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Coming equipped with its fair share of sick licks, M&R is a little too eclectically underwhelming and immaturely produced to truly stick out, but make no mistake; Buckethead's compelling mastery of his own personalized metallic assaults make a potentially vacant project spring forth with life.
And a great starter for those just getting into him. A great CD, a must for Buckethead fans.
Buckethead has a style all his own. Jump Man and Nun Chaku Kata stand out with their great riffs, but the entire CD is excellent work. Buckethead is the greatest living guitarist. He blends several genres and does it while remaining original. I highly recommend this CD, and any of Buckethead's other albums. That fact alone should persuade you to get this CD. Monsters and Robots is a diverse collection of creative and sometimes experimental rock.
Buckethead" a great mix of hilarious Bootsy vocals and hard core rap lyrics telling the story Bucket defeating Michael Myers.-"Nun Chuka Kata" is Buckethead doing his classic video game type sound, akin to the song he did on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack.I think everyone likes Buckethead for different reasons, but for me it's this album and its straight ahead funk-techno-rock.Like Bootsy says, "If you can't take the heat, you better get out the kitchen, Bopper.yeah." This is definitely Buckethead's most listenable album, with it's catchy riffs, hip-hop beats and great vocal performances.I don't own all of Bucket's albums (there's just too many)., but of the 4 I still own (Bucketheadland-Import, Giant Robot and Colma) this is my go-to every time. It has fun lyrics from Bootsy, Onions and Les and instantly memorable guitar riffs in Buckethead's signature style."Robots and Monsters" is such a cohesive effort in terms of the production values, even though each song is unique you never feel worried that the next song is going to suddenly trade rocking guitar solos for a monotone little kid reading a weird poem over strings ('COUGH'Giant Robot.'COUGH') or just repeat chainsaw-guitar samples over and over again like on "Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse" which I ditched immediately.The standout tracks are:-"Revenge of the Double Man" with it's unforgettable main riff and Flinstone-running-feet-style drums from Brain, BEWARE COWARD.-"Night of the Slunk" which is classic Buckethead funk-rock.-"The Shape vs.
Colma (only other Buckethead CD I have) was hit or miss for me but at least those hits existed. I gave this one plenty of chances but it never made me want to listen to it.
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