Cornbugs was an American avant-garde metal band formed in 1995. Comprising vocalist Bill "Choptop" Moseley , guitarist Buckethead , drummer Pinchface and keyboardist Travis Dickerson , the band released five albums, two DVDs, and three compilation albums before they split up in 2007. The songs were heavily inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 , with Bill Mosley playing his Choptop character from the latter.
7-853: The band released their first album, Spot the Psycho , in 1999. The band didn't release anything else until 2001, when they released their second album, Cemetery Pinch , and third album, How Now Brown Cow , simultaneously. All three albums were self-released and sold via Moseley's website. In 2004 the Cornbugs released their fourth album called Brain Circus . This album was released on the label of their new keyboardist Travis Dickerson , TDRS Music. Later that same year they released their fifth and final studio album of new material called Donkey Town . In 2005 and 2006, TDRS Music compiled most of Cornbugs' early self-released material and remastered it, releasing it on
14-493: A band combining progressive and rock styles. Released in 2004 as a Buckethead album, Population Override likewise featured a large contribution from Dickerson in both composition and performance. In 2006, Chicken Noodles , a series of jams, followed, with Chicken Noodles II being released a year later. Additionally, Dickerson remastered the early Cornbugs albums, a project Buckethead was involved in with actor Bill Moseley . In 2008, Dickerson, Buckethead, and Brain formed
21-534: Is an American musician and producer best known for his work with Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen . He also runs TDRS music, a recording studio with its own record label that has released albums by Bill Laswell , Jethro Tull , Linda Ronstadt , and Vince DiCola . Dickerson can be heard playing keyboards on many albums he has recorded and produced. Dickerson built his first recording studio in Michigan, where he began writing and recording songs. Soon after, he moved
28-636: The 1990s, he worked with the Plimsouls, Vince Dicola, Jethro Tull, Linda Ronstadt, L7, Eliza Gilkyson, Top Jimmy, the Negro Problem, and many others. In 1998, he produced and played on Shocking Pink Banana Seat by singer–songwriter Susan James. Buckethead and Dickerson met in San Francisco, and the guitarist found a new home at TDRS. Dickerson produced and played keyboards on several Buckethead recordings and in 2001, they formed Thanatopsis,
35-476: The albums Rest Home for Robots , Skeleton Farm and Celebrity Psychos . The band announced their split in 2007 after two DVDs, Quackers! and Headcheese were made available. The band contributed three songs on the tattoo instructional DVD, "Dead Man's Ruin - Advanced Tattoo Techniques" by Derek Dufresne , a tattoo artist from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Studio albums Compilation albums DVDs Travis Dickerson Travis Dickerson
42-450: The band The Dragons of Eden and released an album of the same name. In 2009, Dickerson released his debut solo album, Iconography . Guest musicians on the record included his brother Lindy on guitar, Buckethead, Paul Ill on bass, DJ Bonebrake , Brain, Ramy Antoun, and Doane Perry on drums, Scarlet Rivera on violin, Cameron Stone on cello, and Vince DiCola on keyboards. In 2012, he issued his second album, titled The Owl Dives Through
49-479: The studio to Chatsworth, Los Angeles , where he met the punk band X and helped them record a number of albums. Vocalist Exene Cervenka introduced Dickerson to Viggo Mortensen, starting a long friendship. Nearly all of Mortensen's albums since then have been recorded or distributed by TDRS. In 1994, Dickerson recorded and played keyboards on County Fair 2000 , an album by Phil Alvin of the Blasters . Throughout
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