Buckethead has to be one of my favorites.
The songs are really cool and mostly instrumental, just the way i like :>
Lots of songs, going from heavier rock to melodic calm songs.
Here are two examples on YT:


What about you? What's your opinion about Buckethead's music and, more generically, about instrumental rock?

Yeah he's not too bad.

I reckon he gets a little bit old after a while, with all the tapping etc.

I prefer 1960's to 1990's rock you should listen to the alan parsons project: old and wise

Oh man people shit-talking Buckethead.

I bet you think Les Claypool isn't anything special either.

If so, you'll HATE THIS BAND! Because it's Les Claypool, Buckethead, the drummer from Primus, and the keyboardist from a band called Praxis.

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

Negative.

I wasn't exactly shit talking him. I like buckethead.

I was just saying that he gets a little bit boring.

I wasnt either i just dont like that kind of music.

Instrumental rock is, for the most part, better than lyrical rock... at least that's what I've witnessed. I usually like instrumental tracks better, on whichever bands you can think of.

I'm a huge Buckethead fan. I've always loved technical music.

Same.
I like instrumentals wayy better than lyrical, often because you can't have crazy 8 finger tapping while singing, or the riffs while someone is singing are pretty bland and boring. Most of the time anywayz.

I like lyrical music because it combines storytelling with great music.

With instrumental, you add your own story
srsly

Like, when I'm listening to the opening of Buckethead's 'Plankton' (a song), I think of fishies swimmin' around. When the riff picks up pace and gets faster, I imagine sharks closing in. Finally when the riff goes 'BOOM' and all crazy, I imagine a chase going on.
Yeah, crazy imagination I got.

But most of the time, I'm just ogling (did I use this word right?) at how awesome the riffs and licks are.