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Originally Posted by kutulu
I never said Buckethead sucks, just that what was on that album was nothing great or even that interesting to me. He's a great guitarist and a great avant garde musician but he doesn't do rock very well. There is a difference between writing a song and playing solos.
I didn't just 'check out a few tracks' I listened to the whole album. Then I read some really positive reviews and I went back to listen to the whole thing again. If you love it, great, but I don't see anything that matches up with the other three albums. I have hundreds of albums in my collection and when I listen to something I usually listen to the whole thing from start to finish.
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I totally agree regarding the reviews, although I haven't seen any gushing positive reviews, there are clearly reviewers who listen to hard rock/metal and those who don't. I thought the
New Yorker review was particularly inept.
Chuck Klosterman had some decent insights that I didn't think about before I read his review.
It's not really surprising to me that the guitar on an album that features Buckethead, Dave Navarro, and Brian May doesn't live up to expectations (how could it?). You gotta admit though that for all the reports about Axl being deluded and out of touch, his vocals are pretty remarkable.
Re: myspace, my point still stands. You didn't listen to an even halfway decent copy of the music. A myspace feed isn't exactly the 'highest possible fidelity.' Most people don't have the best speakers or headphones hooked up to their computers either.