Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal

Ronald Jay Ron Blumenthal better known by his stage name Ron Bumblefoot Thal is an American guitarist songwriter recording artist and producer He adopted his nickname from the bacterial infection of the same name which he learned about while helping his wife study for her veterinary exams The name went from being just the name of an album to the name of a record label to a band name to eventually his name as a solo artist He was one of two lead guitarists in Guns N Roses from 2006 until 2014 and performed on their sixth studio album Chinese Democracy Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Bumblefoot Thal licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia