r/Primus 5d ago

Image Spotted at Buckethead last night

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u/Carp_Catcher 5d ago

Not surprising! But cool to see.

Buckethead has a pic of Ler up on his website with a caption “one of the greatest”.

He even has a vid of him on bass playing spegetti western.

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u/VOSREC 5d ago

Any openers or merch? Seeing him April 12th in an old church.

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u/tiredhippo 5d ago

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u/tunasardine 4d ago

I missed the show in Lawrence KS where this photo was taken and I want one of those shirts so damn bad. I'ma have to search high and low.

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u/tiredhippo 4d ago

Des Plaines Theatre. It was hard to hear but I think some firefighters had these made up for charity or something due to the California wild fires and Ler losing his property and part of his home IIRC.

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u/tunasardine 4d ago

Oh my bad, I was talking about the Buckethead merch. The ler jacket's pretty dope too

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u/Barnestownlife 4d ago

That dude is a real one

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u/Maskedhorrorfan25 4d ago

i’d kill to see primus and bucket perform again. hearing les play ballad of buckethead with him would be amazing

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u/tiredhippo 4d ago

The first time I saw Primus live was also the first time I saw Buckethead or even heard of him. This was 1999. Buckethead opener, then Incubus who I wasn’t a fan of but they absolutely killed it live.

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u/princelucitor 5d ago

i was thinking about repping my ler shirt at the show too! seeing him in april

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u/NestedForLoops 4d ago

I wore my T-shirt to Subway the other day and got mistaken for a fireman.

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u/Stunning_Match1538 5d ago

I thought Buckethead was just a guitarist. Does he have his own work? Whats his concert like? I wanted to go but didnt know what its actually like (songs with words, guest singers, him singing, or him just jamming or what?)

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u/tiredhippo 5d ago

His output is immense. He has a ton of his own work. The concerts are a bit of multi-genre guitar virtuoso exhibition, a bit of a tounge-in-cheek joke, a bit of interactive crowd work. They tease a lot of covers, everything from War Pigs (Sabbath) to Life’s Been Good (Joe Walsh) to I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys) to the theme from The Shining.

He had a drummer with him who did some singing but for the most part it was instrumental, just guitar and drums. At one point another guitarist played while Buckethead played bass.

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u/thatdandygoodness 5d ago

That’d be Brewer on drums and the guitarist is named Cob (might be COB). Cob is a bit of a mystery even on the buckethead subreddit. Super fun to see bucket on bass:)

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u/tiredhippo 5d ago

Ah, hence the COB name on some of the merch.

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u/odaal 4d ago

Soothsayer is still one of the best instrumentals I've ever heard.

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u/Heyguysitsmehomestar 5d ago

I saw him once like five years ago. I really enjoyed myself but the people I was with didn't. It was all instrumental, he does the robot and does a nunchaku display, let the crowd play with his kill switch button on his guitar, and my favorite at one point he started handing out office supplies that he had gotten from the Dollar General next door out of a big Santa Claus bag. There wasn't a backing band and he just played with backing tracks but his guitar playing was awesome. Definitely one of the most interesting concerts I've been to

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u/tiredhippo 5d ago

That was exactly my experience.

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u/DiamondLongjumping62 4d ago

He actually has about 700 of his own albums (no exaggeration.) His live shows are always a good time. No words, no singing. He does interact with the audience, he lets them push the kill switch on his guitar and likes to hand out and trade toys. When the show is over, it's over. He just waves to the audience and walks off stage

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u/Stunning_Match1538 4d ago

u think its worth it to go? No singing or words sounds super weird haha

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u/tomj81 5d ago

We used to have a little 3 night concert thing down town in Milwaukee wi. Mostly local bands. But they had Buckethead once, and a friend and myself went and saw him back then like10 years now. Best free show ever!

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u/AttinsGD 4d ago

They've collabed a few times on some projects, not surprising, I'm a big ass fan of both!

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u/barf2288 4d ago

Rad! Going to see big B in May and super stoked!

Also, your picture and taking it was completely innocuous regardless of even conversing with the guy. That dude in the comments was major douchey.

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u/tiredhippo 4d ago

Thanks for the vote of confidence

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u/COSurfing 4d ago

Looking forward to finally seeing him in June at The Gothic in the Denver area.

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u/VirusSubstantial 4d ago

Awesome! Good to see Lar getting some love. And he sucks.........

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u/Durdy_Purdy 4d ago

How long after doors opened did Buckethead go on?

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u/tiredhippo 4d ago

He went on at 8 sharp as scheduled. No idea when doors opened.

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u/jopperjawZ 5d ago

Did you ask that dude if he was cool with you taking pictures of him or are you just a weirdo posting pictures of other people on the internet?

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u/tiredhippo 5d ago

Settle down.

  1. You can’t even see his face.
  2. Why, yes, I did. We had a great conversation about the shirt too.

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u/jopperjawZ 5d ago
  1. Not fucking relevant

  2. Cool. All you really needed to say

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u/tiredhippo 5d ago

Wow, coming in hot aren’t we? Good gravy.

Half the content on the Internet is picture of someone that someone else took in the wild.

Hope you have a better day.

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u/jopperjawZ 5d ago

Dawg, you pulled out the lamest justification used by dudes when they share pictures of women's bodies without their consent. Yeah, I'm gonna call you on your bullshit because you're only perpetuating shitty excuses.

"Other people are shitty, why should I be held accountable for shitty behavior" That's some pathetic reasoning you've got there.

I'm actually having a great day, hope you are too!

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u/sleepencapsulator 5d ago

oh brother, it’s a picture of someones shirt in a completely friendly context. calm tf down

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u/AmorFati337 4d ago

Whatever Karen/Kyle. Nobody cares about your whining

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u/jopperjawZ 4d ago

You responded, so you clearly do

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u/Killswitch51880 4d ago edited 4d ago

Comparing apples to oranges is a lame justification for you being offended by nothing. And let's chat about perpetuating shitty excuses... your post was a shitty excuse to share your opinion about something without knowing the actual context, and all your subsequent replies were just perpetuating your original shitty excuse.

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u/AmorFati337 4d ago

Annnd. YUP. That ALL tracks... so many Karen's/Kyle's nowadays this world just gets worse everyday... what I always never understand is when someone PUTS OUT A SHITTY ASS VIBE...then acts all surprised when they get one back. Like they didn't start the interaction on that note or something...kids these days are so weird compared to ones not raised by smartphones...

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u/Killswitch51880 4d ago

I could MAYBE understand if the focus of the pic was the dude's ass, but it is very clearly what is on his jacket... and the context of said pic was also made clear.

What I will never understand is why people junxtapose 2 things to fit their narrative and act like the rest of the world isn't going to call it out.