Brooklyn native Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has been around for decades. At the tail end of the so-called ‘shred era,’ a 19-year-old Thal’s demo tape was tabbed by producer Mike Varney as “amongst the most impressive ever received.” Not too shabby, eh?
And with that praise came a deal with Varney’s Shrapnel Records and a solo career featuring blistering affairs like The Adventures of Bumblefoot (1995), Hermit (1997), and Hands (1998), before – on a recommendation from Joe Satriani – Thal found himself, starting in 2006, in Axl Rose’s company as one half of Guns N’ Roses’ two-guitar attack.
