Buckethead - Chinese Democracy Solos

All Buckethead's solos from Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy album without vocals, bass or drums. Just pure Buckethead awesomness!
00:00 Chinese Democracy
01:09 Better
01:42 Street of Dreams
02:35 If The World
03:09 Scraped
03:28 Riad N' The Bedouins
03:59 Sorry
04:43 I.R.S
05:10 Madagascar
06:34 There Was A Time
08:30 Shackler's Revenge
All the remaining missing solos: • Buckethead - Chinese D...

[@sou4CRF]

00:00 Chinese Democracy 01:09 Better 01:42 Street of Dreams 02:35 If The World 03:09 Scraped 03:28 Riad N' The Bedouins 03:59 Sorry 04:43 I.R.S 05:10 Madagascar 06:34 There Was A Time 08:30 Shackler's Revenge

[@ThatOtherRaccoon]

Dude can you do one of these on Robin Finck’s parts?

[@theprotowelwaver46]

There was a time solo is the best solo on Chinese democracy

[@fernandolebeis8677]

I agree!

[@jerryfaye]

Yes!

[@jeremiasmonardes6329]

There Was a Time is the best solo in the whole GNR history

[@retiar2111]

@@jeremiasmonardes6329 i knew im not the only one who thinks that! The solo is one of the most memorable solos ive heard!

[@mauriciogutierrez9340]

@@jeremiasmonardes6329 you are correct Sir

[@Dagnus284]

I cannot believe the amount of weird shit that Axl let Bucket get away with on this album... It's fucking awesome

[@aalgebra]

I know, right? Axl has my undying gratitude and respect for this.

[@nicolalamberti1845]

This is a big gift Axel Did to humanity

[@jaybyhop]

He even built buckethead a chicken coup to hang out in so he wouldn't leave... he was disturbed when he found out buckethead was watching hardcore porn in it and got really concerned when somebody took a shit in it and buckethead refused to remove it because he loved the energy of it lol

[@user-mn3vt2sl1m]

Well believe it, with all your strengths, believe it

[@franthevan65]

That’s the direction axl wanted to go after illusions Main reason why slash left

[@davjaxify]

This is surely Buckethead signature tone.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

This toaaan is DOGSHIT compared to Slash! 😐 You know it's true. It sounds like bawls- sandwich.

[@chefdavidhill]

@@lueysixty-six7300 My Friend, the true gift Buckethead has is his sound and the way his attack is projected. You only need a few seconds of audio and you know it's him, thats the truly an Amazing accomplishment! 👏

[@Wutzmename]

I used to be a fan of Buckethead but now I'm an air conditioner of his.

[@Comentflix]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@relentlessslog]

Man, I really hope the public gives this record a second chance. Would be cool to get a reissue with a bunch of bonus material. It's crazy to think what went into this. You have all of Trent Reznor's main collaborators, the producer for Queen's albums, Buckethead, Bumblefoot, the bass player from the replacements, the most prolific session drummer, string arrangements from top film composer Marco Beltrami, and of course Axl singing his absolute best. These songs are epic. He strived for greatness. I hope this album gets the appreciation it deserves someday.

[@lucianogoyenechea8704]

the public will give a second chance if Axl re-release it under his name. Period.

[@ebaybasuki]

The general public generally follow the big record labels. If the big labels don't pick the album up, re release and re market it as they marketed appetite etc, they won't ever know about this gem.

[@Lume658]

This is one of my favorite GNR albuns

[@cqleonardo]

There Was a Time is like angels singing

[@paulorenne6693]

There Was A Time, Street of Dreams and Sorry, the bests

[@RM-kv8ii]

The solo on There Was A Time is utterly glorious

[@tash5540]

IRS, Chinese democracy, there was a time, and better are the best.

[@1badjesus]

Robin played one of the solos in TWAT ..the first i believe. He's rarely given credit for that.

[@ryiin]

I love slash, he's undoubtedly should be the lead guitarist of GNR and legend. But he even admits he finds it hard to play Bucketheads Stuff off this album. Buckethead is a genius.

[@kidpoker9408]

where has he admitted this or you just like saying stuff cause u like BH

[@Jonbo117]

I think all of yall are off base. Let me clear this up. If BH and Slash were in a guitar duel what amounts to a figurative ocean of distance between the twos skill levels would become painfully apparent. Slash cant hold a candle to BH. Slash is a one-dimensional pentatonal box cutter. This isnt saying much. I feel bad mentioning them in the same sentence.

[@thedragonofthewest5789]

@@Jonbo117 why the hate bruh? Slash wrote beautiful solos. It's not all about technical stuff. His solos are emotional. I love buckethead too and he is of course the better guitarist. But why u hate slash bruuhh

[@Jonbo117]

@@thedragonofthewest5789 I dont hate him. Hes just a typical rockstar with a massive ego. Nothing special.

[@thedragonofthewest5789]

@@Jonbo117 nah man. He influenced a lot of people to play the guitar. He is an iconic rockstar and he is a successful musician. U are a random dude just dissing slash u got nothing special...

[@ChrisWilliamsRMWpigeon]

Slash very nostalgic but Buckethead is otherworldly and pulls feels out of nowhere

[@davidnissim589]

The guitar work on Chinese Democracy was the best yet. Bumblefoot, Buckethead, and Robin Finck are all incredible players each with completely different styles, and that really added to the album.

[@mauriciogutierrez9340]

I love the last solo on better, and the solo of this i love

[@jonasmarques3539]

The solos and guitar lines on this album are just magnificent. Unfortunately an underrated album.

[@alanv_7815]

Underrated? This is album sold 8 million copies worldwide

[@jonasmarques3539]

@@alanv_7815 but most of GNR fans really don't like this album. Some of them say they hate it. It might have sold 8m copies, but it's definitely not successful as it should be.

[@Sportsvee]

Albums nothing short of a masterpiece.

[@cxjar5890]

6:34 my fav

[@MegaHenriqueribeiro]

This song remains brevarue, strong and still going

[@pbnetto]

This song is incredible. I wish the 1999 version had his solo aswell

[@mariod9290]

this man's talent is off the charts !!!

[@joenaccomusic]

Hard to play like that and sound unique. But you know that’s buckethead right away.

[@E_-_-]

Love it when he presses the button frantically lol

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

Love how this video could be a Buckethead song on it's own :D fucking genius though

[@wiselogicliberate]

Glad you did this man. Bucket is the man. This album is a true work of art. Wish it was more respected.

[@brandondelarosa3083]

Sorry and There was a time are just amazing

[@rosanamunin7380]

You don't know how much I thank you for this. You are a master.

[@Ryan_lipp]

Buckethead is amazing, a gift for all our ear holes!!

[@slashlax3664]

Bucket head is an alien who’d been observing GNR’s concert for years and then went “hold my beer, *%#” in 2000.

[@daniellands495]

The emotions makes me cry when i hear there was a time solo

[@UnaGunnera]

3:59 😍 100% Buckethead... The man without soul... 😏

[@bomkombat94]

Me da arrepios de ouvir estes solos, incriveis!!!

[@brauliomarianoabal2645]

The best guitar player in the Whole Story/El mejor guitarrista DE TODA LA HISTORIA: BUCKETHEAD ❤️🙌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@hugobarrientos6010]

4:45 Oooh man those harmonics are wonderfull

[@user-nc3gu6cj4s]

I love buckethead solo !!! I love you buckethead ❤

[@ChrisSamuel1729]

This video is a secret Buckethead Pike

[@playscroll]

Great work..

[@amandeis]

I heard the song for the first time at a party and didn't know it. But I knew straight away that the solo was from Buckethead. I would have won any bet.

[@ThatOtherRaccoon]

This is an awesome video going over all of Buckethead's parts. It's probably going to be impossible now, but do you think you could one on Robin Finck's guitar parts on this album?

[@andersonviana4123]

Thanks for This relic Man!

[@davidjlosi]

Awesome. Thanks!!

[@LRM5195]

I like how you can hear some random distortion between notes sometimes. Adds a human element to it that is hard to hear when you’re listening to the actual song

[@DavidEuEs]

1:22 😎 1:43 se escucha al nivel de los dioses 😮 Esperanzador 2:37 muy bueno también 5:12 muy Buckethead 🎸🎶😎

[@bigtommy9715]

Is it just me or does there was a time have a lot of similarities to soothsayer??

[@gastongazaba3867]

very interesting, excellent for the analisys of buckethead perfomance

[@anne-liselarsen]

My fave ten seconds on Chinese Democracy starts at 3:29. Spectacular!

[@marttelfullofglass3437]

Awesome

[@w0mbatina]

Do you guys realize that since the release of Chinese Democracy and to this day (November 24th 2021) Buckethead actually released 306 albums?

[@Killswitchbucket]

Buckethead + Robin Finck + Paul Tobias + Brain Mantia = New Guns n Roses for ever...

[@dijon3240]

@Brendon Ayala get the fuck out of here

[@spectrumz43]

@Brendon Ayala hate it or love it, that’s was the most overpowered line up band of GnR

[@victorino_gnr1935]

Paul tobias es un pelotudo

[@shalashaska6658]

@@spectrumz43 Nah. Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy and Steven is, was, and always will be the most powerful GnR lineup Nothing beats some good Appetite for Destruction

[@spectrumz43]

@@shalashaska6658 yes, it does. That band is great for the old times. But if we’re talking about chemistry and style, this lineup is overpowered

[@guilhermezorro9969]

I'm fan of the job of this Fuckin' Guy.

[@gastonpaulini322]

There was a time ❤

[@albertomendoza1575]

Slash and buckethead are excellent amazing fucking badass composers and omg this video make me apreciate so much the buckethead job, I fucking love this album

[@jaybyhop]

I love the old guns n roses, but Im going to be honest, I think Chinese Democracy is the best of them all.

[@chefdavidhill]

Fucking Awsome! He couldn't be replaced only 1 Buckethead!

[@mrgonk1741]

This shit is just amazing. I will miss Buckethead being in GnR. Look, Slash belongs as the guitarist of GnR. I won't dispute that. I don't think anyone should. But for all its flaws, CD represents the one and only instance of recorded music we'll ever have with arrangements, lyrics, writing and vocals by Axl Rose and lead guitar by the uncontested single best shredder in the world. It'll never be "Use Your Illusion," and for the record I don't think Buckethead has a bone in his body bluesy enough to produce the kind of soulful guitar character Slash seems to just effortlessly produce. But listen to this guitar work, then put on "Contraband" by fucking Velvet Revolver and try to make a sane argument that we'd all be better off with more material from that lineup of musicians than the insane collection that produced this stuff, no matter how overwrought some of it ended up sounding when final production was complete. I just hear Buckethead play stuff like this and think to myself "wow - this is NEVER going to happen again."

[@lsipahelut]

Word.

[@frankmartinelli3122]

Buckethead has more "soul" or "blues" than you can imagine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipm3c6yGi56lhtE I think people mistake Slash's sloppy timing as "bluesy" or "soulful". People thought Buckethead didn't have soul while playing Slash's solos, but its only because hes playing it in perfect timing. You can A/B them. Slash is an icon and has/had his place in rock n roll history, there's no denying it. But that has nothing to do with guitar skill and composing. I'm sure both guys are perfectly happy with their respective placing in the guitar player pantheon.

[@frankmartinelli3122]

Or kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJLcXpl9bsqUj80

[@georgeoconnor2680]

Buckethead offers access to a whole nother dimension of guitar work than anyone who ever touched an axe..gnr was Lucky to have been blessed with His contribution..all else is secondary by immeasurable lag.

[@nathanmerce5053]

Mr Gonk You obviously haven't explored Bucketheads music enough then. He's light years ahead of Slash in every aspect. Especially when it comes to blusey riff's.

[@luismarban6360]

I couldn´t agree more...Buckethead is the best lead guitar player that GNR have had since Slash and DJ Ashba is a bit limited compared to them. I prefer Bumblefoot on the lead over DJ Ashba.

[@reycharly007]

Yeah!!!! que guitarrista por dios se noto en este albun,lastima que no toque mas en GnR.

[@michaeloliver7767]

More of these isolated tracks from this album or all GNR albums!

[@JunkyardHounds]

amen brother.

[@drumbeatloops3638]

No buckethead No gnr

[@henriquelr7541]

so insaneeee

[@JoseFPepeM]

Mindblowing stuff. I wonder how were this isolated solos found. I wish there was also the isolated Shackler’s Revenge solo by Bumblefoot

[@LionH3artt]

You are right about the If The World acoustic solos. I'm quite sure that Street of Dream's fast solo is being played by Robin Finck. Also Prostitute's solo is missing, not on purpose.

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

Luv Shacklers revenge, and hopin that WAS Buckethead shredding effortlesly!

[@UnaGunnera]

"Sorry" 😍♥️

[@Camilocarrasco]

This is as close as im ever going to be to listen that fkn album.

[@LionH3artt]

All the remaining missing solos are now available in the description of this video! Enjoy :)

[@andrepoiy1199]

TWAT best glorious solo

[@slashzakkwylde]

매번들어도 쵝오 솔로라인 멜로디 정말 이쁘다 환상적이다~ 겁나 마이너 틱 스케일 우울하며 몽환적인 사운드 그리고 갓 버켓헤드 형님~

[@sakiof735]

1:42 Star Wars theme? 😂

[@YS-tl1rv]

6:35

[@MarcioJose-eq4tt]

Poderia fazer do Robin finck também esse dupla foi demais

[@MooseyFate100]

You didn't get all of them. :( Bucket does the fast solo part in Street of Dreams and the acoustic solos in If The World.

[@davelanger]

BH is not on SOD, Its Fortus.

[@nickd6874]

The first solo as in the main one right? That's Robin - he played that for years.

[@riverplatense9]

Streets of dreams solo is played by Robin finck... Its on the booklet of the album and you can watch him playing it live even the fast part... Buckethead only plays the outro solo

[@igorlebich5802]

heavenly juice

[@gianniminicucci7462]

they are all a freak show!!

[@roselyneschneider4969]

fucking awesome!

[@nahiyanalamgir7056]

This would have been an amazing Buckethead album lol

[@VisheshOnyx]

Sorry 🖤🖤🖤

[@harrybrown7680]

Is there a way to split the download-file?

[@igorperic5232]

This is amazing. Where did you get this?

[@Killswitchbucket]

buckethead es genial.... oajala regrese a guns n roses......

[@lego398]

make some of these for every buckethead album! thatd be awesome,..or teach me how to do it

[@jgomezsalido]

In Better: What kind of Bach is this? D:

[@lordmel394]

there was a time , holy shit

[@LRM5195]

I wonder how much one one solo is a one take thing, or if it’s recorded in sections. I ask cause sometimes you hear effects and tone change half way through a solo and what not.

[@nicolasaguilar5305]

Genio OP OP

[@diegovb1145]

What's that crazy solo around 1:50 true 2:30

[@MarlonBrando414]

wow, rather listen to this than the album.

[@1badjesus]

Robin played one of the solos in TWAT ..the first i believe. He's rarely given credit for that..

[@guardachuvatv3715]

A versão que o Robin toca ela sozinha é mais curta ela tem 5:19 e a versão com o buckethead tem se não me engano 8:23

[@paulpv7]

All the other solo's are played by Robin Finck and Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal, right? And Rhythm Guitar is being played by Paul Tobias and Richard Fortus ?

[@mantymusic9109]

Yep

[@ShxstaCola]

how did you extract these from the song

[@NoskYTB]

This is extracted from rock band 3 game

[@SebaxJimenez]

El solo de Shackler's Revenge no lo hizo Buckethead? Había leído una entrevista en dónde Bumblefoot hablaba sobre el sonido del elefante en ese solo y dijo que eso era de Buckethead.

[@aquix67]

El solo oficial lo hizo Bumblefoot

[@brauliomarianoabal2645]

También existe el Sólo de Buckethead pero en la versión final Axl lo cambió y puso o dejó el de Bumblefoot. Pero lo podes buscar. Yo lo vi en un video de curiosidades del disco

[@KORSO97]

Solo in Madagascar was played by Axl.

[@Gabriel77555]

The solo in madagascar was made by axl, not played.

[@NickDePanfilis]

@@Gabriel77555 To expand, Buckehead's solo in Maddy is Bucket ... Axl pays a solo as well on a different instrument

[@UnaGunnera]

Nopp. Is played for BUCKETHEAD

[@Sportsman883]

I think bumblefoot re recorded a lot of the solos, bucketheads solo sounds much better than the album version especially on Riad.

[@LexCinnabon]

I agree, I thought Bucket's solo fit the song much better. Bumblefoot's solo seemed to be too wild/random. I wish we could hear Bucket's solo on Catcher in the Rye and Shackler's Revenge.

[@Person-cv9dj]

Lex & Cinnabon buckethead probably wrote everything in schacklers revenge but bumblefoot probably re recordet the solo

[@Rab-qn4mj]

Person yeah bumblefoot played the shackles revenge solo but to it sounds too much like bucketheads style. Buckethead pretty much wrote every song except catcher in the rye and this is love. Buckethead left in 2004 so took another 4 years to write 2 songs. Completely crazy

[@Person-cv9dj]

Rab 1612 no buckethead has a different feel and attack to his playing he also doesnt use a fretless guitar and the tone is much different

[@enzogoncalves7022]

Ok, there was a time and sorry solos were epic... But what the hell was that on riad n the bedouins? 😂😂

[@LionH3artt]

Multitracks :)

[@Marifet124]

Is there a Live version of there was a time :(

[@Bansidhe]

Sadly not with Bucket playing. He'd left the band before it was ever played live.

[@Marifet124]

@@Bansidhe unfortunate.. one of his best solos with gnr i think

[@kayky_Castro]

3:59

[@kayky_Castro]

2:35

[@TheWzeOwl]

Bang My Gavel And Start My Harley Let's Ride.

[@DaveFurbush]

dat sorry solo doe

[@XxBySkullxX]

And This I Love? :P

[@MathymolinaSLASHBA1996]

Ese solo es de Robin Finck

[@XxBySkullxX]

Ah xD

[@guardachuvatv3715]

Existe una version con buckethead tambien

[@_giobello_]

1:10

[@kaikaiar10]

It should be Buckethead, I think There Was A Time has a very Bucketheadish solo ; )

[@brunobtst]

7:16 🤤

[@wiselogicliberate]

True. It gets alot of flack that it doesn't deserve. Got to let the music speak for itself instead of the artist's behaviors.

[@bucketheadstech]

what about shacklers revenge all the tapping/killswitching

[@lucianom3585]

they were recorded in the final version by Bumblefoot. Bucket had left the band already.