Tuesdays with Media: Buckethead and That 1 Guy

Many musicians, even skilled and talented ones, often find it difficult to stand out from the crowd.  Some study hard and become the best at their instrument and in their style, while others go with a gimmick.  Today's post is about two men that fall in the latter category.

Buckethead, the stage name of Brian Carroll, is a fantastic guitarist, but boy is he weird to watch perform:

Your eyes do not deceive you: he's wearing an expressionless white mask and a KFC bucket on his head.  He's a great guitarist and a talented composer (and a prolific one with 255 studio albums to his name), but man is he weird.  All of his stuff I can find on YouTube is some form of rock, but he also has some great jazz albums, which is how I first heard of him.

Another weird performer is That 1 Guy, seen here playing his Magic Pipe:

Don't ask me how that thing makes those sounds, because I haven't a clue, but that song, "The Moon is Disgusting" is a tough earworm to lose.  Mike Silverman, the real name of That 1 Guy, has a more normal look (i.e., not like a serial killer) than Buckethead, but his instruments of choice are truly bizarre and mostly homemade.  The only way these two could get weirder is if they were to team up.

Here's what that looked like:

Appropriately, they call themselves the Frankenstein Brothers when they collaborate.

Two weirdos that rock harder than pretty much anyone else.  That may be the most rock 'n' roll thing ever.