Bucketheadland is the debut studio album by American guitarist and songwriter

Buckethead Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans severa ...

. It was released on

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz ...

ʼs Japanese record label, Avant, in 1992. It features several samples of the 1960s Japanese television series, '' Giant Robot'', amongst

guitar riffs A riff is a repeated chord progression or refrain in music (also known as an ostinato figure in classical music); it is a pattern, or melody, often played by the rhythm section instruments or solo instrument, that forms the basis or accompanime ...

and several fast, technical solos. The concept of the album is a tour around the construction of

ʼs fictional amusement park, “Bucketheadland”. Because of this, the album is divided into sections that relate to distinct areas of the park. A sequel was released in 2003, simply titled '' Bucketheadland 2''.

Track listing

Disc One

*Intro (3:21) *Giant Robot (9:17) *Bucketbots Jig (3:19) *Slaughter Zone (23:25) *Computer Master (8:16) *Virtual Reality (3:35) *Home Run Derby (5:18) *I Love My Parents (1:38)

Disc Two (Remixes)

Credits

All compositions by

, Katella Music, BMI; except "Virtual Reality" composed by Bootsy Collins, Rubber Band Music, BMI and "Giant Robot Theme" composed by Takeo Yamashita. The term "Oh Jeez..." was inspired by Maximum Bob. *Recorded at " Bootzilla Studios" *Engineered by "Casper and Herbie" *Mastered by

Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize. Career Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album ''Future Shock''. Other ...

*Produced by

Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and singer. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins established himself as one of the leading ...

*Executive producers:

& Disk Union *Associate producer: Kazunori Sugiyama *All photos by Thi-Linh Le *Designed by

Tomoyo TL Tomoyo is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tomoyo can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 知世, "wisdom, world" * 友世, "friend, world" * 倫世, "ethics, world" * 智代, "knowledge, world" * 灯代, " ...

*Photo-Typesetting by Strong Silent Type

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1992 debut albums Buckethead albums Avant Records albums