Bucketheadland

Bucketheadland
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1992[1]
Recorded1991–1992
GenreExperimental rock, avant-garde, electronic rock, funk metal, power metal
Length58:21
LanguageEnglish, Japanese
LabelAvant
ProducerBootsy Collins
Buckethead chronology
Bucketheadland Blueprints
(1991)
Bucketheadland
(1992)
Giant Robot
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Bucketheadland is the debut studio album by American guitarist and songwriter Buckethead. It was released on John Zornʼs Japanese record label, Avant, in 1992. It features several samples of the 1960s Japanese television series, Giant Robot, amongst guitar riffs and several fast, technical solos. The concept of the album is a tour around the construction of Bucketheadʼs fictional "abusement" 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.

Guitar World credited the album as "ushering in [a] new era of virtuosity" in electric guitar playing while ranking its release the 45th greatest moment in electric guitar history.[3]

  1. ^ "The fog, we clear some". Bucketheadland.proboards.com. 2005-10-19. Retrieved 2012-06-17.(registration required)
  2. ^ Cooper, Sean. Bucketheadland at AllMusic
  3. ^ Tolinski, Brad (2 March 2023). "The 50 greatest moments in electric guitar history". guitarworld.com. Guitar World. Retrieved 19 March 2023.