NachoLZ Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal is currently using the downtime from touring to work on a new solo album and also has a fun new app on the iTunes App Store called Rock Science, which is a rock trivia game with a social gaming twist.Asked by John Parks of Legendary Rock Interviews if he has gained some perspective as far as how radically different it is for a band like GUNS N' ROSES to put out an album as opposed to an artist like him releasing a new solo CD, Ron said: "Yes, and it's two totally, totally different scenarios, absolutely. I don't even know how to begin to compare the two. For one thing, in my own situation, in 'Bumblefoot' world, I have all the keys to the whole project. I know I have to write an album, record it and release it. In the GN'R world, Axl [Rose, GN'R lead singer] holds the key, and [laughs] when he decides to do something is when he decides to do it, and it's definitely at a different pace than say when I do things."He continued: "Axl and I are two different people with two different lives and two totally different sets of hurdles to jump over, which totally affects our ability to release what we create."It's very hard to bust out anything when life becomes more complicated or you have more people trying to pull you in a million different directions or distract you. The bigger a band gets, the more that happens; so at Axl's level, it's definitely not easy and there's a million fires to put out where at my level there is maybe ten fires or even two fires. [laughs]"When there's not as many things or people distracting you or keeping you from getting in the zone, it really frees you up to do the simple stuff and things don't need to be so complicated. But I've realized that all those complications that are hurled at you, all of those distractions, they're all external, and they don't need to penetrate your skin and get into who you are, or stop you from doing what you do, or change the relationship that you have with music or creating it or releasing it or sharing it or performing it or anything. I've realized that can be untouchable and nobody can change that. People will try, and people will continue to try relentlessly, but they can't, unless you give them the power. Once you realize that as an artist, you realize that you can do anything you wanna do musically and there's really nothing at all that's truly stopping you after all."Asked if he is surprised by the level of exposure or spotlight that Axl gives each of the GUNS N' ROSES musians during the band's live show, Ron said: "No, because at the same time we're a team, and we're there for a reason, and I will be ballsy and say we fucking earned it. [laughs] We've worked hard all our lives to get here, and it's not like we won the lottery or something. It's not like this is just something we stepped in. I've been busting my ass for 38 years musically, and after 30 years, I did my first show with GUNS, but even before that, I was out there touring and making music for TV shows, putting out albums and teaching at universities and producing bands and had my own studio. God, I had a whole second house that I just gutted and turned into a studio just to work on music. Yes, I am grateful for all the experiences I had with GUNS N' ROSES — good and bad — because the bad ones are just the 'unplanned' ones and you still learn and grow from them, so they still bring you something good inevitably."Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ron-bumblefoot-thal-i-am-grateful-for-all-the-experiences-i-had-with-guns-n-roses/#tJIbTVbx00zsqvzp.99 Edited September 30, 2014 by NachoLZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It's going to be amazing when he actually leaves and let's the shit really fly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 hadhadhadhadhad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Its a good thing this band communicates with usWait a sec... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 "When there's not as many things or people distracting you or keeping you from getting in the zone, it really frees you up to do the simple stuff and things don't need to be so complicated. But I've realized that all those complications that are hurled at you, all of those distractions, they're all external, and they don't need to penetrate your skin and get into who you are, or stop you from doing what you do, or change the relationship that you have with music or creating it or releasing it or sharing it or performing it or anything. I've realized that can be untouchable and nobody can change that. People will try, and people will continue to try relentlessly, but they can't, unless you give them the power. Once you realize that as an artist, you realize that you can do anything you wanna do musically and there's really nothing at all that's truly stopping you after all."That whole paragraph is about Axl, for sure.....I wonder who are all those people who distract him and keep him from doing what he should be..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Clear dig at.... oh it's Bumble. Look how grateful he is for playing in GNR. BBF is not a quitter like another GNR guitar pla.... Oh wait, he seems to be out of the band as well....What a blood-boiling traitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Sucks if he has left. Only confidence I have in guitar players along with Fortus, Stinson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 "Axl and I are two different people with two different lives and two totally different sets of hurdles to jump over, which totally affects our ability to release what we create.Oh. My. God. Will this guy ever shut up? His passive-aggressiveness is intolerable.Why does he keep talking shit about Axl in the press? He's clearly promoting his solo projects at other people's expense, including Axl and Guns N' Roses expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yeah and for the money and for everyone knowing my name now.Good luck Bumblefoot. You were a very good addition to GNR. you will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majormayhem Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 "we are a team." Sounds like he's got compassion for Axl's situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePerry954 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Remember that time BFF tried killing himself because being in GNR was so horrible. That Slash is a real asshole 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Fuck this, man! Who's in Guns N' Roses and who's not?! Is it so hard to spit it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Fuck this, man! Who's in Guns N' Roses and who's not?! Is it so hard to spit it out?Just admit finally that Guns N Roses doesn't really exist anymore, and it hasn't for some time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I am bored with Ron's crap. For gawd's sake sir, make a fuckin' decision: in or out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 "Axl and I are two different people with two different lives and two totally different sets of hurdles to jump over, which totally affects our ability to release what we create.Oh. My. God. Will this guy ever shut up? His passive-aggressiveness is intolerable.Why does he keep talking shit about Axl in the press? He's clearly promoting his solo projects at other people's expense, including Axl and Guns N' Roses expense.Yeah! Stupid Hookers and Blow! I mean, stupid AshbaSwag! I mean, Stupid Sixx AM! I mean, Stupid Replacements! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Fuck this, man! Who's in Guns N' Roses and who's not?! Is it so hard to spit it out?I don't think no one knows, really. It seems that even the Lebeis are gone - from management, at least -, so I'd say no one is really safe. Maybe Dizzy and Pitman, but that's all. And Axl, of course. Edited October 1, 2014 by ManetsBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dando Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Looks like he's out to me, he's doing my tits in now , if you're you just fuckin say so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR 1991 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What does it matter if Ron says in an interview whether he's in the band or not, right this minute? It's not like the band is active at all. They're on hiatus and it's obvious no one really knows whether he's in or out. Everything is tentative.All this overreacting. Overall I thought this was a good interview and explains the difference between Axl and Ron. Better than the same bullshit Ashba interview the past four years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 REUNION WILL HAPPEN. You can quote me later. :headbang: AXEL AND SLASH BRAZIL 2015 :headbang: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno P. Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Axel and Salsh live in Brazel! They better then the old ones!!!!11111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 He's out. Anyone still clinging to hope is dumb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdHeartBreaker Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Fuck this, man! Who's in Guns N' Roses and who's not?! Is it so hard to spit it out?I don't think no one knows, really. It seems that even the Lebeis are gone - from management, at least -, so I'd say no one is really safe. Maybe Dizzy and Pitman, but that's all. And Axl, of course.Where's all the beta is gone stuff coming from?The apparent firing a few weeks ago or is there more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GN'R Lies Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Fuck this, man! Who's in Guns N' Roses and who's not?! Is it so hard to spit it out?Just admit finally that Guns N Roses doesn't really exist anymore, and it hasn't for some time.Not since 1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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