The enigmatic Buckethead graced the stage at Fort Collins, CO’s Aggie Theatre last night, for a demonstration of some serious guitar shredding skills. The prolific guitarist, born Brian Patrick Carroll, donned a plain white bucket atop his head for the performance, which stayed more to the metal side of the spectrum for the greater part of the show. With only a few amps and backing tracks joining him on stage, Buckethead displayed the virtuosic skills that have hailed him as one of GuitarOne magazine’s “Top 10 Fastest Guitar Shredders of All Time”, and deservedly so.
With some straight-forward metal being displayed for a good portion of the show, Buckethead also let things in the room breathe with some very melodic solos that were about as graceful as a guitar solo can get. Halfway through the performance, he took a break from the guitar to show off his robotic dance moves and some pretty impressive nunchaku skills, before handing out some goodies to fans in the front row. As the show continued, Buckethead played a tease of “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as a “Star Wars Medley” that brought many of us over to the Dark Side. Check out video from the show below.