Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known by his stage name Slash, is an English-American guitarist known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver.[1][2][3][4]
Buckethead (born Brian Carroll,[1] 1969) is an American guitarist and composer. He is known for wearing a white plastic mask and a KFC bucket on his head while performing.
He is a prolific composer, having released 38 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. He has also made a guest appearance on 44 different albums from various artists. His music spans across diverse areas such as thrash metal, funk, electronica, jazz, bluegrass and avant-garde music.
Although a multi-instrumentalist, Buckethead is best known for his electric guitar playing, characterized by diverse playing styles spanning thrash guitar, fingerpicking, and slap guitar. Guitar One voted him number 8 on a list of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time".[2]
Buckethead now works primarily as a solo artist and touring the United States with a trio. He has had a wide variety of high profile collaborations with such artists as Les Claypool, Tony Williams, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Serj Tankian, Guns N' Roses, Saul Williams, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen and with Bill Laswell on Praxis.
Buckethead also has a career writing and performing music for major motion pictures. Some of the films he has worked on include: Saw II, Ghosts of Mars, Beverly Hills Ninja, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Last Action Hero and the soundtrack of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
