CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Buckethead arrived on the scene in the 1990s, he embodied the phrase “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The guitar shredder ushered in a new era of guitar ...

Quite a few guitarists played in Guns N' Roses between the time that Slash quit in 1996 and their reunion 20 years later. DJ Ashba, who played in GN'R for six years, doesn't think that Buckethead, ...

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Buckethead has been diagnosed with a chronic heart arrhythmia that he says nearly caused a stroke. "It’s been doing it for a long time, but recently it just really ...

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It always makes for fascinating viewing when musicians interview one another, but what happens when you put two of the most outlandish figures in the game in a room together? Better still, what ...

How prolific is Pomona-bred guitar virtuoso Brian Carroll, whose stage name is Buckethead and who was a member of Guns N’ Roses between 2000 and 2004? At last count, he has released an estimated 302 ...

Buckethead, one of underground rock’s most eccentric and highly acclaimed avant-garde guitarists, has been lighting up the world of hyper-speed shred metal since the early 1990s. Starting out as the ...

Indie rockers Weakened Friends will be at Empire Live on Tuesday, April 7 in support of pop-punk/emo stars The Wonder Years. The band's latest LP, "Feels Like Hell," is chock-full of rock anthems, ...

Virtuoso Brian Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an unheralded musical genius. Sure, it’s weird that he performs with a bucket on his head and a white costume mask as he assumes the role of a ...

Brian Patrick Carroll may be just as famous for playing with a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head as much as his guitar skills. Carroll, 49, better known by his stage name as Buckethead, will ...

Some people felt that American Idol runner-up Lambert was a far more suitable replacement frontman than Rodgers, due to his ability to ape Mercury with some degree of success. But not us. It looked ...