Here Today... Gone To Hell!

was just wondering what other guitar-virtuosos were in the closer selection when it came to finding a replacement for bucket; the thought came, when i found a drunken blues jam by an ex-bandmember i once had... if he was not from austria, but the states, would he have gotten any chance? listen especially to the second part of that improvisation... kinda cool, ha?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZseSo2Qrtpo


any other ideas, rumours, info etc.?

If BumbleFoot didn't exist, Axl would have chosen Ron Thal....  : ok:

GNR fans are so used to speculations that they make up fictional ones when they are out of real ones. Brillant.  :hihi:

GNR wanted BH back, when they didn't get him they were recommended Ron, thats all there is to it. If Ron hadn't agreed we probably wouldn't have had a tour.

...waiting 15 years, somethings come to your mind... ?;)

but really, i would like to know what other possibilities axl / gnr camp were discussing... and again: i really thought that my friend bob has the eperfect combination of blues driven playing and shredding-virtuosity... do yourself a ?favour and listen to that - especially the second part: it's dirty, it's fast and it's...influenced by hendrix, bach and gnr... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZseSo2Qrtpo ?
so if gnr need a 4th guitar player... give bob a call...

That guy is cool.

I can imagine him with a uitar just like the one Bublefoot had : ok:

I don't know any guitar virtuosos (what's the plural of virtuoso???) who would fit in the band. But then, I didn't think Bumblefoot would fit in either. But after Buckethead and Bumblefoot maybe someone who is called BUBBLELEG or BUMPYHAND ... just kiddin'  ;D

What if Slash didn't exist?

This site wouldnt exist either. Its a shame Guns 'fans' on here seem to hate the guy so much. Its pathetic really.

I agree it's a joke. anyway Ineed to get a life  ::) seriously

...we probably would not know gnr... but that's a different question...

as for now we participate in a gnr-world that equals a bunch of already prominent people, we might ask how this allstar line-up may have looked "if"...
we might also disuss what other choices were almost taken (for better or worse). it's not only about speculation. furthermore bumble in gnr kinda was a "last minute"-decission (cause gnr were auditioning guitarists before the new york gigs)...

My question was sarcastic. I don't hate Slash. I love his playing. I might not agree with some of the things he did, but hate is a strong word and I'd never use it for a GN'R member or ex-member...

I meant that there are no ifs and there shouldn't be any...

Slash exists and GN'R became one of the biggest bands in the world.

Bumblefoot exists and GN'R are touring the US right now.

Sorry, I just don't see a good reason behind this thread... Anyway, I'll let it be...

Well, I'm sure they would've found another guitarist. Del James said there were auditions in April or something looking for a new guitarist. What about John 5? There were a lot of rumours about him joining before the first Hammerstein show. And Michael Angelo Batio said he would "drop everything" if he was asked to join Guns (thank God he didn't)

yeah, thanx for that; joe satriani recommended bumble; anyone know if sartiani or steve vai were ever asked to join?

Damn, I thought this was going to be a philosophical debate like, " if Bumblefoot was playing guitar in the forest and there was nobody there to hear him, does he make a sound?"

What if Axl didn't exist? OH NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!   :D

I asked Bumblefoot how he got to be with GN'R and he said he met Axl through a couple friends and things went down from there.
So it's luck that BBF met Axl.
Just be happy he DOES exist.
He's an awesome guy. Humble, and cool.

Vai played for Whitesnake and DLR.  That would have kicked ass if he'd joined GNR.  Satch would have been another killer choice, but he's got far too much solo material to just drop it all to join a rock band.

you can still make that kind of discussion out of it... :yes:

some people have too much time on their hands.....

this thread is just plain dumb

For my tastes, I think Finck and Fortus are all that the band needs.  Don't get me wrong, I dig Bumble, but three guitarists is a bit much.  It should be just Finck and Fortus.  Plus Robin's way sexier ;)

I met Ron at WV on the 3rd, He was on his way to the show, he took time to talk a few seconds and a picture, he's a hell of a guy, the guy with him was rushing him, but he still took time, very rare.

If Slash didnt exsist i still think there would be a GNR..it was axl's and izzy's vision although the guitar playing would be a lot different. if there was no Axl we would would not be here at all however.

That's pretty much how I look at the situation too. Axl = most important member.

Slash is my favorite guitarist... Hes the reason i became what id like to call a really good guitar player. But the truth is Axl and Izzy were the song writters. Slash put his own ideas in to spice them up. But honestly without Axl and Izzy more so Axl...GNR would not exsist.

if bumblefoot didn't exist, i would be sad.  he's a class act.  sociable with the fans, good music, etc

If BBF didnt exist I would have no interest in the new GNR.

To everyone regarding the 'what if slash didn't exist' comment:

This is a thread about Ron.

What, you don't consider "thinking out loud" to be good enough reason?   ;D  Quite honestly, I don't see much reason behind many of the threads that show up around here...

If Ron didn't exist... I suppose Axl would have moved heaven and earth to try and get Buckethead back into the band... sounds like that was the plan up until days before Hammerstein...

Anyway, we should be glad Ron's around. Guy can play ANYTHING, and is a nice dude that doesn't have problems sharing the stage with Finck and Fortus. : ok:

Well if he didn't exist I'd take anyone over the prog-rock guys mentioned so far

I guess I'd still be listening to Trey Spruance though

 :hihi:

Unfortunately it's not even about Ron, it's about if Ron didn't exist, who else would be in the band...  ;D

So, it's about the someone else who would be in the band...

It's too bad Bucket was too much of a mental case to come back. His playing was fucking tight with this band. :'(

Ron is a good choice, and if he didn't exist I think the future of GNR wouldn't be as bright. I like Jon 5, I just don't know if he would have been a good fit, it would have been interesting... I guess we'll never know.