Dizzy says Bucko is out-o!!!

[billsguy]

I have to disagree with most of you.  Don't get me wrong, I don't want Buckethead out of the band, but as far as attitude and charisma for the new band go, he's the farthest from "the most dangerous band in the world".  I was just watching my albany dvd today, and fortus, finck and stinson all bounce around stage with crazy intensity.  Bucket looks like he has a board holding him up.  The man is an amazing guitarist, but he doesn't fit the persona of a rock and roll star.

Also, if this is true, look at the situation.  They now only have two guitarists and a bassist.  That's how the band should have been from the start.  I'm not sure which two I'd have taken, but I never saw the need for a third guitarist.

My biggest worry is that Brain may leave too.  Granted, I would have assumed that the rumor would have included a tidbit about him if it is either:
a)true about Buckethead or
b)that Brain is staying
Hopefully he stays either way, because there's only one drummer in the band  

Anyway, hope its not true....  

Mike

[C0ma]

Remember back when GNR did the infamous VMA show?

Use that as a reference.

Bucket is the only thing that brought respect to this new band. If he is gone, it is game over. No one but select few will see GNR as anything other than a fucking joke. And with Bucket gone, one would be hardpressed to disagree. Bucket gave this GNR respect. Without him man well...

Bucket got GnR respect? are you serious?
Sure he is an unbelievable player, but that look is (as you said of the band) a fucking joke.  All bucket did was serve as a glaring reminder that Slash wasn't in the band. Maybe GnR attracted more "guitar virtuoso" fans with bucket, but the majority of the old fans and the casual viewers did nothing but pick apart the band when they saw him on TV and when the saw him durring the tours. How many of you sat next to someone who said "who is this asshole with the happy meal on his head" at one of the 2002 shows?

Granted if he is gone they have been set back, but did any of you really believe that we were going to see Chinese Democracy before the summer??

[Doc Emmett Brown]

This is like some sick twisted murder mystery where Axl keeps popping off one member after another.  Like that famous Agatha Christie novel whose title I cant remember.

Ten Little Indians aka And then there were none.

Thank you Pilferk.  You are wasting your talents on this board if you dont mind me saying so.  Go out there and do some 'veni vidi vici'

[C0ma]

My biggest worry is that Brain may leave too.  Granted, I would have assumed that the rumor would have included a tidbit about him if it is either:
a)true about Buckethead or
b)that Brain is staying
Hopefully he stays either way, because there's only one drummer in the band  

I hear Alder isn't very busy lately.......lol

[madagas]

This would be a complete disaster. Period. End of discussion. Without Bucket, this band does not come close in any respect to the original lineup. Bucket is the difference maker, purely based on skill and ability to play anything and everything. Unless Axl is truly a musical genius and has the ability to take mediocre players and make them stars, this ship is sunk. Unfortunately, I don't think Axl is a "musical genius" so look out below, "the Titanic sails at dawn!"-as Bob Dylan so eloquently sang in 1965....

[lastroots]

This just isn't funny anymore.

If Bucket is out, Brain is out, too, no doubt. And then this fucking lawsuit. What do you think they're gonna do? Fight Geffen, go to another company, re record Buckets and Brains recordings after rewriting them just cause nobody else is able to play Buckets stuff? Find a new drummer? And IF they do so, how long do you think it will take?

No, this isn't funny at all.



/lastroots

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Why don't you check this information with one of Dizzy's family at his forum

Is anybody else having trouble accessing www.dizzyreed.com? I get an error page, and the address bar turns into "http:///" with the THREE slashes. Anyone get this?

OH MY GOD!! maybe Dizzy left too!!!!!!!!

 

This is like some sick twisted murder mystery where Axl keeps popping off one member after another.  Like that famous Agatha Christie novel whose title I cant remember.

Ten Little Indians aka And then there were none.

thats funny, the french title of the book is " Les dix petits n?gres " meaning " Ten little Niggers "
did they chanage the us title to be politcaly correct, or is really ten little indians orginaly ?

bside that, i never felt axl being a big friend with buckethead on stage
" i want you to feel free bucket, feel free ..."

[Rhino]

This is not the end.

Didn't somebody quit after recording Illusions but before its release???

We all know how that turned out.

[duga]

This is not the end.

Didn't somebody quit after recording Illusions but before its release???

We all know how that turned out.

Very bad...  

[oneway23]

This news just ruined my 14 years of awaiting this album...that's all i can muster right now...

[Buddha_Master]

Remember back when GNR did the infamous VMA show?

Use that as a reference.

Bucket is the only thing that brought respect to this new band. If he is gone, it is game over. No one but select few will see GNR as anything other than a fucking joke. And with Bucket gone, one would be hardpressed to disagree. Bucket gave this GNR respect. Without him man well...

Bucket got GnR respect? are you serious?
Sure he is an unbelievable player, but that look is (as you said of the band) a fucking joke.  All bucket did was serve as a glaring reminder that Slash wasn't in the band. Maybe GnR attracted more "guitar virtuoso" fans with bucket, but the majority of the old fans and the casual viewers did nothing but pick apart the band when they saw him on TV and when the saw him durring the tours. How many of you sat next to someone who said "who is this asshole with the happy meal on his head" at one of the 2002 shows?

Granted if he is gone they have been set back, but did any of you really believe that we were going to see Chinese Democracy before the summer??

Dude, as long as you are going to quote me, stick to it. I said use the VMA appearance as a reference. Anyone who watched that show, would immediately have seen the reception that Buckethead got from MTV. They were going apeshit over him. Saying shit like "Now the world will finally be exposed to Buckethead." Axl actually took a back seat seat to Bucket, in terms of name recognition from MTV itself dude. I dont give a fuck about your friends who didnt know who Bucket was. I am talking about MTV themselves, who has the influence the few others have. The stars (shit like Pink) were talking about Buckethead at the preshow too. It was all about Buckethead during the VMA wrap up show and how awesome he is.

Shit dude MTV even did that special on Buckethead that ran during the 2002 tour.

Buckethead is huge. And was GNRs saving grace. Yea his looks are crazy at first when you dont know shit. But the more you do, the more you are in awe of the man.

MTV got it, and exposed it. If you and your friends and the GNR purists who couldnt accept anyone other than Slash, hates this GNR no matter what they would have done or had in the band.

But the magazines and MTV got the Bucket. And he was the one thing that was going to make this GNR special. MTV has promoted Bucket more than anyone would have ever guessed. He got more exposure from them than Axl has as of late.

Anyone want to venture how MTV is going to like this news if true? It will be a slap in their face too.

[DRUNK]

First off, Blabbermouth is an unreliable gossip site that has terrible news.  The "Axl learning to player guitar to take over some guitar duties in the band when Buckethead is gone" should be your first alert.  They recently took the fact that Axl took lessons from Gary Sunshine, (which everyone knew years ago), and turned it into something  major (like he was going to play guitar in the band, replacing Buckethead).  That's totally bizarre. I wouldn't be surprised if the story was made up.  People like to fuck with GNR fans, and Blabbermouth would report any idiot's report without question.  Anybody could have made this up.

Why would Dizzy say something like that, even if it was true?  He and the rest of the band have been super tight lipped sinced this whole band began.  I don't believe he would say that to a random fan.  I don't even believe he would even say that to fuck with a fan, but if he did actually say this, then that was the reason.  Because he was sick of the same questions asked over and over again, and he decided to have some personal fun with the fans by fucking with them.

Look at Bucket's situation in GNR:  he is allowed to record albums and tour as he pleases, while  being in an amazing band like GNR.  It's a great situation for him.  Where else could he do something like that?

Also, do you think he would just sacfirice all his contributions to GNR, after all the time and energy he has spent on this band?  Remember, this guy has to make music and release it.  Look at how many albums he has done.  There is no way he could just scrap years worth of contributions to GNR.

[rocktar81]

Anyone who watched that show, would immediately have seen the reception that Buckethead got from MTV

you are a liar. everybody was VERY desapointed not to see Slash. I already said it, Axl was the main reason of the whole exitation during the VMA. I really don't believe that people cared of these new guys "who aren't slash"...
Axl was THE attraction, for the rest, people wondered why Slash wasn't there too. They didn't give a fuck about Buckethead. who did?

[Will]

I believe it, because Dizzy said the new album is going to be released for sure by june of last year...wait a minute...

[Miz]

My biggest worry is that Brain may leave too.  Granted, I would have assumed that the rumor would have included a tidbit about him if it is either:
a)true about Buckethead or
b)that Brain is staying
Hopefully he stays either way, because there's only one drummer in the band  

I hear Alder isn't very busy lately.......lol

You're laughing at the idea, but for me, that wold make up for BH and Brain leaving.

Adler is the shiznit.

[2NaFish]

Dizzy said in a radio interview a month or so ago that he'd have CD with him when he returned. The forums reaction was "dizzy's a fool who doesnt know anything"

A BLABBERMOUTH report says some guy met dizzy at a show and said Bucket was unofficially out.

Lets try and think this through sensibly.

[Nicos]

Why don't you check this information with one of Dizzy's family at his forum

If I ask management, they will probably give me the same information they have given me all along

Please check again Mysteron.

Thanks a lot!

N ! 3 |(

[oneway23]

Just as a few others have said, bucket was the ammo from a technical standpoint to validate this band...the intrigue of the character and the persona, while lost on some, was not lost on all...Finding a guitar player to flawlessly play Slash's leads is near impossible and doesn't leave many avenues open...With Bucket, Axl found the perfect foil.....A player who is diverse and flexible enough to play whatever is conceived, regardless of genre...Finck is not the answer....Fuck blabbermouth's credibility, if this is true, the whole ride goes off the tracks....

Edit: Mark my words, Brain WILL follow Bucket out if this is the case...They've been inseparable from day 1...

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Ten Little Indians aka And then there were none.

thats funny, the french title of the book is " Les dix petits n?gres " meaning " Ten little Niggers "
did they chanage the us title to be politcaly correct, or is really ten little indians orginaly ?

I think they did change it to be PC.  I heard they did the same thing with Enid Blyton's novels for children.  I really loved both those authors when I was a kid.. ahh the memories.

bside that, i never felt axl being a big friend with buckethead on stage
" i want you to feel free bucket, feel free ..."

Where's youngunner to tell us that Axl is real buddy-buddy with Bucket, Robin, etc?  

If Beta knows how to play guitar (heck, even air-guitar), they should put her in the band.  At least Axl sees her on a regular basis...

LET'S HEAR IT FOR BETA!!!

[McGann]

Rocktar wrote:
   "evertbody was very desapointed not to see Slash"


I wasn't disappointed.  I've liked Bucket since '94.
As far as "everybody", do you know what that word means?  I'm not trying to be a dick here, but "everybody" includes the Pope, Osama bin Laden, and Jenna fucking Jameson.  It would be better to write "The friends I was with" or "Most people I talked to" or even "My hamster and I".
More seriously, most people I spoke to thought he was pretty cool...most of them had never seen him before.  One guy wondered why Slash was wearing a mask and bucket but when I explained who it was, he thought it was pretty bad-ass.
Just a rant.
I hope Bucket's not gone.  Who knows, really?
None of us, anyway.
/Mike