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A Wikipedian has nominated this article to be checked for its neutrality. Discussion of this nomination can be found on the talk page. |  Ron Thal aka Bumblefoot on the 1997 Hermit CD Born in New York City, NY, Ron Thal, now known as Bumblefoot has become recognized worldwide as a guitarist of stunning virtuosity and composer of consummate skill and a style of playing that is instantly recognizable as uniquely his. 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, but has produced countless albums for many different bands of different musical genres as well. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American rock/jazz fusion musician, composer, and satirist. ...
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 piano piece. He did two more CDs on the Shrapnel label. First was the mostly instrumental album The Adventures of Bumblefoot, where he displayed his eclectic styles of rhythms and soloing. His second CD was completely different than the first, focusing more on lyrics and more grungy than the first, but still with guitar solos. After two albums with Shrapnel, Ron Thal adopted the name Bumblefoot as his name and started his own production company Hermit Inc on which he released three eclectic CDs -- Hands, Uncool (2 versions) and 9-11. He also released a compilation album with various 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. A guitar-oriented music label formed out of Mike Varneys Guitar Spotlight column in the back of Guitar Player magazine, which featured a photograph and a little paragraph write-up of various guitarists whove sent in snippets of their playing. ...
1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about Frédéric Chopin, the composer. ...
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
Guitars Bumblefoot is also noted for his guitars. The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ...
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 Some of his homemade axes -
 Bumblefoot's signature guitar
See also Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ...
The following is a list of progressive metal artists, bands and groups. ...
Progressive metal (shortened to prog, or prog metal when differentiating from progressive rock) is a heavy brand of progressive rock which is characterized by the use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and other features. ...
External Links - Bumblefoot's official site
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