From the Coop

Infobox Album
Name = From the Coop
Type = studio
Artist = Buckethead


Released = March 9, 2008
Recorded = October, 1988
Genre =
Length = 43:00
Label = Avabella
Producer = Jas Obrecht
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfqxzqjldfe link]
Last album = "Cyborg Slunks"
(2007)
This album = "From the Coop"
(2008)
Next album = "Albino Slug"
(2008)

"From the Coop" is the twenty-third studio album by Buckethead, consisting of songs off demo tapes that Buckethead recorded when he was younger.
According to Jas Obrecht [http://bucketheadland.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1202937739&page=1] :

The announcement of the release of the CD was made at [http://www.buckethead.tk Buckethead.tk] , a fan forum. On this site, the members were given the opportunity to purchase the CD at a discounted price for 3 days, an offer that has since ended.
In the CD booklet, Jas has included reproductions of Buckethead's handwriting from the 1988 cassettes.

Jas also states that:

The album artwork was drawn by Buckethead and shows himself when he was young in a ghostly coop.

Track listing

tracklist
all_writing = Buckethead, except for "La Grima", written by Francisco Tárrega

title1 = Disembodied Part 1
length1 = 3:27

title2 = Disembodied Part 2
length2 = 4:44

title3 = Hog Bitch Stomp
length3 = 0:36

title4 = Malagueña
note4 = Traditional
length4 = 1:54

title5 = Space Mountain
length5 = 3:10

title6 = Excerpt #1
length6 = 1:39

title7 = Excerpt #2
length7 = 0:52

title8 = Excerpt #3
length8 = 0:37

title9 = Excerpt #4
length9 = 0:54

title10 = Eraserhead
length10 = 2:31

title11 = La Grima
length11 = 1:51

title12 = Funk Tune
length12 = 3:50

title13 = Funkin' Freak
length13 = 2:23

title14 = Hog Bitch Stomp
length14 = 1:25

title15 = Return of Agustus Gloop
length15 = 4:32

title16 = Malagueña
note16 = Traditional
length16 = 1:59

title17 = Lunartics
length17 = 0:51

title18 = Scalpel Sled
length18 = 3:27

title19 = Scraps
length19 = 2:33

Credits

* Buckethead - Guitars.
* Jas Obrecht - Producer.
* Ken Hood - Audio engineering.
* John Edmonds - Original engineer in 1988.

Artist bio

Jas Obrecht stated that the CD would come with the first Buckethead bio taken in the year 1989 and says:

cquote|One day last summer a music journalist from California was on assignment in the Arkansas delta. Searching for an obscure blues artist along rural backroads, he lost his way and pulled into a long-abandoned drive-in theater. There in the distance, from a ramshackle chicken coop beneath mega-powerful power lines, he heard incredible shred guitar. He beheld a towering creature clutching a guitar. A freakish white mask hid his face, a chicken bucket covered his head. His only companions were his guitar, a battered amp with a cord rigged straight to the top of the power line, and a few clucking buddies. Any attempts to communicate with him were answered by a motionless blank stare, senseless riffing, or the unearthly clawing motions of his filthy arms.
Somewhat disturbed by this event, the journalist turned to leave. Suddenly the creature in the coop launched into a mind-numbing display of guitar gymnastics. Terrifying two-handed arpeggios careened into blistering solos.
Savage shred-runs segued into sublime quotes from Disney flicks. After a squealing finale of feedback, he threw down the guitar, waved his arm, and lurched out the door. He moved helter skelter across the field and pointed excitedly to a hole in the back wall of the drive-in.
Well, the rest is history. [cite web|title=From The Coop pictures and Buckethead artist bio from 1989|url=http://bucketheadland.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1205016805|work=Buckethead.tk|accessdate=2008-03-09]

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