Buckethead is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Buckethead's extensive solo discography currently includes 31 studio albums, one live album, two extended plays, five special releases, six demo tapes, & four DVD releases. Since 2011, Buckethead started releasing albums in the "Pikes" series, mini albums usually around 30 minutes in length, each with a sequential number similar to a comic book. Buckethead has released 856 Pike albums, 262 of which are live albums.
Buckethead has also released seven studio albums under the alias Death Cube K (an anagram of Buckethead). He has released collaborative albums with Brain, Travis Dickerson, Melissa Reese, Viggo Mortensen, Shin Terai, DJ Disk, Bootsy Collins, That 1 Guy and albums with the bands Praxis, Cornbugs, Science Faxtion, Guns N' Roses, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and Deli Creeps, in addition to many other collaborations with bands and artists.
Solo Studio albums
Year LP Album Length Released Label Format 1992 1 Bucketheadland 74:56 February 5 (July 2, 1993 as import) Avant (Avan 007) 2 CD 1994 2 Giant Robot 73:31 November 3 (Re-issued Sep 18, 2000 through CyberOctave) Sony Japan (SRCS 7494) CD 1996 3 The Day of the Robot 42:44 April 30 Sub Meta (SM-9804-2) 1998 4 Colma 54:27 March 24 CyberOctave (COCD 45380) 1999 5 Monsters and Robots 50:54 April 20 CyberOctave (COCD 47499) 2001 6 Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse 46:55 June 5 Stray (SR0016) CD, 2LP 2002 7 Funnel Weaver 60:06 February 15 Ion (IN 2016–2) CD 8 Bermuda Triangle 49:32 July 23 Catalyst (CECD1000) 9 Electric Tears 70:58 October 8 Metastation (MT-0015) 2003 10 Bucketheadland 2 58:24 October 14 Ion (IN 2019–2) 2004 11 Island of Lost Minds 47:32 March 19 (Re-released on February 16, 2006) Bucketheadland 12 Population Override 55:22 March 30 Ion (IN 2020–2) 13 The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell 52:16 April 20 Disembodied (BRO370) 2005 14 Enter the Chicken 41:21 October 25 (Reissue April 8, 2008, Instrumental August 12, 2022) Serjical Strike, Bucketheadland (Instrumental) 15 Kaleidoscalp 53:31 November 22 Tzadik (TZ 7409) 16 Inbred Mountain 43:21 December 2 (Vinyl edition: January 2018) TDRS, BucketheadlandCD, LP 2006 17 The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock 47:14 February 17 (Vinyl edition: August 1, 2017) Bucketheadland 18 Crime Slunk Scene 44:21 September 15 (Vinyl edition: August 1, 2017) 2007 19 Pepper's Ghost 45:16 March 1 Hatboxghost MusicCD 20 Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot / Ghost Host 46:46 October 30 (Vinyl edition: December 15, 2017)Hatboxghost Music, BucketheadlandCD, LP, DVD 21 Cyborg Slunks 44:16 October 30 (Regular Edition: December 15) TDRS CD-R/CD 2008 22 Albino Slug / Clockunwise 40:09 September 17 (Worldwide: December 1, Vinyl: November 15, 2017)Hatboxghost Music, Bucketheadland CD, LP, DVD 2009 23 Slaughterhouse on the Prairie 41:48 January 30 (Vinyl edition: October 9, 2017)CD, LP 24 A Real Diamond in the Rough 41:46 May 1 (Vinyl edition: September 15, 2017) 25 Forensic Follies 42:53 June 1Hatboxghost MusicCD 26 Needle in a Slunk Stack 40:41 September 24 2010 27 Shadows Between the Sky 44:54 February 6 (Vinyl edition: August 15, 2017, No drums version: November 2, 2022)Hatboxghost Music, Bucketheadland CD, LP, Digital 28 Spinal Clock 44:20 September 16 TDRS CD 29 Captain EO's Voyage 41:34 October 20 (CD release: November 29) Hatboxghost Music iTunes/CD 2012 35 Electric Sea 48:05 February 21 Metastation 2017304Bucketheadland 5-13 10-3131:00Spring 2018 (regular, signed & limited editions) (download: November 2017exclusively available to customers who pre-ordered the album) BucketheadlandLP, cassette, DVD
Pike Series
The Pike Series are mini-albums that Buckethead began releasing rapidly in 2011,UG Pike usually around 30 minutes in length. Each has a sequential number like a comic book. Live Pikes are listed separately under Live albums. Several Pike albums are unreleased (286, 289, 290, 295, 513, 525); preview tracks from Pikes 286 Nautical Twilight, 289, and 290 are available online. All Pikes are released using the "Bucketheadland" label. Buckethead has released 810 pike albums.