Colma is the fourth studio album, by solo artist Buckethead, released on March 24th, 1998, by Cyber Octave records. The album was recorded for Buckethead's mother as she was ill and he wanted to make an album she would enjoy listening to whilst recovering. [1]. The title of the album makes reference to the small town of Colma near San Francisco, California, where "the dead population outnumber the living by thousands to one".