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Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has worked within many genres of music. He has released 244 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has also performed on more than 50 other albums by other artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, funk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. Buckethead is famous for wearing a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading ''FUNERAL'' in capital black block letters, and an expressionless plain white mask, which, according to Buckethead, was inspired by his seeing ''Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers''. At one point, he changed to a plain white bucket that no longer bore the KFC logo, but subsequently reverted to his trademark KFC bucket. He also incorporates nunchaku and robot dancing into his stage performances.〔Staff (Craziest Costumed Acts: No. 17 ), ''Spinner'', Oct 19, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2009〕〔Karevoll, Richard, (A Closer Look at Buckethead ), ''The Echo Times'', March 3, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2009〕 As an instrumentalist, Buckethead has received critical acclaim for his electric guitar playing, and is considered one of today's more innovative guitarists.〔Cooper, Sean, (Buckethead Biography ), ''AllMusic''. Retrieved January 6, 2009〕 He has been voted number 8 on a list in ''GuitarOne'' magazine of the "Top 10 Fastest Guitar Shredders of All Time"〔(【引用サイトリンク】Top Shredders of All Time )〕 as well as being included in ''Guitar World''s lists of the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists"〔Guitar World, February 2003〕 and the "50 fastest guitarists of all time". He performs primarily as a solo artist, though 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, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, 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 contributed lead guitar to the track "Firebird" featured on the ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' soundtrack. ==Early life== Carroll was born on May 13, 1969 to Tom and Nancy Carroll and is one of five siblings along with Lynn, Lisa, Lori, and John. He grew up in a Southern California suburb not far from Disneyland. In his youth, he was a shy kid and spent most of his time in his room, which was filled with comic books, games, martial-arts movie memorabilia, and toys. He also spent a lot of time at Disneyland.〔 Brian began playing guitar at the age of 12. He had been quoted as saying, however, that he did not become serious until a year later when he moved from Huntington Beach, CA to Claremont, CA. His playing began improving by taking private lessons from various teachers at a local music store, Styles Music. His early teachers included Max McGuire, Johnny Fortune, Mark Hammond, Pebber Brown and Paul Gilbert. Buckethead played a tribute to all his early teachers when the Deli Creeps played a show at Styles Music's 25th anniversary. He then began making demo recordings of both his playing as well as his writing styles, which would later be released in 2007-2008. The Buckethead persona came to be when Carroll saw the 1988 horror movie ''Halloween 4'' and was inspired by the film. He went right out after seeing it and bought a Michael Myers-like white mask. The bucket idea came later that night while eating Kentucky Fried Chicken: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buckethead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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