Buckethead & Brain

Buckethead & Brain is a loose collaboration between experimental guitarist Buckethead and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia. Originally calling themselves Pieces, the only album released under this name was the OOP Japan-only import I Need 5 Minutes Alone (1997). Later releases have been credited to Buckethead & Brain.

Buckethead and Brain have collaborated under other names as well as their own, most recently on Best Regards (2010). The two also were bandmates in a configuration of Guns N' Roses that recorded a pre-release of Chinese Democracy (2008) Other band incarnations they have been in together include Bill Laswell's project Praxis and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (with Les Claypool instead of Laswell).

Buckethead & Brain discography