ten times more a guitarplayer then Slash. Slash was just a showman?. As a musician Slash had nothing on Izzy.
Anybody can take lessons and learn to do the Buckethead shred. Anybody.
I bet we will be hearing you do some killer arpeggio?s soon then. Please don?t have such an unfounded opinion about music you clearly don?t get. Buckethead?s chops are of a difficulty-level only few players have been able to master.
But you can't teach anybody to pour emotion into their playing the way Slash does.
No that?s right? you can?t teach a person to play such bad bends and horrible tone? you can only suck that much by nature?
Well known by WHO? You? Yeah, his albums are so well-known that he's NEVER had a hit album, NEVER had a hit single, NEVER had a gold certification.
Read some guitarmags sometimes (the good ones). There aren?t many guitarplayers with such a big fanbase as Buckethead has. It?s not my problem that you don?t know the first thing about what?s going on in guitarmusic.
Your poor reasoning where being wellknown seems to equal quality is getting really sad? get a clue?.the one being assbackwards is you.
Once again you make a feeble and unsuccessful attempt to pass off your opinions as those of the masses.
Yep that?s a strong one coming from the representative of THE VAST MAJORITY OF ROCKFANS
I've posted at many R&R boards over the past several years and met about three people who think Buckethead surpasses Slash.
LOL!!! Well you don?t meet a lot of people then. Slash has absolutely no name as a guitarplayer on most other boards. People know him, yes. But his playing is never regarded as being more then average.
Uh...how about the massive, ever-popular instrumental music community?! Colma is obviously a landmark album, resonating with dozens of people around the world.
I was waiting for Booker to come along and start badmouthing about entire musicstyles. Really saying something like that says more about you then instrumental music.
and I think members of Buckethead/Shawn Lane/Yngwie Malmsteen/Steve Vai message boards across the internet would agree?
Yes they would and that?s all that matters. Every one of those guitarplayers kicks Slash?s ass.
I mean, just listen to how fast hes playing!
What has speed to do with it? The albums we?re discussing like Electric Tears and Colma are absolutely no fast albums. Thanks for showing us how serious your opinion should be taken. You still don?t have a clue?
It doesnt matter that the music is meandering and completely forgettable, hes not playing pentatonic scales!!!
Just your opinion. Its takes a lot more to make the music players like Buck, Vai, Lane and so on come up with. A guitarplayer who spend his entire career playing endless variations on the same boring pentatonic scales has nothing on these players.
Oh, and anybody who disagrees and thinks Slash is better is just too stupid to understand what sounds good
Or very poorly educated on music in general and especially guitarplayers.
As far as you know, eh? Well I am certainly grateful to you for lending your vast knowledge of the underground to me. But here above ground, Slash is king.
Yes and Slash?s star shines brightly next to other ?quality? musicians like Britney Spears.
Cause like we all know?. being well-known equals quality!!! Thank you all for explaining me the essential element of the philosophy of THE VAST MAJORITY OF ROCKFANS? Now I truly understand why you act this ignorant on Buckethead (and whole styles of music)
Please forgive me for responding to all of you in just one thread. But I thought it would be appropriate since all your arguments suck equally as much?
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