The WMMR radio station in Philadelphia played what appeared to be a rough-mix album version of the new GUNS N' ROSES track "Better" Wednesday morning (February 21). The song has also popped up various download sites, prompting the band's management to contact all sites carrying the MP3 to request its removal. Current GUNS N' ROSES ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be the featured guest on the Morning Show Central's "Uncensored Net Noise" on Friday, February 23 at 9:00 p.m. EST. Bumblefoot will discuss his solo career as well as the recent GN'R tour. For information on how you can be part of the "live" interview, visit
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GUNS N' ROSES brought down the house at the Rodeo Drive's Walk of Style ceremony on Thursday night in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event was a star-studded gala honoring Donatella and the late Gianni Versace. A wall-to-wall A-List, including Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford, Ashton Kutcher, Sharon Stone, Quincy Jones, Naomi Campbell, Elton John (who also ...
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GNRFansAroundTheWorld recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: GNRFansAroundTheWorld: We all saw that you like playing fretless guitars. There's not a lot of guitarist playing them. What made you start playing fretless guitar? And wich one you like better...fretless ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 125 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this special episode, titled "Mr. and Mrs. Bumblefoot", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and his wife Jen on location at Bumblefoot's recording studio. Interview topics include Frank Ferrer, Chris Pitman, Ace Frehley, Gene ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 121 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In part two of their BLACK LABEL SOCIETY special coverage, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by BLACK LABEL SOCIETY bassist John "J.D." DeServio. Interview topics include Zakk Wylde, Richie Kotzen, Derek Sherinian, Louis "Red" Deutch, and the Bum Bar Bastards. Additional podcast ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 116 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this episode, host Mark Strigl interviews SWASHBUCKLE, a pirate metal band "discovered" by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. Also interviewed is Q*Ball, president of SWASHBUCKLE's label, Bald Freak Records, and Bumblefoot's musical collaborator. Additional topics covered by co-host John Ostronomy and Strigl ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES manager Merck Mercuriadis has issued the following "open letter" to the group's fans: "Along with all of the other GUNS N' ROSES fans around the world I read 'An Open Letter To The Fans From Axl' this evening with much interest. About half way through it occurred to me that I ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has issued a response to the news that the Italian GUNS N' ROSES fan site Gnronline.it has gone "on strike" to protest the lack of official information regarding the band and its long-awaited album, "Chinese Democracy". As previously reported, the Gnronline.it administrators are claming that GN'R management is ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 108 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this special episode, titled "Guns N' Roses Summit: Countdown to Chinese Democracy Part III", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy broadcast from Beverly Hills, CA and New York City. Topics include a post-show report from the East Rutherford, NJ concert, Bumblefoot, Richard Fortus, Frank ...
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Matt Sartwell of The Journal News recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Q: Let's get this out of the way, how's Axl doing and how's the band holding up after the European tour? Bumblefoot: "Everyone is doing great, the European ...
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Longtime GUNS N' ROSES associate Del James has released the following report via the band's official web site: "Hello and welcome to 'View From The Side Of The Stage.' I was asked to write a column for GunsNRoses.com and have mixed emotions about doing so. I have a 21-year history with GUNS N' ROSES dating ...
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AlienRockPodcast.com has posted episode 6 of their "Alien Rock" podcast. In this episode, hosts Captain T and John Ostronomy are joined by Bald Freak Music recording artist Q*Ball and GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. Podcast topics include Q*Ball's music and history with Bumblefoot, Black Pig, Swashbuckel, pirate metal, and Seth Kushner. The 30-minute ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 104 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this special episode, titled "Guns N' Roses Summit: Countdown to Chinese Democracy Part II", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by Em Cody of THE MYNKS. Topics include Axl Rose, Rolling Stone magazine, Sebastian Bach, Harley Davidson, Andy Wallace, and Izzy Stradlin. ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 102 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this special, titled "Eating with Bumblefoot", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy sample Sadie's Pennsylvania Amish food with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot" Thal. Additional podcast topics include "Metal" Mike Chlasciak, Q-Ball, Bald Freak Music, the Partridge family, and MySpace. New photos as ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted the 100th episode of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this special, titled "Guns N' Roses Summit: Countdown to Chinese Democracy", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by former GUNS N' ROSES members Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER) and Teddy "Zig Zag" Andreadis as well as SEBASTIAN BACH/HALFORD guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak. ...
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GUNS N' ROSES's management, Sanctuary Artist Management, has issued the following press release: Hot on the heels of their sell out shows last week in Las Vegas, San Francisco and KROQ's Inland Invasion in Los Angeles GUNS N' ROSES announce the first leg of their "Chinese Democracy" North American Tour. The tour, which will kick ...
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GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its North American tour Saturday night (Sept. 16) with the first of two intimate appearances at The Joint in Las Vegas. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Welcome To The Jungle 02. It's So Easy 03. Mr Browstone 04. Live and Let Die 05. Robin Finck Solo 06. Sweet ...
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New GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal is seeking fan assistance in designing his new guitar, dubbed "Foot Guitar Version 2.0." If you'd like to be the designer of the Foot Guitar Version 2.0, send your designs, drawings, photos, ideas to [email protected] Patrice Vigier from Vigier Guitars and Thal will choose the guitar design ...
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David Novich of The Journal News has issued the following report: At Purchase College, he is known as professor Ron Thal, an expert in teaching the art of producing music. But at concerts across Europe, he is known as Bumblefoot, the lead guitarist for GUNS N' ROSES. Since May, Thal has been touring ...
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New GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has refuted a report published in the Swedish newspaper Expressen quoting him as saying that the band "will party all night long" following their Stockholm concert on Monday (June 26). As previously reported, GUNS N' ROSES fontman Axl Rose was arrested early Tuesday after allegedly biting a ...
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A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Matt Goldenberg has submitted the following report: "Okay... I can't really tell you how I found out or how I got on the list without betraying a friend's confidence, but I got a call around 6 p.m. [on Thursday, May 18] that Rosario Dawson, the actress from 'Rent', ...
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Low-quality video clips of "Welcome to the Jungle" and "November Rain" from last night's (May 12) GUNS N' ROSES concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City have been posted online. Check them out: "Welcome to the Jungle" (video) "November Rain" (video) A bunch of pictures from the show can ...
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Several pictures from GUNS N' ROSES' performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City Friday night (May 12) have been posted online at BrooklynVegan.com. A post-show wrap-up from TalkingMetal.com can be downloaded in MP3 format at this location (4 MB). Low-quality audio recordings of last night's performance are available
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GUNS N' ROSES played their first show in more than three years Friday night/Saturday morning (May 12-13) at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. The two-hour, 15-minute set kicked off at roughly 11:00 p.m. with the opening 1-2-3 punch of "Welcome to the Jungle", "It's So Easy" and "Mr. Brownstone", and featured a guest appearance ...
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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. Ron Thal ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 54 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features a 10-minute interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho of CHILDREN OF BODOM. Interview topics include Alexi's new ESP signature model guitar, Randy Rhoads, and Tokyo's Dokken Bar. Additional podcast topics include W.A.S.P., MASTERY, IF HOPE DIES, ...
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SPHERE OF SOULS, the Dutch prog-metal band featuring ex-SUN CAGED vocalist André Vuurboom, will record their debut album at Rotterdam's Excess Studios in May. It will be a concept album containing 13 tracks. Engineering and production duties will be handled by Hans Pieters and Joost van den Broek, respectively. A late 2005 release is expected. ...
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GUNS N' ROSES have issued a statement refuting reports that the band are close to finding a replacement for departed guitarist Buckethead. The statement reads as follows: "There have been numerous reports over the last few weeks from various sources claiming that one person or another has been invited to join GUNS N' ROSES. To ...
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Guitar shredder Ron Thal of the New York City-based alternative-rap-metal project BUMBLEFOOT has been asked to join GUNS N' ROSES as the replacement for Buckethead, according to a posting at www.bumblefoot.com. "Since, the rumors are already flyin', I might as well say," Ron writes on the site. "I was asked to join GUNS ...
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