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The Guitar Hero series' resident guitarist Marcus Henderson stated that Buckethead feels "Jordan" to be one of the best things he has ever recorded. [3] It was also stated in an interview with Henderson that "Jordan" is named after Michael Jordan, of whom Buckethead is a huge fan.
In 2006, the cross-console video game Guitar Hero II was launched, featuring Buckethead's song "Jordan" as an unlockable bonus track. Although the song has been performed live in the past, the video game version is the only known studio recording of the song.
Buckethead Signature track and "Jordan" Recommended album Dreamatorium (Death Cube K) Anyone who wears a fried chicken bucket on his head, never appears anywhere without a mask and claims that he was raised in a chicken coop by chickens probably never planned on becoming a mainstream guitar hero.
The last song from the album, the instrumental piece "Nottingham Lace" (previously released on Buckethead's official website) closes the album, and is one of Buckethead's most popular songs, [2] often played in concerts along with "Jordan" known from the game Guitar Hero II and "Soothsayer" from the album Crime Slunk Scene.
Buckethead's extensive solo discography currently includes 31 studio albums, one live album, two extended plays, five special releases, six demo tapes, & four DVD releases. Since 2011, Buckethead started releasing albums in the "Pikes" series, mini-albums usually around 30 minutes in length, each with a sequential number similar to a comic book .
Guitar Hero II challenges players to recreate the lead guitar portions of many rock music songs using a specially designed guitar-shaped controller, based on either a Gibson SG for the PlayStation 2 version, a Gibson Explorer for the Xbox 360 version, or else a standard console controller. As notes scroll down the screen towards the player, the ...
A portion of the episode was used on NPR's Day to Day to discuss the idea that the popularity and interest in video games like Guitar Hero III or Rock Band could supplant traditional instruments for kids. [13] The New York Times identified Guitar Hero ' s reference in the episode as the most effective TV product placement for that week. [14] [15]
Buckethead performing in Seattle in 2008. Most, if not all, of Buckethead's recordings are instrumentals. "Sketches of Spain (For Miles)" (Electric Tears, 2002) "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" (The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell, 2004) "Jordan" (Guitar Hero II, 2006)