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Bumblefoot
The one-time GN’R guitarist is now solo again, and has a finger in more than one pie – and sauce to put on it.
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When Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal was six, he dreamed of being Gene Simmons. “I wanted to be a bassist and breathe fire and spit blood,” he says. That didn’t happen, but the path he did take –guitar hero, being a member of Guns N’ Roses, his own hot sauce brand –turned out pretty well. After 10 years in various bands (Sons Of Apollo, Asia, Whom Gods Destroy), he’s back to being a solo artist, and has a new all-instrumental album Bumblefoot… Returns!, featuring guest spots from Brian May and Steve Vai.