- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 50
- Birth Place: Huntington Beach, California, USA
- Full Name: Brian Patrick Carroll
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: May 13, 1969
- Occupation: Musician
Buckethead is an American multi-instrumentalist musician who has an estimated net worth of $8 million. He has earned his net worth as a virtuoso guitarist/multi instrumentalist. Born Brian Patrick Carroll on May 13, 1969 in Pomona, California, started playing the guitar at age 12 and took music lessons from private teachers at a local music store.
Well recognized by the stage name Buckethead, which he got after seeing the 1988 horror movie Halloween 4. He got out of the house after seeing it and bought a Michael Myers-like white mask. The idea of a bucket head came after having dinner while eating chicken. He is known for putting on a KFC bucket for a hat (it has an orange label reading “FUNERAL”). He also wears an expressionless white costume mask, while incorporating robot dancing and nunchucks in stage performances.
Buckethead’s extensive genres of music include funk, progressive metal, blues, bluegrass, jazz, avant-garde and ambient. He has recorded more than 30 studio albums and performed in over 50 albums by high profile artists including Bootsy Collins. He was even was a member of Guns N’ Roses from 2000 to 2004.
Buckethead has scripted songs and done music performances on behalf of major motion films including Saw II, Beverly Hills Ninja, and Last Action Hero, to name a few. His name has also appeared on various notable lists including GuitarOne magazine’s list of the greatest guitarists, Guitar World’s “25 All-time Weirdest Guitarists” among others.