Cyborg Slunks is the twenty-first studio album by Buckethead

Buckethead

Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...

, released on October 30, 2007. The music features Buckethead accompanied by the "Cyborg Slunk Percussion Ensemble conducted by Albert".

The album's release was announced in October 2007 along with two other albums: another solo album called Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot

Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot

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, and a collaboration with drummer Brain

Bryan Mantia

Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis and Godflesh, and with other popular performers such as Tom Waits, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins and Buckethead...

 called Kevin's Noodle House

Kevin's Noodle House

Kevin's Noodle House is an album by Buckethead and Brain, released on the label TDRS Music in October 2007....

. Despite all three albums being released on the same day, each album is completely different from the other in the style and feel of the album. DTB consisting of mainly heavy riffs and not many guitar solos while Slunks contains numerous guitar solos with limited drum sounds and KNH being very experimental with an electronic influenced feel.

Cyborg Slunks was initially released as a limited-edition version of 800 copies with each cover numbered and hand drawn by Buckethead, just like the massive box-set In Search Of The

In Search of The

Vol. 4: E-Notes:*Vol. 2, 1 samples the drumbeat to They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!.*Vol. 2, 8 is identical to Vol. 3, 2.*Vol. 4, 4 contains an extended background beatbox session, possibly from Buckethead....

, the Death Cube K

Buckethead

Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...

 album DCK

DCK

DCK is Buckethead's fourth album under the anagram Death Cube K.The limited edition started on Jul 18 2007 and ended on Aug 24 2007. The non-limited version was available a few days later on Sep 6 2007....

, and the re-release of an early demo tape called Bucketheadland Blueprints

Bucketheadland Blueprints

Bucketheadland Blueprints is a demo tape by Buckethead, containing supposed material for his debut album Bucketheadland . It was later re-released, due to popular demand, as both a limited edition and non-limited edition CD....

earlier that year. All the tracks appeared untitled in the limited-edition version.

In December of the same year, a standard-pressed, non-limited edition was made available through the label's website, TDRS Music

TDRS Music

Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Music is a label founded by musician and producer Travis Dickerson. The label is characterized by the way it sells records...

, where each track was named. The artwork of the non-limited edition was made available for download on the site, for those who had purchased the numbered limited-edition versions. The liner notes include a short story about the album with all the track titles, except for the track "Aunt Suzie".

Track listing

Credits

• Buckethead
  Buckethead
  Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
  
  - Guitars and cattleprods.
• Albert - Percussion ensemble
• psticks - Artwork