Brian Carroll Interview

Going about my routine check on Buckethead related news on the internet I stumbled on this website called ‘Music Banter’ and in particular, this rare Brian Carroll interview. I thought it was pretty interesting considering most of the information I’ve read about Buckethead has been primarily about Buckethead and not Brian Carroll. I also thought it was interesting that this website refers to the interviewee as  ‘Brian Carroll – the man behind the mask’.

There are times when I think Buckethead is just Buckethead and there is no point thinking about it any more – he is a performer, a musician, an artist whatever you wish to call him. But every now and then articles like this one make you think just a little bit more about the ‘man behind the mask’ – what do we really know about this elusive character?

Here is an excerpt from the interview:

The suburban room where Carroll grew up near Los Angeles (about a half-hour
from Disneyland) say it all: Bruce Lee, Michael Jackson and Leatherface
posters adorn the walls. On the ample bookshelf, works on Paganini, Slonimsky
and Glenn Gould are slipped between magic books, martial arts material and
slasher flick compendiums. Robot toys with laser eyes stare from every corner
and there is a futuristic rack of CDs boasting titles from hip hoppers the Wu-
Tang clan, techno-trip-hop buddies the Chemical Brothers, Yngwie’s Rising
Force and the soundtracks to Godzilla and War of the Gargantuans.

Here is the website with the full interview. Enjoy Bucket fans

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