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DISBANDED
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Last update/review:
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April 19, 2005
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Praxis
Far less of a band than a project, Praxis was the brainchild
of producer Bill Laswell, whose lengthy career is outside
the scope of this page.
Two of the core members here do have some metallic ties,
most notably the star of the show,
enigmatic guitar hero Buckethead
(most recently seen playing in
Guns'n'Roses),
with former
Primus
drummer Brian "Brain" Mantia also serving time here.
For the traditionally metal-minded who are curious as to
what this sounds like, Praxis is a risky bet -- there's very
little in the way of conventional metal, but there is plenty
of flashy guitarwork from Buckethead, alongside healthy
doses of funk, electronica, sampling, and just plain weirdness.
Music like this takes an enormous amount of patience to get
through it all, and some will likely find it all just a bit much.
A fringe band at best when metal is the subject, but a bizarre
and unique entity nonetheless.
Last Lineup
Buckethead
guitars
Bill Laswell
bass
Mixmaster Mike
dj
DISK
dj
Brian Mantia
drums (ex-Guns'n'Roses, ex-Godflesh, ex-Primus)
Former Members/Guests
Yamatsuka Eye
vocals
Bootsy Collins
bass
Bernie Worrell
keyboards
John Zorn
sax
AF Next Man Flip
dj
DMX
dj
Q-Bert
dj
Shortkut
dj
Mick Harris
drums (ex-Napalm Death)
Discography
Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
1992
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- Blast / War Machine Dub
- Interface / Stimulation Loop
- Crash Victim / Black Science Navigator
- Animal Behavior
- Dead Man Walking
- Seven Laws of Woo
- The Interworld and The New Innocence
- Giant Robot / Machines in the Modern City / Godzilla
- After Shock (Chaos Never Died)
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Buckethead
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Bootsy Collins
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Bill Laswell
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Bernie Worrell
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AF Next Man Flip
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Brian Mantia
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Sacrifist
1994
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- Stronghold
- Cold Rolled / Iron Dub
- Suspension
- Rivet
- Deathstar
- The Hook
- Nine Secrets
- Crossing
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Yamatsuka Eye
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Buckethead
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Bootsy Collins
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Bill Laswell
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Bernie Worrell
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John Zorn
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Mick Harris
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Metatron
1995
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- Wake the Dead
- Skull Crack (We Are Not Sick Men)
- Meta-Matic
- Cathedral Space (Soft Hail of Electrons)
- Turbine
- Vacuum-Mass
- Cannibal (Heart Shape of the Iron Blade)
- Inferno/ Heatseeker/Exploded Heart
- Warm Time Machine/Low End Transmission/Over the Foaming Deep
- Double Vision
- Armed (TSA Agent #5)
- Warcraft (Bruce Lee's Black Hour of Chaos)
- Triad (The Saw is Family)
- Space After (The Consciousness That Dances and Kills)
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Buckethead
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Bill Laswell
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Brian Mantia
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Transmutation Live
1997
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- Movement 1
- Movement 2
- Movement 3
- Movement 4
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Buckethead
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Bill Laswell
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DMX
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Q-Bert
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Mixmaster Mike
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Shortkut
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DISK
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Brian Mantia
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Warszawa
1999
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- Metatron
- Sacrifist
- Tarab
- Crash Victim
- The Hook / Giant Robot
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Buckethead
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Bill Laswell
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Mixmaster Mike
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DISK
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Brian Mantia
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