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Born in New York City, NY, Ron Thal, now known as Bumblefoot is a virtuoso guitarist and a composer. Noted for fusion and downright wackiness, he has been called a heavy metal version of Frank Zappa. He is known not only as a musician, having also produced albums for many artists of different musical genres.

Bumblefoot says that the first five KISS albums, the Manowar album Battle Hymns, and any of The Beatles' albums had the greatest impact on him when he was younger.

History

Bumblefoot's first major recording was a track on Shrapnel Records' compilation CD "Ominous Guitarists From the Unknown" in 1992, where he did a guitar version of Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu. He released two more CDs on the Shrapnel label. First was the mostly instrumental album The Adventures of Bumblefoot, where he displayed his eclectic style of rhythms and soloing. His second CD was completely different than the first, more lyrically focused and influenced by grunge, but still with guitar solos. After two albums with Shrapnel, Ron Thal adopted the name Bumblefoot and started his own production company Hermit Inc on which he released three musically diverse CDs -- Hands, Uncool (2 versions) and 9-11. He also released a compilation album with cuts that didn't make it onto the previous albums for various reasons. He continues to record solo albums, but spends more time producing for other artists as well as raising money for multiple sclerosis research.

Albums

As Ron Thal

The Adventures of Bumblefoot 1995
Hermit 1997

As Bumblefoot

Hands 1998
Uncool (French Version) 2000
911 2002
Uncool (American Version) 2002
Forgotten Anthology 2003
Normal 2005

Guitars

Bumblefoot is also noted for his guitars.

Ron's main guitar is the Bumblefoot signature from the French guitar company Vigier. He also uses their Excalibur and Surfreter models and has another signature guitar by the same company called the B.B.F.S.C.G. (Bumblefoot Swiss Cheese Guitar).

Amps

Ron uses the Line 6 Vetta amplifier both live and in the studio.

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