2015.02.20 - Facebook/Ultimate Guitar - Has Bumblefoot Officially Left Guns N' Roses?

Has Bumblefoot Officially Left Guns N' Roses?

Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal recently addressed the ongoing rumors about his departure from the band, hinting that he indeed might be parting ways with Axl Rose and co.

As GN'R Truth reports, Bumblefoot responded to a recent Facebook post by saying:

"I cannot erase a decade of history, and I can't stop the media from asking what they want to ask and making up their own titles on their interviews and posts. No matter how much I asked them not to do it. Get a f--king clue."

He added, "PS - I've been honoring a request to not make any public statements about anything related to it, which continues to put me in a very awkward position that I don't want to be in. Not how I do things, repeatedly taking the bullet on this one. So stop your whining already."

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/has_bumblefoot_officially_left_guns_n_roses.html

The next day (Feb. 20) Bumblefoot sent the following statement to mygnrforum:

"Let folks know I'm not being forced and TB doesn't need to be treated like monsters, and I ask that they not be treated like villains. It's on me, I've been trying to please both sides at the same time that have a different approach to things, and everyone loses a little in the process - that's on *me*, not them. I hate causing TB & the fans grief, there's just no smooth way to act on two opposing philosophies at the same time, and that's always been difficult for me... apologies. Doing my best here. "

https://www.mygnrforum.com/topic/210747-bumblefootguns-n%E2%80%99-roses-new-statement-from-ron-0220/page/7/#comment-3929839