Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Forum

And what Travis just said about Big B is pretty much what everyone else that worked with the man says about him. Except this one guy that cancels show after show after show, causes riots, stands trial for abuse (or sth), has a rep of a hothead and takes a million years to finish an album... Rock \'n roll, babay!

To me, and most longtime Bucketfans I heard about it, it\'s very clear.

Than I prefer the chick without the sex I guess..  

Well, to me it\'s the word of a singer with a rep of being an arse against a person about whom I only have heard people saying how schweet a guy he is.

If Big B is the type to commit to a band is a different story, I have always doubted if he was cut out for that type of commitment.

To blame the cancellation of these tourdates on Bucket stinks big time, because this isn\'t the first time a GnR concert is cancelled.

GUNS N\' ROSES have officially cancelled their appearance at Rock In Rio – Lisbon, citing guitarist Buckethead\'s recent departure from the group as the cause of the cancellation. Frontman Axl Rose\'s official statement on the matter is as follows:

"The band has been put in an untenable position by guitarist Buckethead and his untimely departure.

"During his tenure with the band, Buckethead has been inconsistent and erratic in both his behavior and commitment — despite being under contract — creating uncertainty and confusion and making it virtually impossible to move forward with recording, rehearsals and live plans with confidence. His transient lifestyle has made it impossible for even his closest friends to have nearly any form of communication with him whatsoever.

"Last time I talked to Bucket, he called to tell me he had bought a bootleg DVD off EBay and how proud he was to be in GUNS and how impressed he was with everyone\'s performance. Then, in February we got word from Brain that Bucket had called him and said he was back in GUNS!? Apparently, according to Bucket he had been \'gone\' but had turned himself around and was really excited to do Rio-Lisbon and a European tour. Somewhere in the following month things changed once again. According to those who have actually spoken with Buckethead, it appears his plans were to secure a recording contract with Sanctuary Records which I encouraged my management to make available to him, quit GN\'R and to use his involvement in the upcoming GUNS release to immediately promote his individual efforts...Nice guy!

"There is not a member of this camp that is not hurt, upset and ultimately disappointed by this event, and more to the point — if not this individual, certainly this individual\'s choices. Regardless of anyone\'s opinions of me and what I may or may not deserve, clearly the fans, individuals in this band, management, crew and our support group do not deserve this type of treatment. We as a whole, definitely feel that we afforded Bucket every accommodation perhaps so much so that it may be that we or more precisely, I may have done GUNS a disservice and unintentionally allowed GUNS to be put in this position.

"On behalf of GUNS N\' ROSES and myself I apologize to the fans who planned to see us at Rock In Rio - Lisbon. The festival and its tradition mean a lot to me personally and I sincerely do not enjoy being robbed by one of our own of the opportunity to be the first artist to play it for the third time. I would also like to express my gratitude to those who chose to embrace Buckethead\'s role in GUNS and support our new line up. We greatly appreciate Bucket\'s contributions and remain open to \'discussions\' as there are obviously several issues to resolve. In the meantime rather than dwelling on the negative, GUNS will be moving forward and surprisingly (without giving away any details) this unfortunate set of circumstances may have given us the opportunity to take our recording that one extra step further. Regardless we hope to announce a release date within the next few months."

Oh boy! Some people just really want to get rid of their money...    

YAY!  

No problemo Travis, I\'m still bouncing to Lost Minds, Shine and Brain Circus...  

Srsly? I really like that first rehearsal but shelling 30 bucks for something like that?

Their loss, it still stands as one of my fav Bucket albums ever.

I ordered it back in the day hoping it was the then still Japan-only Giant Robot and received this with a note (from Bucket I suppose) saying: "Hope this helps" (I wrote how hard it was to find the Japanese one, this is days of only limited internet, just enough to know what was out there ... somewhere). Sure did.

Regarding this rumour: it\'s a discussion/mailgroup on Yahoo, it\'s nothing official and I\'m not sure what the source is.

I heard about this on the Laswell list. Other than that, yes, nothing.

I\'m hearing something about a new album with Pete and Brain, Japan-themed, new material. Sounds cool!

Seeing what\'s get pressed on vinyl these days I\'d think Bucket should be able to sell a few... Perhaps try first with a release with somebody famous.

I\'m surprised it so hard to cover the costs, I\'d think Buckethead got at least a little famous. And if someone like Spectre (Wordsound) can sell vinyl for 15 bucks Buckethead should be able to do it. Then again, there\'s \'fans\' buying cd\'s for \'collectors prices\' on eBay while they\'re still available here. (Sidenote: perhaps start an eBay shop, Travis?)

I\'d be buying vinyl, but not for collectors prices. 20 bucks including shipping is reasonable (and I would always order at least 2 items to save on shipping ).

I\'d rather spend on vinyl than on mp3 or cdr, that\'s for sure.

"We are not sick men" is from Enter The Dragon (English dub) and that "in a spiral" thing from Cobra Strike is from El Topo (again English dub). I\'ve seen these films in the original languages but I recognised in the subtitles.

And there\'s a shitload from Johnny Sokko of course.

That\'s quick.

OK thanks, I\'ll wait a bit then. No hurry.