BUCKETHEAD (Guns 'n' Roses, Guitar Hero, Iggy Pop & many more) is a virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who performs within many genres of music. He has released over 700 studio recordings -far more than anyone else in the history of music. 650+ of those are in his Pike series. He has also performed on over 50 albums by other artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, funk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde.
An instrumentalist, Buckethead is best known by fans and critics for his "electric guitar" playing. He has been voted by GuitarOne magazine as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time”. Guitar World credits Buckethead for "ushering in [a] new era of virtuosity".
Buckethead has not only performed, but collaborated with many high-profile artists including, but not limited to Guns 'n' Roses, Primus (Les Claypool), Iggy Pop, Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Lovage and Dead Cross), Bootsy Collins (Parliament-Funkadelic, James Brown, Fatboy Slim, Deee-Lite), Bill Laswell & Praxis, Bernie Worrell, Viggo Mortensen, Brain and tons more.