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Posted by: derper Sep 19 2012, 10:20 PM
It's my buddies theory. I don't know much about buckethead, but what little bit of digging I did....it seems possible. Buckethead is supposedly Brian Carroll, but is that really "confirmed"? Outside of wikipedia, the info seems to be sparse. Have they ever been in the same room together? Paul claims that he gave Brian lessons when Brian was 15 and Paul was 18, which could be true...or a "likely" story.
Any ideas/info?
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 19 2012, 10:25 PM
Awesome accusation!! 
This could be real....
Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Sep 19 2012, 10:25 PM
Offcourse Gilbert's NOT Buckethead...
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Sep 20 2012, 12:14 AM
This is really interesting! I haven't done much research on Buckethead but I just love the "secret" to it! How does he keep up with hiding identity? Are there any paparazzo pictures out there with no mask? How does he do the concerts/hide from crew? I like how he combined his music with this mystery factor to it - almost like a magician.
Posted by: derper Sep 20 2012, 12:19 AM
I haven't done much research either, but what little I found was.... well, the facts were hard to pin down. Plus, the secrecy makes more sense for someone like gilbert who already has fame and recognition. then I read that he claimed to have "given young buckehead lessons" which would be a great "defense" when people compare the two.
Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 20 2012, 12:25 AM
Sadly NO 
Buckethead is NOT paul gilbert but they do have long skinny fingers! His real name is
BRIAN CAROLL
Here is the wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead
Any ideas/info?
Posted by: SpaseMoonkey Sep 20 2012, 12:55 AM
I'm going with 2 different people. Well, he doesn't really do major labels and he also never talks. I've been told that he sets up most of his own gear on stage. Which I think is true, there is a really tall and lanky guy who was helping bring the gear out and even did the pa test was pulling that shred vibe. People started chanting Brian and he stopped and waved at the crowd.
I've seen him 3 times so far. Next summer if he comes around it will be 4. I love his concerts they just feel so personal.
Posted by: derper Sep 20 2012, 12:58 AM
But, it's wikipedia so it could be part of the whole hoax/persona. I tried to verify beyond that page/entry, and that's where the details got very vague. Not saying it IS Gilbert, but not convinced Buckethead is actually that Brian Carroll guy either. Hmmm.... 
Buckethead is NOT paul gilbert but they do have long skinny fingers! His real name isBRIAN CAROLL
Here is the wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead
Posted by: Alex Feather Sep 20 2012, 04:53 AM
Interesting! That could be be true!!!
Posted by: PosterBoy Sep 20 2012, 05:59 AM
There is a clipping from a guitar magazine from ages ago that has a little feature on Brian, so I'm still going with him.
You can hear Paul's influence in his playing.
Anyone got his latest album yet (Buckethead's not Paul's, Paul's will be out soon though!)
Posted by: carminemarotta Sep 20 2012, 06:47 AM
Paul Gilbert gave some lessons to Buckethead. But he can not have any credit on the skill on the latter.
They were both very young and the tuition did not last long.
Carmine
Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 20 2012, 01:25 PM
Buckethead is not PG. Vibrato and everything is just different. Plus PG would never find the time to release all his solo albums AND Buckethead as well..
And I bet if we did some serious research we could probably find examples of when Buckethead was playing somewhere and Paul was somewhere else.
And Ozzy Osbourne once tried to work with Buckethead and said about Buckethead saying not to call him Brian and that he wouldn't take the mask and Bucket off. There's no way PG would pass up the opportunity to play with Ozzy just to keep up a Buckethead facade. He once tried to get a slot with Ozzy when he was 15.
But it's a cool conspiracy theory ! 
Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Sep 20 2012, 03:27 PM
21:24 that doesn't look like paul does it 
, i am a huge big b fan and i really doubt they are both the same.
the mask IS Buckethead's face
Posted by: Fran Sep 20 2012, 03:57 PM
They were both very young and the tuition did not last long.
Carmine
And I bet if we did some serious research we could probably find examples of when Buckethead was playing somewhere and Paul was somewhere else.
And Ozzy Osbourne once tried to work with Buckethead and said about Buckethead saying not to call him Brian and that he wouldn't take the mask and Bucket off. There's no way PG would pass up the opportunity to play with Ozzy just to keep up a Buckethead facade. He once tried to get a slot with Ozzy when he was 15.
But it's a cool conspiracy theory !
+1 Thoroughly agree.
Posted by: derper Sep 20 2012, 06:34 PM
I figured someone here would prove this "theory" wrong....
And I bet if we did some serious research we could probably find examples of when Buckethead was playing somewhere and Paul was somewhere else.
And Ozzy Osbourne once tried to work with Buckethead and said about Buckethead saying not to call him Brian and that he wouldn't take the mask and Bucket off. There's no way PG would pass up the opportunity to play with Ozzy just to keep up a Buckethead facade. He once tried to get a slot with Ozzy when he was 15.
But it's a cool conspiracy theory !
Posted by: Max Sokolov Sep 20 2012, 06:50 PM
Hehe, that cuold be interesting, but I also think, that it's two different people!
Posted by: PosterBoy Sep 21 2012, 06:19 AM
Just incase anyone was wondering. I'm also not Buckethead
Posted by: bleez Sep 21 2012, 08:47 AM
LOL!
I might be buckethead..... in an alternate universe. I cant totally disprove the possibility
Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 21 2012, 08:48 AM
That was going to be my next question...
Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Sep 21 2012, 02:49 PM
You can hear Paul's influence in his playing.
Anyone got his latest album yet (Buckethead's not Paul's, Paul's will be out soon though!)
The Shores of Molokai ? or Balloon Cement? i have yet to hear the shores of molokai ._.;
Posted by: Todd Simpson Sep 22 2012, 12:40 AM
hehehehe
Yeah, sadlly no. He's not Paul Gilbert. You can dig deeper on google and find some forums or whatever source you might trust a bit more
Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 22 2012, 09:23 AM
I wonder if anyone can verify their height difference as well ?? If there is one..
Posted by: Qenzoz Sep 22 2012, 12:16 PM
Not sure but I know that Paul Gilbert has a size 14 in shoes
, but yeah Paul Gilbert isn't Buckethead.
Posted by: SpaseMoonkey Sep 22 2012, 12:33 PM
They have it all over youtube if you haven't looked! =D
So is some of.. Racks, March of the Slunks, and The Silent Picture Book.. lol
Edit: Sorry I seen the last 3 I mentioned looking up the channel on youtube and well... I went and grabbed them waiting on the DL to finish!
Heres a link to some of them on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvilSmurf76
Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Sep 22 2012, 08:03 PM
So is some of.. Racks, March of the Slunks, and The Silent Picture Book.. lol
Edit: Sorry I seen the last 3 I mentioned looking up the channel on youtube and well... I went and grabbed them waiting on the DL to finish!
Heres a link to some of them on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvilSmurf76
Cheers man!!!
Posted by: Rammikin Sep 23 2012, 01:45 AM
On the evening of September 22, 2012:
Paul Gilbert is playing at Wembley Arena in London, England.
Buckethead is playing at the Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho.
Posted by: fkalich Sep 23 2012, 01:52 AM
Actually Buckethead is the other gunman on the grassy knoll.
There might be a gold mine up my dog's butt, but I doubt it, and I am not going to try and look just to prove that theory wrong.
Posted by: derper Sep 23 2012, 06:22 PM
I actually meant that in response to Ben, who was the first in this thread to provide proof (sorry Todd, I don't fully trust wikipedia...but I DO trust the GMC wiki! ) that Gilbert is not Buckethead.
Anyway, thought it would be a fun (joke) discussion since I don't know anything about buckethead, and it seemed like an interesting conspiracy theory. Plus, Gilbert is so wacky...I won't not have put something like this past him.
But, it looks like Buckethead is only Buckethead.
There might be a gold mine up my dog's butt, but I doubt it, and I am not going to try and look just to prove that theory wrong.
Posted by: korblitz Sep 23 2012, 09:10 PM
Weird....I thought Chuck Norris was Buckethead
Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 24 2012, 09:02 AM
Actually, I think you're right... mystery solved !!
Posted by: bleez Sep 24 2012, 10:41 PM
Id only heard a very little amount from buckethead before and hadn't realised how diverse he was but since this topic was posted I checked him out some more and Ive gotten totally into his stuff!
I think Ive had 'Soothsayer', 'Whitewash' and 'machete' on a permanent replay for the last few days
Posted by: squonk Oct 8 2012, 09:42 PM
I've seen Paul and Buckethead standing next to each other at NAMM. I'm pretty sure they aren't the same guy. However I've never seen Bucket head and Wierd Al at the same party. Just Sayin'
Here is a rare picture of Buckethead as a child.
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