is bucketheads solo gone from madagascar??

[2007what!]

gone. IMHO just like everything else he recorded for the band.

buckethead stops now!

lol, saul always cracks me up

Axl may have said that but the reason that video got played wasn't because of being in GNR. BH got on MTV because he played with Saul Williams and Serj from System of A Down and he's on Serj's label.

yeah, bucket even appeared in a snoop dogg video couple of years back, had nothing to do with GN'R but more to do with his pal bootsey collins doing a song with snoop. so they put bucket in the video. i think it's for the better that buckethead is out of the band but i do miss his haunting madagascar solo. but i'm sure chinese democracy will make up for everything.

[bigbri]

I think you guys have to ask yourself this question....This is all speculation, but so is virtually everything else on this entire board so I'll? say it anyway... Say Chinese Democracy is a huge hit...and it gets rave reviews from critics all over the place...and people are crazy about BUcketheads playing.....if you are Axl Rose, are you going to want people raving about a guitar player who is not even in the band anymore?? or are you going to want to showcase the CURRENT band...If I were Axl I would only want current players on it...people are already going to knock the band because its not the old line-up, they will only knock the band more for having "outside" musicians contribute in a big way to the record...it will make the current line up seem even less legitimate...

So, if it's only current members, let's get rid of Brain, anything Brian May may or may not have done, Paul, and all the other musicians who contributed over the years. Hell, that's just the players, what if they also contributed songwriting duties, then you're throwing out whole songs.

Wouldn't work, unless you want CD in 2023.

Brian May probably isnt going to be on the record so says Axl, Paul is useless so I would definately get rid of any of his parts, and Brain is STILL in the band so I dont know where you are comming from with that...I certainly hope Paul isnt on the record, he has been out of the band for FIVE years!!? I wouldnt get rid of anything as far as songwriting, because that is Axl's property now...but I dont understand this whole "it will delay the album" thing...has anybody on this board used Pro Tools besides me?! I can replace all their parts in 5 minutes....its called mutli track recording,,,its been around since Les Paul invented it in the 50's! THings artists do are not set in stone on the record, they can be replaced(especially now with Pro Tools) in SECONDS!!!

You think Axl's gonna allow something on CD to be replaced in seconds? Doesn't matter how long it SHOULD take. It SHOULDN'T take more than a decade to make a CD, but it has. So, in my opinion, any more recording would delay it even further.

[ppbebe]

They needn't look like GNR
They needn't sound like GNR
They needn't act like GNR.

They are GNR.  they just need to be themselves.

I agree and disagree.

If it was Axl and the whatevers or someother band name fine, but it is not it is GNR and GNR means something, it is more then one man, it is a way of life, a statement, it is a livin breathen beast.  I always supported GNR but during that brief 2002 era I did not 100%, because it hurt to much. Like when someone dies a horrific death you remember them for the good times and the high points. The 2006 lineup is a close to perfect as you can get

So now that I'm way off topic let me just say. GNR is the best band in the world once again and they are here to stay.

I don't get your point. 
What way of life and what statement are you seeing there? A Fashion statement? that bad boy attitude?
I don't think they have to try to meet other's idea of perfection. IMO that would make them anything but GNR.

I never see a band as a person. To me it's the spirit of the band.
The spirit also grows.
It always says not to pigeonhole things and yourself.
You are free to change. Don't be afraid of the changes and accept yourself.
That's my take.

like Axl's old friend photographer put it,
"Human nature wants what's familiar and if you stay there, you're stuck. Keep yourself open and you'll be amazed. Change is good. And yes, even Axl has changed".

The world changes. People change. all living things change. Why shouldn't a band change?

GNR in 2002 needn't be the 20th century version. Or rather, shouldn't be. Neither does the 2006 version.

[sisterofyu]

For anyone questioning Bucketheads emotion in his PLAYING please view the following video, infact just listen if his image affects your perspective on the music. Hear how this beautiful ballad builds and builds in intensity, if BH has recorded stuff like this for CD would you honestly want it replaced?? This is live too but it's perfect, he doesn't hit a bum note! I have yet to hear any of the current GNR guitarists play anything with this much true emotion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o

oh my  ...keekee...Im so IN LOVE with Bucky...I want to marry him .....do you think buckethead makes deep passionate love as good as he plays  keekee?....also...what is buckys zodiac sign, my astrologer needs to know keekee....leave him on the CD axl....as a sweet xmas gift ....keekee

[GNFNR_UK]

For anyone questioning Bucketheads emotion in his PLAYING please view the following video, infact just listen if his image affects your perspective on the music. Hear how this beautiful ballad builds and builds in intensity, if BH has recorded stuff like this for CD would you honestly want it replaced?? This is live too but it's perfect, he doesn't hit a bum note! I have yet to hear any of the current GNR guitarists play anything with this much true emotion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o

oh my? ...keekee...Im so IN LOVE with Bucky...I want to marry him .....do you think buckethead makes deep passionate love as good as he plays? keekee?....also...what is buckys zodiac sign, my astrologer needs to know keekee....leave him on the CD axl....as a sweet xmas gift ....keekee

Who is this keekee you speak of?