Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

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Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
Also known as	C2B3
Genres	Experimental rock jazz rock
Years active	2002 (2002)–2004
Labels	BMI

Members	Les Claypool Buckethead Brain Bernie Worrell

Website	c2b3.com

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (C2B3) was an experimental rock supergroup featuring bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Buckethead, keyboardist Bernie Worrell and drummer Brain.

History

Les Claypool, bassist of many bands, including Primus, collaborated with virtuoso guitarist Buckethead, funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and former Primus drummer Brain under the name Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (a combination of all the band members' names), after they met at the 2002 Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival. Worrell, Brain and Buckethead were there to perform with Bill Laswell as Praxis. Laswell was not able to play at the concert, so Claypool invited them to jam with him. From this point, they developed the concept of this supergroup. Their concerts pushed the improvisational envelope by preparing no material and not rehearsing beforehand. At one of their shows they prepared sandwiches onstage for the audience members to eat.

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains reunited in 2004 to record The Big Eyeball in the Sky, an album with equal parts instrumental and vocal songs. The band began an 18-state tour of the US on September 24, 2004. Claypool said the tour was "a traveling, oversized sock-puppet show spawned by the characters of a Tobe Hooper film and scored by Danny Elfman on bad acid." The album features only one guest, the multi-talented Gabby La La (noted as Gabby Lang on Les Claypool's Frog Brigade's Purple Onion) on vocals and sitar. She also opened on every show during the 2004 tour to mixed reviews as a solo act, sometimes with members of C2B3.

Produced and Engineered by Les Claypool, with photography by Jay Blakesberg and album packaging designed by Zoltron.

Keyboardist Bernie Worrell died at his home in Everson, Washington, on June 24, 2016.

Lineup

Les Claypool - vocals, bass
Buckethead - guitar
Bernie Worrell - keyboards
Brain - drums

Discography

Studio album

2004: The Big Eyeball in the Sky

2004 Fall Tour

Downloads at the official site (MP3 or FLAC format)

Compilations

2003: Bonnaroo, Vol. 2 - Featuring the live track "Number Two"
2004: Concrete Corner: October Sampler 2004 - Featuring the track "Junior"

Videography

2005: Les Claypool - 5 Gallons of Diesel

Features the four live tracks: "Opening Jam," "Encore Jam," "Tyranny of the Hunt," and "Scott Taylor."

2003: Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002

Features the only live performance of the song "Number Two."

References

"The Big Eyeball in the Sky - Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
Wiederhorn, Jon (2002-11-26). "Buckethead's Brains On Hold During GN'R Tour, Claypool Says - MTV, November 2002". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
Wiederhorn, Jon (2004-03-17). "Buckethead's Hand Puppet Says Goodbye To Guns N' Roses - MTV, May 2004". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2004. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
"Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains :: Tour Dates". C2b3.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-25. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
Kreps, Daniel (June 24, 2016). "Bernie Worrell, Parliament-Funkadelic Keyboardist, Dead at 72". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
The Associated Press (June 24, 2016). "Bernie Worrell, keyboardist for Parliament-Funkadelic, dies at 72". Daily News. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

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Albums	The Big Eyeball in the Sky
Bands	Primus Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Les Claypool's Fancy Band Praxis Deli Creeps Pieces Cornbugs Giant Robot Thanatopsis Gorgone Parliament Parliament-Funkadelic Black Jack Johnson
Labels	Prawn Song Records

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Studio albums	Highball with the Devil Of Whales and Woe Of Fungi and Foe
Filmography	5 Gallons of Diesel Fancy Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo
Novels	South of the Pumphouse
Oysterhead	The Grand Pecking Order
Blind Illusion	The Sane Asylum
C2B3	The Big Eyeball in the Sky
Duo de Twang	Four Foot Shack
The Claypool Lennon Delirium	Monolith of Phobos South of Reality
Related articles	Primus Frog Brigade Sausage Les Claypool's Fancy Band Electric Apricot Gabby La La Prawn Song Records

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Studio albums	Bucketheadland (1992) Giant Robot (1994) The Day of the Robot (1996) Colma (1998) Monsters and Robots (1999) Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse (2001) Bermuda Triangle (2002) Electric Tears (2002) Bucketheadland 2 (2003) Population Override (2004) The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (2004) Enter the Chicken (2005) Kaleidoscalp (2005) Crime Slunk Scene (2006) Electric Sea (2012)
Special releases	In Search of The (2007) Acoustic Shards (2007) From the Coop (2008)
Videos	Young Buckethead Vol. 1 (2006) Young Buckethead Vol. 2 (2006)
As Death Cube K	Dreamatorium (1994) Disembodied (1997)
Songs	"Big Sur Moon" (1998) "The Ballad of Buckethead" (1999) "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" (2004) "Jordan" (2006) "The Landing Beacon" (2009)
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