Buckethead is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Buckethead's discography currently includes 435 studio albums (388 of which are in the Pike series), one live album, four special releases, five demo tapes, three solo DVD video releases, two DVD video releases with Cornbugs, three music videos, three solo videography releases, and 16 videography releases with other artists.
Since 1994, Buckethead has released six studio recordings under the anagram of Death Cube K. He has released 74 works with other bands and artists (including his work as Death Cube K). The total number of studio albums, special releases, extended plays, demo tapes, and works with other bands and projects is 384. His guest appearances total 97. His videography releases total 19. In total, Buckethead has been involved with 493 different album projects (as solo or with other bands). As of his 320th solo studio album and his 300th album in the Pike series Quarry, his total solo studio album running time is approximately 171 hours 55 minutes and 10 seconds.
Solo
Studio albums
Pike Series
The Pike Series are mini-albums that Buckethead began releasing rapidly in 2011, 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. Buckethead has released 380 studio Pikes
Special releases
EPs
Live albums
Singles
1999: The Ballad of Buckethead
2004: Spokes for the Wheel of Torment
2005: We Are One (feat. Serj Tankian) 2006: Jordan 2006: I Like it Raw (Dedicated to Ol' Dirty Bastard) 2010: The Rising Sun (Dedicated to Japan Disaster Victims) 2018: Mirror in the Cellar (free download for Halloween) 2018: Missing My Parents (free download for Christmas) 2020: Guest of Honor: Paul Frees 2020: Float Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Bee In Honor of Cameron Boyce 2020: Beach Fire Pit 2020: The Whispering Metals 2020: Beyond the Visable 2020: Stump City Breakers 2021: Skylight 2021: Chicken Sticks 2022: Idea 2023: Butterfly Eyes
Spoken word albums
2022: Musical Alchemy (with Red Sulphur) 2022: Pelican (with Red Sulphur)
Demo tapes
1989: Brazos (Given to Guitar Player Magazine) 1991: Giant Robot 1991: Bucketheadland Blueprints 1995: Grab Bag#1 1996: Grab Bag#2 1998: Grab Bag#3
Solo DVD videos
2005: Secret Recipe
2006: Young Buckethead Vol. 1
2006: Young Buckethead Vol. 2
2018: Soothsayer
DVD videos with Cornbugs
2007: Quackers! 2007: Headcheese
Music videos
Unreleased albums
Buckethead Plays Disney
Super Diorama Theater
Warm Regards (with Brain and Melissa Reese)
Bands and projects
As Death Cube K
1994: Dreamatorium
1997: Disembodied
1999: Tunnel
2007: DCK
2007: Monolith
2009: Torn from Black Space
2022: Sub Sea Hollow
TBA: Mirror Interval
TBA: Magmabot
TBA: Bennu Mountain
TBA: Salamander Sanctuary
With Alix Lambert and Travis Dickerson
2008: Running After Deer
With Azam Ali
2023: TBA
With Barry Michels
2020: Contemplation Corner
With Bootsy Collins
1993: Lord of the Harvest (as Zillatron)
With Brain
1997: I Need 5 Minutes Alone (As Pieces) 2007: Kevin's Noodle House 2010: Brain as Hamenoodle
With Brain and Melissa Reese
2010: Best Regards
2010: Kind Regards
With Brain and Travis Dickerson
2008: The Dragons of Eden
With Jonas Hellborg & Michael Shrieve
1993: Octave of the Holy Innocents (Re-released in 2003)
With Prismo
2022: Overload (Single) 2022: Chemical Cage (Single)
With Travis Dickerson
2006: Chicken Noodles
2007: Chicken Noodles II
2009: Iconography
2010: Left Hanging
With Viggo Mortensen
1997: One Less Thing to Worry About
1998: Recent Forgeries
1999: The Other Parade
1999: One Man's Meat
2003: Pandemoniumfromamerica
2004: Please Tomorrow
2004: This That and The Other (Compilation) 2005: Intelligence Failure 2008: At All 2011: Reunion 2013: Acá (two tracks only) 2016: Seventeen Odd Songs 2018: Godzilla Sleeps Alone