Guns N' Roses New Guitarist... Ron Thal

[dinkyjacksonman]

From Blabbermouth.
"Guitar shredder Ron Thal of the New York City-based alternative-rap-metal project BUMBLEFOOT has joined GUNS N' ROSES as the replacement for Buckethead. Thal is making his live debut with Axl Rose and company Friday night (May 12) at the opening night of a four-date stint at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City."

[VitaminG]

holy shit! Is this kind of like Richie Kotzen joining Poison? How do you get from the blues based hard rock stylings of Slash to the freaked out, unconventional virtuosic boundary-stretching madness of Buckethead & Ron Thal?

Ah well, I guess Ron can get well paid for his brief time in the band before returning to making weird crazy shit with Bumblefoot.

[RacerX]

I think all the GnR fans died...

[shred4Him]

I think Ron will be more than fine. He has the ability to play what is needed for the song. He has restraint. He can emulate the Gn'R feel for songs.

[toejam]

Does anyone actually give a shit about Axl any more? He's been making that "G'nR" Chinese Democracy album for more than 10 years now!

[Shawn Lutz]

Does anyone actually give a shit about Axl any more? He's been making that "G'nR" Chinese Democracy album for more than 10 years now!

lol...nope...didnt give a shit back then and dont give a shit today. I do think Slash is a cool tho, just never was GNR fan of any sorts.

[AlTheHell]

Does anyone actually give a shit about Axl any more? He's been making that "G'nR" Chinese Democracy album for more than 10 years now!

I'm with ya buddy... but Axl will say... "Quality takes time" ...

AlTheHell